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SUMMARY:BE Doctoral Dissertation Defense: "MRI Quantification of Cortical Bone Microstructure and Material Composition with Ultrashort Echo Time" (Brandon Jones)
DESCRIPTION:The Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania along with Drs. Chamith Rajapakse and Felix Wehrli are pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Brandon Jones. \nTitle: “MRI Quantification of Cortical Bone Microstructure and Material Composition with Ultrashort Echo Time” \nDate: Wednesday\, January 17th\, 2024 \nTime: 11:00 AM \nLocation: Donner-Grice Auditorium (HUP Dulles Building 2nd floor) \nZoom option: \nhttps://upenn.zoom.us/j/93114939198?pwd=VGtWVzFwbjNzeXdZeXlOcG40SVlrdz09 \nThe public is welcome to attend.
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/be-doctoral-dissertation-defense-mri-quantification-of-cortical-bone-microstructure-and-material-composition-with-ultrashort-echo-time-brandon-jones/
LOCATION:Donner-Grice Auditorium
CATEGORIES:Doctoral,Graduate,Student,Dissertation or Thesis Defense
ORGANIZER;CN="Bioengineering":MAILTO:be@seas.upenn.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240117T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240117T131500
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SUMMARY:ASSET Seminar: "Scaling Your Large Language Models on a Budget" (Atlas Wang\, University of Texas at Austin)
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACT: \nAs the sizes of Large Language Models (LLMs) continue to grow exponentially\, it becomes imperative to explore novel computing paradigms that can address the dual challenge of scaling these models while adhering to constraints posed by compute and data resources. This presentation will delve into several strategies aimed at alleviating this dilemma: (1) refraining from training models entirely from scratch\, instead making use of readily available pre-trained models to optimize the training starting point of a new\, larger model; (2) leveraging this concept of progressive initialization to enhance compute and data efficiency during the neural scaling process; (3) integrating hardness-aware data sampling\, and more memory-efficient optimizers (work in progress). The talk will be concluded by a few (informal) thoughts and reflections.
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/asset-seminar-atlas-wang-university-of-texas-at-austin/
LOCATION:Raisler Lounge (Room 225)\, Towne Building\, 220 South 33rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240118T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240118T120000
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SUMMARY:BE Doctoral Dissertation Defense: "Exploring the cell biology of neurodegenerative diseases at scale" (Saranya Santhosh Kumar)
DESCRIPTION:The Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. Ophir Shalem are pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Saranya Santhosh Kumar.\n \nTitle: Exploring the cell biology of neurodegenerative diseases at scale\n \nDate: January 18\, 2024\nTime: 10:00 am\nLocation: HUB-01-1632 conference room\n\nThe public is welcome to attend.
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/be-doctoral-dissertation-defense-exploring-the-cell-biology-of-neurodegenerative-diseases-at-scale-saranya-santhosh-kumar/
LOCATION:HUB-01-1632 conference room
CATEGORIES:Doctoral,Graduate,Student,Dissertation or Thesis Defense
ORGANIZER;CN="Bioengineering":MAILTO:be@seas.upenn.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240118T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240118T163000
DTSTAMP:20260403T191210
CREATED:20240108T170619Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240108T170619Z
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SUMMARY:BE Seminar: "Toward a multi-task\, multi-source foundation model to advance large-scale neural data analysis" (Eva Dyer\, Georgia Tech)
DESCRIPTION:Neuroscience datasets are expanding rapidly in both size and volume. However\, integrating information across diverse datasets to form a unified understanding of brain function remains challenging. In this talk\, I will discuss our initiatives to combine datasets from various tasks\, brain regions\, and species into a unified ‘neurofoundation’ model. This foundational model promises to enhance data efficiency\, brain-machine interface and neural decoder capabilities\, and offer advanced\, user-friendly tools to the broader neuroscience community. These efforts mark a significant step towards a more integrated methodology in neural data analysis.
