Science on Tap: How To Think About Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration

COE PhD Council presents SCIENCE ON TAP
How To Think About Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration with Dean Gregory Abowd

NU’s Academic Plan pushes us to consider impact in the world, and that requires more than a discipline-specific mindset. Having positive impact on problems of our world requires collaboration across multiple communities with different languages, methods, and incentives. Reflecting on my own successes and failures, I want to share a commonsense way to think about how to create effective cross-disciplinary relationships.

Gregory D. Abowd is Dean of the College of Engineering and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Northeastern University. He is also and Affiliate Professor in the Khoury College of Computer Sciences and the Bouvé College of Health Sciences. Dr. Abowd is a researcher in the fields of HCL and ubiquitous computing, and is known for his collaborations with researchers in a wide variety of disciplines, including education, aging, autism, health, wellness, sensors, materials science and engineering.

Friday, September 30
3:00 – 4:00 PM
Snell 108
Food and drinks provided!

For PhD and Faculty only