2026 Commencement Student Speaker Harsh Rathore @UCIBrenICS

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2026 Commencement student speaker for the UC Irvine Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences is Harsh Rathore. Rathore has been making his way through the rigors of a mild-mannered computer science student researching multi-agent systems and AI, working as a peer advisor and serving as ASUCI Senate President at UC Irvine Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences (ICS) by day. Then after hours, he would transform into the unique and beloved UC Irvine mascot, Peter the Anteater.

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