Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. The Ross Effect (September 27, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55018 55018-13665226@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 27, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Ross One Year Graduate Programs

Employers look for the skills you’re developing in your undergraduate degree, like the ability to understand complex concepts and deliver creative solutions. But, connecting with companies and highlighting these skills is not always easy. Join us at "The Ross Effect" to learn how three outstanding Ross graduate programs, the Master of Accounting, the Master of Management and the Master of Supply Chain Management, will leverage your undergraduate training for a smooth and successful transition into the workforce.

This event is being held exclusively for non-Ross University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) students. The event is being held on the 5th floor of the Blau/Kresge side of the Ross Building, in the Blau Colloquium.

Questions? Email TheRossEffect@umich.edu

Register at:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-ross-effect-how-a-ross-graduate-degree-amplifies-your-toolkit-registration-48421327494

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Presentation Fri, 07 Sep 2018 18:53:32 -0400 2018-09-27T16:00:00-04:00 2018-09-27T17:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Ross One Year Graduate Programs Presentation Michigan Ross Logo
Statistical Models for Analyzing Dynamic Social Network Data (September 28, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54423 54423-13583297@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 28, 2018 4:00pm
Location: West Hall
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Data Science

Abstract: Due in part to the ubiquity of online social networks these days, interest in analyzing social network data has spread beyond its traditional home in the social sciences to many other disciplines including physics, computer science, statistics, and engineering. A topic of significant importance in social network analysis is the creation of statistical models for social network data. Many social network data involve relations between people observed at multiple points in time and are thus dynamic network data. In this talk, I introduce several statistical models for analyzing two types of dynamic network data. Discrete-time network data, also known as network panel data, represent the structure of the social network at regular time intervals, e.g. over each week or each month.Continuous-time network data, also known as timestamped network or relational event data, are collected with finer granularity on the time and at irregular time intervals. I demonstrate how these models can be used to infer network structures and how they evolve over time on several dynamic social network data sets, including a network of physical proximities between people at a university and a network of wall posts between users on Facebook.

Bio: Kevin S. Xu received the B.A.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Waterloo in 2007 and the M.S.E. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering: Systems from the University of Michigan in 2009 and 2012, respectively. He was a recipient of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Postgraduate Master’s and Doctorate Scholarships. He is currently an assistant professor in the EECS Department at the University of Toledo and has previously held industry research positions at Technicolor and 3M. His main research interests are in machine learning and statistical signal processing with applications to network science and human dynamics.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 06 Sep 2018 09:52:23 -0400 2018-09-28T16:00:00-04:00 2018-09-28T17:00:00-04:00 West Hall Michigan Institute for Data Science Workshop / Seminar Kevin Xu
Donuts & Cider in the Duderstadt Connector (October 1, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56050 56050-13823410@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 1, 2018 11:00am
Location: Chrysler Center
Organized By: Multidisciplinary Design Program

Stop by the Duderstadt Connector for Apple Cider & Washtenaw Dairy Donuts between 10 am and 2pm on Monday, October 1st.

Pick up a 2019 MDP Program Booklet, get tips for how to apply, and prepare for one of the major MDP recruitment events on 10/2 or 10/3.

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Exhibition Wed, 26 Sep 2018 13:10:22 -0400 2018-10-01T11:00:00-04:00 2018-10-01T14:00:00-04:00 Chrysler Center Multidisciplinary Design Program Exhibition Cider and Donuts
Turn On Two-Factor (October 2, 2018 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56174 56174-13841828@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 2, 2018 2:30pm
Location: Shapiro Library
Organized By: Information and Technology Services (ITS)

Learn how to stop hackers in their tracks with two-factor authentication. We’ll focus on how the mobile app from Duo Security makes it easy and offer alternative options to fit your lifestyle. Learn how to:

- set up a Duo account to add protection to your online accounts.
- protect your W2s, bank info, and more by turning on two-factor for U-M services you get to through Weblogin.
- turn on two-factor for your personal accounts, such as Facebook and Apple.

Advance registration is encouraged, but drop-ins are welcome too! Bring your own device if you want, but that’s not required either; we can provide 1:1 tech consults or helpful how-to resources so you can DIY with confidence.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 28 Sep 2018 13:38:25 -0400 2018-10-02T14:30:00-04:00 2018-10-02T15:30:00-04:00 Shapiro Library Information and Technology Services (ITS) Workshop / Seminar Computer Showcase Tech Talk Tuesday
MDP 2019 Project Preview Night (October 2, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56264 56264-13869403@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 2, 2018 6:00pm
Location: BBB
Organized By: Multidisciplinary Design Program

Student Recruitment for 2019 MDP Teams Has Begun!

You will shake hands and speak with Faculty PIs and engineering and product development professionals about the MDP team they are sponsoring. Build your network, learn about the teams, and position yourself as a great candidate. Attire is casual!

What is the MDP Project Preview Night?

The 2019 MDP Project Preview Night will showcase 40+ teams with open positions for students across the University. All Corporate Partners and Faculty Research Teams will be in the BBB Building to meet with interested students, discuss design team opportunities, and collect student resumes. Attend this event if you cannot attend the Project Fair on Wednesday. Casual attire is expected.

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 01 Oct 2018 14:48:25 -0400 2018-10-02T18:00:00-04:00 2018-10-02T20:00:00-04:00 BBB Multidisciplinary Design Program Careers / Jobs BBB Atrium
CGIS Study Abroad Fair (October 3, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/44037 44037-9877694@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 3, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Advisors, CGIS Alumni, and program representatives from around campus and the world will answer your questions about UM study abroad opportunities. Learn about UM faculty-led programs and meet with staff from the Office of Financial Aid and the LSA Scholarship Office. Enjoy performances from global student orgs, maize-n-blue giveaways, and free candy from around the world!

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Fair / Festival Sun, 02 Sep 2018 11:01:54 -0400 2018-10-03T12:00:00-04:00 2018-10-03T16:00:00-04:00 Michigan League Center for Global and Intercultural Study Fair / Festival Study Abroad!
MDP 2019 Project Fair (October 3, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56265 56265-13869404@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 3, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Duderstadt Center
Organized By: Multidisciplinary Design Program

Student Recruitment for 2019 MDP Teams Has Begun!

You will shake hands and speak with Faculty PIs and engineering and product development professionals about the MDP team they are sponsoring. Build your network, learn about the teams, and position yourself as a great candidate. Attire is casual!

What is the MDP Project Fair?

