Siebel School Speaker Series Master Calendar

Monday, April 13, 2026

Theory Seminar: Lenny Liu, "Optimal Proximity Gaps for Folded Reed-Solomon Codes via Subspace Designs."

11:00 am - 12:00 pm

3401 Siebel Center
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 14, 2026

IQUIST Seminar: "llinois Quantum Microelectronics Park (IQMP) Update," Harley Johnson, UIUC

11:00 - 11:50 am

190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

Speaker: Harley Johnson, Professor of Mechanical Science and Engineering, UIUC
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 15, 2026

COLLOQUIUM: Zhiyong Lu, "From Genes to the Clinic: AI Agents for Biomedical Discovery and Decision Support"

3:30 pm

HYBRID: 2405 Siebel Center for Computer Science or online
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 17, 2026

IMMERSE Seminar - Cedric Dumas

4:00 - 5:00 pm

Siebel School of Computing and Data Science Room 1404
- Seminar/Symposium
MiV Seminar: Hyun Youk, UIUC, "When dynamics compute the future: predictability in a generalized cellular automaton of communicating cells"

4:15 pm

4100 LuMEB
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, April 20, 2026

COLLOQUIUM: Kenneth D. Forbus, "Qualitative Representations and Analogical Learning for Human-like AI Systems"

3:30 pm

HYBRID: 2405 Siebel Center for Computer Science or online
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 21, 2026

IQUIST Seminar: "First-Principles Theory for Spin-Photon Interfaces in Solid-State Quantum Defects: From Optical Readout to Open Quantum Dynamics," Yuan Ping, Associate Professor of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison

11:00 - 11:50 am

190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

Speaker: Yuan Ping, Associate Professor of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Madison, Wisconsin
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 22, 2026

Human-Computer Interaction Talk Series: Dr. Sarah El-Azab

3:30 - 4:30 pm

0216 Siebel Center
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 24, 2026

MiV Seminar: Boxuan Zhao, University of Illinois - "Mapping the Communicatome: Sequencing-Based Technologies to Decode Cell-Cell Connections at Single-Cell Resolution"

4:15 pm

4100 LuMEB
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 28, 2026

IQUIST Seminar: "Surface Engineering for Electron-on-Neon Quantum Computing Platforms," Kater Murch, Professor of Physics, UC Berkeley

11:00 - 11:50 am

190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

Speaker: Kater Murch, Professor of Physics, UC Berkeley
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, May 1, 2026

IMMERSE Distinguished Lecture - Ruth West

4:00 - 5:00 pm

Siebel Center for Design - Room TBA
- Seminar/Symposium
Rob Wood, Harvard University

4:15 pm
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, May 5, 2026

IQUIST Seminar: Lawrence Cheuk, Assistant Professor of Physics, Princeton University

11:00 - 11:50 am

190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

Speaker: Lawrence Cheuk, Assistant Professor of Physics, Princeton University
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, May 6, 2026

Human-Computer Interaction Talk Series: Qianou (Christina) Ma, "Future-Proof Developers: Optimizing and Training for Human-AI Collaboration in Programming."

3:30 - 4:30 pm

0216 Siebel Center
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, May 8, 2026

Andrea Liu, University of Pennsylvania

4:15 pm

4100 LuMEB
- Ceremony/Service

Tuesday, May 26, 2026

Summer Research Program Lunch and Learn

12:00 - 1:00 pm

Hybrid (In-person at Siebel Center, room 2405 and online at zoom link)
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, June 2, 2026

Summer Research Program Lunch and Learn

12:00 - 1:00 pm

Hybrid (In-person at Siebel Center, room 2405 and online at zoom link)
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, June 9, 2026

Summer Research Program Lunch and Learn

12:00 - 1:00 pm

Hybrid (In-person at Siebel Center, room 2405 and online at zoom link)
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, June 16, 2026

Summer Research Program Lunch and Learn

12:00 - 1:00 pm

Hybrid (In-person at Siebel Center, room 2405 and online at zoom link)
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, June 23, 2026

Summer Research Program Lunch and Learn

12:00 - 1:00 pm

Hybrid (In-person at Siebel Center, room 2405 and online at zoom link)
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, June 30, 2026

Summer Research Program Lunch and Learn

12:00 - 1:00 pm

Hybrid (In-person at Siebel Center, room 2405 and online at zoom link)
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, July 7, 2026

Summer Research Program Lunch and Learn

12:00 - 1:00 pm

Hybrid (In-person at Siebel Center, room 2405 and online at zoom link)
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, July 14, 2026

Summer Research Program Lunch and Learn

12:00 - 1:00 pm

Hybrid (In-person at Siebel Center, room 2405 and online at zoom link)
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, July 21, 2026

Summer Research Program Lunch and Learn

12:00 - 1:00 pm

Hybrid (In-person at Siebel Center, room 2405 and online at zoom link)
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, July 28, 2026

Summer Research Program Lunch and Learn

12:00 - 1:00 pm

Hybrid (In-person at Siebel Center, room 2405 and online at zoom link)
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, August 28, 2026

Orit Peleg, University of Colorado Boulder

4:15 pm

4100 LuMEB
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 2, 2026

Abhishek Battacharjee, Yale University

4:15 pm

4100 LuMEB
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 16, 2026

Jason MacLean, University of Chicago

4:15 pm

4100 LuMEB
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 23, 2026

Rhonda Dzakpasu, Georgetown

4:15 pm
- Seminar/Symposium