The New Frontiers Initiative continues its faculty seminar series with two 30 minute talks: Raechel Portelli will discuss Geospatial Intelligence Education at the University of Illinois Jinhui Yan will discuss Sharp-Diffusive Interface for Laser-Material Interaction in Metal Additive Manufacturing

Speaker: Dr. Alexander Müller-Hermes, Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Oslo

The Defensive Cyber Operations (DCO) and Applied Cyber Technologies Command (ACT) of the U.S. Army will present an overview presentation with information about the Daedalus project, a solutions-focused pilot for cyber threats. UIUC has expressed interest in participating in this effort.

Speaker: Chenxi Huang, Gadway Group, Department of Physics UIUC

This year's workshop will focus on current trends in quantum information theory. In particular, on quantum channels and decoherence, quantum error correction, and Hamiltonian complexity.

The Colloquium on Digital Transformation is a series of weekly online talks featuring top scientists from academia and industry on how artificial intelligence, machine learning, and big data can lead to scientific breakthroughs with large-scale societal benefit. Free to attend – Zoom registration required.

Drawing from her research on hundreds on translational humanities responses to the pandemic from dozens of countries around the world, Professor Ostherr will offer new methods for addressing human health grounded in cultural and historical context.

Graduate students in the humanities, arts and related fields: you are cordially invited to join us for a casual, relaxed gathering on the first floor of Levis Faculty Center!

Attend this onsite workshop at NCSA to learn how to use OpenACC API compiler directives to quickly develop GPU-capable codes using standard languages and compilers. Knowledge of either C or Fortran programming is required. Hands-on exercises will use Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center’s Bridges-2 computing platform.

Speaker: Jared Gibson, Kou Group, Department of Physics UIUC

The NSF-funded Deception Awareness and Resilience Training (DART) project is an interdisciplinary endeavor bringing together experts in psychology, deep fakes, game design, cybersecurity, social engineering, and education.

The Colloquium on Digital Transformation is a series of weekly online talks featuring top scientists from academia and industry on how artificial intelligence, machine learning, and big data can lead to scientific breakthroughs with large-scale societal benefit. Free to attend – Zoom registration required.

Speaker: Dr. Nicholas Battaglia

Speaker: Markus Aspelmeyer, Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna

CAS Food For Thought 11:00am, Gisela Sin, Political Science, The Disempowered Executive: Reconsidering the Line Item Veto Noon, Clara Bosak-Schroeder, Classics, The Seven Wonders Project: From Page to Digital Book

Speaker: Abdullah Irfan, Pfaff Group, Department of Physics UIUC

The Colloquium on Digital Transformation is a series of weekly online talks featuring top scientists from academia and industry on how artificial intelligence, machine learning, and big data can lead to scientific breakthroughs with large-scale societal benefit. Free to attend – Zoom registration required.

Matt García will discuss what it means to conduct research about farmworkers from the top-down and bottom-up, centering the experiences of workers.

11:00am, Julie Cidell, Geography & Geographic Information Science, Corridors and Confluences: Four-Dimensional Spaces of Distribution along and around the Des Plaines-Kankakee River Confluence Noon, Nicole Riemer, Atmospheric Sciences, Aerosols: Tiny Particles, Big Impacts

Speaker: Eilon Poem, Staff Scientist, Weizmann Institute of Science

Learn more about the Mellon Pre-Doctoral Fellowship in Public Humanities, which is open to PhD and MFA students enrolled in humanities or arts terminal degree programs—including the humanities-inflected social sciences—from the Urbana-Champaign campus. This information session is appropriate for both interested graduate students and potential faculty mentors.

Speaker: Zhihao Jiang, Schleife Group, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, UIUC