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SUMMARY:10 Advanced EndNote Features
DESCRIPTION:Start your spring 2021 research off on the right foot with Northeastern University Library’s series of online workshops and webinars. In this workshop\, learn how to use advanced EndNote features to manage citations for yourself or your research group. \nRegister here: bit.ly/citationmgmtworkshops
URL:https://coe.northeastern.edu/event/10-advanced-endnote-features-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210212T120000
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SUMMARY:CEE Lunch & Learn Seminar Series: Smoke\, Satellites\, and Storage Bins: AER’s Research in Air Quality and Greenhouse Gases
DESCRIPTION:The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is pleased to announce the second event in our Lunch & Learn Seminar Series. \nThis event will feature Matthew Alvarado of AER\, discussing “Smoke\, Satellites\, and Storage Bins: AER’s Research in Air Quality and Greenhouse Gases.” \nIf you are planning to attend\, please RSVP for this event so we may get a proper headcount and share it with your colleagues and post-docs who you think may be interested. Details on how to attend will be sent to those who RSVP. \nRSVP for this event \n\n\nAbout Lunch & Learn: \n\n\nThis bimonthly seminar series focuses on convergent research\, bringing together Northeastern colleagues and collaborators to think big/bold\, explore ideas that build cooperation and foster transformative innovation within CEE and across disciplines beyond CEE. \n\n\nBelow\, you may find participation information. This event is virtual via Microsoft Teams- RSVP to receive the link. Please contact Professor Yang Zhang (ya.zhang@northeastern.edu) with any questions. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nTopic: CEE Lunch & Learn:  \nSmoke\, Satellites\, and Storage Bins: AER’s Research in Air Quality and Greenhouse Gases \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTime: February 12\, 2021 12:00 PM Eastern Time (Boston) \nThis talk will discuss three topics from AER’s recent and on-going research into air quality and greenhouse gases. First we will discuss the efforts at AER to improve our ability to model the impacts of biomass burning on ozone and PM2.5\, with a focus on the chemistry that takes place within the smoke after emission. We will then discuss the use of satellite observations in air quality studies and monitoring\, including work at AER to better constrain sources of ammonia\, carbon dioxide\, and methane. Finally\, we will discuss a recent consulting project where we looked into the physics and chemistry of smoke from fires at eclectic storage facilities and made recommendations for how to model the impacts for planning and emergency response purposes. We will also discuss how AER has partnered with universities\, national labs\, and other organizations in pursuing these research topics.
URL:https://coe.northeastern.edu/event/cee-lunch-learn-seminar-series-smoke-satellites-and-storage-bins-aers-research-in-air-quality-and-greenhouse-gases/
ORGANIZER;CN="Civil & Environmental Engineering":MAILTO:civilinfo@coe.neu.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210212T180000
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SUMMARY:CEE Department Graduate Student Social
DESCRIPTION:Join the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department’s Graduate Student Council (CEE GSC) for our annual Chinese New Year Social on February 12\, at 6 PM EST\, on zoom. \nWe will hang out\, play games\, and maybe explore some virtual environments.
URL:https://coe.northeastern.edu/event/cee-department-graduate-student-social/
ORGANIZER;CN="Civil & Environmental Engineering":MAILTO:civilinfo@coe.neu.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210213T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210213T133000
DTSTAMP:20260523T005207
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SUMMARY:Innovation in Self Development + Wellness: A WISE Webinar
DESCRIPTION:Explore the intersections of entrepreneurship and personal development with the Women’s Interdisciplinary Society of Entrepreneurship at Northeastern University! On Saturday\, Feb. 13\, our community will have the chance to hear from experts on investing in yourself as a young professional\, and letting your mind rest and reflect during times of uncertainty. At the start of the webinar\, we will be leading a discussion on tackling imposter syndrome early in your career with Christmas Hutchinson\, Career Confidence Coach and Author of The Resilient Mind: A Field Guide to a Healthier Way of Life. After that\, we will meet Olivia Bowser\, Founder of Liberate Studio\, the world’s first mental wellness studio. Olivia will touch on her experience being a founder in the wellness industry and will guide us through an activity to show us the power of mindfulness and how to implement it into our lives. Finally\, attendees will get the chance to interact with each other and discuss a range of topics within the wellness world during our Self Care Coffee Chat session. \nRSVP here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/innovation-in-self-development-wellness-a-wise-webinar-tickets-139323491313
URL:https://coe.northeastern.edu/event/innovation-in-self-development-wellness-a-wise-webinar/
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SUMMARY:NSF Workshop on Predictive Intelligence for Pandemic Prevention
DESCRIPTION:NSF Predictive Intelligence for Pandemic Prevention (PIPP) Workshop – Pandemic Readiness for Emerging Pathogens (PREP)  \nThe goal is to foster scientific discussion and catalyze innovation and partnerships to significantly enhance our understanding of the challenges and potential solutions to rapid detection and assessment of emerging pathogens and infectious disease dynamics from the molecular to the ecological scale. We invite participants from academia\, government\, industry and non-governmental organizations from varied disciplines: Engineering (ENG)\, Biological Sciences (BIO)\, Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE)\, and Social\, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE). \nPREP has four topical thrusts: \n1) Rapid and Accurate Detection and Assessment of Emerging Pathogens \n2) Monitoring Environmental Change\, Animal Movements\, and High-Risk Interfaces for Disease Transmission \n3) Monitoring Human Movements and At-risk Communities for Disease Transmission and Spread \n4) Data-Intensive Machine Learning and Modeling for Pandemic Preparedness. \nEach topical thrust has vision talks\, panels\, and breakout sessions.\nThe goal of the workshop is a roadmap for research investments to address key technical and scientific challenges for pandemic prevention. \nFor more information\, agenda\, list of invited speakers\, and registration: https://thepipp.org \nDirect registration \n\nOrganized by ECE Professor Nian X. Sun with support from NSF grant.
