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    • Penn Engineering 2021-22 Heilmeier Award Lecture: Ritesh Agarwal

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    Wu and Chen Auditorium (Room 101), Levine Hall 3330 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    "Utilizing Quantum Geometry and Topology for Enabling Integrated Chiral Photonics" Classical and quantum computing devices need to ferry vast amounts of data, and optical interconnects provide a promising approach allowing faster speeds and larger bandwidths. Critical interconnect components are light sources, waveguides and detectors. Currently, the information is encoded in intensity and frequency but other […]

    ASSET Seminar: Learning with Small Data, Pratik Chaudhari (University of Pennsylvania)

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    Levine 307 3330 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    Abstract: The relevant limit for machine learning is not N → infinity but instead N → 0. The human visual system is proof that it is possible to learn categories with extremely few samples. This talk will discuss steps towards building such systems and it is structured in three parts. The first part will discuss […]

    Fall 2022 GRASP SFI: Ross Hatton, Oregon State University, “Snakes & Spiders, Robots & Geometry”

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    Room 307, Levine Hall 3330 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    *This will be a HYBRID Event with in-person attendance in Levine 307 and Virtual attendance via Zoom here… ABSTRACT Locomotion and perception are a common thread between robotics and biology. Understanding these phenomena at a mechanical level involves nonlinear dynamics and the coordination of many degrees of freedom. In this talk, I will discuss geometric approaches […]

    Fall 2022 Safe Space Training for Penn Engineering Faculty & Staff – Day 1

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    217 Towne - Forman Active Learning Classroom 220 South 33rd Street, Towne 217, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    The School of Engineering and Applied Science has partnered with the university's Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Center to offer Safe Space Training for interested faculty and staff on Thursday, October 6th from 2pm-4pm and Friday, October 7th  from 10am-12pm in the Forman Active Learning Classroom (217 Towne).  Attendance at both sessions is required to complete the […]

    Fall 2022 Safe Space Training for Penn Engineering Faculty & Staff – Day 2

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    217 Towne - Forman Active Learning Classroom 220 South 33rd Street, Towne 217, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    The School of Engineering and Applied Science has partnered with the university's Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Center to offer Safe Space Training for interested faculty and staff on Thursday, October 6th from 2pm-4pm and Friday, October 7th  from 10am-12pm in the Forman Active Learning Classroom (217 Towne).  Attendance at both sessions is required to complete the […]

    Rare Earth Element Recovery

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

    Diverse clean energy technologies rely on critical elements, e.g. rare earths, whose separation and purification pose unique challenges. And whose environmental footprints are severe. Dr. Eric Schelter, Dr. Kate Stebe, and Dr. Daniel Nothaft will discuss the challenges and new ideas to meet them.

    Chester, PA & Environmental Justice

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

    This panel will discuss the state of affairs in Chester PA and environmental (in)justice. Current research and community assessment of environmental vulnerability of Chester will be presented, air quality control issues will be discussed as well as community efforts for empowerment and legislative action.   Speakers: Jennifer Horney, University of Delaware Dora Williams, Community Organizer […]

    Beyond Techno-Economics: Responsible Deployment in Carbon Management

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    Kleinman Energy Forum, Fisher Fine Arts Library 220 S 34th Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    The science is clear: to avoid the worst impacts of climate change we’ll need aggressive, economy-wide decarbonization in combination with atmospheric carbon removal at the billion-ton scale. These efforts will require unprecedented management of carbon dioxide through strategic technical deployment and infrastructure buildout. But given the rapid pace and scale of deployment ahead, how can we […]

    Fall 2022 GRASP Seminar: Tomas Pajdla, Czech Technical University, “Solving Minimal Problems in the Age of Machine Learning”

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    Levine 307 3330 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    This is a hybrid event with in-person attendance in Levine 307 and virtual attendance via Zoom.   ABSTRACT I will discuss several our recent advances in understanding minimal problems in computer vision using numerical algebraic geometry tools, i.e., Homotopy continuation and monodromy, as well as machine learning. I will talk about our classification of minimal […]

    MEAM Seminar: “Materials and Manufacturing Solutions for Sustainable Energy”

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    Wu and Chen Auditorium (Room 101), Levine Hall 3330 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    In response to the grave and escalating threat of climate change, the US Department of Energy has announced a series of ambitious Energy Earth Shot Initiatives. These target an 80% reduction in the cost of clean hydrogen by 2030 and net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. The first of the initiatives focuses on establishing a green […]