Seminars and Colloquia Archive

  • ECE Research Seminar Series: ‘Technical Feasibility of Visible Light Communication Systems for Low Bitrate Smart Cities and the Industry 4.0 Applications’

    ECE Research Seminar Series: ‘Technical Feasibility of Visible Light Communication Systems for Low Bitrate Smart Cities and the Industry 4.0 Applications’

    The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering will continue its Seminar Series on Friday, March 1, 2024 from 12:45–1:45 pm in Siegel Hall, Room 118, featuring guest speaker Dr. Veronique Georlette, Postdoc at University of Illinois Chicago, giving a talk titled "Technical feasibility of Visible Light Communication systems for low bitrate smart cities and the Industry 4.0 applications."

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  • ECE Research Seminar Series: ‘Error-Tolerant E-Discovery Protocols’

    ECE Research Seminar Series: ‘Error-Tolerant E-Discovery Protocols’

    The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering will continue its Seminar Series on Thursday, February 29, 2024 from 12:45–1:45 pm in Siegel Hall, room 118, featuring guest speaker Dr. Liren Shan, Research Assistant Professor at Toyota Technological Institute of Chicago, giving a talk titled "Error-Tolerant E-Discovery Protocols."

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  • Great Problems, Great Minds Seminar Series: Outlook for the U.S. and Midwest Economies

    Great Problems, Great Minds Seminar Series: Outlook for the U.S. and Midwest Economies

    Join the Social Sciences Colloquium at the Department of Social Sciences for this Great Problems, Great Minds seminar series event featuring guest speaker Thomas Walstrum, a senior business economist in the economic research department at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. This seminar will take place on Wednesday, February 28, 2024, from 5–6:15 p.m. in room 111 of the Pritzker Science Center and over Zoom.

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  • Great Problems, Great Minds Seminar Series: ‘Modeling Human Mobility Patterns from Big Geodata — What Are We Missing?’

    Great Problems, Great Minds Seminar Series: ‘Modeling Human Mobility Patterns from Big Geodata — What Are We Missing?’

    Join the Social Sciences Colloquium at the Department of Social Sciences for this Great Problems, Great Minds seminar series event featuring guest speaker Yihong Yuan, an associate professor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies at Texas State University, who will give a presentation on “Modeling Human Mobility Patterns from Big Geodata—What Are We Missing?” This seminar will take place on Wednesday, February 21, 2024, from 5–6:15 p.m. over Zoom.

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  • MMAE Seminar Series: ‘Novel Engineering and Multi-Material Design Strategies for Robots in the Wild’

    MMAE Seminar Series: ‘Novel Engineering and Multi-Material Design Strategies for Robots in the Wild’

    The Department of Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Engineering presents their spring 2024 seminar series featuring guest speaker Matthew Robertson, an assistant professor at Queen’s University, who will present “Novel Engineering and Multi-Material Design Strategies for Robots in the Wild.” This seminar will take place on Wednesday, March 6, 2024, from 3:30–4:30 p.m. in room 104 of the Rettaliata Engineering Center.

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  • FDSN Seminar Series: ‘A Crash Course in Technical Writing: How to Transform Yourself Into a Media Expert for Digital Content’

    FDSN Seminar Series: ‘A Crash Course in Technical Writing: How to Transform Yourself Into a Media Expert for Digital Content’

    The Department of Food Science and Nutrition presents its spring 2024 seminar series featuring guest speaker Audarshia Townsend, content director for Informa Markets/Supply Side’s Food & Beverage Insider, who will give a presentation on “A Crash Course in Technical Writing—How to Transform Yourself into a Media ‘Industry Expert’ for Digital Content.” This seminar will take place on Thursday, February 22, from 12:45–1:45 p.m. in room 111 of the Pritzker Science Center.

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  • MMAE Seminar Series: ‘Turbulence Experiments at Low and High Speeds’

    MMAE Seminar Series: ‘Turbulence Experiments at Low and High Speeds’

    The Department of Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Engineering presents their spring 2024 seminar series featuring guest speaker Douglas Carter, a Postdoctoral Appointee at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Dr. Carter will give a presentation on "Turbulence Experiments at Low and High Speeds." This seminar is open to the public and will take place on Wednesday, February 28, 2024, from 3:30–4:30 p.m. in room 104 of the Rettaliata Engineering Center.

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  • MMAE Seminar Series: ‘Reinventing the Industry: Additively Manufactured Electronics’

    MMAE Seminar Series: ‘Reinventing the Industry: Additively Manufactured Electronics’

    The Department of Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Engineering presents its spring 2024 seminar series featuring guest speaker Peter Johnsamson, director of global customer care at Nano Dimension, who will give a presentation on “Reinventing the Industry: Additively Manufactured Electronics.” This seminar is open to the public and will take place on Tuesday, February 20, 2024, from 12:45–1:45 p.m. in room 131 of Perlstein Hall.

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  • 40th Annual Section 1983 Civil Rights Litigation Conference

    40th Annual Section 1983 Civil Rights Litigation Conference

    Section 1983 litigation continues to present challenges for federal and state courts across the country, and the Supreme Court has an especially large impact in this dynamic area of law. Join us Thursday and Friday, April 18-29, 2024, for the 40th-year celebration of our annual two-day in-person conference to get up-to-date on the latest cases, trends, and strategies affecting §1983 litigation.

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  • 45th Annual Kenneth M. Piper Lecture

    45th Annual Kenneth M. Piper Lecture

    Join us Tuesday, March 5, 2024, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Chicago-Kent College of Law to hear Jeff Hirsch, Geneva Yeargan Rand Distinguished Professor of Law, The University of North Carolina School of Law, deliver this year's 45th Kenneth M. Piper Lecture as he addresses labor regulations in AI.

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