Events

January

GitLab Kickoff:  Looking to Contribute? Learn about GitLab's 3 Months of Open Source

When: Thursday, January 15 2026, 5 -7pm
Where: Seuss Room (Geisel Library)
Who: Students

Get ready to experience an introductory, hands-on workshop designed for students who want to make their first contribution using the GitLab contributor platform.

Discover good issues for first-time contributors and learn the details of GitLab’s exclusive three-month open source competition just for UC San Diego students.

All are welcome. Whether you're a newbie or a veteran contributor or a maintainer, this workshop is for you!

JdeRobot Open-Source Workshop.  Interested in Robotics?

When: Thursday, January 29 2026, 11am - 1pm
Where: Seuss Room (Geisel Library)
Who: Anyone (including students and staff!) who’s interested in Robotics

 This event is an introduction to the JdeRobot organization and its open-source projects (RoboticsAcademy and Unibotics).

JdeRobot is a non-profit Association of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence for JdeRobots that provides toolkit (including tolls, resources, libraries and reusable nodes) for Robotics, Artificial Intelligence and Computer Vision applications.

In addition, through Robotics Academy, JdeRobotics offers a collection of exercises and challenges to learn robotics in a practical way. It includes exercises about mobile robotics, service robotics, autonomous driving, drones, computer vision in robotics, and more!

February

Mesa:  Introduction to Mesa and Agent-Based Modelling

When: Thursday, February 26, 5-7 pm
Where: Seuss Room (Geisel Library)

 An introductory workshop about agent-based modelling and contributing to Mesa's open-source projects, followed by an open-ended Q&A with a Mesa engineer.