Calendar
View the calendar below to explore all upcoming events sponsored by the Institute and its affiliate centers and initiatives. Browse events by date, or select an event topic to narrow your search.
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All Topics (September 19 through November 30)
Friday, September 20
- 11:00 AM
HET Seminar - Cosmological tests of the nature of dark matter
It is fifty years since the pioneering observations of Vera Rubin and collaborators that helped to shape a consensus that there is vastly more matter in the Universe than we […]
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Ultrafast Control of Quantum Materials: Floquet Band Engineering and Beyond
A major goal of condensed matter physicists is to control the properties of materials. Permanent changes are made by shaping the material into nanoribbons or by embedding defects and impurities, […]
Wednesday, September 25
- 12:00 PM
BU Computer Systems Seminar
Speaker: Dr. Bhupendra Acharya, Postdoctoral Researcher, CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security
Talk Title: “Empirical Study on Scams and Attacks on Social Media Platforms”
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- 1:00 PM
Chen Sun, Assistant Professor, Brown University
Talk Title : Rethinking Video Representation Learning for Perception and Reasoning in the Era of LLMs
Abstract: What makes good representations for video understanding, such as inferring the
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Thursday, September 26
- 3:30 PM
KCrocker: Cosmological Coupling in the Era of the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument
Recent advances in General Relativity point toward unanticipated, and dynamic, relations between ultracompact objects and the universe they inhabit. The possibility for strongly gravitating systems, like astrophysical […]
Friday, September 27
- 11:00 AM
HET Seminar - Graviton Loops and Negativity
Causality and unitary lead to sharp constraints on weakly-coupled gravitational effective field theories. They imply dispersion relations that can be used to derive sharp bounds on higher derivative couplings. We […]
- 1:00 PM
CLASSES SUSPENDED - Dr. Melissa Gilliam Inauguration
On Friday, September 27, at 2 pm, Dr. Melissa Gilliam will be inaugurated as Boston University’s 11th president at Agganis Arena. Recognizing the historic nature of this occasion and to […]
Wednesday, October 2
- 12:00 PM
Meet the McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience
The McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience supports innovative research with the promise to bring society closer to preventing, treating, and curing many devastating diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease,
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- 1:00 PM
AIR Distinguished Speaker Dr. Huaizu Jiang
Speaker: Dr. Huaizu Jiang
Talk Title: “Generating and Populating 3D Indoor Scenes”
Abstract: Our lab’s research aims to advance immersive 3D experiences by developing
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- 5:30 PM
MSDS PhD Fireside Chat
Current PhD students in Computer and Data Science will share their personal experiences with the PhD application process. Learn valuable tips, insights, and strategies on crafting a successful application, from […]
Thursday, October 3
- 12:00 PM
Health Data Science Distinguished Speaker Series: Dr. Anita Raj, Tulane University
Speaker: Dr. Anita Raj, Tulane University
Talk Title: “Application of machine learning with a novel qualitative variable coding technique to understand predictors of gender equity outcomes
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