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CBE Seminar: “Bioinspired Protein-Based Cancer Immunotherapy” (Yanpu He, MIT)

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

Abstract: Immunotherapy 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 […]

ESE Grace Hopper Lecture – “Disrupting NextG”

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

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 […]

Spring 2024 GRASP on Robotics: Dinesh Manocha, University of Maryland, College Park, “Robot Navigation in Complex Indoor and Outdoor Environments”

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. ABSTRACT In 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, […]

PICS Colloquium: “An introduction to neural ODEs in scientific machine learning.”

Zoom

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 […]

MEAM Seminar: “Making Dynamic Robots Taskable”

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

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 […]

CIS Seminar: “Obfuscation of Quantum Computation”

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

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 […]

ASSET Seminar: “Towards A New Frontier of Trustworthy AI: Interpretable Machine Learning Algorithms that Produce All Good Models” (Chudi Zhong, Duke University)

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

ABSTRACT: Machine 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 […]

Spring 2024 GRASP SFI: Raphael Zufferey, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, “Flying robots: exploring hybrid locomotion and physical interaction”

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. This week's speaker will be virtual. ABSTRACT Autonomous 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 […]

CBE Seminar: “Optimal Control as a catalyst for Smart and Sustainable Systems” (Benjamin Decardi-Nelson, Cornell)

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

Abstract: In 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 […]

BE Seminar: “Imaging the Brain for Deeper, Finer, and More Diverse Insight” (Fei Xia, Ecole Normale Supérieure)

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

The brain is a powerful organ that regulates health and drives intelligence. How can we see more clearly into the working brain to understand it better? High-resolution optical microscopy has long been an ideal tool due to its spatial sub-micron precision and specificity. However, achieving the necessary spatio-temporal scale for further advancing our understanding of […]