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All Topics (April 16 through May 16)

Wednesday, April 16

Thursday, April 17

  • 12:30 PM
    IMAP Lunch Seminar: The Puzzle of Sustainable Investment
    Many 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…
  • 5:30 PM
    RASTIC X ASML: The Talks
    Title: New Methodology for Robot Trajectory Volume Conflict Analysis Using NX

Friday, April 18

  • 1:00 PM
    Global Governance Reform from the Global South
    Calls for institutions like the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) to democratize decision-making, increase transparency, and rebalance governance toward interests of Global South countries began almost as soon as these institutions came into being. However, over 80 years on since the Bretton Woods Conference that laid the foundation for much of the global…
  • 3:00 PM
    CISE Seminar: Sairaj Dhople, Professor, University of Minnesota
    Circuit 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…

Monday, April 21

  • 3:00 PM
    Debt Paper Series Launch with the Institute for Economic Justice
    The debt crisis disproportionately impacts Global South countries, with recent debt restructuring attempts occurring on a case-by-case basis - and ultimately failing to achieve sustainable outcomes, perpetuating cycles of unsustainable debt. The absence of a coherent international legal framework further complicates these issues, leaving negotiations inequitable and opaque. On Monday, April 21 from 3:00-5:00PM alongside…

Wednesday, April 23

Thursday, April 24

  • 2:00 PM
    Advances in Global Disease Surveillance: An Introduction to BEACON
    This symposium celebrates the launch of the Biothreats Emergence, Analysis and Communications Network (BEACON). The event will feature a keynote address presented by Dr. Robbie Goldstein, Commissioner of the Massachusetts Dept. of Public Health. Please see the Eventbrite registration page for a full agenda and list of speakers. The event will conclude with a reception…
  • Advances in Global Disease Surveillance: An Introduction to BEACON
    Join us for the highly anticipated launch of a new program at Boston University which merges emerging infectious diseases surveillance, a global network of moderators who are subject matter experts and the power of artificial intelligence and large language models, called Biothreats Emergence, Analysis and Communications Network (BEACON). BEACON is informal outbreak surveillance program dedicated…

Friday, April 25

  • 12:00 PM
    Leveraging Country Platforms for Climate Prosperity
    In the years since the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, Country Climate and Development Platforms (‘Country Platforms’) have emerged as a tool aimed at catalyzing climate action at scale. The V20 Finance Ministers (V20) has sought to leverage the country platforms approach to facilitate the implementation of Climate Prosperity Plans (CPPs),…

Saturday, April 26

  • 9:00 AM
    2025 Green AI Summit
    The Green AI Summit, hosted by Harvard Undergraduate AI and Sustainability Group, co-sponsored by Boston University Center for Information and Systems Engineering (CISE), brings together global leaders, researchers, and innovators to explore the intersection of artificial intelligence and sustainability. As AI technology continues to shape the world, the Green AI Summit serves as a critical…
  • 11:00 AM
    Hackathon for Health Equity
    Are you passionate about using data to tackle real-world challenges related to equity and social justice? Interested in exploring ways to improve access to and transparency of public health data in the United States? This one-day hackathon event brings together undergraduate students and public health professionals to answer important public health questions by applying quantitative…

Monday, April 28

  • 12:00 PM
    AI and Education Human and Machine Learning Lunch Series with Melissa Kibbe, PhD CANCELLED
    This event has been cancelled. Speaker: Melissa Kibbe, PhD, Associate Professor, Psychological & Brain Sciences, Boston University Talk Title: Representations of the world in developing minds: How babies and children think about objects Abstract: Forthcoming Bio: Melissa Kibbe, PhD, is a cognitive scientist and associate professor of psychological and brain sciences at Boston University. Dr.…

Tuesday, April 29

  • 1:00 PM
    What Everyone Should Know About Bird Flu (H5N1)
    the National Academies' Health and Medicine Division and Division on Earth and Life Studies are holding a special edition “Healthy Exchange” webinar series addressing the topic. The first webinar in the series, “What Everyone Should Know About Bird Flu (H5N1),” will take place on April 29, 2025. Subject matter experts will provide general information about…

Wednesday, April 30

  • 2:00 PM
    AIR Weekly Seminar
    Speaker: Baifeng Shi (https://bfshi.github.io/), Fourth-year PhD student from Berkeley AI Research (BAIR) at UC Berkeley Talk Title: “Scaling Vision Pre-Training to 4K Resolution” Abstract: Modern vision models such as SigLIP and DINOv2 are all pre-trained at low resolutions (e.g., 384x384 pixels). Compared to human vision which can easily achieve an effective resolution of 10,000×10,000, such…

Thursday, May 8

  • 10:00 AM
    FRP Symposium: AI for Understanding Earthquakes
    AI techniques are increasingly important in the study of seismic events and changes in the structure of the earth over time. For the last year, we have been undergoing a focused research project through the Hariri Institute at Boston University to develop novel approaches of using AI for understanding earthquakes. The goal of this symposium…
  • 6:30 PM
    Outbreak: Epidemics in a Connected World
    Try your hand at being an outbreak responder in this interactive forum, part of the Museum of Science’s 2025 Being Human spotlight. This interactive forum will engage participants to walk through the decision-making process of responding to infectious disease threats such as avian influenza and Ebola. Participants will work together to consider the many factors…

Saturday, May 10

  • 12:00 AM
    MIT BIOSUMMIT - AI in Biotech and Healthcare
    Be online on Saturday, May 10th, for an engaging conference exploring the impact of AI in healthcare and biotech. Join industry leaders, innovators, and experts at the MITCOB BioSummit to discuss groundbreaking AI applications in pharma, biotech, and healthcare. Students and post-docs register for free.

Wednesday, May 14

  • 9:00 AM
    Fierce Pharma - Drug Development and Delivery Insights for 2025
    Join us for Drug Development and Delivery Insights for 2025, a virtual event where industry leaders will explore the latest innovations in drug delivery and development. Throughout this half-day event, experts will dissect key challenges and opportunities, covering topics such as RNA delivery, ultra-long-lasting drug delivery platforms, the latest technologies, and much more.
  • 10:30 AM
    Fact from Fiction: Healthcare Literacy
    Dr. Traci Hong, who leads CEID's health communication research core, will be speaking at the Boston Globe's Health Equity Summit on the 10:30am panel, Fact from Fiction: Healthcare Literacy.
  • 12:00 PM
    Health Data Science Distinguished Speaker Series: Dr. Mary L. Gray
    Speaker: Dr. Mary L. Gray, Senior Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research; Faculty Associate at Harvard University's Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society Talk Title: "Bridging AI Divides: Community-Driven Innovation for Equitable AI" Abstract: In this talk, Mary L. Gray from Microsoft Research explores the critical role of community-industry partnerships in developing equitable AI solutions.…
  • 1:00 PM
    Guidance on Foundation Funding
    As the funding landscape shifts, many faculty are now looking into funding from private foundations. This workshop will provide an overview of BU Foundation Relations, how to build relationships with foundations, and some tips for how to align research with foundation priorities. Several faculty will also discuss their strategy to approaching foundations and lessons learned…

Friday, May 16

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