Conference / Symposium:2021 International Symposium on Transportation Data and Modelling (ISTDM)
2021-06-21 08:00 - 18:00 (America/Detroit)
ISTDM 2021 aims to gather transportation researchers and practitioners across the globe for exploring the frontiers of big data, modeling and simulation to advance transportation research to support the connected, cooperative and automated mobility. With a greater focus on emerging technologies, ISTDM 2021 rebrands the two long-standing transportation symposia: International Symposium of Transport Simulation (ISTS), and the International Workshop on Traffic Data Collection and its Standardization (IWTDCS). During the three-day conference, plenary sessions featuring renowned speakers and interactive breakout sessions will take place at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, United States.

Other:Become a UROP Research Mentor
2021-06-21 08:00 - 23:00 | Off Campus Location
Submit a Research Project for the 2021-2022 Academic Year: https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/research-mentors.html

UROP Research Mentors are faculty and post-doc researchers from across all U-M's 19 Schools and Colleges who provide undergraduate student researchers an opportunity to engage in research activities that help them learn about the pursuit of knowledge within an academic discipline. This early exposure to research fosters a valuable academic experience for students. Through this collaboration, students gain research skills and mentorship that lead to academic retention, a more positive undergraduate experience and paths to graduate school.

Careers / Jobs:Changing Gears Application Open
2021-06-21 08:00 - 23:00 | Off Campus Location
Learn more about the Changing Gears Program and apply at: myumi.ch/uropcg

Changing Gears (CG) is a UROP program designed primarily for community college transfer students who will be attending the University of Michigan, but also serves students transferring from 4 year institutions. Students in the CG Program become a part of an ongoing faculty-driven research, scholarly or creative project in their field of interest. Students learn valuable academic skills, applying these skills to their research project, academics, and future career opportunities, while receiving academic credit or compensation for their efforts in research work.

If you are a U-M Transfer Student and not graduating until winter 2022 and/or after, you are eligible to apply to the 2021-2022 UROP Changing Gears Program.

Careers / Jobs:UROP First-Year Application Open
2021-06-21 08:00 - 23:00 | Undergraduate Science Building
Our "Traditional UROP Program" has been our flagship program running over 30 years. This Academic Year program, in which students participate for both Fall and Winter Terms, is designed for University of Michigan first and second year undergraduate students enrolled on the Ann Arbor campus who are seeking a first time research experience. Student research assistants work alongside a faculty member, research scientist or professional practitioner on an ongoing or new research project.

Learn more and apply at: myumi.ch/uropyearone

Applications being accepted on a rolling basis.

Careers / Jobs:UROP Research Scholars Application now open
2021-06-21 08:00 - 23:00 | Off Campus Location
The UROP Research Scholars Program is designed for students who want to expand on their first year UROP experience and participate in UROP for a second year at an advanced level. In this program, students build upon the knowledge gained in a first undergraduate research experience to further explore the connections between research, a liberal arts education, and communicating skills to advance their future professional goals. Students are expected to explore various written and oral possibilities for communicating their research process, identifying the limits set by the discipline and the opportunities that lie beyond.

Apply at: https://myumi.ch/uroprs

Careers / Jobs:UROP Rising Sophomore Applications Open
2021-06-21 08:00 - 23:00 | Off Campus Location
The Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program is now accepting applications for students who will be rising sophomores during the 2021-2022 academic year.

Learn more and apply today at http://myumi.ch/uropsophomore

Rising Sophomore Applications are being accepted on a rolling basis.

Conference / Symposium:2021 International Symposium on Transportation Data and Modeling
2021-06-21 08:45 - 12:20 | Off Campus Location
ISTDM 2021 aims to gather transportation researchers and practitioners across the globe for exploring the frontiers of big data, modeling, and simulation to advance transportation research to support the connected, cooperative, and automated mobility. With a greater focus on emerging technologies, ISTDM 2021 rebrands the two long-standing transportation symposia: International Symposium of Transport Simulation (ISTS), and the International Workshop on Traffic Data Collection and its Standardization (IWTDCS).

The conference program can be found at https://limos.engin.umich.edu/istdm2021/schedule/.

Workshop / Seminar:WISE Science Communication- Data Visualization
2021-06-21 12:00 - 13:00 | Off Campus Location
Join WISE for the next installment of our science communication series for graduate students.

Producing effective graphs doesn't have to be an art-- it can be a science. We'll go over what data visualizations communication research says are the most effective, attention grabbing, and understandable. We'll talk about how to tell stories with your visuals, how to hold your reader's interest, and how to make either formal or informal graphs that truly make your point.

Register here- https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/session/43036

Meeting:CoderSpaces (Mondays)
2021-06-21 13:30 - 15:00 | Off Campus Location
Are you grappling with a piece of code, trying to compute on a cluster, or just getting started with a new method such as machine learning? Then we might have just the right space for you.

All members of the U-M community are invited to join our weekly virtual CoderSpaces, Mondays – Thursdays, during the Summer 2021 term to get research support and connect with others.

