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SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Citations Beyond “Playing the Game:” Building a Robust Citation Policy
DESCRIPTION:In this workshop\, participants will bring a personal research project to assess or map out a citation policy that reflects their commitments and values.\n\nSara Ahmed tells us that “citations can be feminist bricks: they are the materials through which\, from which\, we create our dwellings.” Our citation policies “affec[t] the kind of house” in which we spend our intellectual lives (Living a Feminist Life 15). In this workshop\, participants begin by reflecting on their various commitments and values before engaging in a discussion of the shared reading. The session concludes with individual and collaborative workshop time targeting feasibility in their designs. Participants assess citations in a recent project to determine the extent to which they have used citations to build the kind of “dwelling” they want to occupy and explore options for further renovating. Alternatively\, participants may bring a project they have not yet researched fully in order to map a citation policy for that project.\n\nQualifiers: This is a workshop especially designed for those in the humanities\, social and applied sciences. Before the workshop\, we ask that you read an eight-page excerpt (sent to those who register) from Ahmed’s Living a Feminist Life.\n\nPresented by April Conway and Laura Clapper\, Sweetland Center for Writing Faculty
UID:151500-21911684@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151500
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Graduate,Graduate School,Writing,Graduate Students
LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - Earl Lewis Room - 3rd Floor
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DTSTAMP:20261012T105329
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T160000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Department Colloquium | Horizon-Scale Modeling of Black Holes
DESCRIPTION:Recent developments have ushered in a new era in the field of black hole astrophysics\, providing our first direct view of the remarkable environment near black hole event horizons.  These observations have enabled astronomers to confirm long-standing ideas on the physics of gas flowing into black holes with temperatures that are hundreds of times greater than at the center of the Sun.  In this talk I will describe the successes and challenges of theoretical models of black hole accretion on event horizon scales in the context of these observational advances.  I will conclude with ideas on how the interplay of theory and observations can be used to measure the spin of black holes and test the long-standing prediction that the rotational energy of black holes can be extracted to power astrophysical jets.
UID:153557-21916008@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153557
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Science,Physics
LOCATION:West Hall - 340
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DTSTAMP:20261114T192114
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T160000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Detroit Observatory Tour 2026
DESCRIPTION:[Open to Faculty and Staff]Step back in time and look out into the cosmos! Built in 1854\, the historic Detroit Observatory is the University of Michigan’s oldest scientific facility and a newly reimagined space where history\, astronomy\, and cutting-edge digital exhibits meet.Join Observatory experts for a guided journey through Michigan’s history\, written in the stars. Whether you are a space enthusiast\, history technology buff\, or curious visitor\, this tour offers a rare look at the instruments and ideas that shaped modern astronomy in America.\nHighlights! Historic Telescopes: View the original 1857 Fitz Refractor telescope and the Meridian Circle telescope in their authentic historic domes. Interactive & Digital Exhibits: Discover the stories of 19th-century astronomers\, midwestern science\, and campus life through modern multimedia installations in the new classroom and exhibition spaces. Campus & Astronomy History: Learn how the Observatory played a key role in the early development of the University of Michigan and scientific research.✨ New Exhibit: \"Fill the Ranks\": The Civil War and the University of MichiganDetails:Location: Judy and Stanley Frankel Detroit Observatory 1398 E. Ann Street\, Ann Arbor\, MI 48109 (Entrance on Observatory Street)Please meet in the lobby of the Observatory\, off Observatory Street. Admission: Free!Time Slot: November 18\, 2026 at 3PMParking & Transportation: Parking is available in surrounding U-M campus structures and near University Hospital (E. Ann St. & Observatory St.)
UID:152318-21913533@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152318
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
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DTSTAMP:20261114T192114
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T163000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Rackham/Sweetland Workshops on Writing - Fall 2026
DESCRIPTION:Rackham/Sweetland Workshops\, co-sponsored by the Rackham Graduate \nSchool\, cover a host of topics designed to help graduate students in \nvarious aspects of writing.
