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ESE Fall Seminar – “Stochastic Geometry for Networks”

Berger Auditorium (Room 13), Skirkanich Hall 210 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Stochastic geometry is a branch of probability theory that deals with the study of random spatial patterns. Random point patterns, termed point processes, are the most basic such objects that appear in numerous applications. After presenting a brief introduction to point processes, we will present our work on the stochastic modeling and analysis of wireless […]

ESE PhD Thesis Defense: “Learning, Privacy, and Reliable Communication in Large Data Networks”

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

This thesis explores advancements in three distinct domains: communications, privacy, and machine learning. Within the realm of communication, a comprehensive study is conducted on channel coding at low capacity, a critical aspect of Internet of Things (IoT) technology requiring reliable transmission over channels with minimal capacity. Despite existing finite-length analyses yielding inaccurate predictions and current […]

MEAM Ph.D. Thesis Defense: “Mechanics-Informed Optimization for Enhanced Adhesion and Toughness”

DRLB 3W2 209 S. 33rd Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Structural design optimization has long played a crucial role in engineering, often with the goal of creating stiff and lightweight structures for aerospace and other applications. However, optimizing structures against failure is also crucial and has been less explored. Failure at interfaces is particularly challenging in design optimization as they involve high local stress concentrations […]

MEAM Seminar: “Advancing Bioadhesive Technologies with Mechanical Principles”

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

Bioadhesive technologies are important in a wide range of applications, spanning from wound management to wearable technologies. Forming and controlling tough adhesion on biological tissues has been a long-lasting challenge, necessitating transdisciplinary approaches. In my talk, I will share our recent progress in the design, mechanics, and applications of tough bioadhesives. I will first discuss […]

CIS Seminar: “Mitigating Technology Abuse in Intimate Partner Violence and Encrypted Messaging”

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

Computer security is traditionally about the protection of technology, whereas trust and safety efforts focus on preventing technology abuse from harming people. In this talk, I'll explore the interplay between security and tech abuse, and make the case that trust and safety represents an important frontier for computer security researchers. To do so, I'll draw […]

PSOC Seminar: Denise Montell, University of California, Santa Barbara

DRL 2N3

PSOC@Penn Seminar, Wednesday Nov 29th   ** New Location ** DRL 2N3 2N3 conference/seminar room is in DRL 2nd floor towards end of hallway that parallels Walnut St -Noon - 1.00pm : PSOC  talk Speaker: Denise Montell, PhD Duggan Professor and Distinguished Professor, Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara https://www.mcdb.ucsb.edu/people/faculty/denise-montell https://denisemontell.mcdb.ucsb.edu/  Talk : “TBA”  […]

ASSET Seminar: “Inherent Interpretability via Language Model Guided Bottleneck Design” (Mark Yatskar, Penn)

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

ABSTRACT: As deep learning systems improve, their applicability to critical domains is hampered because of a lack of transparency. Post-hoc explanations attempt to address this concern but they provide no guarantee of faithfulness to the model’s computations. Inherently interpretable models are an alternative but such models are often considered to be too simple to perform […]

CBE Doctoral Dissertation: “A Multiscale Computational Framework for Simulating Thrombus Growth Under Flow” (Kaushik Shankar)

Room 534 A Wing, 3401 Walnut 3401 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Abstract: Modeling thrombus growth in pathological flows allows evaluation of risk under patient-specific pharmacological, hematological, and hemodynamical conditions. To this end, we have developed a 3D multiscale framework for the prediction of thrombus growth under flow on a spatially resolved surface presenting collagen and tissue factor (TF). The multiscale framework is composed of four coupled […]

Fall 2023 GRASP SFI: Xiaolong Wang, University of California San Diego, “Generalizable Geometric Robot Learning”

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

This is a hybrid event with in-person attendance in Levine 307 and virtual attendance on Zoom. ABSTRACT Robot learning has witnessed significant progress in terms of generalization recently, with the help of data-driven learning and image/text foundation models. While these achievements are encouraging, most tasks conducted in this context are relatively simple (e.g., pick-and-place with a […]

CBE Seminar: “Revolutionizing Bioimaging to Elevate Human Health”

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

Holistic imaging of diverse functional, anatomical, and molecular architecture that span multiple levels, from cells to an entire system, remains a major challenge in biology. In this talk, I will introduce a series of technologies that enable integrated multiscale imaging and molecular phenotyping of both animal tissues and human clinical samples. I will discuss how […]