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SUMMARY:Presentation:Non-Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics of/for AI
DESCRIPTION:This talk presents a unifying applied mathematics/theoretical physics framework that bridges core components of modern generative AI -- diffusion models\, reinforcement learning\, and transformers -- through the lens of contemporary applied mathematics. Central to this framework are the concepts of Decision Flows and Path Integral Diffusions\, which offer structured approaches to sequential sampling over discrete\, continuous\, and hybrid spaces. These approaches are rooted in Green-function-based control\, Schrödinger bridges\, and non-equilibrium statistical physics.\n\nBuilding on recent work\, we explore analytically tractable and algorithmically efficient regimes -- often requiring minimal use of neural networks -- where sampling from complex distributions becomes both explainable and extrapolative. We highlight connections between score-based diffusion\, linearly-solvable Markov Decision Processes\, and energy-based models\, including emerging insights into phase transitions in generative AI (e.g.\, memorization and speciation dynamics).\n\nApplications span inference/sampling in Ising models\, CIFAR-10 image generation\, physics-informed reinforcement learning in turbulent flows\, and auto-regressive modeling of statistical hydrodynamics. We also touch on decision-making under uncertainty in energy systems.
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/135987
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CATEGORIES:Ai In Science And Engineering,Generative Ai,Mathematics,Micde,Physics,Sparc
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SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Affinity Office Hours - Ace the Case!
DESCRIPTION:Learn from our consultants about the skills and techniques needed for our case interviews. They’ll share their personal tips on howyou can begin preparing now for a case interview with McKinsey. This event is sponsored by the McKinsey Black Network\, Hispanic Latino Network\, Prism (social mobility) and our Equal (LGBTQ+) networks. This is just one of our many initiatives aimed at helping undergraduate students get to know McKinsey better.
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/133240
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SUMMARY:Exercise / Fitness:Bujinkan Budo Training Session
DESCRIPTION:During the Spring/Summer 2025 semester\, Bujinkan Budo Club training will be held on Wednesdays from 19:00 - 21:00 (7-9pm) at the Intramural Sports Building (IMSB) in Room MPR B. If you are interested in trying out a class\, please send a message through Maize Pages or an email to michiganbujinkan@gmail.com. \n--\nFor more information\, email us at michiganbujinkan@gmail.com or checkout our website\, which also includes a training schedule!
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/135719
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SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:What Can We Learn About Sex From Studying Fungi?
DESCRIPTION:Fungi pervade nearly all ecosystems as agents of nutrition\, nurture\, decay\, and disease. Yet\, most of their lives are cryptic\, buried in their food. Most noticeable for those who seek fungi is that we mostly find them when they attempt to reproduce. Fungi display a bewildering diversity in reproduction\, from bizarre spore morphology to unusual sexual strategies\, such as mating type and mate switching. \n\nAs part of the 2025 Summer Lecture Series at the University of Michigan Biological Station (UMBS)\, Dr. Timothy Y. James will give a free\, public talk focused on the fascinating world of fungi. He will review patterns of evolutionary change in fungal reproduction over time and as fungi diversified into many unique branches on the fungal tree of life. These patterns provide the foundation to explore some of the unanswered questions in evolutionary biology regarding sex and why it is so widespread in all eukaryotes.\n\nJames\, who teaches the Field Mycology course at UMBS\, is a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Michigan\, the curator of fungi at the University Herbarium\, and the Lewis E. Wehmeyer and Elaine Prince Wehmeyer Chair in Fungal Taxonomy.\n\nJames received his Bachelor of Science in botany from the University of Georgia and his Ph.D. from Duke University. His scholarship focuses on reconstructing the Fungal Tree of Life and using genomics to determine fungal mating systems\, ecology\, and life histories. His is a co-founder and director of the Midwest American Mycological Information educational non-profit\, and he is currently the president of the Mycological Society of America.\n\nThe U-M Biological Station — the largest of U-M's campuses at more than 10\,000 forested acres surrounded by lakes — is one of the nation's largest and longest continuously operating field research stations.\n\nFounded in 1909\, the Biological Station supports long-term research and education. It is where students and scientists from across the globe live and work as a community to learn from the place.\n\nThe Summer Lecture Series is a tradition at UMBS\, where we explore scientific topics with distinguished guest speakers from across the country so our community can learn about our natural world.\n\nThe free\, public talks are on Wednesdays from 7 to 8 p.m. in the spring and summer in Gates Lecture Hall at the University of Michigan Biological Station\, located at 9133 Biological Rd. in Pellston\, Michigan — about 20 miles south of the Mackinac Bridge.
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/132660
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CATEGORIES:AEM Featured,Biological Station,Biology,Biosciences,Bsbsigns
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