URL:https://coe.northeastern.edu/event/nsf-workshop-on-predictive-intelligence-for-pandemic-prevention/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210217T110000
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SUMMARY:ECE PhD Proposal Review: Andre Langner
DESCRIPTION:PhD Proposal Review: Multi-area Distribution State Estimation Using a Virtual Reference \nAndre Langner \nLocation: Teams Link \nAbstract: State Estimation (SE) is the backbone of modern Energy Management System due to its capability of processing real-time measurements and provide reliable information to system operators. Since its introduction to power systems in the ’70s\, SE has been widely used in transmission networks. Distribution grids\, on the other hand\, lack sufficient number of real-time measurements\, and for that reason\, SE has not been widely implemented on these systems. The recent increase in the number of renewable energy sources connected to the grid at lower voltage levels\, the advent of Distribution Automation\, and Smart Grids necessitate closer monitoring of distribution networks. Thus\, forcing utilities to upgrade their operations and deploy Advanced Distribution Management Systems. Therefore\, Distribution System State Estimation (DSSE) is paramount to provide real-time monitoring of active distribution grids. In the first part of this proposal\, a three-phase distribution system state estimator is presented\, especially for highly unbalanced networks. In the second part\, the Multi-area State Estimation (MASE) approach is proposed to distribution systems\, by a partition into non-overlapping areas\, aiming at reducing the overall execution time. Furthermore\, it is also proposed to combine MASE along with the so-called Generalized State Estimation to identify topology errors causing divergence in the state estimation process.
URL:https://coe.northeastern.edu/event/ece-phd-proposal-review-andre-langner/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210217T120000
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DTSTAMP:20260523T005207
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SUMMARY:ChE Seminar: 3D Printing End-Functionalized Polymer Conjugates to Fabricate Spatially Organized Biomaterials
DESCRIPTION:Lesley W. Chow\, Ph.D.\nDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering\nDepartment of Bioengineering\nLehigh University \n3D Printing End-Functionalized Polymer Conjugates to Fabricate Spatially Organized Biomaterials \nAbstract: Biodegradable polymer scaffolds for tissue engineering can be functionalized with specific chemistries to direct desired cellular behavior and matrix formation. These scaffolds are typically modified post-fabrication\, which can lead to undesirable changes in scaffold properties. In addition\, most functionalization strategies result in homogeneously distributed chemistries that fail to mimic the anisotropic biochemical organization found in native tissues. To address these challenges\, we developed a versatile platform where end-functionalized polymer conjugates are 3D printed into well-defined patterns. The end groups (i.e.\, peptides\, bioorthogonal chemistries) on the conjugate become displayed on the surface during fabrication to generate functionalized scaffolds in a single step without affecting scaffold architecture. This strategy also enables us to control the spatial organization of multiple chemistries within a continuous construct. This seminar will describe our platform and discuss how we are using this modular approach to fabricate scaffolds to direct osteochondral tissue regeneration. \nBiography: Dr. Lesley Chow is a Frank Hook Assistant Professor jointly appointed in the Departments of Materials Science and Engineering and Bioengineering at Lehigh University. She was recently appointed to the Harold Chambers Junior Professorship in 2019 and received the NSF CAREER Award in 2020. She joined Lehigh following her postdoctoral training at Imperial College London in the Departments of Materials and Bioengineering. She received her B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Florida and her Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Northwestern University. \nPlease contact Alyssa Ramsey a.ramsey@northeastern.edu for the link information.
URL:https://coe.northeastern.edu/event/che-seminar-3d-printing-end-functionalized-polymer-conjugates-to-fabricate-spatially-organized-biomaterials/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210218T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210218T160000
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SUMMARY:ECE PhD Dissertation Defense: Shadi Emam
DESCRIPTION:PhD Dissertation Defense: Devices and Methods for Diagnosis from Exhaled Breath \nShadi Emam \nLocation: 325 DA \nAbstract: A novel electrochemical gas sensor was developed with a variety of applications. The sensor is composed of four layers: Silicon substrate\, Chromium\, Graphene-Prussian blue\, and molecularly imprinting polymer (MIP). Molecular imprinting technology is a technique to polymerize around a template molecule. Subsequent removal of the template molecule leaves cavities in the polymer matrix with an affinity for a chosen template molecule. The sensor was applied toward the early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease first. Three sensors were fabricated to detect three biomarkers of Alzheimer’s disease in the exhaled breath. The sensors were tested against three cohorts of rats: young healthy control\, old on high fat/high sugar diet and\, old on high fat/high sugar with Alzheimer’s human gene APOE4. The sensor only detected the 3 biomarkers from the exhaled breath of the rats from the last cohort. The MRI results of the rats’ brain also confirmed the sensors readings. The sensors were then applied toward the diagnosis of lung cancer at an early stage and detection of controlled substances in the air/exhaled breath/body fluid. Recently\, sensors were fabricated and tested to detest SARS-CoV-2. With some modification to the basic and structure of the sensors\, 3 generations of SARS-CoV-2 sensors were developed and tested. The second generation was developed in order to enhance the sensitivity of the sensors. By proper functionalization of the graphene layer\, the sensitivity of the sensors increased 80\,000 times. The third generation of the sensors was fabricated with the goal of selectivity and using functional monomers. These sensors were tested against bovine serum albumin (BSA)\, water\, phosphate buffer solution (PBS)\, the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS)\, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)\, Ebola\, and flu virus. The third generation of sensors is highly selective and consistent compared to the previous generation. While the first generation sensor was 37.5% selective and 61% sensitive\, the third generation sensor was 75% selective and 80% selective. \n 
URL:https://coe.northeastern.edu/event/ece-phd-dissertation-defense-shadi-emam/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210219T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210219T133000
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SUMMARY:Pathways in Research Dissemination
DESCRIPTION:Why\, how\, and when should you share your research work? The Northeastern COE CommLab will host a webinar discussing the importance of disseminating research and the different tools you can use to share your research findings. These tools range from elevator pitches and peer-reviewed research articles to creating and maintaining your online presence as a researcher. Such diverse approaches in disseminating your research can be applied to any field or any part of your professional development journey. This is an introductory webinar that provides an overview of different dissemination tools. Then\, throughout the coming months\, the CommLab will offer interactive workshops that will provide in-depth information on each approach to help move you forward in your career through the impactful and appropriate dissemination of your work. Register for the Zoom Webinar  (Register with your Northeastern University Zoom Credentials)
URL:https://coe.northeastern.edu/event/pathways-in-research-dissemination/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210222T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210222T140000
DTSTAMP:20260523T005207
CREATED:20210219T152430Z
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SUMMARY:Race or Racism? The Black-White Disparity in Preterm Birth
DESCRIPTION:We would like to invite you to attend the PROTECT (Puerto Rico Testsite for Exploring Contamination Threats) Spring 2021 Webinar\, “Race or Racism?  The Black-White Disparity in Preterm Birth.” \nDr. Paula Braveman\, Professor of Family and Community Medicine and Founding Director of the Center for Health at the University of California\, San Francisco will talk about racism as leading to health-harming experiences and exposures that should be considered possible contributors to racial disparities in preterm birth rates.  To learn more about Dr. Braveman and her work\, and for a description of the upcoming webinar\, please visit the PROTECT website. \nThis webinar will be presented via Zoom Online Meetings and if you are able to join us\, please register at the following link – REGISTER. \nIf you have any questions about the webinar or experience any issues with registration\, please contact Kristin Hicks directly at k.hicks@northeastern.edu\, or 617-373-5384.
