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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 28 through April 30)
Friday, February 28
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CISE Seminar: Yushan Chen, Cofounder and COO, Artly AITalk Title: Artly AI: Blending Automation with Craftsmanship Abstract:How can AI and robotics transform industries that rely on human skill and craftsmanship? In this talk, I will share the journey behind Artly AI and Artly Coffee, where cutting-edge automation meets artisanal expertise to redefine how we experience handcrafted products. From solving labor shortages to enhancing…
Monday, March 3
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AI and Education Initiative Human and Machine Learning Lunch Series with Naomi Caselli, PhDSpeaker: Naomi Caselli, PhD, Associate Professor, Deaf Education, Boston University Talk Title: Sign Language Recognition, Generation, and Translation: An Interdisciplinary Perspective Bio: Naomi Caselli is an Associate Professor at the Wheelock College of Education & Human Development at Boston University. She is also the director of the AI & Education Initiative at the Hariri Institute…
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Information Session: 2025 IGS Graduate Student Summer Fellows ProgramRSVP for information session to learn more.
Wednesday, March 5
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Green Industrial Policy in the Global SouthAs countries struggle to meet existing global and national development goals, and as the costs of climate inaction mount, there is a surge in policy discourse and experimentation with green industrial policy. While investment-led strategies toward just, green structural transformations will vary country to country - dependent on the economy and climate risk exposure -…
Thursday, March 6
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Accelerating Change in the Mobility Sector: Trends, Cutting Edge Technology, and How Cities Can Proactively Engage and ParticipateJoin the Boston University Initiative on Cities and the City Planning & Urban Affairs Program for a panel discussion on how innovations and the latest in infrastructure delivery, materials, AI, electrification, data, and autonomy impact our built environment. The panel will examine the differences between private and public sector approaches to technological advances and discuss…
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World Statistics Day SeminarSpeaker:Youssef Marzouk, Professor in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at MIT and co-director of the MIT Center for Computational Science and Engineering Talk Title: “Scaling up the black box: simulation-based inference, transport, and dimension reduction” Abstract: Many practical Bayesian inference problems fall into the simulation-based or “likelihood-free” setting, where evaluations of the likelihood function…
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RASTIC X ASML: The TalksTitle: New Methodology for Robot Trajectory Volume Conflict Analysis using NX
Tuesday, March 11
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Health Data Science Distinguished Speaker Series with Dr. Bhramar Mukherjee, Yale SPHCosponsors: Center for Health Data Science at BU SPH and the Hariri Institute for Computing Speaker: Bhramar Mukherjee, PhD, Anna M.R. Lauder Professor of Biostatistics, Professor of Chronic Disease Epidemiology at the Yale School of Public Health (YSPH) Talk Title: Unveiling Bias: A Statistician’s Quest for Data Representation in Health Research Abstract: Despite several proposed…
Friday, March 14
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RASTIC Certified Seminar: UAV TEAMTitle: FPGA For Fun and Profit
Monday, March 17
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AI and Education Initiative Human and Machine Learning Lunch Series with Zhongkai ShangguanSpeaker: Zhongkai Shangguan, BU PhD candidate, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Talk Title: Scalability and Accessibility: How AI Shapes the Future of Intelligent Tutoring Systems Bio: Zhongkai Shangguan, Ph.D. candidate, specializes in computer vision, natural language processing, data mining, and reinforcement learning. His research interests are generally in machine learning for assistive technology, focusing…
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Urban Inequalities WorkshopPresented by Yasemin Girgin, Ph.D. Student, Boston University: “Politics of Gentrification: Desecularization of Culture in Istanbul”
Wednesday, March 19
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BU CTSI Symposium: Advancing Translational Science Through Cutting-Edge TechnologyThis year’s event will highlight innovations and intersections between artificial intelligence and regenerative medicine. Featuring key-note speaker Roy Perlis, MD, Associate Editor at JAMA Network – Open and Associate Chief for Research in the Department of Psychiatry and Director of the Center for Quantitative Health at Massachusetts General Hospital.
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Center for Systems Neuroscience Seminar (Prof. Mark Churchland, Columbia University)Hosted by Prof. Michael Economo and Brian DePasquale
Wednesday, December 31
Wednesday, March 19
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AI Seminar: High-Resolution Frame Interpolation with Patch-based Cascaded DiffusionWe introduce HiFI, a patch-based cascaded pixel diffusion approach for High resolution Frame Interpolation, that generalizes across diverse resolutions up to 8K, a wide range of scene motions, and a broad spectrum of challenging scenes. HiFI helps significantly with high resolution and complex repeated textures that require global context. HiFI demonstrates comparable or beyond state-of-the-art…
Monday, March 24
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Science Communication for Purpose and Impact: How to Move ForwardIn these challenging times, effective science communication is essential. Join the CAS Office of Research Administration on Monday, March 24 for a talk with Dr. Sunshine Menezes: “Science Communication for Purpose and Impact: How to Move Forward”.