Cargo Cults, Rabbit Holes and the Most Important Question
Sponsor(s):
Information Initiative at Duke (iiD), Bass Connections-Information, Society & Culture, Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), Mathematics, Pratt School of Engineering, and Statistical Science
Tuesday, November 03, 2015
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Donald Waagen, US Army RDECOM AMRDEC, Image and Signal Processing Technology Function
Data Dialogue
Sponsor(s):
Information Initiative at Duke (iiD), Bass Connections-Information, Society & Culture, Mathematics, Pratt School of Engineering, and Statistical Science
Thursday, November 05, 2015
11:45 am - 12:45 pm
Data Dialogue/to be announced
Spatial Coupling as a Proof Technique
Sponsor(s):
Information Initiative at Duke (iiD), Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), Mathematics, and Pratt School of Engineering
Thursday, November 05, 2015
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Ruediger Urbanke, EPFL
Designing simple polymers with PROTEIN-like ACTIVITY: from Cell Penetrating peptide mimics to resilin-inspired co-continuous networks
Sponsor(s):
Triangle Materials Research Science & Engineering Center (MRSEC) and Pratt School of Engineering
Thursday, November 05, 2015
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Gregory Tew
Non-Fullerene Acceptors for Solution-Processed Small-Molecule Organic Solar Cells
Friday, November 06, 2015
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Dr. Ian G. Hill, Department of Physics and Atmospheric Science, Dalhousie University
S/he triumphs who knows when to fight and when not to fight: using combinatorial optimization and data science in heavy industrial settings
Sponsor(s):
Information Initiative at Duke (iiD), Bass Connections-Information, Society & Culture, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science (MEMS), Pratt School of Engineering, and Statistical Science
Thursday, November 12, 2015
11:45 am - 12:45 pm
Elliot Wolf (Lineage Logistics)
Class Averaging of Cryo-Electron Microscopy Images
Sponsor(s):
Information Initiative at Duke (iiD), Bass Connections-Information, Society & Culture, Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), Mathematics, and Statistical Science
Friday, November 13, 2015
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Zhizhen (Jane) Zhao, NYU-CAOS-Courant Institute
Beyond reward: Role of mesolimbic dopamine in learning, decision-making & addiction
Sponsor(s):
Provost's Office, Biomedical Engineering (BME), Department of Neurology, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke Institute for Brain Sciences (DIBS), Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), Neurobiology, Psychology and Neuroscience, and School of Medicine (SOM)
Monday, November 16, 2015
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Regina Carelli, Associate Chair, Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
How advancing technologies are making it possible for engineers to solve humanity's grand challenges
Sponsor(s):
Pratt School of Engineering
Tuesday, November 17, 2015
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Vivek Wadhwa
Pratt New Faculty Lecture Series
Sponsor(s):
Pratt School of Engineering
Wednesday, November 18, 2015
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Dr. Miroslav Pajic
'Water Works, Contaminants and Nanotechnology: Threads and Solutions'
Sponsor(s):
Pratt School of Engineering
Wednesday, November 18, 2015
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Dr. Thilo Hofmann, University of Vienna
Methods for data integration in complex human diseases
Sponsor(s):
Information Initiative at Duke (iiD), Bass Connections-Information, Society & Culture, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), Mathematics, Pratt School of Engineering, and Statistical Science
Wednesday, November 18, 2015
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Anna Goldenberg-University of Toronto
Fall 2015 Lunch & Learn Seminar #3: How to Pitch to Potential Investors
Wednesday, November 18, 2015
4:45 pm - 6:45 pm
John Oxaal
CANCELLED THIS WEEK DUE TO MATH SYMPOSIUM Data Dialogue
Sponsor(s):
Information Initiative at Duke (iiD), Bass Connections-Information, Society & Culture, Mathematics, Pratt School of Engineering, and Statistical Science
Thursday, November 19, 2015
11:45 am - 12:45 pm
Data Dialogue/to be announced
Cell-Specific Control of Neuronal Ion Channels: Function, Pharmacology, and Disease
Sponsor(s):
Provost's Office, Biomedical Engineering (BME), Department of Neurology, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Division of Neurosurgery, Duke Institute for Brain Sciences (DIBS), Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), Neurobiology, Psychology and Neuroscience, and School of Medicine (SOM)
Thursday, November 19, 2015
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Diane Lipscombe, Interim Director, Brown Institute for Brain Science
A Data-Dependent Weighted LASSO
Sponsor(s):
Information Initiative at Duke (iiD), Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), and Pratt School of Engineering
Monday, November 23, 2015
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Rebecca Willett, UW-Madison
Blake S. Wilson - Toward better representations of sound with cochlear implants
Sponsor(s):
Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE)
Monday, November 23, 2015
11:30 am - 12:30 pm
CANCELLED Data Dialogue
Sponsor(s):
Information Initiative at Duke (iiD), Bass Connections-Information, Society & Culture, Mathematics, Pratt School of Engineering, and Statistical Science
Thursday, November 26, 2015
11:45 am - 12:45 pm
Data Dialogue/to be announced
