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This calendar is a round-up of events related to research from around BU. Browse all upcoming events by date, or select an event topic to narrow your search.
All Topics (April 30 through May 15)
Tuesday, April 30
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From Data to Action: Leveraging Data Science for Effective Health Policy and Surveillance Against Emerging Infectious Disease Threats3:00-4:15pm – Panel discussion 4:15-5:00pm – Reception Featuring: Larry Maddoff, MD, Medical Director of the Bureau of Infectious Disease and Laboratory Sciences for the Massachusetts Department of Public Health Alex Vespignani, PhD, Director of the Network Science Institute and Sternberg Family Distinguished University Professor at Northeastern University Caroline Buckee, PhD, Professor of Epidemiology at Harvard…
Wednesday, May 1
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Center for Systems Neuroscience Seminar (Prof. Patricia Janak, Johns Hopkins University)Hosted by Prof. Mark Howe
Wednesday, December 31
Thursday, May 2
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Distinguished Hariri Institute/CISE Seminar: Andrew A. Chien, University of ChicagoHow Can We Decarbonize the Power Grid and Meet AI’s Exploding Power Demands? AI and Cloud computing is growing rapidly and projected to increase US electric power consumption by as much as 2% by 2026. This is an explosive increase against a backdrop of zero growth in US power consumption from 2007-2020 (EIA). Such rapid…
Friday, May 3
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Machine Learning in Medicine (MLxMed) Seminar: Jiang Bian, Professor, University of FloridaSpeaker: Jiang Bian, Professor And Division Director Of Biomedical Informatics, UF; Chief Data Scientist & Chief Research Information Officer, UF Health Talk title: TBA Talk abstract: TBA Bio: Biomedical Informatics is an interdisciplinary field, where the central theme is to explore the effective uses of data, information, and knowledge for scientific inquiry, problem-solving, and decision…
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Urban Inequalities WorkshopPresentation by Dr. Timothy Weaver, SUNY Albany, on “Resistance and Rebellion: Egalitarianism in New York City”
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CISE Seminar: David Lie, University of TorontoFuzzing Forward: Pushing the Horizons on the Use Cases of Fuzzers Fuzzing has been incredibly successful at finding software vulnerabilities in a variety of applications. However, it's applicability in cases beyond fuzzing application-level code has been limited. This talk explores techniques for expanding the applicability of fuzzers into new domains of software, such as low-level…
Tuesday, May 7
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Power & People Symposium: Mapping Community Exposure to Energy InfrastructureMapping community exposure to energy infrastructure with insights from a first-of-its-kind database for healthy and just energy transitions.
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A Thousand Cuts: Social Protection in the Age of AusterityThe dominant policy response to economic crises over the past four decades has been the introduction of austerity - a mix of budget cuts and reforms to downsize the role of the state. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has been the world's lender of last resort and advocate of austerity, but critics of the IMF…
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The Innovator’s JourneyLightning talks from BU innovators and presentation of the 2023 award for BU Innovator of the Year
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The Innovator’s Journey, ft. Innovator of the Year Dr. Thomas BifanoLightning talks from BU innovators and presentation of the 2023 award for BU Innovator of the Year
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The Innovator’s Journey, ft. Innovator of the Year Dr. Thomas BifanoLightning talks from BU innovators and presentation of the 2023 award for BU Innovator of the Year
Wednesday, May 8
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Meet the American Foundation for Suicide PreventionThe American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) supports research that will increase understanding of suicide or test treatments and other interventions that save lives. Recent focus areas include: diversity, evaluation of technology, and survivors of suicide loss AFSP awards nine types of grants, including Pilot Innovation Grants ($50,000 over two years), Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Innovation…
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Parental Beliefs and Parental Investment: Evidence from ColombiaIn measuring parental investment, the standard practice in economics is to estimate models where parents have background knowledge in skill formation, child development or human capital development. However, because these models assume parents “know” the technology of skill formation, these models are ill-suited to understanding the importance of parental beliefs regarding the technology of skill…