UID:150529-21909566@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150529
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:Rackham Building - Earl Lewis Room - 3rd Floor
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DTSTAMP:20260818T120622
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T151000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T160000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:MIPSE Seminar | The Psyche Mission and Advances in Electric Propulsion at JPL
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: \nThe Psyche spacecraft was launched on October 23\, 2023 from Kennedy Space Center on a Falcon Heavy Rocket. The launch began the spacecraft’s 2.2 billion mile journey to the asteroid 16 Psyche in the outer part of the main asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. The Psyche asteroid\, composed of over 50% metal by weight is possibly the metal core of a planetesimal whose formation was interrupted early in the solar system by collisions with other bodies that created the asteroid belt. The Psyche spacecraft is a hybrid. Maxar/Intuitive-Machines\, now known for taking photographs from space over Ukraine\, fabricated the spacecraft bus based on heritage hardware\, and JPL installed scientific payload\, avionics and autonomous flight software for deep space operation. This $900M NASA mission is the first spacecraft to use Hall thrusters in deep space to rendezvous and orbit the asteroid\, and recently completed a Mars Gravity Assist on the way to rendezvous in 2029. A 2-year science program will determine the asteroid’s composition and remnant magnetic field to determine if this unique object really is a planetary core…and what that actually looks like. The talk will describe the Psyche mission and provides updates on electric propulsion at JPL.\n\nAbout the Speaker: \nDr. Dan M. Goebel received a B.S. in physics in 1977\, an M.S. in EE in 1978\, and a Ph.D. in applied plasma physics in 1981 from UCLA. He is a Fellow and Senior Research Scientist at JPL and an Adjunct Professor of Aerospace Engineering at UCLA. At JPL he is the Chief Engineer of the Psyche Mission and responsible for the development of advanced spacecraft technologies. Dr. Goebel is a member of the National Academy of Engineering\, the National Academy of Inventors\, and Fellow of the AIAA\, IEEE\, and APS. He is the author of over 300 technical and conference papers\, two textbooks on Electric Propulsion\, and holds 60 patents.\n\nThe seminar will be conducted in person\, with livestream on Zoom. For more information\, please check the MIPSE website: https://mipse.umich.edu/seminars_2627.php#fall2026
UID:150203-21908391@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150203
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:seminar,Research,Plasma,Physics,Michigan Engineering,Lecture
LOCATION:Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building - 1003
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DTSTAMP:20260914T144353
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T170000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Stable map resolutions of Richardson varieties
DESCRIPTION:Given a circle action S on a projective variety X\, we introduce the \"stable map quotient\" using Kontsevich's space of stable maps of curves. In the case that X is a Richardson variety (the intersection of a Schubert with an opposite Schubert variety)\, generally very singular\, the quotient is nonetheless smooth! I'll use this to give a log resolution of Richardson varieties\, and describe the dual simplicial complex to the anticanonical sncd boundary.
UID:152133-21913121@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152133
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Mathematics
LOCATION:East Hall - 4096
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DTSTAMP:20260819T202729
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T170000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:A New Approach for the Continuous Time Kyle-Back Strategic Insider Equilibrium Problem
DESCRIPTION:In this talk\, we consider a continuous-time Kyle-Back model which is a game between an insider and a market maker. The existing literature typically focuses on constructing equilibria with a PDE approach\, which requires certain Markovian structures. We characterize all equilibria through a coupled system of forward-backward SDEs. In particular\, when the time duration is small\, we show that the FBSDE is well-posed\, and therefore the game has a unique equilibrium. Moreover\, this unique equilibrium may be non-Markovian and thus not attainable via the PDE approach. We next study the set value of the game\, which roughly speaking is the set of insider's values over all equilibria and thus is by nature unique. Finally\, we characterize the set value through a level set of a certain standard HJB equation.\nIn the second part of the talk\, we apply the new approach to the Kyle-Back model with dynamic legal risk and large numbers of noise traders. In this setting\, the insider chooses a strategy that conceals his identity within a large volume of surrounding trades and concentrates on medium-sized trades.  We establish an intensity-based mathematical framework for explaining the interconnections between insider trading and stealth trading. When the number of noise traders becomes large\, the price impact of the insider asymptotically vanishes\, and consequently the stochastic game becomes deterministic optimizations\, which also carry implications for regulatory investigations and sanctions.\n\nThe results above include the joint work with Weixuan Xia and with Jianfeng Zhang.
UID:149579-21906721@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149579
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Mathematics
LOCATION:East Hall - 1360
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