URL:https://coe.northeastern.edu/event/race-or-racism-the-black-white-disparity-in-preterm-birth/
ORGANIZER;CN="ALERT":MAILTO:alert-info@coe.neu.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210222T133000
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SUMMARY:Engineers Week: 'What's the big deal about COVID-19 variants and why should we care?'
DESCRIPTION:The Bioengineering Department presents speaker Lee Makowski for this year’s Engineers Week events. \n\nLocation: This event is virtual\, free\, and open to the public. \nJoin Zoom Meeting \nhttps://northeastern.zoom.us/j/95153700231?pwd=R0ZMUG50Tm9tRDRqQnZZWjFheXJXdz09 \nMeeting ID: 951 5370 0231\nPasscode: 312358\nOne tap mobile\n+13017158592\,\,95153700231#\,\,\,\,*312358# US (Washington DC)\n+13126266799\,\,95153700231#\,\,\,\,*312358# US (Chicago) \n\n‘What’s the big deal about COVID-19 variants and why should we care?’ \nLee Makowski Professor and Department Chair\, Department of Bioengineering \nLee Makowski\, Professor and Department Chair\, Department of Bioengineering \nVaccines developed to protect against infection with SARS CoV-2 virus are less effective against some viral variants that have recently arisen.  How is that possible\, and what can we do about it?  In this presentation I will outline how vaccines are designed\, why some variants can evade neutralization by the vaccines and others cannot\, and discuss why I believe there will be ‘booster’ vaccines developed against the variants\, probably available by late summer. \nDr. Makowski is Professor and Chair of Bioengineering and Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Northeastern University.  He has a BS in Physics from Brown University and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from MIT.  His research interests focus on the molecular basis of biological processes. In 2010\, he moved from Argonne National Laboratory where he was Biosciences Division Director and Senior Scientist to Northeastern University where he accepted a joint appointment in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Chemistry and Chemical Biology.  In January 2014 Dr. Makowski was appointed as Interim Chair of the newly established Department of Bioengineering and became Chair in September 2015.  His current research program aspires to understand the inception and progression of Alzheimer’s disease.  With the emergence of COVID-19\, he redirected his efforts to try to understand the array of unexpected extrapulmonary impacts SARS CoV-2 has on some patients. \nDownload Flyer (pdf)
URL:https://coe.northeastern.edu/event/engineers-week-whats-the-big-deal-about-covid-19-variants-and-why-should-we-care/
ORGANIZER;CN="Bioengineering":MAILTO:bioe@northeastern.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210222T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210222T170000
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SUMMARY:AIX SEMINAR SERIES
DESCRIPTION:We cordially invite you to join the \nAIX SEMINAR\nMonday\, Feb 22\, 3:00 PM EST \nZoom Link: https://northeastern.zoom.us/j/96209636039 \n__________________________________________________________________________________ \nAssistive Robots for People with Severe Motor Impairments \nDr. Maria Kyrarini\, Postdoctoral Research Fellow\, the University of Texas at Arlington \nIntroducing the Open Mocap Project \nDr. Jon Matthis\, Northeastern University\, Professor of Biology  \n__________________________________________________________________________________ \n \nAssistive Robots for People with Severe Motor Impairments  \nDr. Maria Kyrarini | Postdoctoral Research Fellow\, the University of Texas at Arlington \nAbstract: Assistive robotic manipulators have the potential to support individuals with severe motor impairments to regain some of their independence in performing Activities of Daily Living. For individuals with tetraplegia\, which is the paralysis of all limbs\, interaction with assistive robotic manipulators is a very challenging task. In this talk\, I will present two interaction approaches to enable a person with tetraplegia to drink with the assistance of a robotic manipulator. The first approach focuses on enabling people with tetraplegia to teach the robot how to assist them with drinking. The second approach focuses on an autonomous multi-sensory robotic system\, which assists with straw-less drinking. Experimental results for both approaches will be presented. Furthermore\, I will conclude the talk with a brief discussion of future research challenges. \nBio: Maria Kyrarini is a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Texas at Arlington under the advisement of Professor Dr. Fillia Makedon. She is also the assistant director of the Heracleia Human-Centered Computing Lab. In 2019\, Maria received her Ph.D. in Engineering from the University of Bremen under the supervision of Professor Dr.-Eng. Axel Gräser. The title of her Ph.D. thesis is: “Robot learning from human demonstrations for human-robot synergy”. Before that\, she received her M.Eng. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering and her M.Sc. degree in Automation Systems both from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) in 2012 and 2014\, respectively. Her primary research interests are in the fields of Robot Learning from Human Demonstrations\, Human-Robot Interaction\, and Assistive Robotics with a special focus on Enhancing Human Performance. \nWebpage: https://sites.google.com/view/mariakyrarini/home \n__________________________________________________________________________________ \nIntroducing the Open Mocap Project  \nDr. Jon Matthis | Professor of Biology\, Northeastern University \nAbstract: I will present an update to the Open Mocap project\, which aims to develop a free\, open-source\, camera hardware and tracking software agnostic system for 3D motion capture of humans\, non-human animals\, and robots. The current iteration looks something like this: \nhttps://twitter.com/JonMatthis/status/1351531974364688385 \nBio: Jon Matthis is an Assistant Professor in the Biology Department at Northeastern University. Jon’s research focuses primarily on the visual control of human walking\, with an emphasis on the way that the biomechanics of bipedal gait shapes the use of visual information during locomotion over real world rough terrain. To this end\, he has developed an apparatus that accurately records full-body motion capture and eye tracking data of people walking outdoors over real-world rocky terrain. Using this data\, he hopes to explain the way that humans use eye movements to extract information from their environment in order to facilitate stable and efficient locomotion over complex and difficult terrain. \n_________________________________________ \nPlease sign up to receive further AIX seminar notifications \nPresented by the Institute for Experiential Robotics at Northeastern University
URL:https://coe.northeastern.edu/event/aix-seminar-series/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210222T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210222T193000
DTSTAMP:20260523T005207
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SUMMARY:Engineers Week: MIE Alumni/Faculty Panel and Trivia
