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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 (October 27 through November 21)
Monday, October 28
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Urban Inequalities WorkshopPresentation by Dr. Jonathan Wynn, UMass Amherst (in person) and Dr Andrew Deener, UC Santa Barbara (via zoom) on “The Urban Way: Divisions”
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Find Funding in Biomedical Innovation: Working with ARPA-HFounded in 2022, the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) is a federal funding agency that supports high-potential, high-impact biomedical and health research that cannot be readily accomplished through traditional research or commercial activity. Like other Advanced Research Projects Agencies, ARPA-H provides research funding to create new opportunities and solve important problems through ambitious,…
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Neurophotonics in Medicine, SymposiumPlease save the date for the annual MED/NPC symposium. Come and catch up with colleagues, meet new ones, and perhaps form new collaborations. We will have four labs presenting their work followed by general discussion.
Wednesday, October 30
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AI for Drug Discovery Open Innovation ForumOverview: Safe and responsible AI needs to be developed in the open. The objective of this forum is to establish a world-class open research community to drive the development, evaluation, and large-scale adoption of AI foundation models for accelerated scientific advancements for drug discovery. The one-day event will consist of an opening session with keynotes…
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Careers in Transportation Information SessionJoin the Boston University Initiative on Cities and City Planning & Urban Affairs Program for our annual Careers in Transportation Information Session! This session provides a direct venue for students and aspiring entrants interested in transportation and transportation-adjacent work to connect directly with senior leaders in the transportation field. The session is designed for students…
Thursday, October 31
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…
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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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.