Events - April 2018

Friday, April 27, 2018 — 1:30 PM to 2:30 PM EDT

Dr. Shumin Zhai from Google Inc. will be giving a talk on Mobile Keyboard as an example of large scale novel interface based on both classic human factors and modern machine intelligence.

Tuesday, April 24, 2018 — 10:00 AM EDT

OTSG IN POWER GENERATION AND ENERGY IN CANADA

Friday, April 20, 2018 — 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM PDT
Glowbal restaurant on the exterior

Join us for happy hour to meet the Dean of Engineering, Pearl Sullivan, and to connect and network with local Waterloo Engineering alumni in Vancouver. The Dean will give a brief update about the Faculty of Engineering and the latest changes on campus including a sneak-peak at the newest engineering building on campus: Engineering 7. 

Thursday, April 19, 2018 — 5:30 PM to 8:00 PM MDT
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Join us for an after-work networking reception at Barcelona Tavern to meet with the Dean of Engineering, Pearl Sullivan, and to connect and network with local Waterloo Engineering alumni in Calgary. The Dean will give a brief update about the Faculty of Engineering and the latest changes on campus including a sneak-peak at the newest engineering building on campus: Engineering 7. 

Tuesday, April 17, 2018 — 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT

Jose Oliveira
Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering
University of Porto
Porto, Portugal
jfo@fe.up.pt

Abstract

Wednesday, April 11, 2018 — 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM EDT

Learn about the Master of Business, Entrepreneurship, and Technology (MBET) program by attending our live online information session.

In this one-hour session, you will learn everything you need to know about the program—including admissions requirements and tips, program details, and alumni stories.

Tuesday, April 10, 2018 — 2:30 PM to 3:30 PM EDT

As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, Sharon Megdal, Director of The University of Arizona Water Resources Research Center, presents, "Groundwater governance and management research: Connecting researchers and practitioners."

Light refreshments will be provided.

Tuesday, April 10, 2018 — 12:30 PM to 2:30 PM EDT

Series Information:

  • Tuesday January 16 - 12:30-2:30 pm – IP 101 and Commercialization 

  • Tuesday February 13 - 12:30-2:00 pm – IP Case Study

  • Tuesday March 13 - 12:30-2:00 pm – Copyright and Software

  • Tuesday April 10 - 12:30-2:00 pm – Trademarks

Monday, April 9, 2018 — 11:00 AM EDT

The Promise of Artificial Intelligence in Process Systems Engineering: Is it here, finally?

Venkat Venkatasubramanian
Samuel Ruben-Peter G. Viele Professor of Engineering
Department of Chemical Engineering
Columbia University
New York, NY 10027

ABSTRACT

Tuesday, April 3, 2018 — 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT

As a key partner in AquaHacking, the Water Institute will be hosting an information session/mixer for interested students on April 3. Students will have a chance to meet last year’s finalists, meet other like-minded individuals and have their questions answered about AquaHacking 2018.

Monday, February 5, 2018 — 6:30 PM EST to Sunday, April 8, 2018 — 5:00 PM EDT
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Dear Friends,

It is with great pleasure that we invite you to join us for the opening of an exhibition that marks the 50th anniversary of Waterloo Architecture.

Sunday, June 25, 2017 — 10:00 AM to Monday, September 3, 2018 — 5:30 PM EDT

An examination of the chilling role architecture played in constructing Auschwitz.

The Evidence Room is a powerful installation which reconstructs key objects used in the forensic analysis of the architecture of Auschwitz. Historian Robert Jan van Pelt introduced the objects as evidence in a court case to demonstrate that Auschwitz was purposefully designed as a death camp.