DESCRIPTION:The Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department is hosting an alumni/faculty panel and trivia for this year’s Engineers Week events. \n\nLocation: This event is virtual\, free\, and open to the public. \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nMeeting ID: 983 4636 8614\nPasscode: 637919 \n\nMIE Alumni/Faculty Panel and Trivia \nStudents will have opportunities to ask about careers\, research\, academia\, and discuss how they are imagining tomorrow as Engineers. Following the discussion\, we will host trivia where students in teams will answer a wide range of questions for prizes and work with other students! \nPanel participants: \n\nAnubama Chinnakannan\, Application Engineer\, Schneider Electric\nSafa Jamali\, Assistant Professor\, Northeastern University\nHongli Zhu\, Assistant Professor\, Northeastern University\nRuobing Bai\, Assistant Professor\, Northeastern University\nKayse Maass: Assistant Professor\, Northeastern University\nSimisola Familusi: Manufacturing quality engineer\, Apple\n\nDownload Flyer (pdf)
URL:https://coe.northeastern.edu/event/engineers-week-mie-alumni-faculty-panel-and-trivia/
ORGANIZER;CN="Mechanical & Industrial Engineering":MAILTO:mie-web@coe.neu.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210223T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210223T100000
DTSTAMP:20260523T005207
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SUMMARY:Engineers Week: Introduction to the Graduate School of Engineering
DESCRIPTION:The Introduction to the Graduate School of Engineering is part of this year’s Engineers Week events. \n\nLocation: This event is virtual\, free\, and open to the public. \nJoin Zoom Meeting \n\nKelly EgorovaAssistant Director of Graduate Admissions \nBold\, interdisciplinary\, and experiential with a focus on innovating for society. Northeastern University’s Graduate School of Engineering encompasses top-ranked\, highly selective\, R1 research programs that combine rigorous academics with experiential learning and convergent research to prepare the next generation of engineering leaders to address the complex challenges of global society. Kelly Egorova\, Assistant Director for Graduate Admissions\, will discuss the parameters for success as you begin your application process. She will provide an overview of the 6 departments\, Co-op with the College’s 800 industry partners\, and opportunities for engagement with the graduate student ambassadors. \nKelly Egorova is the Assistant Director of Graduate Admissions in the Graduate School of Engineering at Northeastern University. She received her M.Ed in Higher Education Administration from Northeastern University\, and her BS in Environmental Science with minors in Math and Biology from Plymouth State University. Kelly began her career in higher education in 2012 at Massachusetts Institute of Technology\, where she was a Producer of Special Projects at the MIT Media Lab. Kelly joined Northeastern University in 2017. She believes in the importance of identifying individuals whom will thrive within the University – but more importantly – those who will carry the values of our school beyond their academics. \nDownload Flyer (pdf)
URL:https://coe.northeastern.edu/event/introduction-to-the-graduate-school-of-engineering/
ORGANIZER;CN="Graduate School of Engineering":MAILTO:coe-gradadmissions@northeastern.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210223T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210223T160000
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SUMMARY:MathWorks-Northeastern Symposium on Wireless Communication
DESCRIPTION:Topics of Discussion\n\nTesting Wireless Solutions at Scale. Colosseum as a Case Study Speaker: Stefano Basagni\, ECE Dept\, Northeastern University\nFrom Algorithms to Implementations Speaker: Miriam Leeser: ECE Dept\, Northeastern University\nOFDM Explained Speaker: Darel A. Linebarger\, MathWorks Director of Engineering for Wireless and Audio\n\nRSVP for Meeting Link
URL:https://coe.northeastern.edu/event/mathworks-northeastern-symposium-on-wireless-communication/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210223T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210223T170000
DTSTAMP:20260523T005207
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SUMMARY:Engineers Week: Pathways to Science and Engineering
DESCRIPTION:The Center for STEM Education is hosting an Pathways to Science and Engineering for this year’s Engineers Week events. \nJosep Jornet \n\nLocation: This event is virtual\, free\, and open to high school students only. \nJoin Zoom Meeting \n\nPathways to Science and Engineering (PSE) is an after school program geared towards high school students interested in STEM. Students will be exploring diverse career pathways through research presentations. Graduate students and faculty members from Northeastern University will be presenting their ongoing research to participants\, and participants will have time to ask questions about the presenter’s research and their field of study. Students will be meeting remotely via Zoom every Tuesday from 4:00-5:00pm for 8 weeks\, starting Tuesday\, January 26th\, 2021. \n  \nJosep Miquel Jornet is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. His current research interests are in Terahertz communication networks\, wireless nano-bio-communication networks\, and the Internet of Nano-Things. \nSidi A. Bencherif \nSidi A. Bencherif is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering and an Affiliated Faculty in the Department of Bioengineering. Hi research interests are in polymer chemistry and engineering; biomaterials; biomedical engineering; drug delivery; tissue engineering; regenerative medicine; immunotherapy; immunoengineering; and vaccines. \n 
URL:https://coe.northeastern.edu/event/engineers-week-pathways-to-science-and-engineering/
ORGANIZER;CN="Michael B. Silevitch and Claire J. Duggan Center for STEM Education":MAILTO:stem@northeastern.edu
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SUMMARY:COE Study Abroad Info Session
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Amanda Earley\, GEO and Joy Erb\, COE. \nLearn about the opportunities to study in another country while enjoying local culture from fellow COE students. \nFor more information please contact Joy Erb:  j.erb@northeastern.edu. \nZoom Study Abroad Info Link \nMeeting ID: 924 3292 5382 \n 
URL:https://coe.northeastern.edu/event/coe-study-abroad-info-session-4/
CATEGORIES:use the department, audience, and topic lists
ORGANIZER;CN="Undergraduate Academic Advising":MAILTO:COEAdvising@northeastern.edu
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SUMMARY:Engineers Week: A Multi-Scale Approach to Plant Specialized Metabolic Engineering