The 2019 MDP Project Opportunity Fair will showcase 40+ teams with open positions for students across the University. All Corporate Partners and Faculty Research Teams will be in the Duderstadt Atrium to meet with interested students, discuss design team opportunities, and collect student resumes. Attend this event if you cannot attend the Project Preview Night on Tuesday. Casual attire is expected.

This event is very, very similar to the Project Preview night on 10/2 6-8pm in BBB….just in a different location, and the sponsors/faculty will have table displays with prototypes, screens, giveaways, etc. Attend either event – whichever fits your busy schedule.

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 01 Oct 2018 15:14:43 -0400 2018-10-03T12:00:00-04:00 2018-10-03T16:00:00-04:00 Duderstadt Center Multidisciplinary Design Program Careers / Jobs Duderstadt Connector
UMSI Homecoming Lecture: A conversation with Steve Horowitz of Snapchat (October 4, 2018 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55587 55587-13759175@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 4, 2018 5:30pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: School of Information

Snapchat's Steve Horowitz will present the 2018 School of Information Homecoming Lecture. In his talk, he will discuss how the evolution of the camera is changing the way we communicate, express ourselves, play and create. He will share some of Snapchat's latest innovations in augmented reality, computer vision and more.

Steve Horowitz is currently Vice President of Technology for Snap, Inc. in Venice, California. He brings vast technology expertise including the development of world-class products at Google, Microsoft and Apple. Steve's career has spanned decades and he has led teams responsible for industry-shaping mobile products, computer operating systems, television and wearable technology. Steve is a Michigan alum and is proud to have two daughters who are both Wolverines.

This event is open to the public: all are welcome to attend.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 18 Sep 2018 15:11:22 -0400 2018-10-04T17:30:00-04:00 2018-10-04T19:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) School of Information Lecture / Discussion Steve Horowitz
Duderstadt Center Fall Open House (October 5, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55192 55192-13698256@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 5, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Duderstadt Center
Organized By: Digital Media Commons

Join us Friday, October 5th (12-6pm)

The Duderstadt Center provides a nexus for creative and technological innovation across all disciplines.

Come see what new resources we are unveiling for the Fall semester, available to the entire University of Michigan community!

This is your first opportunity to experience the all new Visualization Studio, a powerful digital maker-space equipped with high end virtual reality development workstations, play areas and 3D modeling tools. Staffed by industry experts with a proven track record of successful augmented and virtual reality development in grants all across campus. Come experience the MIDEN, a 10'x10' immersive virtual reality room, and see how instructors and students are using VR as a platform to revolutionize teaching and learning.

Our recently unveiled Fabrication Studio is also available, equipped with an assortment of high end and self service 3D printers, laser cutters, electronic workbenches and a variety of hand tools. We will also soon be re-opening a freshly remodeled Design Studio come Winter - come see what will soon be a creative hub to suit all your artistic needs. Light tables, down shooters and a Hollywood mocap system for animation, large format scanners and photography tables, smart displays for iterative design and ideation, and various drafting/drawing tools.

Learn more at: http://www.dc.umich.edu/openhouse

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Community Service Wed, 12 Sep 2018 09:52:59 -0400 2018-10-05T12:00:00-04:00 2018-10-05T18:00:00-04:00 Duderstadt Center Digital Media Commons Community Service Duderstadt Center Open House
The 3rd Revolution in Computing Has Just Begun: Connecting the Physical World to the Power of the Digital World (October 5, 2018 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55890 55890-13802784@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 5, 2018 1:30pm
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Electrical and Computer Engineering

ABSTRACT — Half a century of Moore’s Law has resulted in computing and communication systems of incredible power. As a consequence, we are now beginning the third revolution in which digital processing is beginning to be embedded in devices and systems all around us. While this is enabling fascinating
possibilities such as autonomous vehicles, new approaches to healthcare and more efficient industrial infrastructure, it also must address new and difficult technical challenges. Some of these challenges include radical improvement in wireless communication, powering the trillions of embedded devices with Nano or Picowatts rather than Milliwatts, and creating robust security for networked systems of embedded devices.

Moreover, these challenges can no longer depend on the exponential scaling of Moore’s Law that had been provided by the Dennard Scaling of CMOS. Alternative technologies from new semiconducting materials to new processor architectures in support of advanced algorithms are required and will be discussed in the seminar.

BIO — Dr. Fuller is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
Emeritus and Distinguished Scientist at Analog Devices
Inc. As CTO, he led the technology strategy, established
the Analog Garage, an advanced technology design
center, and directed other R&D programs in the U.S. and
Asia. He currently has an appointment as a Research
Scientist at MIT, participating in joint MIT-ADI research
projects.

Prior to joining ADI in 1998, Dr. Fuller was Vice President
of Research and Chief Scientist of Digital Equipment
Corporation, where he established and led Digital’s
research laboratories that led to innovations in RISC
computers, network processors, and Internet search
engines.

In the 1970s, Dr. Fuller was an Associate Professor of
Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at Carnegie
Mellon University, where he lead the design and
performance evaluation of pioneering multiprocessor
computer systems.

He holds a BS degree in Electrical Engineering from the
University of Michigan and MS and PhD degrees from
Stanford University. He is an IEEE Fellow, AAAS Fellow,
and a member of the National Academy of Engineering.
He has authored over 30 technical publications and
contributed to several textbooks in Computer Science.
Dr. Fuller has served on several National Research Council
studies including “Cryptography’s Role in Securing the
Information Society” and chaired the study “The Future of
Computing Performance: Game Over or Next Level?”

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 24 Sep 2018 09:31:34 -0400 2018-10-05T13:30:00-04:00 2018-10-05T14:30:00-04:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Electrical and Computer Engineering Lecture / Discussion Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
New Methods for Detecting Natural Selection in Large Samples of Genetic Data (October 5, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56321 56321-13878530@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 5, 2018 4:00pm
Location: West Hall
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Data Science

Abstract: Understanding how humans evolved and adapted to their environment is one of the most important and interesting questions in science. The recent emergence of large, publicly available genetic data sets places the answers to these questions closer within reach than ever before. New statistical methods are needed to take full advantage of these resources.

In this talk Dr. Terhorst will discuss some recent progress towards detecting signals of recent natural selection in genetic data from tens of thousands of individuals. On the computational side, he will describe new memory- and compute-efficient inference algorithms that allow us to analyze thousands of genomes in parallel using GPUs. On the theoretical side, he will describe a new test for neutrality based on combinatorial properties of Kingman’s coalescent. The test turns out to have interesting connections to a classic problem in theoretical statistics which has been studied by LeCam, Moran, Hall, and other luminaries. Some of this work is joint with Dan Erdmann-Pham, Kamm, Pier Palamara, Alkes Price and Yun Song.

