On Tuesday, November 19, 2024, Nikita Soni, PhD student from the Department of Computer Science, presented the third lecture of the fall 2024 STEM Speakers Series at the University Libraries. Nikita discussed the lack of diverse human context in natural language processing (NLP) models pre-LLMs (large language modeling) era. To
On Tuesday, October 29, 2024, Dr. Jesus Rios from the Department of Physics presented the second lecture of the STEM Speaker Series at the University Libraries. Dr. Rios first discussed how he and his research team used artificial intelligence (AI) to predict molecular properties of diatomic molecules. They found that
1) On April 11, 2023: Dr. Supartha Podder on “Understanding quantum computing advantages” During the lecture, Dr. Supartha Podder discussed that a supercomputer, which is a classical computer, is very powerful, but it cannot simulate larger systems. Building a computer based on quantum mechanics would be ideal for solving very
Dr. Aruna Balasubramanian presented the first Spring STEM lecture online on Wednesday, March 2, 2022. Dr. Balasubramanian and her research team use various metrics to measure web performance and user experience. As webpage load times are critical, her research team built a tool called WProfX that can identify why a
Curious about how well your phone is performing in terms of web access? Spend an hour with our STEM speaker, Dr. Aruna Balasubramanian from the Department of Computer Science to learn about “Is the Mobile Web Experience Improving?” Date/Time: Wednesday, March 2, 2022 from 1pm-2pm Location: Online There is no
On February 16, 2021, Dr. Fusheng Wang presented the development of his and his team’s EyeCanDo app, which is used to enable amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients to communicate freely using an eye gaze based technique. Dr. Wang discussed how he and his team used Apple augmented reality (AR) and
On September 22, 2020, Dr. Simmerling discussed the use of computer models to complete the currently unknown, pivotal regions of coronavirus spikes. Knowing more about these pivotal regions of coronavirus spikes could help with identifying drugs that have the potential to neutralize all coronaviruses. The online event attracted local, national,
Curious about how scientists develop drugs for COVID-19? Spend an hour with our STEM speaker, Dr. Carlo Simmerling from the Department of Chemistry, and Laufer Center for Physical and Quantitative Biology to learn about “Using computer simulations to model the SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein and block COVID-19 infection.” Date/Time: Tuesday, September
Interested in word and graph embeddings? Spend an hour with our STEM speaker, Dr. Steven Skiena from the Department of Computer Science, to learn about “Representing Knowledge through Word and Graph Embeddings.” Date/Time: Tuesday, February 11 from 1pm-2pm Location: Special Collections Seminar Room, E2340, second floor of the Melville Library
On September 18, Dr. Heather Lynch, of the Department of Ecology and Evolution, presented the first lecture of the fall 2018 University Libraries STEM Speakers Series with her talk, “How many Adélie penguins are there? and other mysteries solved by satellites” in the Special Collections Seminar Room of the Melville