DESCRIPTION:The Chemical Engineering department is hosting Susan Roberts as a speaker for this year’s Engineers Week events. \n\nLocation: This event is virtual\, free\, and open to the public. \nRegister to join \n\nSusan RobertsWorcester Polytechnic Institute \nA Multi-Scale Approach to Plant Specialized Metabolic Engineering \nProfessor Roberts’ research is focused on cellular engineering and design of bioprocesses using plant-based systems. Plants produce sophisticated small molecules that play key roles in defense against predators and environmental elements. These natural products are synthesized through specialized metabolic pathways\, that have both shared and unique components when compared amongst plant systems. These specialized metabolites are useful in a variety of societal applications including as nutraceuticals\, flavorings\, colorings and pharmaceuticals. The supply of these compounds is often hindered due to low yields in nature and the inability to chemically synthesize at scale. She uses plant cell culture technology as both a system of study and a scalable production system due to the ability to engineer cells and the environment to optimize accumulation of products of interest. During this event she will present the story of understanding and optimizing paclitaxel production in Taxus plant cell suspension culture using a multi-pronged cellular engineering approach (intracellular\, intercellular and extracellular scales). She will focus on recent approaches and results in considering global specialized metabolism\, specialized metabolite transport and epigenetic mechanisms. Her group uses a combination of traditional bioprocess engineering techniques (e.g.\, bioreactor design\, cell culture\, cell encapsulation)\, modern molecular biology and analytical chemistry techniques (e.g.\, gene transfer\, transcriptomics analyses\, UPLC) and mathematical modeling (e.g.\, genome scale modeling\, metabolic flux analyses). Her research has been funded largely through the NSF\, NIH and industrial collaborations. \nDr. Susan Roberts is Professor and Head of Chemical Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). She received her BS degree in Chemical Engineering from WPI in 1992\, PhD in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University in 1998\, served on the faculty at UMass Amherst Chemical Engineering for 17 years and joined WPI as Professor and Head in 2015. Dr. Roberts’ research interests are in biomanufacturing\, cellular engineering and cell culture\, with a primary focus on plant-based systems for synthesis of natural products. She has received a number of awards for her research and education work including the NSF ADVANCE Program\, NIIMBL Workforce Development Award\, UMass President’s Science and Technology Fund Award\, NSF IGERT Award\, NSF CAREER Award\, and UMass Amherst College of Engineering Junior Faculty\, Teaching and Advising awards. Her research is supported by the NSF\, NIH and industry. She is passionate about faculty development\, training interdisciplinary engineers\, innovating graduate education and advocating for advancement of women and underrepresented groups in STEM fields. She is a proud mom to three children\, Justin (17)\, Benjamin (14)\, and Emmelyn (10)\, and puppy Molly. \nDownload Flyer (pdf)
URL:https://coe.northeastern.edu/event/engineers-week-a-multi-scale-approach-to-plant-specialized-metabolic-engineering/
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SUMMARY:ECE PhD Proposal Review: Jinghan Zhang
DESCRIPTION:PhD Proposal Review: Design Space Exploration: Designing a Unified Platform for a Domain of Streaming Applications \nJinghan Zhang \nLocation: Zoom Link \nAbstract: Many demanding streaming applications share functional and structural similarities with\nother applications in their respective domain\, e.g. video analytics\, software-defined radio\, and radar. This opens the opportunity for specialization (e.g. heterogeneous computing) to achieve the needed efficiency and/or performance. However\, current Design Space Exploration (DSE) focuses on an individual application in isolation (e.g. one particular vision flow)\, but not a set of similar applications.Hence\, optimizations that occur due to considering multiple applications simultaneously are missed. New DSE methodologies and tools are needed with a broader scope of application sets instead of individual applications.\nThis dissertation introduces a novel Domain DSE approach focusing on streaming applications. Key contributions are: (1) a formalized method to extract the functional and structural similarities of domain applications\, (2) domain application generation to provide enough synthetic domains as study cases\, (3) a rapid platform performance estimation and comparison at two abstraction levels: Domain Score (DS) and Analytic Performance Estimation (APE) model\, (4) a methodology to evaluate a platform’s benefit for a set of applications\, (5) two novel algorithms\, Dynamic Score Selection (DSS) and GenetIc Domain Exploration (GIDE)\, to allocate a domain-specific platform to maximize the throughput across domain applications under certain constraints\, and (6) Multi-Granularity Domain DSE (MG-DmDSE) to extend DSE considering multi-granularity functionality similarity in the platform allocation and application binding. \n 
URL:https://coe.northeastern.edu/event/ece-phd-proposal-review-jinghan-zhang/
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SUMMARY:MathWorks-Northeastern Symposium on BioMechanics
DESCRIPTION:Topics of Discussion\n\nLife in Action with MATLAB Speaker: Rob Holt\, MathWorks\nMaking of a Matlab Mind  Speaker: Sandra Shefelbine\, Mechanical Engineering and Bioengineering\nMaking Ideas Come to Life with Simulink Speaker\, CJ Hasson\, Physical Therapy\, Movement and Rehabilitation Sciences\n\nRSVP for Meeting Link
URL:https://coe.northeastern.edu/event/mathworks-northeastern-symposium-on-biomechanics/
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SUMMARY:Engineers Week: Laser Cutting 101
DESCRIPTION:The Bioengineering Department presents speaker Noah Joseph for this year’s Engineers Week events. \n\nLocation: This event is virtual\, free\, and open to the public. \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://northeastern.zoom.us/j/93306770038?pwd=c1JqWHhUZFR2bFNvVG1DdnR5akI5dz09 \nMeeting ID: 933 0677 0038\nPasscode: 709079\nOne tap mobile\n+19292056099\,\,93306770038#\,\,\,\,*709079# US (New York)\n+13017158592\,\,93306770038#\,\,\,\,*709079# US (Washington DC) \n\nLaser Cutting 101 \nNoah JosephLab Technician\, Northeastern University \nNoah Joseph\, Lab Technician\, Northeastern University \nTake a tour of the newly renovated 3D Print room of the Bioengineering Capstone Collaborative. Briefly explore different 3D printing technologies (Fused Deposition Modeling\, Stereolithography\, Fused Filament Fabrication\, and Continuous Filament Fabrication). Then\, take a deep dive into the world of laser cutting with the Boss Laser LS-1420 machine. Learn about how this CO2 laser cutter works and what materials can be cut and engraved. We’ll walk through the process of bringing an idea from file to real-world object. \nNoah Joseph earned his undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from Brown University in 2018. Since September 2018\, he has worked as a Lab Technician for both Northeastern’s Bioengineering department as well as the Michael J. and Ann Sherman Center for Engineering Entrepreneurship Education. \nNoah oversees the day-to-day operations of the Bioengineering Capstone Collaborative (BCC)\, which is a workspace that serves bioengineering undergraduates\, graduate students\, and faculty. He maintains and operates instrumentation in the BCC\, which include a suite of 3D printers\, a laser cutter\, hand tools\, power tools\, and various electronic fabrication/testing equipment. \nDownload Flyer (pdf)
URL:https://coe.northeastern.edu/event/engineers-week-laser-cutting-101/
ORGANIZER;CN="Bioengineering":MAILTO:bioe@northeastern.edu
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SUMMARY:Engineers Week: Can AI Models Advance Our Understanding of Exposure to Local Scale Mobile Source Pollutants in Highly Urbanized Areas?