Bio: Jonathan Terhorst joined the University of Michigan in the fall of 2017 as an assistant professor in the statistics department. Before that, he was a PhD student in statistics at UC Berkeley under the supervision of Prof. Yun Song. He is broadly interested in applications of statistics and machine learning to problems in biology, with a particular emphasis on statistical and population genetics.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 02 Oct 2018 15:06:12 -0400 2018-10-05T16:00:00-04:00 2018-10-05T17:00:00-04:00 West Hall Michigan Institute for Data Science Workshop / Seminar Jonathan Terhorst, PhD
2018 MIDAS Annual Symposium (October 8, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/45230 45230-11710204@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 8, 2018 8:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Data Science

Featured speakers:

“Big Data in Manufacturing Systems with Internet-of-Things Connectivity”
Dawn Tilbury, Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan.

“Big (Network) Data: Challenges and Opportunities for Data Science”
Patrick Wolfe, Frederick L. Hovde Dean of Science, Purdue University.

“The Data Science Expert in the Room”
Katherine Ensor, Director, Center for Computational Finance and Economic Systems (CoFES), Rice University.

“The Elements of Translational Data Science”
Raghu Machiraju, Interim Director, Translational Data Analytics Institute, The Ohio State University

The symposium will also include:

Research talks from U-M investigators
A poster session and student poster competition
Industry perspectives on data science and social good.

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 01 Oct 2018 16:01:31 -0400 2018-10-08T08:00:00-04:00 2018-10-08T19:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Michigan Institute for Data Science Conference / Symposium Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
2018 MIDAS Annual Symposium (October 9, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/45230 45230-11710205@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 9, 2018 8:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Data Science

Featured speakers:

“Big Data in Manufacturing Systems with Internet-of-Things Connectivity”
Dawn Tilbury, Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan.

“Big (Network) Data: Challenges and Opportunities for Data Science”
Patrick Wolfe, Frederick L. Hovde Dean of Science, Purdue University.

“The Data Science Expert in the Room”
Katherine Ensor, Director, Center for Computational Finance and Economic Systems (CoFES), Rice University.

“The Elements of Translational Data Science”
Raghu Machiraju, Interim Director, Translational Data Analytics Institute, The Ohio State University

The symposium will also include:

Research talks from U-M investigators
A poster session and student poster competition
Industry perspectives on data science and social good.

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 01 Oct 2018 16:01:31 -0400 2018-10-09T08:00:00-04:00 2018-10-09T17:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Michigan Institute for Data Science Conference / Symposium Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Code Switching (October 9, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56031 56031-13821110@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 9, 2018 10:00am
Location: Boyer Building
Organized By: Information and Technology Services (ITS)

Do you change the way you speak at work? Do you feel you have to modify your behavior, appearance, etc., to adapt to different sociocultural norms of the workplace? Learn more about the roots of Code Switching. Non-ITS staff are welcome—room accommodates 35.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 26 Sep 2018 09:57:56 -0400 2018-10-09T10:00:00-04:00 2018-10-09T11:00:00-04:00 Boyer Building Information and Technology Services (ITS) Workshop / Seminar Diversity, equity, and inclusion at U-M Information and Technology Services
"Introduction to Home Computing" (October 9, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53403 53403-13358071@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 9, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Lectures and demonstrations of interest to computing beginners. Topics: history of computing, purchase advice, uses of a home computer, tips and advice, Q&A, and demonstrations of Windows 10.
Instructor is a tutor at the Turner Senior Resource Center and has been a computer hobbyist for over 35 years.
This Study Group for those 50 and over will be held Tuesdays 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. October 9 - October 16.

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Class / Instruction Sun, 05 Aug 2018 13:59:48 -0400 2018-10-09T13:00:00-04:00 2018-10-09T14:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Group
iCloud and Your Apple ID (October 9, 2018 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56175 56175-13841829@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 9, 2018 2:30pm
Location: Shapiro Library
Organized By: Information and Technology Services (ITS)

With iCloud, you always have what’s most important to you on whatever Apple device you have in hand. And it’s all done automatically. Just like that. Join us to get answers to all your questions about what iCloud can do for you. We’ll explore iCloud.com, and you will learn how to sync and backup your devices, manage your photo library, and set up Family Sharing. Plus, we’ll cover some cool hidden tips and tricks!

We encourage advance registration, but drop-ins are welcome too! Bring your own device if you want, but that’s not required either; we can provide 1:1 tech consults or helpful how-to resources so you can DIY with confidence.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 28 Sep 2018 13:41:11 -0400 2018-10-09T14:30:00-04:00 2018-10-09T15:30:00-04:00 Shapiro Library Information and Technology Services (ITS) Workshop / Seminar Computer Showcase Tech Talk Tuesday
Telling the story of diversity at ITS (October 10, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56026 56026-13821104@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 10, 2018 9:00am
Location: Shapiro Library
Organized By: Information and Technology Services (ITS)

Multiple locations available. One-hour presentation/discussion repeats every hour at 9, 10, & 11 a.m.

Talking about DEI topics such as race, religion, and gender can be worrisome. Let's examine our fears--of offending someone, of being judged, of doing it wrong--and explore ways to build skills for success. The hoped-for result: a work environment where everyone feels included, respected, and engaged!

Activities include an exercise called Walking on Eggshells: Navigating Fears about DEI Conversations. Also, we will share personal stories and preview upcoming DEI activities at ITS.

Non-ITS staff are welcome—rooms accommodate appx. 35 people.

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Presentation Wed, 26 Sep 2018 09:52:33 -0400 2018-10-10T09:00:00-04:00 2018-10-10T12:00:00-04:00 Shapiro Library Information and Technology Services (ITS) Presentation Diversity, equity, and inclusion at U-M Information and Technology Services
Telling the story of diversity at ITS (October 10, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56026 56026-13821105@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 10, 2018 9:00am
Location: Boyer Building
Organized By: Information and Technology Services (ITS)

Multiple locations available. One-hour presentation/discussion repeats every hour at 9, 10, & 11 a.m.

Talking about DEI topics such as race, religion, and gender can be worrisome. Let's examine our fears--of offending someone, of being judged, of doing it wrong--and explore ways to build skills for success. The hoped-for result: a work environment where everyone feels included, respected, and engaged!