The virtual sessions are designed to assist faculty, staff, and students with research methodology, statistics, data science applications, and computational programming for research.

Our hosts have a wide set of methodological and technological expertise. They come to you from a variety of departments and disciplines and are looking forward to serving the U-M community in their research endeavors.

CoderSpaces provide a casual, productive, and inclusive environment. Everyone is welcome regardless of skill level.

Mondays 1:30-3 p.m.

Join via Zoom* (https://umich.zoom.us/j/97155787515)
*Users will have to sign in with their UMICH (Level-1) credentials.

with Andrew Hlynka (CSCAR), Charles Antonelli (LSA Tech), Jonathan Golob (Michigan Medicine)

Expertise: 3D graphical applications, C, C++, C#, CMake/GNU Make, Fortran, Git, high performance computing, Java, JavaScript, Julia, Matlab, mobile app development, MPI, OpenMP, parallelization, performance analysis, PBS, Python, R, reproducible workflows (nextflow), shell, Slurm, SQL, statistical modeling

Other:LSA Technology Services Research Support Office Hours
2021-06-21 14:00 - 15:00 | Off Campus Location
The Research Team within LSA Technology Services is excited to announce virtual office hours for research computing support. These are regularly scheduled times when we will have subject matter experts in geographic information systems, high performance computing, digital scholarship, and computer programming available for drop-in support. Faculty, staff, and students with research-related questions pertaining to any of these areas can stop by to ask questions, get help working through a problem, or inquire about a new project—no appointment necessary!

Not sure what we can do to help? Read on for more details about the services provided by each of these teams.

*Digital Scholarship*
Our digital scholarship team specializes in humanities, social sciences, and interdisciplinary digital project methods and can provide assistance with:
* Conceptualizing, planning, and finding resources for a digital project
* How to version, archive, and preserve a project
* Sustainability, preservation, accessibility, privacy, consent, or grant requirements
New to digital projects? We can also talk about how to demonstrate the scholarly rigor of your digital project, accurately credit the labor required of the project at every stage, and how to provide evidence and metrics for promotion and job dossiers.

*Geographic Information Systems (GIS)*

Our GIS specialists can help with your geographic data needs, including the following:
* Making maps for use in a class, grant proposal, or publication
* Geospatial analysis: identifying spatial patterns and trends in your data
* Georeferencing: assigning geographic coordinates to a historic paper map or a hand-drawn sketch for digital use as a basemap or combined display with other data
* Geocoding: convert a spreadsheet with addresses into latitude-longitude so you can plot your data on a map
* StoryMaps: harness the power of maps to tell your story
* Integrating smartphones or tablets and GIS in your field courses or researchSetting up workshops for a class or group interested in learning to use GIS in the context of your discipline
* Assistance with ESRI's ArcGIS platform, including ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Online, or other geospatial software
* Developing your own custom GIS web application or mobile application

*High Performance Computing (HPC)*

Our HPC team can help with:
* Accessing U-M’s new Great Lakes HPC (High Performance Computing) cluster
* Moving your computational work from your laptop or workstation to the cluster, freeing up your machines for other tasks
* Compiling, installing, or configuring a wide range of computational software
* Setting up automated workflows to save time
* Debugging your programs to see why they are crashing
* Evaluating the benefits of parallel computing, more memory or system resources for your code
We regularly support Python, R, MATLAB, C/C++, Java, Julia, Go, and many other applications.

*Research Support Programming*

Our computer programming team can help with any of the following:

* Debugging, repair, and improvements or upgrades to your existing code
* References to training and coding resources to assist in your project
* Design and development of custom software to support your research
* Incorporation of lab-specific hardware into custom software applications.
* Writing funding for any of the above into your grant proposals
We're experienced in MATLAB, Python, R, LabVIEW, JavaScript, MedPC, iOS development, and more.

Who can join the office hours?
LSA Faculty, staff, and students with research-related questions on geographic information systems, high performance computing, digital scholarship, and computer programming

When and where is it?
Our virtual office hours use Zoom:
Mondays, 2:00–3:00 P.M.
Tuesdays, 10:00–11:00 A.M.
Thursdays, 3:00–4:00 P.M.

Well-being:Time Management
2021-06-21 16:00 - 17:00 | Off Campus Location
How do you manage your time while working virtually? In this program, we assess how you currently spend your time, set goals for how you want to spend your time in the future, and take steps to get there. Learn how to create a structure and schedule for yourself while working remotely and find ways to create a productive learning space for yourself at home. Additionally, get tips from other students to effectively manage your time to be successful academically, personally, and organizationally!

Please note the time listed is in EST.

***This event is part of the First Year Experience (FYE) Summer Series! Register for the Zoom link and find the full list of events here: https://myumi.ch/BoYMg***

Livestream / Virtual:What is University Health Service? And how do I use it?
2021-06-21 17:00 - 18:00 | Off Campus Location
Join Wolverine Wellness student staff as they share ten ways U-M students use University Health Service (UHS) for their health care and other well-being needs.