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/be-seminar-eva-dyer-georgia-tech/
LOCATION:Raisler Lounge (Room 225)\, Towne Building\, 220 South 33rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Seminar
ORGANIZER;CN="Bioengineering":MAILTO:be@seas.upenn.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240122T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240122T150000
DTSTAMP:20260403T191210
CREATED:20240110T173949Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240110T173949Z
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SUMMARY:BE Doctoral Dissertation Defense: "Harnessing Regnase-1 and Roquin-1 activity to modulate T cell function" (David Mai)
DESCRIPTION:The Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. Carl June are pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Defense of David Mai.\n \n\nDate: January 22\, 2024\nTime: 1PM EST\n\n\nTitle: Harnessing Regnase-1 and Roquin-1 activity to modulate T cell function\nLocation: Arthur H Rubenstein Auditorium (https://www.itmat.upenn.edu/itmat/education-and-training/assets/user-content//documents/DirectionsSmilowCTRAuditorium.pdf)\n\n\nZoom link\n\n\nThe public is welcome to attend.
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/be-doctoral-dissertation-defense-harnessing-regnase-1-and-roquin-1-activity-to-modulate-t-cell-function-david-mai/
LOCATION:Arthur H Rubenstein Auditorium\, 3400 Civic Center Boulevard\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Doctoral,Graduate,Student,Dissertation or Thesis Defense
ORGANIZER;CN="Bioengineering":MAILTO:be@seas.upenn.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240123T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240123T113000
DTSTAMP:20260403T191210
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SUMMARY:MEAM Seminar: "Transport and Delivery by Active Materials"
DESCRIPTION:One of the major challenges in robotics is controlling micromanipulation by active and adaptive materials. Existing delivery technologies often suffer from limited navigation control\, low speeds\, and proneness to environmental disturbances. Biology often solves these problems by collectively organizing actuation at the microscale. For example\, pathogens are removed from our lungs by an active carpet of cilia [1]. Inside these cilia\, in turn\, microtubules form highways for molecular motors. In this talk\, I will present developments in the microfabrication of “artificial cilia” [2] and “artificial microtubules” [3]. We designed amphibious cilia that can transport both liquids and dry objects. These carpets can sort particles by size and by shape using a crowd-surfing effect. We also designed magnetic microtubules\, structured microfibers that rapidly guide particles through flow networks such as the cardiovascular system. These works offer unique strategies for robust microscale delivery\, but equally shed light on non-equilibrium diffusion [4] in biological transport processes. \n[1] Ramirez-San Juan GR et al. “Multi-scale spatial heterogeneity enhances particle clearance in airway ciliary arrays”\, Nat. Phys. 16: 958–964 (2020) \n[2] Demirörs AF et al. “Amphibious transport of fluids and solids by soft magnetic carpets”\, Adv. Sci. 202102510 (2021) \n[3] Gu H et al. “Artificial microtubules for rapid and collective transport of magnetic microcargos”\, Nat. Mach. Intel. 4: 678–684 (2022) \n[4] Guzman-Lastra F et al. “Active carpets drive non-equilibrium diffusion and enhanced molecular fluxes\,” Nat. Commun. 12: 1906 (2021)
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/meam-seminar-transport-and-delivery-by-active-materials/
LOCATION:Wu and Chen Auditorium (Room 101)\, Levine Hall\, 3330 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Seminar
ORGANIZER;CN="Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics":MAILTO:meam@seas.upenn.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240124T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240124T131500
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SUMMARY:ASSET Seminar: "Learning to Read X-Ray: Applications to Heart Failure Monitoring" (Polina Golland\, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACT: \nWe propose and demonstrate a novel approach to training image classification models based on large collections of images with limited labels. We take advantage of availability of radiology reports to construct joint multimodal embedding that serves as a basis for classification. We demonstrate the advantages of this approach in application to assessment of pulmonary edema severity in congestive heart failure that motivated the development of the method.
