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Tuesday, June 23, 2020 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Unconscious Bias: How to Recognize and Interrupt It

Please join Women in Computer Science for this free, virtual event with Kathleen Nalty, an expert in strategies to create cultures of inclusion to retain and advance diverse talent.

image by Nathan Dumlao on Unsplash depicting diversity

Milind Tambe
Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science
Director of the Center for Research in Computation and Society, Harvard University
Director, AI for Social Good, Google Research India

Come see six groups of fourth-year CS and SE students who took CS 497: Computing and Discrimination — a unique course offered for the first time this Winter by Computer Science Professors Dan Brown and Maura R. Grossman — as they showcase their final projects.

Learn more about this course from its instructors.

Wednesday, June 15, 2022 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

DLS: Tony Chan — A Personal and Historical View of Computational Mathematics

Please note: This DLS presentation will be given in person in DC 1302 and livestreamed over MS Teams.

Tony Chan
President, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
Professor, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science

In its modern incarnation, computational mathematics is a discipline that blossomed only after WWII. But even in its relatively brief history, there have been some major shifts in its methodology, emphasis, and applications.

Please note: This seminar will take place in DC 1302 and online.

Kin Huat Low, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Nanyang Technological University

Unmanned aerial vehicles (or known as drones) are becoming popular for servicing, inspection, surveillance, and commercial activities in recent years. Such activities, however, are hindered by some challenges that are inherent in urban flight operations.

Tuesday, April 11, 2023 8:30 am - 5:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Brain Day 2023 • Centre for Theoretical Neuroscience

Please note: Brain Day 2023 will take place in Engineering 7, various rooms.

image depicting Brain Day 2023

The University of Waterloo’s Centre for Theoretical Neuroscience supports the development of robust explanatory theories of mind and brain through education and research.

Wednesday, April 12, 2023 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

From AlphaGO to ChatGPT Public Talk

Sponsored by the Faculty of Mathematics Data Science Graduate Programs, please join Cheriton School of Computer Science expert in artificial intelligence, Professor Pascal Poupart, for a public talk in which he will describe the key technological advances in recent years that were behind AlphaGo and ChatGPT and ultimately facilitated these breakthroughs.

In recent years, we have seen the following —