DESCRIPTION:The Civil and Environmental Engineering Department presents Distinguished Seminar speaker Deb Niemeier for this year’s Engineers Week events. \n\nLocation: This event is virtual\, free\, and open to the NU community. \nJoin Zoom Meeting \n\nCan AI Models Advance Our Understanding of Exposure to Local Scale Mobile Source Pollutants in Highly Urbanized Areas? \nDeb Niemeier\, PhD \nDeb Niemeier\, Ph.D.\nClark Distinguished Chair in Energy and Sustainability\, University of Maryland\, College Park \nABSTRACT: The surface topography\, emission source variation\, and population distribution of urban landscapes all lend themselves to highly variable air pollutant concentrations in urban areas; concentrations that can vary dramatically even within short distances. The spatial variations in air pollutant concentrations can be as large as the contrast between cities and epidemiological studies clearly show that within-city PM exposure is larger than the between-city effect. One of the critical gaps in our understanding is how to best characterize within-city air pollutant concentration gradients\, which is crucial for exposure assessment\, urban planning\, air pollution monitoring\, and environmental equity. The development of high accuracy portable pollution sensing instruments and Global Positioning System (GPS) technology\, the use of vehicles for mobile air pollution monitoring can be used to tackle some of the challenges of estimating pollutants based on stationary monitoring sites. These mobile sensors can typically achieve high spatial resolution for air pollutants measurement\, but generate incredible amounts of data. This talk explores the trade-offs between using different ML approaches to produce credible micro-scale estimates for regional or hotspot modeling. \nBIO: Deb Niemeier is the Clark Distinguished Chair in Energy and Sustainability at the University of Maryland\, College Park and serves as a professor in the Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering. She has extensive expertise in understanding the spatial properties of mobile source emissions\, developing new methods for improving vehicle emissions inventories\, and accelerating the implementation of regulatory guidance to better identify vulnerable populations and environmental health disparities. Her research is currently focused on understanding infrastructure features that give rise to inequitable outcomes in the built environment\, particularly with the onset of climate change. In 2014\, Niemeier was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for “distinguished contributions to energy and environmental science study and policy development.” In 2015\, she was named a Guggenheim Fellow for foundational work on pro bono service in engineering. In 2017\, she was elected to the National Academy of Engineering. Niemeier received a B.S. in civil engineering from the University of Texas (1982)\, her M.S. from the University of Maine and a Ph.D. in civil engineering from the University of Washington (1994). \nDownload Flyer (pdf)
URL:https://coe.northeastern.edu/event/engineers-week-can-ai-models-advance-our-understanding-of-exposure-to-local-scale-mobile-source-pollutants-in-highly-urbanized-areas/
ORGANIZER;CN="Civil & Environmental Engineering":MAILTO:civilinfo@coe.neu.edu
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SUMMARY:Engineers Week: Exotic Interactions with Light and Sound in Metamaterials with Broken Symmetries
DESCRIPTION:The Electrical and Engineering Department presents speaker Andrea Alù for this year’s Engineers Week events. \n\nLocation: This event is virtual\, free\, and open to the NU community. \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://northeastern.zoom.us/j/94710036507?pwd=RWFqbmtPMit0RktsSXpCZE1Fd3VmZz09 \nPasscode: 0000 \nMeeting ID: 947 1003 6507\nOne tap mobile\n+13017158592\,\,94710036507# US (Washington DC)\n+13126266799\,\,94710036507# US (Chicago) \n\nExotic Interactions with Light and Sound in Metamaterials with Broken Symmetries \nAndrea Alù Founding Director and Einstein Professor at the Photonics Initiative\, CUNY Advanced Science Research Center \nAndrea Alù\nPhotonics Initiative\, Advanced Science Research Center\, City University of New York\nPhysics Program\, Graduate Center\, City University of New York\nDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering\, City College of New York\n85 St. Nicholas Terrace\, New York\, NY 10031\, U.S.A.\naalu@gc.cuny.edu\, http://alulab.org \nIn this talk\, I discuss our recent research findings in nano-optics\, electromagnetics and acoustics\, showing how suitably tailored meta-atoms and arrays of them enable new phenomena to manipulate light\, radio-waves and sound. I discuss venues to largely break Lorentz reciprocity and realize isolation without the need of a magnetic bias\, based on broken time-reversal symmetry induced by mechanical motion\, spatio-temporal modulation and/or nonlinearities. I also discuss how broken symmetries in space and space-time provide the opportunity to induce topological order in metamaterials. Another class of metamaterials based on broken symmetries are parity-time symmetric media\, which are asymmetric in space\, but symmetric upon parity and time inversion\, and can enhance the exotic response of metamaterials beyond the limitations of passive systems. In the talk\, I will discuss the impact of these concepts from basic science to technology\, from classical waves to quantum phenomena. \nAndrea Alù is the Founding Director and Einstein Professor at the Photonics Initiative\, CUNY Advanced Science Research Center. He received his Laurea (2001) and PhD (2007) from the University of Roma Tre\, Italy\, and\, after a postdoc at the University of Pennsylvania\, he joined the faculty of the University of Texas at Austin in 2009\, where he was the Temple Foundation Endowed Professor until Jan. 2018. Dr. Alù is a Fellow of NAI\, IEEE\, AAAS\, OSA\, SPIE and APS\, and has received several scientific awards\, including the IEEE Kiyo Tomiyasu Award\, the Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship from DoD\, the ICO Prize in Optics\, the NSF Alan T. Waterman award\, the OSA Adolph Lomb Medal\, and the URSI Issac Koga Gold Medal. \nDownload Flyer (pdf) \n \n 
URL:https://coe.northeastern.edu/event/engineers-week-presentation-andrea-alu/
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SUMMARY:MathWorks-Northeastern Symposium on Robotics
DESCRIPTION:Topics of Discussion\n\nExperiential Robotics for Accelerating Future of Work Speaker: Taskin Padir\, ECE Dept\, Northeastern University\nAerial locomotion in confined spaces: Motivations and Challenges Speaker: Alireza Ramezani\, ECE Dept\, Northeastern University\nWhat’s new for Robots & UAVs in MATLAB? Speaker: Remo Pillat\, MathWorkss\n\nRSVP for Meeting Link
URL:https://coe.northeastern.edu/event/mathworks-northeastern-symposium-on-robotics/
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SUMMARY:Dialogue of Civilization in Turkey (Summer-I 2021): Info Session
