Seminars

Upcoming Seminars

A Data-Driven Framework for Flood Mitigation Using Transformers and Reinforcement Learning

Friday, February 6, 2026 3:30pm to 4:20pm

MacLean Hall

Speaker: Shaoping Xiao, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Colloquium - A Hessian View of Fine-tuning, Task Attribution, and Reinforcement Learning: Three Vignettes in Modern Machine Learning

Friday, February 13, 2026 3:30pm to 4:30pm

Schaeffer Hall

We welcome Hongyang Zhang, Ph.D., from Northeastern University, whose research lies at the intersection of machine learning, optimization algorithms, and statistical learning.

Past Seminars

Evidence Synthesis

Friday, February 11, 2022 3:30pm to 4:20pm

MacLean Hall

Speaker: Ariel Aloe, Department of Psychological and Quantitative Foundations

Introduction to Scientific Machine Learning

Friday, February 4, 2022 3:30pm to 4:20pm

MacLean Hall

Speaker: Xueyu Zhu, Department of Mathematics.

Intelligent traffic light via policy-based reinforcement learning

Friday, January 28, 2022 3:30pm to 4:20pm

MacLean Hall

Speaker: Shaoping Xiao, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Flattening the error curve of predictors for implicit methods in IVPs

Friday, January 21, 2022 3:30pm to 4:20pm

MacLean Hall

Speaker: Laurent Jay, Department of Mathematics

GAUSS Seminar: Numbers and Games [hybrid]

Tuesday, November 2, 2021 3:30pm to 4:20pm

Schaeffer Hall

Abstract

This talk will focus itself on games. Some basic games will be introduced and their strategies analyzed. We will scratch the surface of combinatorial game theory, a lovely, playful, and often overlooked branch of mathematics. In the process we will stumble upon the surreal numbers and explore the very nature of “numbers”. This talk will be accessible for all audiences. There is no prerequisite knowledge needed, just an open mind.

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