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All Topics (August 23 through September 14)
Monday, August 24
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Preparing for the Fall: Developing AI Policies and Assessing Current MaterialsJoin the Institute for Excellence in Teaching & Learning for a two-hour session discussing strategies and techniques to address AI policies and examine teaching materials in preparation for the Fall 2026 semester. This event is open to all BU faculty members. Faculty are invited to join us the entire time or drop into sessions as…
Tuesday, August 25
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ECE Seminar: Seou ChoiECE Seminar: Seou Choi Title: Toward Self-Driving Optics Laboratories with Robotics Abstract: Robots now run synthesis in chemistry labs and assays in biology labs. Optics, though one of the most foundational experimental domains, has been left behind. In the lab, optical systems still depend almost entirely on manual assembly and alignment — largely because optical…
Tuesday, September 1
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Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Professor Emerita Liah GreenfeldMemorial Lecture and Community Remembrance. Zoom option available; registration required for both in-person and virtual attendance. Liah Greenfeld was one of the most original thinkers of our time. Best known for her work on nationalism, she has continually expanded the range of her scholarship—from minds to nations to civilizations—until she formalized her subject as The…
Wednesday, September 2
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In the Shadow of Survival: Autocrats, Democrats, and Two-Level Games in AsiaAs elsewhere, countries in Asia have experienced increasingly polarized domestic politics alongside growing geopolitical tensions. How do Asian states—authoritarian and democratic, large and small—respond to these two power plays simultaneously? Do these dynamics intensify security flashpoints in the region, or can they help mitigate them? Join us for answers to these questions and more as…
Thursday, September 3
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Info Session: Convergent Research Funding OpportunitiesThe Office of Research is pleased to offer two funding opportunities designed to accelerate convergent research at Boston University. To introduce these opportunities, we will host two online Zoom information sessions. Each session will provide an overview of the convergent research seed and planning grant opportunities, including eligibility, submission timelines and requirements, the selection process,…
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Power Over Progress: How Politics Shape Development Finance in AfricaJoin us for a book talk featuring Keyi Tang, Asst. Professor at ESADE Business School in Barcelona, on development finance in Africa How does Chinese overseas development finance compare with World Bank and OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) bilateral finance once money reaches the ground? The GDP Center is excited to host author…
Friday, September 4
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Annual Sue Kim Hanson Memorial Lecture: Sarah Gaffen, PhD (Hybrid)"At the Crossroads of IL-17 Signaling in Autoimmunity, Inflammation and Host Defense" Sarah Gaffen, PhD, Gerald P. Rodnan Professor, division of rheumatology and clinical immunology, director, basic rheumatology research, PMI graduate faculty, University of Pittsburgh
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CISE Seminar: Mengye Ren, New York UniversityThe Always-Learning Machine Today’s AI models acquire most of their knowledge through offline, Independent and Identically Distributed (IID) learning. In-context learning offers some capacity for online adaptation, but a crucial question remains: can models keep learning at deployment, or even learn from scratch, through continuous streams of experience? In this talk, Mengye will present several…
Tuesday, September 8
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IS&T RCS Tutorial - Introduction to Python, Part One (Hands-on)This is an introduction to the essential features of Python. This first part of the tutorial includes an introduction to basic types, if-statements, functions, lists, dictionaries, loops, and modules. The tutorial includes the use of a popular Python development environment and covers setting up Python on your own computer in addition to using Python on…
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GSI Seminar with Dr. Geoff Ginsburg NIH All-Of-Us CSOGSI will be hosting a seminar and day visit On Tuesday Sept. 8 2026 with Dr. Geoffrey Ginsburg, MD/PhD BUSM 1984. Dr. Ginsburg is a distinguished alumni and Chief Scientific Officer of the NIH All-Of-Us human genetics initiative that touches both the clinic and research laboratory.
Wednesday, September 9
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BU Musculoskeletal Health (MHet) ARC September Invited Lecture: René St-Arnaud, PhD (Virtual)"A Precision Medicine Approach for Treatment of Low Bone Mass in Klinefelter Syndrome" René St-Arnaud, PhD, professor, pediatric musculoskeletal research, McGill University Zoom information is available at the URL provided. All are welcome; trainees are encouraged to attend.