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/asset-seminar-polina-golland-massachusetts-institute-of-technology/
LOCATION:Raisler Lounge (Room 225)\, Towne Building\, 220 South 33rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240124T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240124T163000
DTSTAMP:20260403T191210
CREATED:20240116T174749Z
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SUMMARY:CBE Seminar: "Bioinspired Protein-Based Cancer Immunotherapy" (Yanpu He\, MIT)
DESCRIPTION:Abstract:\nImmunotherapy has revolutionized the field of cancer treatment over the past two decades\, though only a small fraction of patients treated will achieve complete remission. As such\, new paradigms to overcome resistance to immunotherapies are urgently needed. My research seeks to tailor immunotherapies towards individual differences in immune systems and the inherent heterogeneity of cancer. For this talk\, I will share my work on a key therapeutic target against cancer called the STimulator of INterferon Genes (STING) signaling. I first addressed an innate immunodeficiency caused by a loss-of-function mutation of STING protein affecting 20% of the human population\, using the cytosolic domain of STING (STINGΔTM) as a functional agonist carrier to activate signaling in STING-deficient cells. Subsequently\, I developed a therapeutic cancer vaccine based on this platform by fusing STINGΔTM with immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) nanobodies. The treatment eliminated subcutaneous colon and melanoma tumors in 70-100% of mice and protected all cured mice against rechallenge\, while mechanistic studies revealed a distinct STING-mediated anti-tumor immunity driven by robust TH1 polarization and Treg suppression in CD4+ T cells\, followed by the collaboration of CD8+ T and NK cells to eliminate tumors. For my independent group\, I will continue these prospects in designing protein therapeutics and leveraging the full potential of CD4+ T cells\, initially towards personalized cancer immunotherapies and expanding to other monogenic immunodeficiencies and drug delivery challenges in the long run.
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/cbe-seminar-bioinspired-protein-based-cancer-immunotherapy-yanpu-he-mit/
LOCATION:Wu and Chen Auditorium (Room 101)\, Levine Hall\, 3330 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Seminar
ORGANIZER;CN="Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering":MAILTO:cbemail@seas.upenn.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240125T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240125T160000
DTSTAMP:20260403T191210
CREATED:20240109T145748Z
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SUMMARY:ESE Grace Hopper Lecture - "Disrupting NextG"
DESCRIPTION:As 5G takes to the airwaves\, we now turn our imagination to the next generation of wireless technology. The promise of this technology has created an international race to innovate\, with significant investment by government as well as industry. And much innovation is needed as 6G aspires to not only support significantly higher data rates than 5G\, but also improved reliability along with excellent coverage indoors and out\, including for underserved areas. New architectures including edge computing must be designed to drastically enhance efficient resource allocation while also reducing latency for real-time control. Breakthrough energy-efficiency architectures\, algorithms and hardware will be needed so that wireless devices can be powered by tiny batteries\, energy-harvesting\, or over-the-air power transfer. And machine learning may will play a big role in the underlying technologies for NextG as well as the “killer apps” that will drive its deployment and success. This talk will describe what the wireless future might look like along with some of the innovations and breakthroughs required to realize this vision.
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/ese-grace-hopper-lecture-title-tbd/
LOCATION:Glandt Forum\, Singh Center for Nanotechnology\, 3205 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Lecture
ORGANIZER;CN="Electrical and Systems Engineering":MAILTO:eseevents@seas.upenn.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240126T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240126T114500
DTSTAMP:20260403T191210
CREATED:20230824T135007Z
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SUMMARY:Spring 2024 GRASP on Robotics: Dinesh Manocha\, University of Maryland\, College Park\, “Robot Navigation in Complex Indoor and Outdoor Environments”
DESCRIPTION:This is a hybrid event with in-person attendance in Wu and Chen and virtual attendance on Zoom. \nABSTRACT\nIn the last few decades\, most robotics success stories have been limited to structured or controlled environments. A major challenge is to develop robot systems that can operate in complex or unstructured environments corresponding to homes\, dense traffic\, outdoor terrains\, public places\, etc. In this talk\, we give an overview of our ongoing work on developing robust planning and navigation technologies that use recent advances in computer vision\, sensor technologies\, machine learning\, and motion planning algorithms. We present new methods that utilize multi-modal observations from an RGB camera\, 3D LiDAR\, and robot odometry for scene perception\, along with deep reinforcement learning for reliable planning. The latter is also used to compute dynamically feasible and spatial aware velocities for a robot navigating among mobile obstacles and uneven terrains. We have integrated these methods with wheeled robot and legged platforms and highlight their performance in crowded indoor scenes and dense outdoor terrains.
