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Sunday, February 18, 2024
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Monday, February 19, 2024
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February 19, 2024 -CBE Doctoral Dissertation Defense: “Controlled Deposition of Cargo-Carrying Colloids from Dispersed Liquid to Solid Surfaces” (Paradorn Rummaneethorn)
CBE Doctoral Dissertation Defense: “Controlled Deposition of Cargo-Carrying Colloids from Dispersed Liquid to Solid Surfaces” (Paradorn Rummaneethorn)
Abstract: Great advances have been made in encapsulation of (biological) analytes at extremely high throughput via techniques such as microfluidics and/or conjugation. In parallel, analytical techniques such as mass spectrometry have advanced to analyze biochemical components of complex mixtures with high resolutions. Both capabilities are essential for enabling biology at subcellular scales; rather than engineering […]
Tuesday, February 20, 2024
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February 20, 2024 -MEAM Seminar: “Precision Engineering in Health and Medicine via Acoustics”
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February 20, 2024 -CIS Seminar: “Towards Flexible, Scalable, and Knowledgeable Generative Intelligence”
MEAM Seminar: “Precision Engineering in Health and Medicine via Acoustics”
Precision engineering stands at the forefront of catalyzing transformative advancements in health and medicine. Among various precise techniques utilizing phototactic, electric, and magnetic mechanisms, acoustic devices have captured heightened attention for their capability to facilitate contactless, label-free, and biocompatible manipulation of cells, extracellular vesicles, and organisms. Demonstrating proficiency in manipulating micro/nano-objects across a diverse spectrum, […]
CIS Seminar: “Towards Flexible, Scalable, and Knowledgeable Generative Intelligence”
From language modeling to 3D vision, generative AI has revolutionized nearly every aspect of machine learning. In this talk, I will examine the limitations of the foundation behind many generative AI techniques–autoregressive models. Despite their impressive successes, these token-by-token models face various challenges, including 1). non-flexible computation during generation, 2). lack of rich inner structures […]
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
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February 21, 2024 -ASSET Seminar: “Mathematical Foundations for Physical Agents” (Max Simchowitz, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, CSAIL)
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February 21, 2024 -Spring 2024 GRASP SFI: Erik Bekkers, University of Amsterdam, “Fast, Expressive SE(n) Equivariant Networks through Weight-Sharing in Position-Orientation Space”
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February 21, 2024 -CBE Seminar: “Minimally Invasive Neuroelectronics” (Anqi Zhang, Stanford)
ASSET Seminar: “Mathematical Foundations for Physical Agents” (Max Simchowitz, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, CSAIL)
ABSTRACT: From robotics to autonomous vehicles, machine learning agents deployed in the physical world (“physical agents”) promise to revolutionize endeavors ranging from manufacturing to agriculture to domestic labor. In this talk, we will develop mathematical foundations, from the ground up, for how to carry out this vision. We will begin our investigation by examining linear […]
Spring 2024 GRASP SFI: Erik Bekkers, University of Amsterdam, “Fast, Expressive SE(n) Equivariant Networks through Weight-Sharing in Position-Orientation Space”
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. There will be an extended Q&A/discussion after the seminar from 4:00 PM to 4:30 PM. ABSTRACT Based on the theory of homogeneous spaces we derive \textit{geometrically optimal edge attributes} to be used […]
CBE Seminar: “Minimally Invasive Neuroelectronics” (Anqi Zhang, Stanford)
Abstract Neuroelectronic interfaces have enabled significant advances in both fundamental neuroscience research and the treatment of neurological disorders. However, current neuroelectronic devices have a clear trade-off between invasiveness and spatial resolution, and are unable to achieve seamless integration into the nervous system with cell-type specificity. In this talk, I will first introduce an ultra-small and […]
Thursday, February 22, 2024
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February 22, 2024 -ESE & BE Spring Seminar – “Ultra-high-throughput computational imaging: towards a trillion voxels per second”
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February 22, 2024 -BE Seminar: “Endothelial cells and the promise of regeneration on demand” (Brisa Palikuqi, UCSF)
ESE & BE Spring Seminar – “Ultra-high-throughput computational imaging: towards a trillion voxels per second”
Traditional biomedical imaging techniques face throughput bottlenecks that limit our ability to study complex dynamic samples like cells, organoids, tissues, and organisms. In particular, hardware-only systems have inherent physical limitations preventing the simultaneous improvement of resolution, field of view, and frame rate. In this seminar, I propose that large-scale, machine learning-accelerated computational imaging will be […]
BE Seminar: “Endothelial cells and the promise of regeneration on demand” (Brisa Palikuqi, UCSF)
In this seminar, I explore the pivotal role of tissue stem cells and their microenvironment, known as the niche, in regeneration. With a focus on the endothelial cell niche, my work introduces an innovative in vitro vascularized perfusable model tailored for human tissue explants and organoids. My findings also highlight the crucial contribution of paracrine […]
Friday, February 23, 2024
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February 23, 2024 -Spring 2024 GRASP on Robotics: Pietro Valdastri, University of Leeds, “Magnetic Surgical Robots: A “Fantastic Voyage” deep inside the human body”
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February 23, 2024 -PICS Colloquium: “Genetic testing and adverse selection”
Spring 2024 GRASP on Robotics: Pietro Valdastri, University of Leeds, “Magnetic Surgical Robots: A “Fantastic Voyage” deep inside the human body”
This is a hybrid event with in-person attendance in Wu and Chen and virtual attendance on Zoom. ABSTRACT Magnetic fields offer the possibility of manipulating objects from a distance and are ideal for medical applications, as they penetrate human tissue without inflicting any harm on the patient. Magnetic fields can be harnessed to actuate surgical robots, […]
PICS Colloquium: “Genetic testing and adverse selection”
Technology is dramatically driving down the cost of sequencing genetic data and increasing the quality of predictions made with this data. A standard concern is that these predictions could impair the functioning of insurance markets, either because insurers would abuse genetic information or because of adverse selection. We make three contributions. First, we develop a […]
Saturday, February 24, 2024
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