DESCRIPTION:If you are interested in experiencing a Dialogue of Civilization this summer in Turkey\, please join the Zoom Info Session on Tuesday\, March 2nd at 5:00 pm. By participating in this program\, you will gain international experience and develop your technical skills. This program will take place in summer 2021 and will be hosted in 3 high-ranked Turkish universities. Two courses are offered under this program: \n1- IE 4512: Engineering Economy: Covers topics such as Time Value of Money\, Financial Investment and Long-term Returns\, Risk Analysis (i.e.\, Break-even analysis\, simulation modeling\, etc.)\, and Decision-Making Models. This course will be taught by Prof. Dehghani. \n2- IE 4699: ST in Industrial Engineering: Explores Turkish Cultural Values and Engineering Advancements. This course includes multiple engineering field trips\, cultural and historical tours\, workshops (artworks\, cooking\, folklore dance)\, and day trips. Engineering topics such as Entrepreneurship\, Artificial Intelligence\, Manufacturing\, Supply chain\, and Healthcare will be discussed. More than 20 Turkish professors\, entrepreneurs\, and industry experts are invited to give lectures in this course. \nPlease check the attached file for more information or visit the program website. \nMeeting Info:\nDate: Tuesday\, March 2\, 2021\nTime: 5:00 -5:30 pm\nJoin Zoom Meeting: https://northeastern.zoom.us/j/92120726355?pwd=UTZQU3NmZnNSOFNwcC9mZWQ0VExGZz09
URL:https://coe.northeastern.edu/event/dialogue-of-civilization-in-turkey-summer-i-2021-info-session/
ORGANIZER;CN="Mechanical & Industrial Engineering":MAILTO:mie-web@coe.neu.edu
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SUMMARY:ChE Seminar Series Presents: Julianne L. Holloway
DESCRIPTION:ChE Seminar Series Presents:   \nJulianne L. Holloway\, Ph.D\nAssistant Professor in Chemical Engineering\nSchool for Engineering of Matter\, Transport and Energy\nArizona State University \nAbstract:  \nAdvances in materials science\, biomolecule delivery\, and cell biology has enabled significant innovations within the field of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine over the past few decades. Nonetheless\, minimal translation of tissue engineering-based therapeutics to the clinic has occurred. \nA significant challenge within tissue engineering is the difficulty in regenerating complex tissues with a heterogeneous structure and multiple cell types. To address this challenge\, my research group is developing innovative polymeric biomaterials that can mimic the complex microenvironment of musculoskeletal tissues. \nSpecifically\, I will discuss our recent efforts in the following areas: 1) using magnetic fields to spatially control electrospun fiber alignment in order to create materials with gradients in fiber alignment that mimic the structure of musculoskeletal interfacial tissues; 2) using reversible DNA handles to temporally control peptide presentation to improve our understanding of cell- material interactions; and 3) combining these techniques for independent spatial control over chemical and structural signals towards simultaneous regeneration of multiple tissue types. \nBio:  \nJulianne Holloway is an Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at Arizona State University (ASU) and an associate faculty member within the Biodesign Institute’s Center for Molecular Design and Biomimetics. \nPrior to ASU\, Julianne completed her Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering at Drexel University and her postdoctoral training at the University of Pennsylvania. \nJulianne’s research group integrates biomaterial design with innovative manufacturing to control and direct stem cell behavior for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine applications. \nJulianne is also committed to service\, including recent election to the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Board of Directors\, serving on the Editorial Board of Regenerative Biomaterials\, and as a past Associate Scientific Advisor for Science Translational Medicine. Her contributions have been recognized through several awards\, including: AIChE’s 35 Under 35 Award\, AIChE’s John C. Chen Leadership Award\, Mayo Clinic-ASU Alliance Faculty Summer Fellow\, National Institutes of Health NRSA Postdoctoral Fellowship\, and others. \nPlease email Alyssa Ramsey at a.ramsey@northeastern.edu for the link to the seminar.
URL:https://coe.northeastern.edu/event/che-seminar-series-presents-julianne-l-holloway/
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SUMMARY:AIX SEMINAR SERIES
DESCRIPTION:We cordially invite you to join the AIX SEMINAR \nZoom Link: https://northeastern.zoom.us/j/96209636039 \n__________________________________________________________________________________ \nLearning Strong Inference Models in Small Data Domains: Enabling AI in Data Extreme ML\nDr. Sarah Ostadabbas  | Assistant Professor\, Northeastern University \nHuman Factors in Artificial Decision Making: Understanding Humans and Helping Humans Understand Learning Agents\nDr. Pedro Sequeira | Advanced Computer Scientist\, SRI International \n__________________________________________________________________________________ \nLearning Strong Inference Models in Small Data Domains: Enabling AI in Data Extreme ML\nSarah Ostadabbas | Assistant Professor\, Electrical and Computer Engineering\, Northeastern University \nAbstract:Recent efforts in machine learning (especially with the new waves of deep learning introduced in the last decade) have obliterated records for regression and classification tasks that have previously seen only incremental accuracy improvements. There are many other fields that would significantly benefit from machine learning (ML)-based inferences where data collection or labeling is expensive. In these domains (i.e. Small Data domains)\, the challenge we now face is how to learn efficiently with the same performance with less data. Many applications will benefit from a strong inference framework with deep structure that will: (i) work with limited labeled training samples; (ii) integrate explicit (structural or data-driven) domain knowledge into the inference model as editable priors to constrain search space; and (iii) maximize the generalization of learning across domains. My research aims to explore a generalized ML approach to solve the small data problem that leverages existing research and fills in key gaps with original work. There are two basic approaches to reduce data needs during model training: (1) decrease inference model learning complexity via data-efficient machine learning\, and (2) incorporate domain knowledge in the learning pipeline through the use of data-driven or simulation-based generative models. In this talk\, I present my recent work on merging the benefits of these two approaches to enable the training of robust and accurate (i.e. strong) inference models that can be applied on real-world problems dealing with data limitation. My plan to achieve this aim is structured in four research thrusts: (i) introduction of physics- and/or data-driven computational models here referred to as weak generator to synthesize enough labeled data in an adjacent domain; (ii) design and analysis of unsupervised domain adaptation techniques to close the gap between the domain adjacent and domain specific data distributions; (iii) combined use of the weak generator\, a weak inference model and an adversarial framework to refine the domain adjacent dataset by employing a set of unlabeled domain specific dataset; and (iv) development and analysis of co-labeling/active learning techniques to select the most informative datasets to refine and adapt the weak inference model into a strong inference model in the target application. \nBio: Professor Ostadabbas is an assistant professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of