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Center for Systems Neuroscience and Neurophotonics Center Seminar (Prof. Itamar Kahn, Columbia University)Hosted by Prof. Anna Devor
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Condensed Matter SeminarSpeaker: Dominik Kufel, Deprtment of Physics, Harvard University Talk Title: Approximately-symmetric neural networks for quantum spin liquid problems Abstract: We propose a family of approximately-symmetric neural networks for quantum spin liquid problems. These tailored-made architectures are parameter-efficient, scalable, significantly outperform existing symmetry-unaware neural network architectures and are competitive with the state-of-the-art Tensor Network and Quantum…
Thursday, May 9
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Grant Writing Workshop with Dr. Betty LaiLearn how to use grants to gain control over your scholarly career! This workshop covers how to find funding targets, how to develop grant ideas, and the mechanics of fundable grants. All attendees receive access to funded samples and electronic resources. The workshop is geared towards scholars who are new to grant writing—this includes scholars…
Friday, May 10
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FRP Reinforcement Learning SymposiumBU Hosts: BU College of Engineering Professors Alex Olshevsky, Eshed Ohn-Bar Symposium Mission: Reinforcement Learning (RL), a field in AI inspired by learning mechanisms in biological systems, has emerged as a powerful generalized paradigm for a diverse set of applications, particularly those requiring adaptive reasoning, such as large language model training (e.g., chatGPT), education and…
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Reinforcement Learning SymposiumReinforcement Learning (RL), a field in AI inspired by learning mechanisms in biological systems, has emerged as a powerful generalized paradigm for a diverse set of applications, particularly those requiring adaptive reasoning, such as large language model training (e.g., chatGPT), education and rehabilitation technologies, transportation and energy-grid optimization, robotics, and more. However, its impact has…
Monday, May 13
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Summer Dissertation Writing RetreatOur 2024 Summer Dissertation Writing Retreats offer doctoral candidates significant, focused writing time in a community of like-minded peers. These four-day programs provide a high level of structure and accountability, and participants should expect to write for four hours each day. Lunch and coffee/tea will be provided, and space is limited.
Tuesday, May 14
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Investing for the Future: How Debt Relief Can Help Make Space for Climate and Development GoalsWith only six years left to achieve the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Paris Agreement targets, bold and swift policymaking is necessary to stave off severe impacts for both present and future generations. Yet, emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs) are facing historic levels of external debt, higher interest rates and low…
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Summer Dissertation Writing RetreatOur 2024 Summer Dissertation Writing Retreats offer doctoral candidates significant, focused writing time in a community of like-minded peers. These four-day programs provide a high level of structure and accountability, and participants should expect to write for four hours each day. Lunch and coffee/tea will be provided, and space is limited.
Wednesday, May 15
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Summer Dissertation Writing RetreatOur 2024 Summer Dissertation Writing Retreats offer doctoral candidates significant, focused writing time in a community of like-minded peers. These four-day programs provide a high level of structure and accountability, and participants should expect to write for four hours each day. Lunch and coffee/tea will be provided, and space is limited.
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CANCELLED: Health Data Science Distinguished Speaker Series: Dr. David Donoho, Stanford UniversityTalk Title: “Data Science: The Next 50 Years” Abstract: Over the last 10 years, Data Science and Data Engineering have exploded in size and global significance. These are now highly dynamic fields reinventing themselves continually and quietly driving breathtaking practical achievements. They stand behind many of the most impressive stories garnering media attention, under the…
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BU Condensed Matter SeminarSpeaker: Leo Lo, Harvard University Talk Title: S3 topological order for universal computation Abstract: Topological quantum computation is a promising route in realizing fault-tolerant computation in noisy quantum computers. S3 (the smallest nonabelian group) topological order is a minimal example which intrinsically enables universal quantum computation using braiding and measurements alone. We provide a protocol…