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Photonics Center Distinguished Lecture: Bahaa SalehPhotonics Center Distinguished Lecture: Bahaa Saleh Speaker: Bahaa Saleh, Ph.D. UCF Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Optics & Photonics CREOL, The College of Optics and Photonics, University of Central Florida former BU ECE Dept. Chair Title: From Classical to Quantum Optics and Back: A Tale of the Bimode and the Qubit Abstract: This tutorial explores the…
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IS&T RCS Tutorial - Introduction to Linux (Hands-on)This tutorial will give attendees a hands-on introduction to Linux. Topics covered will include a short history of Linux, logging in with ssh, the Bash shell and shell scripts, I/O redirection (pipes), file system navigation, and job control. Time permitting, attendees will edit, compile, and run a simple C program.
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The Power of Ideas and Discourse in Political Analysis: A Discursive Institutionalist PerspectivePlease join us as we celebrate the release of The Power of Ideas and Discourse in Political Analysis: A Discursive Institutionalist Perspective by our colleague Vivien A. Schmidt, Professor Emeritus of International Relations at the Pardee School and Founding Director of BU's Center for the Study of Europe. In this masterful book, [Prof. Schmidt] provides a…
Thursday, September 10
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IS&T RCS Tutorial - Introduction to Python, Part Two (Hands-on)This tutorial is a continuation of "Introduction to Python, Part One" and introduces more features of the language, common libraries such as numpy and matplotlib, and the basics of debugging Python programs. Please make sure you sign up for part one as well.
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IS&T RCS Tutorial - Introduction to BU's Shared Computing Cluster (Hands-on)This tutorial will introduce Boston University's Shared Computing Cluster (SCC) in Holyoke, MA. This Linux cluster has more than 28000 processors and over 14 petabytes of storage available for Research Computing by students and faculty on the Charles River and BUMC campuses. A very large number of software packages for programming, mathematics, data analysis, plotting,…
Friday, September 11
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Fall 2026 Pathology Seminar Series: George Murphy, PhD"Centenarians in a Dish: Unlocking the Mechanisms of Exceptional Longevity" George Murphy, PhD, professor, CReM co-director
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MechE Seminar Series: Katsuyo ThorntonSpeaker: Katsuyo Thornton Title: Understanding the Interplay Between Electrochemistry, Thermodynamics, and Kinetics Through Simulations Abstract: Numerical simulations facilitate understanding of the mechanisms underlying material performance and provide guidance for material design. Microstructure-scale and macroscale modeling, in particular, yields predictions of materials behavior under realistic conditions that are directly comparable to experimental measurements. In electrochemical phenomena,…
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SE Seminar SeriesSpeaker: Caio Kalil Lauand Title: Online Feedback Optimization with Random System Response: Theory and Applications to Power Systems Abstract: In several applications of online optimization to networked systems such as power grids and robotic networks, information about the system model and its disturbances is not generally available. The framework of online feedback optimization (OFO) addresses…
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Center for Systems Neuroscience Seminar: Kim StachenfeldNote: This seminar takes place on a different day and time than our usual Wednesday 12:15 PM schedule.
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Prof. Kim Stachenfeld, Columbia UniversityNote: This seminar takes place on a different day and time than our usual Wednesday 12:15 PM schedule.
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BU Neuropsychology SeminarBeyond Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy: Long-Term White Matter and Vascular Consequences of Repetitive TBIs Michael Alosco, PhD, Licensed clinical neuropsychologist, Professor of Neurology at BU Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
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CISE Seminar: Luca Carloni, Columbia UniversityAgile and Collaborative System-on-Chip Design with Open-Source Hardware Platforms Open-source hardware can play a unique role for the semiconductor industry in the age of sustainable AI. It can enable design reuse, foster collaboration, and support workforce development. ESP is an open-source research platform for system-on-chip (SoC) design that combines a modular architecture with an agile…
Monday, September 14
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Population Science Seminar Series: Emma Zang (Yale)Emma Zang, Associate Professor of Sociology, Biostatistics, and Global Affairs, Yale University on “Demographic Constraint: Why Aging Societies Struggle to Invest in the Future.” The BU Population Science Seminar Series (BU PopSci) is an interdisciplinary forum connecting established and emerging scholars in demography, population health, epidemiology, economics, and related fields. In-person with hybrid access. We…
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IS&T RCS Tutorial - Intermediate Usage of the SCC (Lecture)This tutorial will provide some more advanced techniques and common strategies used for interacting with the Shared Computing Cluster and its resources. The topics discussed during the tutorial include: Customizing your environment Parallel computing on the SCC Jobs monitoring and profiling: CPU and GPU utilization, memory usage Profiling programs for performance optimization General optimization strategies…