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All Topics (April 13 through June 30)
Monday, April 14
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AI and Education Initiative Human and Machine Learning Lunch Series with Marc Maffei, PhDSpeaker: Marc Maffei, PhD, Postdoctoral Associate, Sargent College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences Talk Title: Speech, Language, and Motor Skills in Late Talkers Bio: Marc Maffei is speech-language pathologist and postdoctoral researcher at the BU Infant Communication Lab. He received both his M.S. in Communication Sciences and Disorders and Ph.D. in Rehabilitation Sciences from the…
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Urban Inequalities WorkshopPresented by Dr. Sarah Mayorga, Brandeis University: “Owners, renters, and the social relations of private property”
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Center for Brain Recovery Brain and Behavior Seminar Series: Preeti Sunderaraman, PhD Assistant Professor of Neurology; Hariri Institute Junior Faculty FellowAreas of Expertise: Alzheimer’s disease, Brain Health, Dementia, Digital technology, Cognition, Cross-cultural/Diversity, Functional ability/iADLs, Research Dr. Sunderaraman is a licensed clinical neuropsychologist who received her PhD from Drexel University and completed her neuropsychology internship at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. Before joining the faculty at the Boston University School of Medicine in July…
Tuesday, April 15
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Technology, Artificial Intelligence and Digitalization: Reconstructing Fiscal Institutions Beyond Colonial LegaciesHow can technology, artificial intelligence (AI) and digitalization help reform fiscal institutions that are still rooted in colonial-era paradigms? A new paper from Dr. Lyla Latif, Lecturer at the University of Nairobi, argues that the traditional tax frameworks that have been designed to support resource extraction and control, are ill-equipped to capture the intangible value…
Wednesday, April 16
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CISE Seminar: Luca Benini, Università di BolognaToward End-to-End Open Platforms and Chips for Embodied AI AI is accelerating into the generative era, and it is poised to disrupt multiple businesses, especially as AI capabilities are being “embodied” everywhere, from earbuds to cars. Embodied AI needs to tackle major challenges in energy efficiency, safety, security, and real-time predictability, while curtailing computational complexity.…
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Center for Systems Neuroscience and Neurophotonics Center Seminar (Prof. Brian Bacskai, Harvard University)Hosted by Prof. Anna Devor
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Research on Tap: AI and the HumanitiesArtificial intelligence is transforming every aspect of our lives, raising urgent questions about its impact on ethics, identity, well-being, and the health of our political and economic systems. At the same time, AI is opening new frontiers in humanities research—reshaping how we analyze complex texts, uncover historical insights, and approach anthropology. This Research on Tap…
Thursday, April 17
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IMAP Lunch Seminar: The Puzzle of Sustainable InvestmentMany investors want to use their financial portfolios to change how firms are run. Unfortunately, there is much muddled thinking here and plenty of unreasonable expectations. This IMAP lunch seminar will discuss the channels through which investors have impact and use data and case studies to assess its magnitude. The featured speaker will be Lukasz…
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RASTIC X ASML: The TalksTitle: New Methodology for Robot Trajectory Volume Conflict Analysis Using NX
Friday, April 18
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CISE Seminar: Sairaj Dhople, Professor, University of MinnesotaCircuit Solutions to Control, Optimization, Modeling, and Analysis Challenges for Power Electronics Power grids the world over are transforming in form and function with the integration of power electronics converters across scales. Challenges precipitated by this transition are several and they call for new paradigms for modeling, analysis, control, and optimization. We adopt a circuit-theoretic…