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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 (February 12 through April 30)
Wednesday, February 12
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BU Faculty and Staff Event: Federal Outlook for Research Under the New Administration and CongressBU faculty and staff are invited to participate in a webinar with federal policy experts to learn about the research priorities of the new White House administration and strategies for positioning your research in this new environment. The session will feature Vice President for Federal Relations Jennifer Grodsky and Naomi Webber and Eve Granatosky from…
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Meet the Donaghue FoundationAre you looking for funding to support health services research? The Donaghue Foundation supports research that organizations can use to improve the value of their health care services. Its focus is reducing (a) high and rising healthcare costs, (b) unwarranted variation and lack of transparency in quality, prices, and outcomes, and (c) racial and ethnic…
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Weekly AIR Seminar 02/12Speaker: Keanu Nichols, PhD Student at Boston University (CAS) Talk Title: Multi-domain Analysis and Generalization of Image manipulation loCalization Abstract: Advanced image editing software enables easy creation of highly convincing image manipulations, which has been made even more accessible in recent years due to advances in generative AI. Manipulated images, while often harmless, could spread…
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IS&T RCS Tutorial - Data Preparation for Neuroimagers: BIDS, mriqc, and fmriprep (Hands-on)This tutorial will introduce Boston University’s Shared Computing Cluster (SCC) for use with Magnetic Resonance (MR) neuroimaging methods focusing on data preparation. We will work hands-on with the SCC to highlight the neuroimaging tools available on the SCC for importing, organizing, assessing the quality of, and preprocessing neuroimaging data. Software covered will include dcm2bids, MRIQC,…
Thursday, February 13
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IS&T RCS Tutorial - Matlab Performance Optimization (Hands-on)For many programs speed is the main research productivity factor, meaning the difference between hours versus months in getting results. For many applications it is possible to write MATLAB programs that are as fast or only a factor of 2-3 times slower than a compiled C++ or Fortran version, while requiring dramatically fewer lines of…
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IMAP Lunch Seminar - Geospatial Finance: Foundations for Sustainable Investment and Environmental InsightMonthly lunch seminars to foster collaboration.
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IS&T RCS Tutorial - Deep Learning with PyTorch, Part Two (Hands-on)This is the second part of a two-part tutorial on PyTorch. Be sure to also register for Part One on Tuesday, February 11, from 1 PM to 3 PM. What to Expect: This session introduces PyTorch, a popular and versatile Python library for deep learning, optimized for acceleration processing using GPUs. You’ll gain hands-on experience…
Friday, February 14
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NECST Lab Visit: Heterogeneous Systems, Hardware Acceleration, and More; Politecnico di MilanoThe NECSTLab is a laboratory inside DEIB department of Politecnico di Milano (Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria). It is a place where research meets teaching, and teaching meets research, also through academics and industrial events. At NECSTLab, we perceive that a close connection between research and education must be pursued to prepare our students…
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IS&T RCS Tutorial - Python for Data Analysis (Hands-on)This tutorial will introduce the basics of Data Analysis with Python and its powerful libraries such as Pandas and Matplotlib. What you will learn: Importing and Exporting the data Basic data processing, cleaning, and manipulation Basic inferential statistical analysis Data Visualization techniques