Activities include an exercise called Walking on Eggshells: Navigating Fears about DEI Conversations. Also, we will share personal stories and preview upcoming DEI activities at ITS.

Non-ITS staff are welcome—rooms accommodate appx. 35 people.

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Presentation Wed, 26 Sep 2018 09:52:33 -0400 2018-10-10T09:00:00-04:00 2018-10-10T12:00:00-04:00 Boyer Building Information and Technology Services (ITS) Presentation Diversity, equity, and inclusion at U-M Information and Technology Services
Telling the story of diversity at ITS (October 10, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56026 56026-13821106@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 10, 2018 9:00am
Location: Arbor Lakes
Organized By: Information and Technology Services (ITS)

Multiple locations available. One-hour presentation/discussion repeats every hour at 9, 10, & 11 a.m.

Talking about DEI topics such as race, religion, and gender can be worrisome. Let's examine our fears--of offending someone, of being judged, of doing it wrong--and explore ways to build skills for success. The hoped-for result: a work environment where everyone feels included, respected, and engaged!

Activities include an exercise called Walking on Eggshells: Navigating Fears about DEI Conversations. Also, we will share personal stories and preview upcoming DEI activities at ITS.

Non-ITS staff are welcome—rooms accommodate appx. 35 people.

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Presentation Wed, 26 Sep 2018 09:52:33 -0400 2018-10-10T09:00:00-04:00 2018-10-10T12:00:00-04:00 Arbor Lakes Information and Technology Services (ITS) Presentation Diversity, equity, and inclusion at U-M Information and Technology Services
Accessibility Standard Practice Guide: An Introduction (October 11, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56030 56030-13821109@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 11, 2018 11:00am
Location: Boyer Building
Organized By: Information and Technology Services (ITS)

To meet both U-M's legal obligations and the spirit of DEI, the Office of Institutional Equity (OIE) and ITS are close to rolling out a Standard Practice Guide on digital accessibility. This presentation will provide context about the need for and benefits of this SPG, some history on its development, and a preview of documents, trainings, and consultation opportunities that will be available to support anyone who will be involved in its implementation. (30 min.) Non-ITS staff are welcome—room accommodates 35.

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Presentation Tue, 02 Oct 2018 15:29:34 -0400 2018-10-11T11:00:00-04:00 2018-10-11T12:00:00-04:00 Boyer Building Information and Technology Services (ITS) Presentation To meet both U-M's legal obligations and the spirit of DEI, the Office of Institutional Equity (OIE) and ITS are close to rolling out a Standard Practice Guide on digital accessibility. This presentation will provide context about the need for and benefits of this SPG, some history on its development, and a preview of documents, trainings, and consultation opportunities that will be available to support anyone who will be involved in its implementation. (30 min.) Non-ITS staff are welcome—room accommodates 35.
Determine the Number of States in Hidden Markov Models VIA Marginal Likelihood (October 12, 2018 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56322 56322-13878531@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 12, 2018 3:00pm
Location: West Hall
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Data Science

Abstract: Hidden Markov models (HMM) have been widely adopted by scientists from various fields to model stochastic systems: the underlying process is a discrete Markov chain and the observations are noisy realizations of the underlying process. Determining the number of hidden states for an HMM is a model selection problem, which has yet to be satisfactorily solved, especially for the popular Gaussian HMM with heterogeneous covariance. In this paper, we propose a consistent method for determining the number of hidden states of HMM based on the marginal likelihood. We give a rigorous proof of the consistency of the proposed marginal likelihood method and provide simulation studies to compare the proposed method with the currently mostly adopted method, the Bayesian information criterion (BIC), demonstrating the effectiveness of the proposed marginal likelihood method. The proposed method is applied to single-molecule data and yields interesting scientific insights.

Bio: Yang Chen received her Ph.D. (2017) in Statistics from Harvard University and joined the University of Michigan as an Assistant Professor of Statistics and Research Assistant Professor at the Michigan Institute of Data Science (MIDAS). She received her B.A. in Mathematics and Applied Mathematics from the University of Science and Technology of China. Research interests include computational algorithms in statistical inference and applied statistics in the field of biology and astronomy.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 02 Oct 2018 15:11:57 -0400 2018-10-12T15:00:00-04:00 2018-10-12T16:00:00-04:00 West Hall Michigan Institute for Data Science Workshop / Seminar Yang Chen, PhD
Coming Out as Wiki Editors: Queer Wikipedia Edit-a-thon (October 13, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55781 55781-13777552@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 13, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

Wikipedia is the largest, most popular online reference work, covering all areas of history and contemporary life. However, both the topics it covers and the people who edit its articles don’t reflect the diversity of the LGBTQ community. In honor of LGBTQ History Month, join us for a Queer Wikipedia Edit-a-thon. Together we’ll improve representation of LGBTQ people, events, and topics in Wikipedia. No prior experience editing Wikipedia is necessary. Refreshments will be provided. Please RSVP: http://myumi.ch/J2MxP

This event will take place in the ScholarSpace (Room 206), and is free and open to the public. If you require accommodations, or use English as a second language, please email: Meredith Kahn (mkahn@umich.edu) or Kush Patel (kshpatel@umich.edu) by October 5, 2018.

Location: Hatcher Graduate Library, 913 S. University Avenue, Floor 2, Room 206 ScholarSpace. Ask for directions to "ScholarSpace" at any Library Information desk.

Parking near Hatcher Graduate Library:
- Public street parking on Tappan Ave, public garage parking in Forest Street Parking Structure
- U-M Blue parking in Church Street Structure
- Accessible parking in U-M Lot C-5, off S. University between Hatcher Graduate Library and Shapiro Undergraduate Library

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 10 Oct 2018 09:06:48 -0400 2018-10-13T12:00:00-04:00 2018-10-13T16:00:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Workshop / Seminar A pink flyer with a keyboard and mouse, along with a description of the event
Living in the Shadow of Big Data (October 19, 2018 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53828 53828-13463717@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 19, 2018 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

The group will view TED Talk videos describing the many things made possible by Big Data including finding new treatments for diseases without costly research and field trials, as well as dealing with personal privacy issues. These include what steps, personal and legal, might be taken when our own data is no longer secure. A group discussion will follow.

