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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 (November 1 through November 22)
Friday, November 1
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Gentrification Book SymposiumThis symposium will feature three new books by leaders in the field of gentrification: Tanya Golash-Boza’s Before Gentrification: The Creation of DC’s Racial Wealth Gap, Richard Ocejo’s Sixty Miles Upriver: Gentrification and Race in a Small American City, and Derek Hyra’s Slow and Sudden Violence: Why and When Uprisings Occur. Critically, all three books dig…
Wednesday, November 6
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Research on Tap: Women’s Health and Cultivating a Research Community at BUHosts: Professor Catherine Klapperich, Biomedical Engineering (ENG); Professor Joyce Wong, Biomedical Engineering (ENG); Professor Emelia Benjamin, Medicine and Epidemiology (Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine); Professor Elisha Wachman, Pediatrics (Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine) For much of the 20th century, clinical research predominantly involved male participants, with the assumption that findings would apply equally…
Thursday, November 7
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Feminism in Public Debt: A Human Rights ApproachAs many developing countries are facing increasingly higher levels of debt and economic instability, "Feminism in Public Debt: A Human Rights Approach” is an interdisciplinary volume that explores the intersection of sovereign debt and women's human rights. Through contributions from leading voices in academia, civil society, international organizations and national governments, it shows how debt-related…
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Global Equity in Access to Pandemic Response ToolsThe latest installment of CEID’s fall symposium series will kick off with opening remarks by President Melissa L. Gilliam, followed by a panel discussion moderated by Dr. Nahid Bhadelia, CEID Founding Director. The panel will feature Dr. Hillary Carter, Senior Strategist for Global Health Security at the U.S. Department of State; Dr. Joia Mukherjee, Chief…
Friday, November 8
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Center for Systems Neuroscience and Brain, Behavior, & Cognition Seminar (Prof. Anne Collins, University of California, Berkeley)Hosted by Prof. Joe McGuire **NOTE: This is on a different day and time than our usual time on Wednesdays at 12:15 pm**
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Working Towards a Zero Waste World: PlasticsTargeted virtual series to address the next big questions in waste, recycling, and manufacturing.
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CISE Seminar: Chao Tian, Texas A&M UniversityChao Tian obtained his B.E degree from Tsinghua University, Beijing China, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Cornell University, Ithaca NY. He worked at AT&T Labs-Research (previously known as the Shannon Labs) as a researcher on communication and signal processing for seven years, before returning to academia. He was with the University of Tennessee…
Wednesday, November 13
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Center for Systems Neuroscience Seminar (Josh Jacobs, Columbia University)Hosted by Prof. Matthias Stangl
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Urban Salon: "Urban Power: Democracy and Inequality in São Paulo and Johannesburg Book Talk"Join us for a book discussion featuring Benjamin Bradlow, Assistant Professor of Sociology and International Affairs at Princeton University. His new book, Urban Power: Democracy & Inequality in São Paulo & Johannesburg, explores why some cities are more effective than others at reducing inequalities in the built environment. Bradlow examines the effectiveness of urban governance…
Thursday, November 14
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From Ideas to Impact: Identifying and Effectively Conveying Your Core MessagesLooking to elevate your research communication skills and make a lasting impact? Join Throughline Group’s Christina Mozaffari and Joel Schwartzberg for a dynamic 90-minute workshop designed to help you sharpen your key messages and deliver them with confidence. Throughout this webinar, you'll learn how to identify, sharpen, and convey your key messages with precision. You'll…
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China’s Global Energy Finance Database – Data Update, 2000-2023At the recent Ninth Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, China committed an estimated $50 billion for Africa from 2024-2027, including $30 billion in credit lines. While specific allocation details were not provided, the funding is aimed at supporting 30 clean energy projects across the continent. A new update to the China’s Global Energy Finance (CGEF) Database,…
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The Brookline Adult & Community Education (BA&CE) hosts "Brookline AI Lecture Series"Speaker: :Dr. Ioannis Paschalidis, Distinguished Professor of Engineering at Boston University Join us for an engaging and informative one-hour lecture designed to demystify Artificial Intelligence (AI), explain its fundamental concepts, history, and practical applications in our everyday lives. We will delve into the basics of how AI works, covering essential topics like machine learning, neural…
Friday, November 15
