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Spring 2024 GRASP on Robotics: Leonidas Guibas, Stanford University, “Compositional Modeling of 3D Objects and Scenes”

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

This is a hybrid event with in-person attendance in Wu and Chen and virtual attendance on Zoom. This seminar will NOT be recorded. ABSTRACT Modeling 3D objects and scenes creates many challenges, both on the analysis and the synthesis sides. The focus of this talk is the compositional structure of objects (into parts) and of […]

Research Impact Seminar – Bring Your Research Out of the Lab (Penn Engineering Entrepreneurship)

Towne 327

Learn how to commercialize your research and navigate Penn's innovation ecosystem with Penn Engineering: Entrepreneurship. This is the first part of a series from Penn Engineering’s Entrepreneurship group. Featuring: Andrew Tsourkas, Professor of Bioengineering, Co-Founder, AlphaThera, Inc, Co-Founder, StreamLaunch, Llc and Jeffrey Babin, Professor of Practice and Associate Director of Entrepreneurship at Penn Engineering & […]

MEAM Seminar: “Active Materials and Devices for Biomedical Applications”

Room 337, Towne Building 220 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

In this talk, I will discuss our recent work in materials fabrication, manipulation, assembly, and manufacturing tailored towards biomedical and environmental applications. The focus is on active materials and devices enabled by materials control across a wide range of length scales. At the nanoscale, I will discuss 3D electrokinetic tweezers, an ultra-precision tool developed in […]

BE Seminar: “Charting the future of RNA and protein sequence-structure exploration” (Kalli Kappel, MIT/Harvard)

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

RNA and protein sequences dictate their structures, spanning multiple length scales, from molecular conformations to patterns of subcellular localization. In turn, these structures govern biological function. Characterizing sequence-structure relationships is critical for gaining mechanistic understanding, but conventional techniques can be slow and low-throughput. We have developed integrated computational and experimental methods to overcome these limitations […]

Spring 2024 GRASP Seminar: Yutong Bai, Johns Hopkins University, “Listening to the Data: Visual Learning from the Bottom Up”

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

*This seminar will be held in-person in Levine 307 with virtual attendance via Zoom.  ABSTRACT We introduce a novel sequential modeling approach which enables learning a Large Vision Model (LVM) without making use of any linguistic data. To do this, we define a common format, "visual sentences", in which we can represent raw images and […]

Spring 2024 GRASP Seminar: Saurabh Gupta, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, “Robot Learning by Understanding Egocentric Videos”

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

*This seminar will be held in-person in Raisler Lounge (Towne 225) with virtual attendance via Zoom.  ABSTRACT True gains of machine learning in AI sub-fields such as computer vision and natural language processing have come about from the use of large-scale diverse datasets for learning. In this talk, I will discuss how we can leverage […]

MEAM Seminar: “Lymphocyte Mechano-regulation for Immunotherapies”

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

In the dynamic field of biomedical engineering and immunotherapy, my recent research unveils the intricate relationship between mechanical forces and immune cell activation, bridging the realms of biology and immunotherapy. This study aims to unearth innovative pathways for adoptive immunotherapies, emphasizing the role of biomedical and mechanobiological insights in broadening our understanding. The core focus […]

Spring 2024 GRASP SFI: Joseph DelPreto, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, “Using Sensing and AI to Enrich Human Interactions with Machines and Nature”

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

This will be a hybrid event with in-person attendance in Levine 307 and virtual attendance on Zoom. ABSTRACT Coupling advanced wearable and environmental sensors with dynamic AI frameworks has the potential to transform how we engage with machines and with the natural world.  By co-developing intelligent sensors and deployable machine learning pipelines, we can unlock […]

CBE Seminar: “Carbon Capture and Utilization in Flowing Oceanwater: A New Frontier in Photocatalysis” (Shu Hu, Yale)

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

Abstract: Carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) are critical for managing anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Great strides have been made in electrification so far, but there are a handful of scenarios that still require hydrocarbon fuels and chemicals, such as aviation, long-haul trucking, and marine shipping. On the one hand, atmospheric CO2 is only […]

Energy Week Lecture – “Towards Sustainable Artificial Intelligence and Datacenters”

Towne 337

As the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) continues to proliferate, computer architects must assess and mitigate its environmental impact. This talk will survey strategies for reducing the carbon footprint of AI computation and datacenter infrastructure, drawing on data and experiences from industrial, hyperscale systems. First, we analyze the embodied and operational carbon implications of super-linear […]