This study group for those 50 and over will meet on Friday, 3-5, October 19. Instructors: Sydney Kaufman and Laurel Park

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Class / Instruction Thu, 16 Aug 2018 10:25:38 -0400 2018-10-19T15:00:00-04:00 2018-10-19T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Group
MESWN Coffee and Book Club (October 19, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55704 55704-13772812@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 19, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr
Organized By: Michigan Earth Science Women's Network

MESWN (Michigan Earth Science Women's Network) is very happy to start a book club aimed at professional development of women from all disciplines. Book for Fall 2018 - Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg. We will be meeting twice this semester to discuss sections of the book. Let us share our insights on this awesome book over snacks and coffee! The first meeting (Oct 19th) will cover chapters 1-4 and the second meeting (Nov 16th) will cover chapters 4-8.

RSVP is required - https://goo.gl/forms/p1804cxvb9D1k9222
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/events/1830299247065578/

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 20 Sep 2018 01:01:08 -0400 2018-10-19T16:00:00-04:00 2018-10-19T17:00:00-04:00 Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr Michigan Earth Science Women's Network Lecture / Discussion MESWN logo
Live Webinar on Google Team Drives (October 23, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/55921 55921-13805090@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 23, 2018 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Information and Technology Services (ITS)

Google Team Drives offers a model of team-based ownership of files. All files in the Team Drive remain with the team as team members come and go. Brian Cors from the ITS Collaboration Services shows you how! Free live webinar. Register in My LINC: https://goo.gl/fXAeVi

IT4U is a regular series of 30- and 45-minute interactive webinars brought to you by Information & Technology Services. Learn and apply tips and techniques for working with ITS tools, products, and services. View recordings of previous sessions at http://its.umich.edu/training/IT4U-webinars

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 24 Sep 2018 15:42:41 -0400 2018-10-23T09:00:00-04:00 2018-10-23T09:45:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Information and Technology Services (ITS) Workshop / Seminar Google team drives logo
Mobile Device Security (October 23, 2018 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56927 56927-14030500@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 23, 2018 2:30pm
Location: Shapiro Library
Organized By: Information and Technology Services (ITS)

Mobile devices are often used to access or store personal and private information—notes, photos, contacts, financial accounts, saved passwords, and more. Join us for a hands-on demo of how to properly secure and manage your mobile devices to protect your personal information. We’ll discuss what could possibly go wrong, what you can do about it, what you are responsible for, and where to get help.

We encourage advance registration, but drop-ins are welcome too! Bring your own device if you want, but that’s not required either; we can provide 1:1 tech consults or helpful how-to resources so you can DIY with confidence.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 19 Oct 2018 09:41:54 -0400 2018-10-23T14:30:00-04:00 2018-10-23T15:15:00-04:00 Shapiro Library Information and Technology Services (ITS) Workshop / Seminar Computer Showcase Tech Talk Tuesday
High Stakes Culture (October 24, 2018 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56082 56082-13830279@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 24, 2018 5:30pm
Location: North Quad
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

The digital is cultural and it has gotten ugly. The tone of online discourse is increasingly one of complaining, mistrust, and disapproval. The seemingly innocent "like" can unleash a torrent of attention-grabbing incivility. Platforms give trolls undue influence with the effect of normalizing emotional responses and off-topic discussions. What do we do?

Please join us for a conversation about what humanists can contribute to a reimagining of digital platforms. What do we know about how today's polarizing discourse has evolved? What can we learn from previous times in history where discourse was thought to be degenerating? How can the humanities help us form thoughtful communities of diverse opinions?

Come talk to Kamilah Taylor and Daniel Burke, co-founders of Swaay, a start-up dedicated to rebuilding digital platforms to encourage thoughtful exchange; Knight-Wallace Fellow Rachel Rohr; and Megan Ankerson, communication studies, about their work and the challenges they are encountering. Angela Dillard, Afroamerican and African studies and Residential College, will moderate.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 19 Oct 2018 14:01:10 -0400 2018-10-24T17:30:00-04:00 2018-10-24T19:00:00-04:00 North Quad Institute for the Humanities Lecture / Discussion High Stakes Culture
SUMIT 2018: Security at University of Michigan IT (October 25, 2018 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/55622 55622-13765961@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 25, 2018 8:30am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Information and Technology Services (ITS)

Register now for SUMIT_2018, the University of Michigan’s annual symposium to raise awareness and educate the community on cybersecurity. This free, one-day conference is an exciting opportunity to hear recognized experts discuss the latest issues, trends, and threats in cybersecurity and privacy. This year’s theme focuses on U-M’s role as a leader and best in security and privacy research. The presenters are all faculty, students, or alumni of U-M.

For a complete list of speakers and to register visit the SUMIT_2018 website: http://safecomputing.umich.edu/events/sumit/2018

Attendance is free, but registration is required.

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 19 Sep 2018 11:27:03 -0400 2018-10-25T08:30:00-04:00 2018-10-25T17:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Information and Technology Services (ITS) Conference / Symposium SUMIT 2018: U-M Security and Privacy - Innovative Leaders
Michigan Meeting Fall Symposium: Life with/in Digital Objects (October 26, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56673 56673-13960685@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 26, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Duderstadt Center
Organized By: Digital Studies

Schedule of Events for Friday, 10/26
12:00-12:45 meet and greet lunch
12:45-2:15 Flash Talks by Panelists and facilitated conversation around key questions in digital objects
2:15-2:45 coffee and cake intermission
2:45-4:00: Bring Your Stuff activity around digital objects brought by participants and attendees.
4:00-5:00: Viz/VR lab open house

Everyone thinks they know what digital means. So pervasive are digital technologies in the 21st century that it is difficult to find critical distance from this immersive new world of ubiquitous connectivity, social media feeds, smartphones, mobile apps, responsive design, algorithmic recommendation systems, and voice-controlled home shopping assistants. While the question “what is the digital?” is compelling, the more pressing question might be instead: what does it mean to be alive in the digital age?

The 2019 Michigan Meetings will be a year-long event that critically engages with the big issues, urgent consequences, and radical possibilities for grappling with the meaning of life in this era of digital ubiquity. Whether defined as “animated corporeal existence,” “vitality,” or “to continue, to remain,” we see a profound opportunity to approach the digital world through a spectrum of the meaning of life-ness - alive, liveness, animated, lifelike, life-adjacent, consciousness, awareness, attention, awoke.