Northeastern University (NEU)\, Boston\, Massachusetts\, USA. Professor Ostadabbas joined NEU in 2016 from Georgia Tech\, where she was a post-doctoral researcher following completion of her PhD at the University of Texas at Dallas in 2014. At NEU\, Professor Ostadabbas is the director of the Augmented Cognition Laboratory (ACLab) with the goal of enhancing human information-processing capabilities through the design of adaptive interfaces via physical\, physiological\, and cognitive state estimation. These interfaces are based on rigorous models adaptively parameterized using machine learning and computer vision algorithms. In particular\, she has been integrating domain knowledge with machine learning by using physics-based simulation as generative models for bootstrapping deep learning recognizers. Professor Ostadabbas is the co-author of more than 70 peer-reviewed journal and conference articles and her research has been awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF)\, Mathworks\, Amazon AWS\, Biogen\, and NVIDIA. ​She co-organized the Multimodal Data Fusion (MMDF2018) workshop\, an NSF PI mini-workshop on Deep Learning in Small Data\, the CVPR workshop on Analysis and Modeling of Faces and Gestures from 2019 and she was the program chair of the Machine Learning in Signal Processing (MLSP2019). Prof. Ostadabbas is an associate editor of the IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems\, on the Editorial Board of the IEEE Sensors Letters and Digital Biomarkers Journal\, and has been serving in several signal processing and machine learning conferences as a technical chair or session chair. She is a member of IEEE\, IEEE Computer Society\, IEEE Women in Engineering\, IEEE Signal Processing Society\, IEEE EMBS\, IEEE Young Professionals\, International Society for Virtual Rehabilitation (ISVR)\, and ACM SIGCHI​. \n__________________________________________________________________________________ \n  \nHuman Factors in Artificial Decision Making: Understanding Humans and Helping Humans Understand Learning Agents\nDr. Pedro Sequeira | Advanced Computer Scientist\, SRI International\, Artificial Intelligence Center \nAbstract: In this talk I will overview some of my research in the broad topic of human factors in artificial decision-making. I will start by showing how reinforcement learning (RL) agents\, equipped with intrinsic motivation provided by emotion appraisal-like rewards\, can learn more efficiently and overcome perceptual limitations. In the second part of the talk\, I will present a program synthesis approach for automated cognitive behavior analysis (ACBA)\, where genetic programming (GP) is used to search for programs that are able to reproduce observed human decisions and thereby help understand their underlying strategies and goals. I will show the results of an experiment where we used ACBA-GP to analyze human negotiation behavior\, which generated programs resulting in strategies consistent with the way people with different personality traits address negotiation tasks. Finally\, I will overview our work in the area of explainable RL (XRL)\, where a framework based on interestingness elements identifies relevant decision points given an RL policy that can help understand an agent’s behaviors in a task. I will show the results of a user study where we presented people short video clips of RL agents\, selected using our XRL framework\, allowing the subjects to correctly identify the capabilities and limitations of different agents in a task. \nBio: Dr. Pedro Sequeira is an advanced computer scientist at SRI International in the Artificial Intelligence Center (AIC). His research interests are mainly in the field of Machine Learning (ML) and involve the creation of autonomous and adaptive systems that learn and reason under uncertainty. His approach is based on creating ML mechanisms inspired by human learning and decision-making and use ML to better understand how humans learn and make decisions in complex tasks. Prior to joining SRI\, Dr. Sequeira was an associate research scientist at Northeastern University (NU) working in the Cognitive Embodied Social Agents Research (CESAR) lab\, led by Prof. Stacy Marsella\, on the topics of modeling human decision-making from observation and multiagent systems in the context of pharmaceutical supply-chains. Dr. Sequeira completed the Ph.D. Program in Information Systems and Computer Engineering in 2013 at Instituto Superior Técnico (IST)\, Universidade de Lisboa in Portugal\, under the supervision of Prof. Ana Paiva and Prof. Francisco S. Melo. His thesis focused on building more flexible and robust reward mechanisms for intrinsically-motivated reinforcement learning agents\, based on appraisal theories of emotions. \n_________________________________________ \nTo Receive Further AIX Seminar Notifications \nSign up to receive further AIX seminar notifications \nPresented by the Institute for Experiential Robotics at Northeastern University \n 
URL:https://coe.northeastern.edu/event/aix-seminar-series-2/
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SUMMARY:Info Session: Dialogue of Civilization at Silicon Valley - Summer 2021
DESCRIPTION:The dialogue program\, “Technical Innovation and Product Prototyping” at Silicon Valley prepares students to deal with future innovative challenges involving customer-driven Technical Innovation\, product prototyping\, and entrepreneurship. \nThis program has the initial approval for onsite activities\, that is\, it will be held in Silicon Valley in 2021. \nWe will have a special Dialogue of Civilization information sessions for this program on: \nThursday\, March 4\, 5-6 pm via Zoom \nJoin Zoom Meeting\, click on: \nProf. Maheswaran Virtual Classroom \nFor more info please visit: Technical Innovation and Product Prototyping
URL:https://coe.northeastern.edu/event/info-session-dialogue-of-civilization-at-silicon-valley-summer-2021/
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SUMMARY:Connect to Tech: Find Your Grad Program at Northeastern in Seattle
DESCRIPTION:Connect with Stephanie Curtiss (Seattle Campus Recruiter)\, Carsen McBride (Graduate School of Engineering Recruiting Specialist)\, and Ujwala Ramakrishna (Khoury College of Computer Sciences Graduate Admissions Counselor) on ​tech programs offered at Northeastern Seattle.
URL:https://coe.northeastern.edu/event/connect-to-tech-find-your-grad-program-at-northeastern-in-seattle/
ORGANIZER;CN="Graduate School of Engineering":MAILTO:coe-gradadmissions@northeastern.edu
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SUMMARY:NU ITE: Transportation Planning in the City of Boston w/ the BPDA
DESCRIPTION:Join NU ITE for a presentation and Q&A with Nick Schmidt\, AICP and Joe Blankenship\, two Senior Transportation Planners at the Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA)\, the city agency responsible for neighborhood & transportation planning and approving all large developments in the city. Nick and Joe oversee major transportation plans and projects throughout the city\, and are involved in permitting new developments\, ensuring they align with the city transportation vision. Please pre-register at: https://northeastern.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIocuqtqD0sGtSEkwQL6rXf5KIWe7obDRsR
URL:https://coe.northeastern.edu/event/nu-ite-transportation-planning-in-the-city-of-boston-w-the-bpda/
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