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DTSTAMP:20251202T115505
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T150000
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SUMMARY:Other:Grants office hours: Get support applying for one of SSC's Sustainability Grants!
DESCRIPTION:Drop in to our weekly open office hours to learn and get support applying to our Planet Blue Student Innovation Fund (PBSIF) or Social and Environmental Sustainability Grant (SES).
UID:138848-21890504@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138848
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Environment,Sustainability
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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DTSTAMP:20260316T114809
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T150000
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SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Math Grad Show and Tell Seminar
DESCRIPTION:In Pointless Topology - known by serious people as Pointfree Topology - a change of perspective to regular point-set topology is done\, shifting the focus from the points in the space to its collection of open sets.\n\nIn the first part of the talk\, we will motivate this new point of view\, describe what it means to \"focus on open sets\" and investigate in what situations we are able to recover points back from the information in the collection of open sets.\n\nIn the second part of the talk\, we will see a counterexample by johnstone\, originally published in a paper that this talk is named after. In the process\, we will introduce Scott (the topology)\, and learn how to tell a sober topology apart from one that's seeing double!
UID:146647-21899398@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146647
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Mathematics,Graduate Students
LOCATION:East Hall - 3096
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DTSTAMP:20260226T103302
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T151000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T161000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:NEW DATE: MIPSE Seminar | Magnetic Confinement Fusion: The Path to the Spherical Tokamak and NSTX-U
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: \nNuclear fusion research has been ongoing since the 1950’s. Following the development of atomic weapons\, scientists have been searching for methods to achieve controlled and sustained nuclear fusion for clean and abundant energy production. Magnetic fields quickly became a viable option for confining the high-temperature\, high-density plasmas needed. Many magnetic confinement schemes were developed (magnetic mirrors\, stellarator\, tokamak\, spherical tokamak). Each design has had various degrees of success\, and each has its own drawbacks. With the invention of the stellarator in 1953\, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) has been a pioneer in fusion research. Researchers have produced computational and experimental contributions to fusion research\, culminating in the 2026 construction and operation of the National Spherical Tokamak Experiment – Upgrade (NSTX-U). This talk will introduce nuclear fusion\, discuss why we need a confinement scheme\, introduce the basic principles of magnetic confinement fusion (MCF)\, and provide an overview of the popular confinement schemes. The talk will focus on tokamaks and the potential advantages of the spherical tokamak\, examine upcoming experiments on NSTX-U\, projected to be the world’s most powerful spherical tokamak\, and conclude with open questions in MCF.\n\nAbout the Speaker: \nDr. Phillip Bonofiglo is a Staff Research Physicist at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL). He received his B.S. in physics from the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor where he was introduced to plasma physics research through high energy density physics experiments. Phil then received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin – Madison where his career in magnetic confinement fusion began. After obtaining his Ph.D.\, Phil joined PPPL as a postdoc where he specialized in the confinement and transport of energetic particles\, often combining numerical simulations and experimental measurements. His research career has since spanned almost every magnetic confinement fusion concept including reversed-field configurations\, stellarators\, tokamaks\, and spherical tokamaks. He participated in the recent DT-campaign on the Joint European Torus (JET)\, examining DT-alpha confinement\, and has upcoming experiments on the Mega Ampere Spherical Tokamak – Upgrade (MAST-U) and National Spherical Tokamak Experiment – Upgrade (NSTX-U) devices.\n\nThis seminar is free and open to the public. It will be conducted in person and on Zoom\, please check MIPSE website for details: https://mipse.umich.edu/seminars_2526.php
UID:143082-21892027@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143082
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Engineering,Michigan Engineering,Physics,Plasma,seminar,Talk
LOCATION:Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building - 1003
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DTSTAMP:20260217T153622
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T165000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Algebraic Geometry Seminar -- Prym-Brill-Noether Theory for Covers of Elliptic Curves
DESCRIPTION:Brill-Noether theory is the study of algebraic curves and their maps to projective space.  A series of results in the 80's describe the Brill-Noether theory of sufficiently general curves.  More recently\, many researchers have become interested in the Brill-Noether theory of special curves -- if a curve admits one unusual map to projective space\, what does that imply about the existence and behavior of other such maps?  We will begin with a gentle introduction to this field of study\, and then survey some of the recent results on special curves.  We will conclude with recent results on etale double covers of curves -- a subject known as Prym-Brill-Noether theory -- and a surprising relation to the combinatorics of Coxeter groups.