Digital culture reconfigures the way we know our bodies, our selves, our work, our objects and living spaces, our politics, and our sense of community. Like prior technologies, the digital gives rise to distinct new modes of experiencing time and space. Life is lived through constant network connectivity, GPS positioning, software databases, biotechnologies and wearable activity trackers, ‘smart’ buildings, cities, and homes, migrant digital labor, computational modeling, and the management of unfathomable streams of big data, and artificial intelligence. Subsequently, life is also lived through anxieties about identity theft, hacking, online harassment, piracy, surveillance and drone warfare.

Across campus, these questions will emerge in courses, colloquia, lectures, and informal conversations among students, faculty, staff, and peers. We aim to support meaningful and rewarding work in the technology industries or in academic research by giving students and faculty the history, critical perspective, and rigorous deep-dive into humanistic questions of “new” media life with this 2019 theme.

Panel Speakers:
Andre Brock, Georgia Tech
Carmen Aguilar y Wedge, HyphenLabs
Lionel Robert, U-M School of Information
Sophia Brueckner, U-M Art and Design

The 2019 Michigan Meeting is co-organized by:

Sarah Murray, University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts associate professor of film, television, and media
Lisa Nakamura, University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts associate professor of American Studies
Ellie Abrons, University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning associate professor of architecture
Megan Sapnar Ankerson, University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts associate professor of communication
McLain Clutter, University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning associate professor of architecture
Paul Conway, University of Michigan School of Information associate professor of information
Adam Fure, University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning associate professor of architecture

*Please note: the Main Michigan Meetings Summit is Thursday and Friday, May 9 and 10, 2019, Rackham Building

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 16 Oct 2018 10:04:50 -0400 2018-10-26T12:00:00-04:00 2018-10-26T17:00:00-04:00 Duderstadt Center Digital Studies Conference / Symposium image
Comics and the Art of Visual Communication with Scott McCloud (November 6, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57047 57047-14075030@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 6, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Duderstadt Center
Organized By: Duderstadt Center

Author and comics artist Scott McCloud demonstrates why every visual choice we make matters—in a fast-moving cascade of images and ideas.

Visit bit.ly/comicswithscott for more information and free registration. Seating is limited! Please register to guarantee your admission.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 24 Oct 2018 14:26:15 -0400 2018-11-06T19:00:00-05:00 2018-11-06T21:30:00-05:00 Duderstadt Center Duderstadt Center Lecture / Discussion McCloud's signature self portrait: a slightly shaggy haired man with large round glasses and a friendly smile.
Ethical, Legal and Social Implications of Learning Health Systems (ELSI-LHS) Symposium (November 9, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/55110 55110-13687209@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 9, 2018 8:00am
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: University of Michigan School of Public Health

The University of Michigan is a leader in the national charge to configure a health system that can continuously learn from the knowledge it generates. This year's symposium on the ethical, legal and social implications of learning health systems (ELSI-LHS) will consider trust, systems ethics, and equity, with special focus on lessons learned from learning health systems and enabling technologies addressing cancer and other chronic diseases.

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 10 Sep 2018 11:40:05 -0400 2018-11-09T08:00:00-05:00 2018-11-09T15:15:00-05:00 Palmer Commons University of Michigan School of Public Health Conference / Symposium
Michigan AI Symposium 2018 - "AI for Society" (November 10, 2018 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/55833 55833-13780057@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, November 10, 2018 8:30am
Location: BBB
Organized By: Michigan Artificial Intelligence Laboratory

Join us for a day of AI!
Talks, unconference and posters sessions, demos, and plenty of networking opportunities.The symposium aims to bring together participants from both academia and industry who are interested in the foundations or real-life applications of artificial intelligence.

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 30 Oct 2018 12:42:51 -0400 2018-11-10T08:30:00-05:00 2018-11-10T17:30:00-05:00 BBB Michigan Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Conference / Symposium AI Symposium poster
MESWN Coffee and Book Club (November 16, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55704 55704-13772813@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 16, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr
Organized By: Michigan Earth Science Women's Network

MESWN (Michigan Earth Science Women's Network) is very happy to start a book club aimed at professional development of women from all disciplines. Book for Fall 2018 - Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg. We will be meeting twice this semester to discuss sections of the book. Let us share our insights on this awesome book over snacks and coffee! The first meeting (Oct 19th) will cover chapters 1-4 and the second meeting (Nov 16th) will cover chapters 4-8.

RSVP is required - https://goo.gl/forms/p1804cxvb9D1k9222
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/events/1830299247065578/

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 20 Sep 2018 01:01:08 -0400 2018-11-16T16:00:00-05:00 2018-11-16T17:00:00-05:00 Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr Michigan Earth Science Women's Network Lecture / Discussion MESWN logo
Reliable Evidence from Health Care Data: Lessons from the Observational Health Data Sciences and Informatics (OHDSI) Collaborative (November 16, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57308 57308-14148805@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 16, 2018 4:00pm
Location: West Hall
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Data Science

Abstract: Concerns over reproducibility in science extend to research using existing healthcare data; many observational studies investigating the same topic produce conflicting results, even when using the same data. To address this problem, we propose a paradigm shift. The current paradigm centers on generating one estimate at a time using a unique study design with unknown reliability and publishing (or not) one estimate at a time. The new paradigm advocates for high-throughput observational studies using consistent and standardized methods, allowing evaluation, calibration, and unbiased dissemination to generate a more reliable and complete evidence base. We demonstrate this new paradigm by comparing all depression treatments for a set of outcomes, producing 17,718 hazard ratios, each using methodology on par with state-of-the-art studies. We furthermore include control hypotheses to evaluate and calibrate our evidence generation process. Results show good transitivity and consistency between databases, and agree with four out of the five findings from clinical trials. The distribution of effect size estimates reported in literature reveals an absence of small or null effects, with a sharp cutoff at p = 0.05. No such phenomena were observed in our results, suggesting more complete and more reliable evidence.



Bio: Marc A. Suchard is a Professor in the Departments of Biostatistics, of Biomathematics and of Human Genetics in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. He earned his Ph.D. in biomathematics from UCLA in 2002 and continued for a M.D. degree which he received in 2004. Dr. Suchard is a leading Bayesian statistician who focuses on inference of stochastic processes in molecular epidemiology of infectious diseases. His training in both medicine and applied probability help to bridge the gap of understanding between statistical theory and clinical practicality. Dr. Suchard has been awarded several prestigious statistical awards such as the 2003 Savage Award, the 2006 and 2011 Mitchell Prizes, as well as a 2007 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship in computational and molecular evolutionary biology, and a 2008 Guggenheim Fellowship to further computational statistics. Finally, he received the 2011 Raymond J. Carroll Young Investigator Award and the 2013 Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies (COPSS) Presidents’ Award for outstanding contributions to the statistics profession by a person aged 40 or under.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 01 Nov 2018 12:54:59 -0400 2018-11-16T16:00:00-05:00 2018-11-16T17:00:00-05:00 West Hall Michigan Institute for Data Science Workshop / Seminar Marc A. Suchard, PhD
Register Your Device with DPSS (November 20, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57690 57690-14261246@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 20, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Shapiro Library
Organized By: Information and Technology Services (ITS)

Computer Showcase staff will facilitate device registration through the U-M Division of Public Safety and Security. This program deters theft and assists in the recovery of property in the event that it is stolen.

