Speaker: Ariel Aloe, Dept. of Psychological and Quantitative Foundations Topic: Evidence synthesis and meta-analysis

Speaker: Yannick Meurice, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy Topic: Finding the boundary of quantum advantage for quantum field theory

Speaker: Jia Lu, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Topic: What machine learning can tell us about tissue rapture

Speaker: Vincent Rodgers Topic: Gauged Projective Geometry in Gravitation

Speaker: Shaoping Xiao, Department of Mechanical Engineering Topic: Motion Planning in Robotics by Using Reinforcement Learning with LTL Constraints Abstract: High-level robotics motion planning requires the robot to accomplish complex tasks instead of simple go-to-goal navigations. This seminar presents a research topic of motion planning in robotics via the integration of reinforcement learning (RL) and linear temporal logics (LTL). The framework consists of a Markov decision process (MDP)...

Speaker: David Stewart Topic: TBA

Can We Talk? "Can We Talk?" explores the issue of ‘social belonging’ in the context of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) and the effect it has on the lives of underrepresented people of color (UR-POC) who are pursuing an education or career in STEM, or who have decided to leave because of an overwhelming feeling of not belonging. The film has screened at venues across the U.S., at scientific conferences, colleges and universities, federal agencies, and for non-profit organizations...

"Using an Ecological-Belonging Intervention to Foster Equity in College STEM Courses" A lecture by Kevin Binning, PhD (Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh) When intellectual stereotypes are “in the air,” they can interfere with students’ learning and performance. In this talk, I will report the results of a series of experiments designed to establish social norms that make stereotypes irrelevant in college STEM classrooms. At the beginning of the term, classrooms that were...

Speaker: Weimin Han Topic: Boundary Value Problems of Partial Differential Equations: Weak Formulation and Numerical Solution

Speaker: Tong Wang, Dept. of Business Analytics Topic: Hybrid Predictive Model: When an Interpretable Model Collaborates with a Black-box Model