UID:142762-21891345@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142762
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Mathematics
LOCATION:East Hall - 4096
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DTSTAMP:20260202T113313
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T170000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Learning to Lead: MMOL for Master's Students
DESCRIPTION:Do you want to better understand your personal leadership style? Are you ready to lead collaborative research projects more effectively? This workshop utilizes the Michigan Model of Leadership (MMOL) to help you recognize your unique strengths and approach. You will explore various leadership styles and reflect on the challenges of collaborating across differences. We will also create a personalized leadership development plan for your future.\n\nThis workshop is tailored exclusively for master’s students at the University of Michigan. If you have any questions\, please reach out to rackhampdeworkshop@umich.edu.
UID:144915-21896144@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144915
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions,Rgs-events,Rgs Events
LOCATION:East Conference Room, 4th Floor
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DTSTAMP:20260402T123210
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T190000
SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:2026 Education Job Fair - 2026 Education Job Fair
DESCRIPTION:March 18\, 2026 / 4pm-7pm / Virtual FormatConnect with 50+ schools coming to see you!How it worksOrganizations create:- 1:1 sessions and/or Group Sessions (informal visits with organizations)- 1:1 sessions are 10 minutes long- Group sessions are 30 minutes long with up to 50 participantsStudents:- Register & reserve (schedule) 1:1 meetings and/or group sessions  March 9th(9am) - March 18th (6:30pm)   Before the Fair:Register for the Fair- Complete your Handshake Profile (under your initials in upper right corner)- Set your Profile to \"Community\" in \"Settings & Privacy\" (under your initials in upper right corner)- In \"Events\" select \"2026 Education Job Fair\"- Register for the Fair (select blue \"register button\" in upper right corner)Sign-up for Sessions  March 9th (9am) - March 18th (6:30pm)- In \"Events\" select \"2026 Education Job Fair\"- Review participating organizations in \"Available Sessions\"- Click the organization(s) you are interested in to reserve 1:1 or group sessions- For Group Sessions: select \"confirm\" to sign up- For 1:1 Sessions: select a time that works for you and then \"confirm\" to sign up (red dots indicate sessions that conflict with sessions you have already scheduled)Day of the Fair- Login to Handshake and navigate to the Education Job Fair- Click on the \"Your Sessions\" tab- Click on \"Launch Video\" to join the session. You can join up to 5 minutes early.- Questions? Visit the UCC Help RoomVirtual Fair Resources From Handshake- Video: Locating and Registering for Virtual Fairs- Article: Guide to Attending a Virtual Fair#UCC
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141846
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DTSTAMP:20260318T181526
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260227T010000
SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Baseball vs Michigan State
DESCRIPTION:Baseball vs Michigan State
UID:146012-21898269@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146012
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Baseball
LOCATION:Ray Fisher Baseball Stadium
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DTSTAMP:20260204T130217
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T160000
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SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Bid-Ask Martingale Optimal Transport
DESCRIPTION:Martingale Optimal Transport (MOT) provides a framework for robust pricing and hedging of illiquid derivatives. Classically\, MOT enforces exact calibration of model marginals to mid-prices of vanilla options\, ignoring the uncertainty of bid-ask spreads and thus underestimating model risk. To address this\, we introduce Bid-Ask Martingale Optimal Transport (BAMOT)\, where model marginals are constrained by distinct bid and ask distributions via convex order. We establish strong duality and prove convergence to the MOT limit as spreads vanish\, quantifying the rate using the novel \"bid-ask distance\". We support our findings with examples\, and finally discuss avenues for future research.\n\nJoint work with Bryan Liang (Bloomberg)\, Marcel Nutz (Columbia)\, and Shunan Sheng (Columbia).
UID:145064-21896609@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145064
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Mathematics
LOCATION:East Hall - 1360
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