CS Colloquium

Lowry Pressley
Stanford

Stevenson 1301
Monday, March 2, 2026

A visionary reexamination of the value of privacy in today’s hypermediated world—not just as a political right but as the key to a life worth living. The parts of our lives that are not being surveilled and turned into data diminish each day. We are able to configure privacy settings on our devices and social media platforms, but we know our efforts pale in comparison to the scale of surveillance capitalism and algorithmic manipulation. In our hyperconnected era, many have begun to wonder whether it is still possible to live a private life, or whether it is no longer worth fighting for. https://www.lowrypressly.com/

David Israel
SRI/Stanford

Stevenson 1301
Monday, March 30, 2026

Join us for a fascinating discussion between Professor John P. Sullins (SSU Eng & Comp Sic) and Professor David Israel (SRI/Stanford) about Professor Israel's experiences working on one of the largest AI projects of all time, which resulted in the many AI apps we all talk to every day.  We will discuss the state of AI agents today and see if they lived up to the dream of personal AI assistants as they were originally conceived.

Dept Event

Overlook (Student Center, 3rd floor)
Monday, April 6, 2026

CS students, join us for Advise-a-palooza for Fall 2026 registration.

Justin Shin
Stanford University

Stevenson 1301
Monday, April 20, 2026

When we hold people accountable for their actions, we often invoke the possibility of punishment. This is especially true in military traditions of dealing with wrongdoing. If the possibility of punishment bears an important role in accountability, and we cannot punish robots, and we require accountability for robots in particular roles, then robots ought not to occupy those roles. How successful this argument is hinges partly on what we count as a successful instance of punishment. I argue that we can and should punish robots. I also argue that, while this debate has so far been constrained to military robots, it is salient for robots and algorithms in other fields, such as carceral algorithms and surveillance robots.

Dept Event

Stevenson 1301
Monday, April 27, 2026

Short presentations of research carried out by Sonoma State Computer Science Students, and CS awards.

Dept Event

Stevenson 1301
Monday, May 4, 2026

Short presentations of capstone projects carried out by Sonoma State Computer Science Students