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/spring-2024-grasp-on-robotics-dinesh-manocha-university-of-maryland-robot-navigation-in-complex-indoor-and-outdoor-environments/
LOCATION:Wu and Chen Auditorium (Room 101)\, Levine Hall\, 3330 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Seminar
ORGANIZER;CN="General Robotics%2C Automation%2C Sensing and Perception (GRASP) Lab":MAILTO:grasplab@seas.upenn.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240126T141500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240126T150000
DTSTAMP:20260403T191210
CREATED:20240122T191258Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240122T191258Z
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SUMMARY:PICS Colloquium: "An introduction to neural ODEs in scientific machine learning."
DESCRIPTION:This is a quick introduction to neural ODEs for scientific applications. The goal is to (a) provide a modelling tool that enhances the expressivity of existing theory-driven approaches\, (b) demonstrate that neural ODEs are easy to use via modern autodifferentiable software\, and (c) give enough of the tips-and-tricks needed to make neural ODEs work in practice! \nZoom link: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/96060692429
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/pics-colloquium-an-introduction-to-neural-odes-in-scientific-machine-learning/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Colloquium
ORGANIZER;CN="Penn Institute for Computational Science (PICS)":MAILTO:dkparks@seas.upenn.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240130T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240130T113000
DTSTAMP:20260403T191210
CREATED:20240117T161205Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240117T161205Z
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SUMMARY:MEAM Seminar: "Making Dynamic Robots Taskable"
DESCRIPTION:In this talk\, I will share some insights and observations from our work on Atlas\, the world’s most dynamic humanoid robot. I’ll talk about some of the core ideas—like model-predictive control (MPC)—that have made an impact for us\, how learning is playing a larger role in how we design control systems at Boston Dynamics\, and how we think about scaling up through real world deployments.
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/meam-seminar-making-dynamic-robots-taskable/
LOCATION:Wu and Chen Auditorium (Room 101)\, Levine Hall\, 3330 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics":MAILTO:meam@seas.upenn.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240130T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240130T163000
DTSTAMP:20260403T191210
CREATED:20240124T153237Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240124T153237Z
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SUMMARY:CIS Seminar: "Obfuscation of Quantum Computation"
DESCRIPTION:Protecting secrets within computer systems is a central mission of cryptography. Program obfuscation\, which scrambles computer code without harming its functionality\, is an immensely powerful and versatile tool for accomplishing this task that has been the subject of intense study in classical cryptography. Yet\, the ability to obfuscate quantum computation had previously remained elusive to researchers\, even with the widespread use of quantum technology on the horizon. \nThis talk will demonstrate how quantum information-processing systems can keep secrets\, and explore the implications of this ability. In particular\, we will cover a series of recent results that establish the feasibility of obfuscating general-purpose quantum computation\, and reveal deep connections with several important fields of study within quantum computational science\, including verification of quantum computation and unclonable cryptography.
