What is MTS?
MTS is the department’s Mind, Technology, and Society speaker series. It is hosted by a different faculty member each semester. Founded by a generous gift from Professors Robert Glushko and Pamela Samuelson, MTS brings researchers and industry professionals from across the globe to present a variety of interdisciplinary work in cognitive science. See our UCMerced CogSci youtube channel for videos of past MTS talks!
Who is invited to attend?
CIS graduate students, faculty, and staff, and all who are interested! Members of other departments at UC Merced as well as the general public are encouraged to attend. (Note: current CIS Ph.D. students are required to attend MTS each semester in residence, to fulfill their COGS 250 course requirement).
For more information or to sign up for email announcements, please contact the talk series organizer: cis-mts-lead@lists.ucmerced.edu.
MTS Spring 2026 Schedule
Location: All talks will be held Mondays in SSM 104 from 2-3:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted.
February 02, 2026: Gašper Beguš, UC Berkeley
February 09, 2026: Isabel Papadimitriou, University of British Columbia
February 23, 2026: Alexandra Paxton, University of Connecticut
March 02, 2026: Josh de Leeuw, Vassar College
March 09, 2026: Tyler Marghetis, UC Merced
March 16, 2026: Judith Fan, Standford University
March 30, 2026: Adolfo Ramirez-Aristizabal, Accenture Labs
April 06, 2026: Emily Morgan, UC Davis
April 13, 2026: Elisa Kreiss, UCLA
April 20, 2026: Leilani Gilpin, UC Santa Cruz
May 4, 2026: Kevin Brown, Oregon State University
Updated August 2025
