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    • CIS Seminar: “Frameworks for Efficient Algorithms for Learning: Robustness and Data Compression”

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

    Though modern machine learning has been highly successful, as we move towards more critical applications, many challenges towards building trustworthy systems, such as ensuring robustness, privacy, and fairness, arise. Ad hoc and empirical approaches have often led to unintended consequences for these objectives, thus necessitating a principled approach. Traditional solutions often require redesigning entire pipelines […]

    BE Doctoral Dissertation Defense: “Engineering Small Protein Based Inhibitors and Biodegraders for Cytosolic Delivery and Targeting of the Undruggable Proteome” (Alex Chan)

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    Smilow Center for Translational Research in SCTR 11-146AB

    The Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. Andrew Tsourkas are pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Alex Chan Title: Engineering Small Protein Based Inhibitors and Biodegraders for Cytosolic Delivery and Targeting of the Undruggable Proteome Date: Friday, March 15 Time: 10:00-11:00 AM Location: Smilow Translational Research Center SCTR 11-146AB Zoom Link: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/94191357504 Meeting […]

    ESE Spring Seminar – “The Next Leap in Hardware Systems: Powered by Heterogenous Memory, Logic, and 3D Integration”

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    Towne 337

    Computing is at a critical juncture. Applications such as AI/ML demand much larger memory, higher bandwidth, and lower-energy compute compared to business as usual. New hardware systems, powered by heterogenous memory, logic, and 3D integration, are required for large energy efficiency, throughput, and scaleup benefits. I will present my contributions to three such heterogeneous systems: […]

    MEAM Seminar: “Designing Heart Valves from First Principles: Model Generation, Congenital Disease and Surgical Treatment”

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

    Congenital heart defects affect approximately one in every hundred births and are the leading cause of infant mortality in the United States. Despite successes in surgical treatment, suboptimal outcomes remain common. Surgical treatment of complex, rare congenital heart valve defects typically follows an empirical, retrospective, “guess and check” approach. Further, children with congenital valve defects […]

    ESE Spring Seminar – “An interdisciplinary approach to advance quantum science and technology”

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    Raisler Lounge (Room 225), Towne Building 220 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    Quantum science and technology hold the promise to deepen our understanding of the universe and deliver groundbreaking technical innovations. The opportunity also poses a grand challenge to today’s scientists and engineers because initializing, controlling, manipulating, and measuring quantum information while maintaining coherence and entanglement can be very difficult. Therefore, successfully achieving breakthroughs will require an […]

    CIS Seminar: Generalizing Outside the Training Distribution through Compositional Generation”

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

    Generative AI has led to stunning successes in recent years but is fundamentally limited by the amount of data available.  This is especially limiting in the embodied setting – where an agent must solve new tasks in new environments. In this talk, I’ll introduce the idea of compositional generative modeling, which enables generalization beyond the […]

    Penn Bioengineering 50th Anniversary Lecture: “Synthetic Biology: Programmable Biology” (James J. Collins, MIT & Harvard)

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    Glandt Forum, Singh Center for Nanotechnology 3205 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    Celebrate 50 years and beyond of Penn Bioengineering! This distinguished lecture will be held in honor of the Department of Bioengineering's 50th Anniversary. Dr. Collins will deliver his talk in Glandt Forum at 3:30 pm, to be followed by a Q&A. A catered reception will follow in the Singh Center lobby at 4:30 pm.

    ASSET Seminar: “Bridging the Gap Between Deep Learning Theory and Practice” (Micah Goldblum, New York University)

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    Raisler Lounge (Room 225), Towne Building 220 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    ABSTRACT:  Despite the widespread proliferation of neural networks, the mechanisms through which they operate so successfully are not well understood.  In this talk, we will first explore empirical and theoretical investigations into neural network training and generalization and what they can tell us about why deep learning works.  Then, we will examine a recent line […]

    Rigorous and Glamorous in 100 Words or Less: An Abstract Workshop

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    rsvp for zoom link

    It’s hard to write an abstract. It’s harder to write a glamorous one that tells your story without overselling your results. Community for Rigor is here to help! Join Professor Konrad Kording for a rigorous abstract writing workshop on March 20th, 2024. Together, let’s lovingly glam up abstracts from the Community and make the most of 100 […]

    BE Doctoral Dissertation Defense: “Ionizable lipid nanoparticles for in utero gene editing of congenital disease” (Rohan Palanki)

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    Smilow Center Auditorium 3400 Civic Center Blvd, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    The Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania and Drs. Michael J. Mitchell and William H. Peranteau are pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Rohan Palanki. Title: Ionizable lipid nanoparticles for in utero gene editing of congenital disease Date: March 20th, 2024 Time: (1PM-3 PM) Location: Law Auditorium, Smilow Center for Translational Research (5th Floor) The public is welcome […]

    BE Doctoral Dissertation Defense: “Nanofluidic Isolation and Quantification of Specific Extracellular Vesicles and Machine Learning Analysis to Aid Clinical Decision-Making” (Hanfei Shen)

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    Towne 337

    The Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. David Issadore are pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Hanfei Shen. Title: Nanofluidic Isolation and Quantification of Specific Extracellular Vesicles and Machine Learning Analysis to Aid Clinical Decision-Making Date: Wednesday, March 20, 2024 Time: 1:30pm-3:30pm Location: Towne 337 The public is welcome to […]

    BE Doctoral Dissertation Defense: “Tissue Engineered Cortical-Hippocampal Neural Networks for Pharmacological Investigations” (Victor Acero)

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    Class of 62 Auditorium, John Morgan Building 3620 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA

    The Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. D. Kacy Cullen are pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Victor Acero. Title: Tissue Engineered Cortical-Hippocampal Neural Networks for Pharmacological Investigations Date: March 20, 2024 Time: 2:00 PM Location: John Morgan Building Class of 62 Auditorium Zoom option: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/5112542338 The public is welcome to attend.