Drop in with your laptop, tablet, phone — anything with a serial number! — and we’ll help get you registered. Plus, we’ll have some special goodies from Apple, and you can enter a raffle to win a HomePod!

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 14 Nov 2018 10:09:55 -0500 2018-11-20T12:00:00-05:00 2018-11-20T16:00:00-05:00 Shapiro Library Information and Technology Services (ITS) Workshop / Seminar Tech Talk Tuesday @ Computer Showcase
FellowSpeak: "How a Podcast Started a Revolution in South Korea" (November 20, 2018 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54057 54057-13521821@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 20, 2018 12:30pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

A 30 min. talk by Youngju Ryu, 2018-19 Institute for the Humanities Hunting Family Fellow and associate professor of modern Korean literature) followed by Q & A.

"South Korea just showed the world how to do democracy," reported The Washington Post on May 10, 2017, a day after Koreans voted a new president into office following the impeachment of Park Geun-hye. Officially dubbed the "Candlelight Revolution," the peaceful transfer of power was a result of massive street demonstrations, which in turn highlighted the role of new media such as the podcast. Ideally suited to the era of smartphones, podcast fell through the cracks in the regulatory framework of South Korean media environment, and allowed the public to access information and news stories that had been quashed in mainstream terrestrial, cable, and paper news media. The podcast also became the venue for innovating political idiom in irreverent and parodic ways, and for bringing politics into the realm of pop culture in a widespread phenomenon that came to be known as “poli-tainment” (politics + entertainment). As part of ongoing work on cultural politics of resistance and democratization, the talk will address how the podcast boom sparked the carnivalesque rebirth of protest culture at the heart of South Korea's latest struggle for democracy.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 22 Oct 2018 09:45:30 -0400 2018-11-20T12:30:00-05:00 2018-11-20T13:30:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Lecture / Discussion Protest Sculptures In Front Of Admiral Yi , Wikimedia Commons contributors
Cognitive Science Community (November 20, 2018 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57735 57735-14278472@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 20, 2018 6:30pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science

The next professor-led discussion will take place this Tuesday beginning at 6:30 p.m. when Daniel Romero (Assistant Professor in the School of Information) joins the group to discuss Social Networks under Stress.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 16 Nov 2018 09:30:07 -0500 2018-11-20T18:30:00-05:00 2018-11-20T19:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science Lecture / Discussion Cognitive Science Community logo
Dissonance Event Series: Catching Fake News (November 27, 2018 6:15pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57303 57303-14148802@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 27, 2018 6:15pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Information and Technology Services (ITS)

Two years after the 2016 election, are we winning the war against digital misinformation and manipulation? This panel will describe the technical and journalistic challenges of identifying fake news and manipulated information online and assess the effectiveness of the response by platforms like Facebook in the U.S., Europe, and around the world.

Brendan Nyhan, Professor, Ford School will act as moderator, and panelists will include Mark Ackerman, Professor, School of Information; Ceren Budak, Asst. Prof., School of Information; Fredrik Laurin, Knight-Wallace Fellow, Special Projects Editor for Current Affairs, SVT (Swedish Television); and Rada Mihalcea, Professor, EECS.

More info at https://www.safecomputing.umich.edu/events/dissonance

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 01 Nov 2018 12:37:13 -0400 2018-11-27T18:15:00-05:00 2018-11-27T19:30:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Information and Technology Services (ITS) Lecture / Discussion Dissonance: Catching Fake News, Nov. 27, 2018
"Personal Computer Maintenance and Internet Security Tips" (November 28, 2018 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53404 53404-13358072@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 28, 2018 9:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This class will focus on how to protect your data and identity. Topics include antivirus software, internet threats (ransomware, phishing, etc.), backup alternatives, password best practices, wireless security tips, latest Internet/phone scams, and identity theft tips-including dealing with some of the latest data breaches.
There will be time for questions and discussion. Harvey Juster is a semi-retired IT Consultant who has guided friends, family and businesses through the task of protecting their data from internal and external threats. He holds an engineering degree from U-M and is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer.
This Study Group for those 50 and over will meet Wednesday November 28 at 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

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Class / Instruction Sun, 05 Aug 2018 13:46:10 -0400 2018-11-28T09:30:00-05:00 2018-11-28T11:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Group
Online Trade Show | Integrated Product Development: One-Handed Product (November 29, 2018 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58020 58020-14392478@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 29, 2018 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Tauber Institute for Global Operations

Take part in this nationally renowned course by reviewing the products developed by 6 teams of students from the Stamps School of Art & Design, Ross School of Business, College of Engineering, and the School of Information. Catch the competitive buzz!

The challenge: Design and produce a product or tool to be used with one hand, that enables people to perform routine daily tasks that otherwise would require two hands.

Visit https://tauber.umich.edu/form/ipd-voting-fall-2018 to check out all 6 product websites.
Cast your vote for your favorites between Nov 27 and Dec 4 by 2:00p.m.

This course has been featured on CNN and in the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg Businessweek, and the New York Times.

About the Tauber Institute for Global Operations
The Tauber Institute is joint venture between the University of Michigan’s Business and Engineering Schools, and many industry partners to facilitate cross-disciplinary education in global operations management. Well-designed and managed team projects form the cornerstone of the Tauber Institute experience and allow students to apply their knowledge to real world settings. For more information, visit tauber.umich.edu.

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Other Thu, 29 Nov 2018 14:13:22 -0500 2018-11-29T15:00:00-05:00 2018-11-29T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Tauber Institute for Global Operations Other Online IPD Trade Show
Online Trade Show | Integrated Product Development: One-Handed Product (November 30, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58020 58020-14392474@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 30, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Tauber Institute for Global Operations

Take part in this nationally renowned course by reviewing the products developed by 6 teams of students from the Stamps School of Art & Design, Ross School of Business, College of Engineering, and the School of Information. Catch the competitive buzz!

