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SUMMARY:Other:Student Sustainability Coalition Coffee Chats
DESCRIPTION:Navigating the variety of avenues to engage in sustainability work on campus can be daunting and confusing! Come talk with the Student Sustainability Coalition (SSC) to learn more about sustainability initiatives on campus and WE WILL BUY YOU A DRINK!\n\n\n\nCoffee chats happen every Friday from 2-3p at Maizes in The League from 2-3p. Look for the \"SSC: Coffee Chats\" sign!\nCoffee chats also happening on select Mondays at Palmer Commons from 11-12p!\n\nSEE YOU THERE!
UID:118258-21862041@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/118258
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Activism,Discussion,Ecology,Environment,Graduate and Professional Students,In Person,Interdisciplinary,Prospective Graduate Students,Prospective Undergraduate Students,Social Impact,Sustainability,Undergraduate Students
LOCATION:Michigan League
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DTSTAMP:20250210T123531
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SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:AIM Seminar:  Cyclic Block Optimization: How they work\, why they work\, and where they work
DESCRIPTION:Abstract:  When facing challenging tasks in life\, one natural strategy is to solve simple sub-tasks one by one and hope that it eventually lead to somewhere better. Many challenging optimization problems in machine learning and scientific computing follow this approach—optimizing a small block of parameters cyclically\, one at a time. Notable examples include Sinkhorn’s algorithm for computing optimal transport maps and Schrödinger bridges\, as well as alternating least squares and multiplicative updates for matrix and tensor factorization. In this talk\, we will explore the principles behind these methods (block majorization-minimization)\, why they often require less parameter tuning than first-order gradient-based approaches (via second-order analysis)\, and their recent extensions to Riemannian manifolds\, with new results in Wasserstein variational inference. \nThis talk is based on recent works with Yuchen Li (UW)\, Joowon Lee (UW)\, Laura Balzano (Michigan)\, Deanna Needell (UCLA)\, and Sumit Mukerjee (Columbia). \n\nContact:  Laura Balzano
UID:130188-21865575@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/130188
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Mathematics
LOCATION:Off Campus Location - 1084
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DTSTAMP:20250127T090800
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SUMMARY:Meeting:DocDi
DESCRIPTION:The DocDi Group is a collaborative forum\, open to both students and faculty\, who share an interest in the areas of Field Linguistics\, Fieldwork Methods\, Language Documentation\, and Language Description. Serving as an invaluable platform for friendly intellectual exchange\, DocDi promotes an interactive environment where members have the opportunity to present their respective research\, share their experiences\, and discuss innovative ideas and tools aimed at augmenting the effectiveness of fieldwork and documentary/descriptive projects.
UID:131900-21869383@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/131900
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Discussion Group,Language Documentation
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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