NCSA staff who would like to submit an item for the calendar can email newsdesk@ncsa.illinois.edu.
An introduction to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and its support of US national security. This will include an overview of the NGA Research Directorate and brief description of the offices and divisions that comprise the range of research areas of NGA Research. Time will be alloted for Q&A related to career paths and research opportunities.
February 1, 2023: Intro to PyTorch - Priyam Mazumdar Training Overview: This tutorial will introduce basics of PyTorch framework necessary to build a neural network, train it and evaluate the accuracy of the model
Have questions about how to pursue your startup ideas? Just stop by and talk with our staff!
Startup companies and their employees who work within the EnterpriseWorks building are invited to join us for networking and breakfast from 9-10am on the first Friday of every month. This event is free; however, registration is encouraged to ensure that we have enough food and seating
Join the Data Science User Group on Friday, February 3 from 12:00 - 1:00 PM. For the first meetup of our group in 2023, we'll be doing a year-end review of 2022 to dive into the trends in data science across industry, research, and technology along with a fun trivia contest. We'll also be looking ahead to see what's in store for the data science world in 2023.
Want to learn more about entrepreneurship opportunities throughout EnterpriseWorks? Starting promptly at 4 PM, join us for tours through the EnterpriseWorks incubator to gain an understanding of different resources EnterpriseWorks has to offer.
Open to faculty and graduate students of any discipline at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. In this workshop you'll unravel the mysteries of your writing barriers, then spend the rest of the day writing and reflecting with other retreaters. And you'll be supported throughout the day by live coaching with InkWell Founder, Michelle Boyd, PhD.
Illlinois startups and small business that are developing medical or healthcare-based innovation, that are interested in pursuing an NIH SBIR/STTR proposal submission, are encouraged to apply for participation in this workshop series that is aimed at guiding teams through the proposal development process.
Futurity, or the intentional imagining and materializing of liberated futures—where freedom from oppression, trauma, violence, and discrimination are realized—inspires this talk. Dr Johnson will discuss their methods for conjuring the world and communities in which we want to live and thrive
February 8, 2023: Intro to Tensor Flow - Shirui Luo Training Overview: This tutorial will introduce basics of TensorFlow necessary to build a neural network, train it and evaluate the accuracy of the model.
This participatory workshop aims to disrupt modes of "doing" scholarly analysis of visual art, performance, film and other cultural productions. Registration required.
Join us on Thursday, February 9 from 12-1 pm for an EIR Workshop with Matthew Meltzer on Preparing to Hire International Talent + Options for Foreign Founders.
This meetup is targeted towards professionals and students in Champaign-Urbana and the surrounding region with an interest in cloud computing platforms including Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, IBM Cloud, Google Cloud Platform, and Alibaba Cloud.
This seminar with curator, writer, and Ethnic Studies scholar Dr. Thea Quiray Tagle will cover different models of working with BIPOC visual artists that challenge the alienating norms behind much art historical scholarship and curatorial practice.
Students are invited to come to Siebel Center to hear from a panel of technical managers within the Research Park talk about on-campus opportunities at their company. Learn about the cool projects computer science students are working on, and the benefits of a Research Park internship! Food will be served.
Join us on Friday, February 10 from 12-1 PM at the Illini Union 210 General Lounge to learn about Research Park Opportunities for Non-STEM Students.
At these noon meetings we will continue to present interesting topics in the field of digital forensics and build relationships among University, law enforcement, and private industry practitioners (and wannabes!).
Take advantage of this opportunity to get FREE patent and trademark assistance!
Illinois startups and small business that are developing medical or healthcare-based innovation, that are interested in pursuing an NIH SBIR/STTR proposal submission, are encouraged to apply for participation in this workshop series that is aimed at guiding teams through the proposal development process.
Join us from 2–3 p.m. CST at 1205 W. Clark St. Urbana, IL, in NCSA 1104 to hear from undergraduate students about their research efforts through the Students Pushing INnovation (SPIN) program at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications.
February 15, 2023: Distributed Data Parallel Model Training in PyTorch - Shirui Luo Training Overview: This tutorial walks through distributed data parallel training in PyTorch via DDP. We will start with a simple non-distributed training job, and end with deploying a training job across several GPUs in a single HAL node.
Students are invited to join us in ACES Library to hear from peers working in agtech within the Research Park, and hear advice on how they can find the right on-campus opportunity. Learn about how current interns working at Fortune 500 companies got their internships, and what cool projects they are working on. Food will be served. This event leads into the AgTech Summit.
Did you know? The state of Illinois requires Sexual Harassment Prevention Training for all companies, regardless of number of employees. Expert in Residence Kelly Gust's presentation will ensure your organization is responsive and compliant. Join us on Thursday, February 16 from 12-1 pm for a Workshop with Kelly Gust on Sexual Harassment Training for Startups.
This is a group for those interested in distributed ledger technology, including blockchains, cryptocurrency, cryptography, smart contracts, DApps, and more.
Join us in honoring Black History Month on Friday, February 17 from 12:00 - 1:00 PM.
Make an appointment to meet with a TEC Ambassador at SCD on Fridays!
Part of the Computer Science Speaker Series. Faculty Host: Dr. Nancy Amato.
Students are invited to come to Sidney Lu to hear from a panel of technical managers within the Research Park who are looking for mechanical engineering talent. Learn about the cool projects MechSE students are working on, and the benefits of a Research Park internship! Food will be served.
Women@NCSA invites you to attend our free virtual event on Wednesday, February 22 to hear from our esteemed speaker Anjuan Simmons on "Lending Privilege," a powerful tool that people can use to expand the diversity of the tech industry.
February 22, 2023: Robust Physics-Informed Neural Networks - Avik Roy Training Overview: Physics Informed Neural Networks (PINNs) have recently been found to be effective PDE solvers. This talk will focus on how traditional PINN architectures along with physics-inspired regularizers fail to retrieve the intended solution when training data is noisy and how this probl
Join us for a public reading and book signing with Creative Writing Professor David Wright Faladé.
Speaker: Prof. Beth William
Join us for the 16th annual Research Park Career Fair to meet with Research Park companies.