NCSA staff who would like to submit an item for the calendar can email newsdesk@ncsa.illinois.edu.
This workshop will give you hands-on experience using TorchGeo for geospatial deep learning. TorchGeo is a PyTorch domain library, similar to torchvision, providing datasets, samplers, transforms, and pre-trained models specific to geospatial data.
Speaker: Aashish Clerk, Professor of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago
Join us on Wednesday, November 12 from 10-11 a.m. for a workshop on Canva 201 at the Champaign Public Library with Scott Clanin of Clanin Creative.
Speaker: Santiago Vargas-Daniels, Anderson Group
In contrast to the moral panics about the ways that AI chatbots may be shrinking people’s social worlds by replacing human-to-human interaction, there is an incredible optimism in some corners that AI will radically open up the social world to include animals, enhancing or enabling new forms of interspecies communication.
This workshop, presented by Zoe Ryan from NVIDIA, will give you hands-on experience accelerating Python codes with NVIDIA GPUs. The workshop will focus on CuPy, NVIDIA RAPIDS, and NVIDIA Warp.
Join the Data + AI User Group on Friday, November 14 from 12:00 to 1:00 PM for their monthly meetup.
Join us for the Startup Launch Series on Monday, November 10 from 12:00 to 1:00 PM.
Join us on Thursday, November 18 from 10-11 a.m. for a webinar on Navigating Google's Latest Updates for Business Growth with Scott Clanin of Clanin Creative.
Speaker: Soonwon Choi, Assistant Professor of Physics, MIT
Speaker: Jasper Bradford, Pfaff Group
Research Park Friendsgiving is happening on Thursday, November 20th from 12:00pm-1:00pm.
Virtual reality (VR) and immersive media provide a unique experimental space for testing and extending psychological and communication theories. In this talk, I’ll walk through how immersive environments have been used to study human experience—not only as platforms for message delivery, but as media with their own psychological effects.
This is a group for those interested in distributed ledger technology, including blockchains, cryptocurrency, cryptography, smart contracts, DApps, and more.
Join us to celebrate Sheri Wilson's retirement after 11 years at Research Park on Friday, November 21 from 12:00 to 1:30 p.m.
Join the Society of American Military Engineers on Friday, November 21 from 12:00 to 1:00 PM for their monthly meetup. Dr. James Allison will be presenting on "Systematic Methods for Navigating Coupled Decisions in Physical Engineering System Design".
Speaker: Amanda Gatto, Hughes Group
Join the PDO for this introductory workshop on the power and practice of storytelling for proposals.
Join us on Thursday, December 4 from 1-2 p.m. for a webinar on Website Audit Checklist for 2026 with Scott Clanin of Clanin Creative.
Startup companies and their employees who work within the EnterpriseWorks building are invited to join us for networking and breakfast from 9 to 10 AM on the first Friday of every month.
Campus Fellowship applications due
Join us for the Startup Launch Series on Monday, December 8 from 12:00 to 1:00 PM.
Speaker: Liang Jiang, Professor of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
Join us on Tuesday, December 9 from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. for a Women in Tech Luncheon with Katie Zimmerman.
Research Park and the Champaign County Economic Development Corporation invite you to join us for AgTech Breakfast from 8:00-9:30 AM on Wednesday, December 10 at the Illinois Conference Center.
Join the Data + AI User Group on Friday, December 12 from 12:00 to 1:00 PM for their monthly meetup.
The Humanities Without Walls Summer Bridge program supports PhD students in the humanities at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in exploring new career paths while making an impact in our community. Join us at this info session for more information about this opportunity!
Research Park and the Champaign County Economic Development Corporation invite you to join us for AgTech Breakfast from 8:00-9:30 AM on Wednesday, February 4 at the Illinois Conference Center.
Speaker: Sarah Hagen, Chitambar Group
Medical Humanities lecture with Justin Garcia from the Kinsey Institute
Speaker: Hannah Day, Pfaff Group
International Women’s Day celebration with speakers from the campus and community.
Story & Place event series: Anke Pinkert Book Talk
Research Park and the Champaign County Economic Development Corporation invite you to join us for AgTech Breakfast from 8:00-9:30 AM on Thursday, April 9 at the Illinois Conference Center.
U.S. Poet Laureate (1993–95); Creative Writing, University of Virginia Cohosted with the Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center.
Speaker: Xinan Chen, Chitambar Group
Prizes for Research Ceremony and Reception
Research Park and the Champaign County Economic Development Corporation invite you to join us for AgTech Breakfast from 8:00-9:30 AM on Wednesday, June 3 at the Illinois Conference Center.
Research Park and the Champaign County Economic Development Corporation invite you to join us for AgTech Breakfast from 8:00-9:30 AM on Wednesday, August 19 at the Illinois Conference Center.
Research Park and the Champaign County Economic Development Corporation invite you to join us for AgTech Breakfast from 8:00-9:30 AM on Wednesday, October 21 at the Illinois Conference Center.