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/cis-seminar-obfuscation-of-quantum-computation/
LOCATION:Wu and Chen Auditorium (Room 101)\, Levine Hall\, 3330 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240131T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240131T133000
DTSTAMP:20260403T191210
CREATED:20240125T160426Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240125T160426Z
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SUMMARY:ASSET Seminar: “Towards A New Frontier of Trustworthy AI: Interpretable Machine Learning Algorithms that Produce All Good Models” (Chudi Zhong\, Duke University)
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACT: \nMachine learning has been increasingly deployed for high-stakes decisions that deeply impact people’s lives. My research focuses on developing interpretable algorithms and pipelines to ensure the safe and efficient utilization of machine learning models in the decision-making process. In this talk\, I will introduce a new paradigm\, called learning the Rashomon set\, which finds and stores all models within epsilon of the optimal loss. I will present algorithms for finding optimal models and Rashomon sets\, discuss how this new paradigm can break the interaction bottleneck between users and ML algorithms\, and provide examples of its applications. \n  \nZOOM LINK (if unable to attend in-person): https://upenn.zoom.us/j/99641494762 \n 
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/asset-seminar-towards-a-new-frontier-of-trustworthy-ai-interpretable-machine-learning-algorithms-that-produce-all-good-models-chudi-zhong-duke-university/
LOCATION:Raisler Lounge (Room 225)\, Towne Building\, 220 South 33rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240131T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240131T160000
DTSTAMP:20260403T191210
CREATED:20240122T192113Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240122T192113Z
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SUMMARY:Spring 2024 GRASP SFI: Raphael Zufferey\, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne\, "Flying robots: exploring hybrid locomotion and physical interaction"
DESCRIPTION:This will be a hybrid event with in-person attendance in Levine 307 and virtual attendance on Zoom. This week’s speaker will be virtual. \nABSTRACT\nAutonomous flying robots have become widespread in recent years\, yet their capability to interact with the environment. remains limited. Moving in multiple fluids is one of the great challenges of mobile robotics\, and carries great potential for application in biological and environmental studies. In particular\, hybrid locomotion provides the means to cross large distances and obstacles or even change from one body of water to another thanks to flight. At the same time\, they are capable of operating underwater\, collecting samples\, video and aquatic metrics. However\, the challenges of operating in both air and water are complex. In this talk\, we will introduce these challenges and cover several research solutions which aim to adress these in different modalities\, depending on locomotion and objectives. Bio-inspiration plays a crucial role in these solutions\, and the topic of flapping flight in the context of physical interaction will also be presented.
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/spring-2024-grasp-sfi-raphael-zufferey/
LOCATION:Levine 307\, 3330 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Seminar
ORGANIZER;CN="General Robotics%2C Automation%2C Sensing and Perception (GRASP) Lab":MAILTO:grasplab@seas.upenn.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240131T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240131T163000
DTSTAMP:20260403T191210
CREATED:20240116T175241Z
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SUMMARY:CBE Seminar: "Optimal Control as a catalyst for Smart and Sustainable Systems" (Benjamin Decardi-Nelson\, Cornell)
DESCRIPTION:Abstract:\nIn modern engineering\, sustainability is a crucial aspect\, especially in chemical and biological process systems. This concept has evolved to encompass a holistic approach\, emphasizing not only the use of sustainable resources but also the development of systems that are environmentally friendly\, smart\, and efficient. Such systems aim to minimize waste and optimize resource use. At the heart of this shift is optimal control\, a fundamental element in engineering smart\, sustainable systems. However\, the integration of optimal control technologies into these systems is challenging due to the complexity of managing large-scale\, constrained\, nonlinear\, and interconnected subsystems\, particularly under uncertain conditions. In this talk\, I will introduce a series of optimal control technologies that contribute to smarter and more efficient systems\, enhancing their sustainability. Specifically\, I will discuss the development and application of (1) model predictive control and (2) reinforcement learning\, which are instrumental in creating systems that use minimal resources and generate less waste. I will also demonstrate how optimal control is pivotal in advancing sustainable food production in urban areas through the integration of renewable energy and efficient resource management. Overall\, these advancements in optimal control techniques illustrate their transformative role in shaping the future of intelligent\, sustainable systems\, underscoring their vital importance in our path toward a more sustainable world.
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/cbe-seminar-optimal-control-as-a-catalyst-for-smart-and-sustainable-systems-benjamin-decardi-nelson-cornell/
LOCATION:Wu and Chen Auditorium (Room 101)\, Levine Hall\, 3330 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Seminar
ORGANIZER;CN="Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering":MAILTO:cbemail@seas.upenn.edu
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