Speaker: Anthony Nyong, Director of Climate Change and Green Growth at the African Development Bank (AfDB) Speaker Bio: Bio: Professor Anthony Nyong is the Director of Climate Change and Green Growth at the African Development Bank. He has about 30 years of experience in environmental and natural resources management, environmental and social safeguards, renewable energy […]
There’s a new ecosystem of applications that integrates machine learning into a variety of tasks. Typical domains have included image recognition and natural language processing. However, these techniques have also spread to computer systems domains, such as program compilation, resource scheduling, and database query optimization, yielding new computer systems that learn from data to achieve […]
Learning is a core component of the information processing and autonomous systems upon which we increasingly rely on to select job applicants, analyze medical data, and drive cars. As these systems become ubiquitous, so does the need to curtail their behavior. Left untethered, they are susceptible to tampering (adversarial examples) and prone to prejudiced and […]
The US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) indicate that in 2017 about 12.7% of adults and children had some form of disability. Stroke is the leading cause of serious long-term disability with ~7 million in the US, which will increase by 20.5% by 2030. Cerebral Palsy is the leading cause of serious long-term disability in […]
Speaker: Cherie Kagan, Associate Dean of Research, Stephen J Angello Professor, Electrical and Systems Engineering, Material Science and Engineering, Penn Engineering. Director, NSF’s Internet of Thing’s for Precision Agriculture Engineering Research Center Description: Ensuring food, energy, and water security is a societal grand challenge. By 2050, the US population is estimated to grow from 330 […]
Dry adhesives that rely on van der Waals forces have a number of applications due to their versatility, reusability, and repeatability. Applications include small-scale pick-and-place and microtransfer printing processes, wearable sensors, climbing/perching robots, and robotic gripping. However, van der Waals forces are macroscopically short-range and are the weakest of the interatomic forces, so careful mechanical […]
Speakers: Megan Ryerson, UPS Chair of Transportation, Associate Dean for Research, Weitzman School Benjamin C. Pierce, Henry Salvatori Professor of Computer and Information Science, Penn Engineering William W. Braham, Professor of Architecture, Director of the Master of Environmental Building Design and of the Center for Environmental Building + Design, Weitzman School Steve Luxton, Executive Director/CEO […]
As graduate students, it can be difficult to maintain a sense of balance throughout your academic career. There are often multiple demands on your time, from having a social life while performing well academically to maintaining your mental health and wellness. However, 2020 has brought unique challenges that include, managing a global pandemic, navigating issues […]
Speakers: Kerry Phillips, Associate at Lake|Flato Architects Heather Gayle Holdridge, Director of Design Performance at Lake|Flato Architects Terry Pattillo, AIA, Mid-Atlantic Regional Director, WoodWorks – Wood Products Council Moderator: Stephanie Carlisle, Senior Researcher, Carbon Leadership Forum
This event will be held virtually via zoom. Check your email for the link and passcode or contact ksas@seas.upenn.edu. The electronic health record (EHR) is a powerful application of Systems Engineering to healthcare. It is a byproduct of a host of pressures including cost, consolidation of providers into networks, uniform drivers of quality, and the […]