Audience: incoming first-year and transfer students, rising second-year students

Performance:Carillon Student & Alumni Showcase
2021-06-21 19:00 | Burton Memorial Tower
Students and recent alumni Kevin Lieberman, Abigail Findley, and Xiaoying Pu perform the first summer concert of 2021 to kick off the 2021 concert series, held this year in memory of Ray McLellan. Bring your picnic blanket to Ingalls Mall!

Please fill out our convenient pre-registration form: https://myumi.ch/ZQWvq. This information will be kept for 21 days after the concert, and will only be used for contact tracing if confirmed COVID-19 cases become associated with the gathering.

ABOUT THE PERFORMERS:

Abigail Findley grew up in San Diego, California and the Houston, Texas area, where she began playing piano and clarinet. In 2020, she began taking carillon lessons at the University of Michigan, from which she graduated in 2021 with a B.A. in Biopsychology, Cognition, & Neuroscience, and a minor in Music.

Kevin Lieberman is a Robotics PhD Candidate at the University of Michigan. He has studied carillon for three semesters and is a member of the Carillon Guild at U-M. A past leader of Michigan's Jewish graduate student community, Kevin received the University of Michigan's Graduate Student of the Year Student Leadership Award and the College of Engineering Harry B. Benford Award for Entrepreneurial Leadership. His carillon arrangement of the Yiddish song "Zog Nit Keyn Mol" was published in the book "Global Rings" (CHI Press, 2020).

Xiaoying Pu is a Ph.D. Candidate in Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Michigan, with a research interest in visually communicating uncertainty and data analyses. She has been taking carillon since Fall 2018, under Drs. Tiffany Ng and Pamela Ruiter-Feenstra. In addition to playing weekly noontime concerts, Xiaoying has also arranged classical pieces for carillon and was featured in Earth Day at 50 Teach-Out at Michigan, performing a nature-themed arrangement of a Native American medicine song.

Performance:Theater in Quarantine
2021-06-21 19:00 - 20:00, 2021-06-21 21:00 - 22:00 | Museum of Art - Webinar / Virtual Event
Click here to register: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc9cnNfbie_4MmQPE8BDIbxm8wqpWIlz6F5yeE2zqNC9GuRHg/viewform.

Tune in for a mind-blowing exploration of the live theatrical experience in the digital space from one of the most creative artistic endeavors to emerge from the pandemic. Stuck in his East Village apartment, Joshua William Gelb discovered his closet to be a unique and creative performance space. Called “Virtuosic” by Jesse Green in the New York Times, who wrote, “The closet has produced some of the new medium’s most imaginative work.”

Theater in Quarantine (TiQ) is a performance laboratory dedicated to the exploration of the live theatrical experience in the digital space. Developed by Founder/Co-Creative Director Gelb and Co-Creative Director Katie Rose McLaughlin, TiQ has created and live streamed over 25 new, original works of performance. TiQ has worked with an array of remote collaborators (including Raja Feather Kelly, Heather Christian, Karen Olivo, and Underground Railroad Game’s Scott R. Sheppard); and partnered with The Invisible Dog, LaMaMa Experimental Theater Club, CultureHub and Theater Mitu.

In their first year, TiQ has been established as one of the most consistent makers of digital performance, having been featured in The New York Times, The New Yorker, Vulture, on NPR’s All Things Considered; and reached audiences across the globe. Helen Shaw in Vulture wrote that the closet “makes confinement a virtue, a prompt to imagination.”

A2SF is thrilled to commission a new piece in which TiQ will partner with musician Ki5 who will perform live from the University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) while TiQ performs simultaneously over a live stream from New York City.

About Ki5: Vocalist, songwriter, and producer Kyler Wilkins from Ann Arbor, Michigan has been performing as Ki5 using nothing but a loop station and a simple effects unit since 2017. His vibrant composition style – influenced by his time in a cappella groups – explores every crevice of the human voice meshed with beatboxing and delivers familiar genres such as R&B, pop, and soul to name a few. His honest, empathetic, and freeing style has been influenced by Reggie Watts, and Bon Iver.

NPR’s All Songs Considered says this about Ki5’s 2019 live-looping performance of “Honey” off his first EP Looking for the Sun: “Like honey, [his] falsetto is sweet; the layers of loops are sticky and soothing, building to a celebratory bridge, then melting back down to calming waves.”

Leading up to summer 2021, Ki5 has been focused on studio recording and collaborating with fellow artists around the U.S. and Canada to expand upon his vocal-driven style and push himself into new, intriguing territory involving more instrumentation. Recent songs such as “Sunny Days (Remix),” “Made of Stars,” and “Show Me Freedom” are expressions of his musical and personal growth and he hopes his practice of empathy is on display at every performance.

TiQ’s full archive can be found and streamed anytime on their YouTube channel at youtube.com/theaterinquarantine.

TiQ will premiere on Youtube on June 21 at 7pm & 9pm EDT. The performance will be livestreamed from UMMA.

Theater in Quarantine is presented by the Ann Arbor Summer Festival in partnership with the University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA).
