CIS Seminar: “Accessible Foundation Models: Systems, Algorithms, and Science”

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

The ever-increasing scale of foundation models, such as ChatGPT and AlphaFold, has revolutionized AI and science more generally. However, increasing scale also steadily raises computational barriers, blocking almost everyone from […]

Spring 2024 GRASP on Robotics: Guillaume Sartoretti, National University of Singapore, “Towards Learned Cooperation at Scale in Robotic Multi-Agent Systems”

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 With the recent advances in sensing, actuation, computation, and communication, the deployment […]

MEAM Seminar: “Precision Engineering in Health and Medicine via Acoustics”

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

Precision engineering stands at the forefront of catalyzing transformative advancements in health and medicine. Among various precise techniques utilizing phototactic, electric, and magnetic mechanisms, acoustic devices have captured heightened attention […]

ASSET Seminar: “Mathematical Foundations for Physical Agents” (Max Simchowitz, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, CSAIL)

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

ABSTRACT: From robotics to autonomous vehicles, machine learning agents deployed in the physical world (“physical agents”) promise to revolutionize endeavors ranging from manufacturing to agriculture to domestic labor. In this […]

CBE Seminar: “Minimally Invasive Neuroelectronics” (Anqi Zhang, Stanford)

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

Abstract Neuroelectronic interfaces have enabled significant advances in both fundamental neuroscience research and the treatment of neurological disorders. However, current neuroelectronic devices have a clear trade-off between invasiveness and spatial […]

ESE & BE Spring Seminar – “Ultra-high-throughput computational imaging: towards a trillion voxels per second”

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

Traditional biomedical imaging techniques face throughput bottlenecks that limit our ability to study complex dynamic samples like cells, organoids, tissues, and organisms. In particular, hardware-only systems have inherent physical limitations […]