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    • CIS Seminar: “Enabling Hyperscale Web Services”

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    Zoom - Email CIS for link cherylh@cis.upenn.edu

    Abstracts:  Current hardware and software systems were conceived at a time when we had scarce compute and memory resources, limited quantity of data and users, and easy hardware performance scaling due to Moore's Law. These assumptions are not true today. Today, emerging web services require data centers that scale to hundreds of thousands of servers, […]

    GRASP On Robotics: “Trajectory Planning Using Dynamic and Power Models: a Heuristics-Based Approach”

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    https://upenn.zoom.us/j/96715197752

    Abstract: Robot planning is needed for robots to perform purposeful missions in their environments. In realistic situations, planning does not simply involve getting to a desired destination without collisions, but often requires achieving a desired goal configuration in an optimal or near-optimal fashion. Common optimality criteria include minimum distance, minimum time, and minimum energy. To […]

    ESE Seminar: “(Re)building Human Dexterity: Inferring Musculoskeletal Dynamics for Next-Generation Assistive Devices & Diagnostics”

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    Zoom - Email ESE for Link jbatter@seas.upenn.edu

    While there exist a number of mechanically sophisticated exoskeletons, prostheses, and assistive robots, with articulations similar to those of the intact human arm and hand, these devices remain limited in their ability to augment human dexterity and safely interact with human users and collaborators. In particular, due to the limits of conventional sensing, robots remain […]

    ODEI Spotlight: A Conversation with Stacey Abrams

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    Please join us on February 19th at noon EST for a conversation with Stacey Abrams, moderated by Benjamin Todd Jealous and with remarks from President Amy Gutmann. The event is sponsored by the Annenberg School for Communication, the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Paideia Program, and the Penn Provost's Office. Register Here. If […]

    PICS Colloquia: “Recent Advances in Modeling Subduction and Viscoelastic Flow in Geodynamic Computations”

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    Zoom - email kathom@seas.upenn.edu

    Abstract: We will describe two separate but related methodologies that have been implemented in the open source, finite element code ASPECT, which computational geophysicists use to model a wide variety of problems that arise in Earth and Planetary geophysics. The first technique is a volume-of-fluid (VOF) interface tracking algorithm that was originally designed to model […]

    BE Dissertation Defense: “Microtissue Engineered Neural Networks as Optically-Controlled Living Electrodes for Circuit Modeling and Neuroprosthetics” (Dayo Adewole)

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    The Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. D. Kacy Cullen are pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Dayo Adewole. Title:  Microtissue Engineered Neural Networks as Optically-Controlled Living Electrodes for Circuit Modeling and Neuroprosthetics Date: February 22, 2021 Time: 9:00am Please join via the zoom link below:  https://zoom.us/j/2559106703?pwd YVFuVkxsZDk2NGRJU0tzREh3SDUzQT09 The […]

    MEAM Seminar: “Engineering Interfaces To Improve The Thermal Performance of Wide Bandgap Semiconductors”

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    Zoom - Email MEAM for Link peterlit@seas.upenn.edu

    Wide bandgap electronics are currently under development due to their potential to create some of the most advanced RF and power electronics in the world. A key concern in their development is the control of the junction temperature during operation which is impacted by the internal device thermal resistance. To address this concern, we will […]

    CIS Seminar: “Provably Secure Indistinguishability Obfuscation”

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    Zoom - Email CIS for link cherylh@cis.upenn.edu

    Abstract: In this talk, we will cover some exciting progress on the problem of Indistinguishability Obfuscation (proposed by Barak et. al. 2001). In a nutshell, an Indistinguishability Obfuscation scheme is an efficient compiler that takes as input a program and outputs a new program with the same input-behavior and only a polynomial slowdown, but in […]

    CBE Seminar: “Probing Protein Interactions from Molecular to Cellular Scales with Microscale Technologies”

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    Zoom - Email CBE for link

    Abstract Biological molecules rarely act alone. For example, in many pediatric cancers, a chromosomal rearrangement results in a fusion protein with altered DNA and protein interactions that yield proliferative and aggressively metastatic cell subpopulations. In this talk, I will describe quantification of molecular interaction properties relevant to fusion oncoprotein biology using microscale tools with distinct […]

    CIS Seminar: “Enhancing Usability and Explainability of Data Systems”

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    Zoom - Email CIS for link cherylh@cis.upenn.edu

    The recent growth of data science has expanded its reach to an ever-growing user base of non-experts. Unfortunately, most existing systems offer limited usability and support for explanations: these systems are usable only by experts with sound technical skills, and even experts are hindered by the lack of transparency into the inner workings of the […]

    Spring 2021 GRASP SFI: “Hunting for Unknown Unknowns: AI and Ethics in Society”

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    Zoom

    Abstract: Homo Sapiens is considered a “hyper-cooperative species,” and this aptitude for cooperation may be responsible for our dominance over the Earth. Cooperation promises great benefits, but each participant is vulnerable to exploitation by their partners. Successful cooperation requires trust: acceptance of vulnerability, with confidence that it will not be exploited. The culture of any society […]

    Inaugural Joseph Bordogna Forum: “A Call to Action for Racial Justice and Equity in Engineering”

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    https://upenn.zoom.us/j/96715197752

    Racism and anti-Blackness are crises that jeopardize our democracy, productivity and well-being and call into question whether we can all live together peaceably and harmoniously in a just and equitable American society. At this critical moment in our nation’s history we need more than words that renounce racism and anti-Blackness, we need actions to abolish […]