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All Topics (April 16 through June 30)
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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Global Governance Reform from the Global SouthCalls 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…
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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…
Monday, April 21
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Debt Paper Series Launch with the Institute for Economic JusticeThe 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
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Cyber Alliance Seminar: Dan Roche, Professor, Computer Science, U.S. Naval Academy, AnnapolisTalk Title: What FTC cases tell us about developing and managing secure software systems Abstract: In the absence of nationwide data privacy legislation, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has played a significant role in holding firms accountable in the wake of compromises to sensitive personal data which they hold. Two significant court cases in…