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MSE Seminar: “Bioinstructive Materials Regulate Inflammation in Cancer and Regeneration”

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

Fibrosis and remodeling of extracellular matrix are involved in many diseases, such as tumors, wound healing, and chronic inflammation. During fibrosis, tissues undergo changes in their viscoelastic properties, i.e., how they resist deformation like a solid and dissipate stress over time like a fluid. My research program determines the impact of viscoelasticity on inflammation in […]

BE/MEAM Seminar: “Synthetic Embryology for Constructing Human Embryo and Organ Models” (Jianping Fu, University of Michigan)

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

This is a hybrid seminar held in Glandt Forum (Singh Center) and via Zoom. Check email for the zoom link or contact cd0318@seas.upenn.edu. "Synthetic Embryology for Constructing Human Embryo and Organ Models" Early human development remains mysterious and difficult to study.  Recent advances in developmental biology, stem cell biology, and bioengineering have contributed to a […]

Fall 2022 GRASP Seminar: GRASP Research Overview – Day 2

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

GRASP Lab faculty confirmed presentations (where appropriate their presenters)... *This is a HYBRID Event with in-person attendance in Wu & Chen Auditorium and virtual attendance via Zoom. Dr. Ani Hsieh (Welcome and introductions) Dr. Nadia Figueroa Dr. Daniel Koditschek Dr. Vijay Kumar (presented by Kelsey Saulnier) Dr. Nik Matni (presented by Thomas Zhang) Dr. Marc […]

Theory Seminar- Aaron Roth (University of Pennsylvania)

Room 401B, 3401 Walnut 3401 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Abstract: Dawid gives two conceptualizations for models of individual probabilities: “Group to Individual” and “Individual to Group”. A classical concern about the “Group to Individual” view of probability is the reference class problem: Given that we can empirically measure only averages over many individuals, which group or “reference class” do we choose to average over […]

MEAM Seminar: “Open Access Benchmark Datasets and Metamodels for Problems in Mechanics”

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

Metamodels, or models of models, map defined model inputs to defined model outputs. When metamodels are constructed to be computationally cheap, they are an invaluable tool for applications ranging from topology optimization, to uncertainty quantification, to real-time prediction, to multi-scale simulation. In particular, for heterogeneous materials, metamodels are useful for exploring the influence of the […]

CIS Seminar: “Live Programming and Programming by Example: Better Together”

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

For those that can not attend in person here is a zoom link for viewing purposes:
https://upenn.zoom.us/j/92251688978?pwd=aEpTc2h6U3pOQWJFc2svT2hBMXlpZz09
Meeting ID: 922 5168 8978
Passcode: 289824

ASSET Seminar: Explainable AI via Semantic Information Pursuit (René Vidal, Johns Hopkins University)

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

Presentation Abstract: There is a significant interest in developing ML algorithms whose final predictions can be explained in domain-specific terms that are understandable to a human. Providing such an “explanation” can be crucial for the adoption of ML algorithms in risk-sensitive domains such as healthcare. This has motivated a number of approaches that seek to […]

Fall 2022 GRASP SFI: Zhongyu Li, University of California Berkeley, “Can We Bridge Model-based Control and Model-free RL on Legged Robots?”

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

*This will be a HYBRID Event with in-person attendance in Levine 307 and Virtual attendance via Zoom. In this talk, I will provide a brief introduction about our recent progress in applying optimal control and deep reinforcement learning (RL) on legged robots in the real world. I will then dive into our recent work to […]

MSE Seminar: “Materials Growth and Discovery for Magnetic and Quantum Applications”

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

For functional materials that are in a nascent stage, such as the antiferromagnetic spintronics, quantum information storage, and new semiconducting compounds, it is not clear what will be the high-performance materials of tomorrow. There is a pressing need to examine the complex properties of these emerging materials, and growing single crystals is a crucial step […]