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CCS/Hariri Institute Seminar: Pedro LopesSpeaker: Pedro Lopes, Quantum Advocate Talk Title: “QuEra – Neutral-Atom Quantum Computing: From Dark-Horse to Workhorse” Abstract: Since 2019, QuEra has led the charge in advancing neutral-atom quantum computing from an emerging technology to a frontrunner in scalable quantum solutions. Together with academic and industry partners, we’ve driven this transformation by translating university tech into…
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CISE Seminar: Vladimir Dvorkin, University of MichiganData center coordination with power grids under engineering and privacy constraints Recent AI breakthroughs have led to significant investments in data center infrastructure, which puts a strain on power grids. As a fundamentally new type of load, AI presents new challenges (e.g., disruptive electricity consumption patterns) and opportunities (e.g., the ability to instantaneously shift computing…
Saturday, November 16
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Scaling Up Zero-Carbon, Climate-Resilient Financing Between China, Central Asia, and BeyondAt the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, countries agreed on a historic pact to triple renewable energy capacity by 2030 to accelerate progress on climate action. Scaling up renewable energy investment is key to combat climate change and build resilience, contributing to the goal of tripling renewable energy…
Monday, November 18
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AI and Education Initiative Human and Machine Learning Lunch Series: Michael ChangSpeaker: Michael Chang, PhD, assistant professor at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development, faculty fellow in the Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences (CDS), and assistant director at the Earl Center for Learning & Innovation Talk Title: “Co-Designing Expansive Educational Futures: Envisioning Equitable AI-Ed Possibilities” Abstract: As AI has been envisioned to…
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CISE Seminar: Robert Kazschmann, ETH ZurichBuilding Life-like Robots: From Musculoskeletal Designs to Biohybrid Innovations Nature’s musculoskeletal design can inspire both artificial and living robots to create systems that can better interact within our unstructured world. There is value in rethinking how we design and control robots by replacing traditional designs centred around electromagnetic motors and gearboxes with a bio-inspired approach…
Wednesday, November 20
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Disease, Disparities, and Development: Evidence from Chagas Disease Control in BrazilNeglected tropical diseases (NTDs) primarily afflict the poorest people in developing economies and often lead to chronic health issues. Therefore, combating them could reduce inequality, the intergenerational transmission of poverty, and burdens on healthcare systems in such countries. Recent research conducted by Jon Denton-Schneider and Eduardo Montero shows that these novel benefits of disease control…
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AIR Seminar Series: Qixing Huang, Associate ProfessorSpeaker: Qixing Huang, Associate Professor Talk Title: “Geometric Regularizations for 3D Shape Generation” Abstract: Generative models, which map a latent parameter space to instances in an ambient space, enjoy various applications in 3D Vision and related domains. A standard scheme of these models is probabilistic, which aligns the induced ambient distribution of a generative model…
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CISE Seminar: Tuvi Etzion, Israel Institute of TechnologyThe de Bruijn Graph and Its Sequences – the Graph Who Always Reinvent Itself The de Bruijn graph was defined in 1946 by Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn to count the number of closed sequences in which each binary n-tuple is contained exactly once in a window of length n. The graph and its sequences have…
Thursday, November 21
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Photonics Center Annual Symposium 2024, "Lighting the Brain"On November 21st, 2024, the Boston University Photonics Center’s annual one-day Symposium will take place, with Professor Chen Yang as host. This year’s symposium topic is “Lighting the Brain.” The event will feature international speakers and a poster session.
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IMAP Lunch Seminar Climate Solutions, Transition Risk, and Stock ReturnsA monthly lunchtime presentation and discussion of IMAP-relevant research
Friday, November 22
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"Learning to Trust Autonomy" Robotics WorkshopOverview:This upcoming workshop, sponsored by the BU Center for Information and Systems Engineering (CISE), will explore recent advances in learning-based and data-driven autonomous systems, such as those used in navigation, manipulation, and multi-agent coordination. While these approaches have made remarkable strides, there remains a widespread belief that they cannot yet be trusted for large-scale deployments.…
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Charles River Privacy DayOrganizers and Co-Sponsors:: Charles River Privacy Day is organized by the Boston-Area Data Privacy Group, which spans BU, Northeastern and Harvard; Hariri Institute for Computing, Center for Reliable Information Systems & Cyber Security (RISCS)
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Working Towards a Zero Waste World: Sustainable Materials & ManufacturingTargeted virtual series to address the next big questions in waste, recycling, and manufacturing.