The challenge: Design and produce a product or tool to be used with one hand, that enables people to perform routine daily tasks that otherwise would require two hands.

Visit https://tauber.umich.edu/form/ipd-voting-fall-2018 to check out all 6 product websites.
Cast your vote for your favorites between Nov 27 and Dec 4 by 2:00p.m.

This course has been featured on CNN and in the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg Businessweek, and the New York Times.

About the Tauber Institute for Global Operations
The Tauber Institute is joint venture between the University of Michigan’s Business and Engineering Schools, and many industry partners to facilitate cross-disciplinary education in global operations management. Well-designed and managed team projects form the cornerstone of the Tauber Institute experience and allow students to apply their knowledge to real world settings. For more information, visit tauber.umich.edu.

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Other Thu, 29 Nov 2018 14:13:22 -0500 2018-11-30T00:00:00-05:00 2018-11-30T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Tauber Institute for Global Operations Other Online IPD Trade Show
Person Specific Temporal Networks: Accuracy, Dynamics, and Emojis (November 30, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57910 57910-14373143@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 30, 2018 4:00pm
Location: West Hall
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Data Science

Abstract: Networks are everywhere! They provide a powerful way to detect patterns and relationships within big data systems. But, are they meaningful when the “system” is an individual person? Indeed, the reliability and validity of network approaches have been questioned in the social and medical sciences; network results are assumed to generalize across people and time, but these assumptions rarely hold because people are heterogeneous and dynamic. The goal of this presentation is to introduce a person-specific perspective to network modeling, and to illustrate the accuracy of a particular modeling approach called group iterative multiple model estimation (GIMME). Two novel GIMME-related applications will also be presented. In the first, GIMME will be used to detect individualized time-varying neural connectivity during a resting state, revealing connectivity parameters that are associated with cognitive impulsivity. In the second, GIMME will be used to identify personalized links among emoji-based emotion structures and daily depressive symptomatology. This is an ongoing work with possible extensions to big(ger) data (e.g., Twitter) and with implications for precision health care.

Bio: Dr. Adriene Beltz is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Michigan. She is affiliated with the developmental area and plays a significant role in the department’s quantitative training, including the teaching of graduate methods courses.

Dr. Beltz received her Ph.D. in Psychology, specializing in Social, Cognitive, and Affective Neuroscience from the Pennsylvania State University in 2014. Her training was supervised by Dr. Sheri Berenbaum, an expert in human behavioral endocrinology whose research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health for three decades. Dr. Beltz then transitioned to a post-doctoral position in Human Development and Family Studies at the Pennsylvania State University. She worked with the internationally-renowned methodologist, Dr. Peter Molenaar, on connectivity analysis approaches for fMRI data. Prior to Penn State, Dr. Beltz received her B.S. in Psychology and M.S. in Experimental Psychology at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 27 Nov 2018 09:50:11 -0500 2018-11-30T16:00:00-05:00 2018-11-30T17:00:00-05:00 West Hall Michigan Institute for Data Science Workshop / Seminar Adriene Beltz, PhD
Online Trade Show | Integrated Product Development: One-Handed Product (December 1, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58020 58020-14392473@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, December 1, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Tauber Institute for Global Operations

Take part in this nationally renowned course by reviewing the products developed by 6 teams of students from the Stamps School of Art & Design, Ross School of Business, College of Engineering, and the School of Information. Catch the competitive buzz!

The challenge: Design and produce a product or tool to be used with one hand, that enables people to perform routine daily tasks that otherwise would require two hands.

Visit https://tauber.umich.edu/form/ipd-voting-fall-2018 to check out all 6 product websites.
Cast your vote for your favorites between Nov 27 and Dec 4 by 2:00p.m.

This course has been featured on CNN and in the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg Businessweek, and the New York Times.

About the Tauber Institute for Global Operations
The Tauber Institute is joint venture between the University of Michigan’s Business and Engineering Schools, and many industry partners to facilitate cross-disciplinary education in global operations management. Well-designed and managed team projects form the cornerstone of the Tauber Institute experience and allow students to apply their knowledge to real world settings. For more information, visit tauber.umich.edu.

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Other Thu, 29 Nov 2018 14:13:22 -0500 2018-12-01T00:00:00-05:00 2018-12-01T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Tauber Institute for Global Operations Other Online IPD Trade Show
Online Trade Show | Integrated Product Development: One-Handed Product (December 2, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58020 58020-14392476@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, December 2, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Tauber Institute for Global Operations

Take part in this nationally renowned course by reviewing the products developed by 6 teams of students from the Stamps School of Art & Design, Ross School of Business, College of Engineering, and the School of Information. Catch the competitive buzz!

The challenge: Design and produce a product or tool to be used with one hand, that enables people to perform routine daily tasks that otherwise would require two hands.

Visit https://tauber.umich.edu/form/ipd-voting-fall-2018 to check out all 6 product websites.
Cast your vote for your favorites between Nov 27 and Dec 4 by 2:00p.m.

This course has been featured on CNN and in the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg Businessweek, and the New York Times.

About the Tauber Institute for Global Operations
The Tauber Institute is joint venture between the University of Michigan’s Business and Engineering Schools, and many industry partners to facilitate cross-disciplinary education in global operations management. Well-designed and managed team projects form the cornerstone of the Tauber Institute experience and allow students to apply their knowledge to real world settings. For more information, visit tauber.umich.edu.

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Other Thu, 29 Nov 2018 14:13:22 -0500 2018-12-02T00:00:00-05:00 2018-12-02T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Tauber Institute for Global Operations Other Online IPD Trade Show
Online Trade Show | Integrated Product Development: One-Handed Product (December 3, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58020 58020-14392475@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 3, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Tauber Institute for Global Operations

Take part in this nationally renowned course by reviewing the products developed by 6 teams of students from the Stamps School of Art & Design, Ross School of Business, College of Engineering, and the School of Information. Catch the competitive buzz!

The challenge: Design and produce a product or tool to be used with one hand, that enables people to perform routine daily tasks that otherwise would require two hands.

Visit https://tauber.umich.edu/form/ipd-voting-fall-2018 to check out all 6 product websites.
Cast your vote for your favorites between Nov 27 and Dec 4 by 2:00p.m.

This course has been featured on CNN and in the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg Businessweek, and the New York Times.

About the Tauber Institute for Global Operations
The Tauber Institute is joint venture between the University of Michigan’s Business and Engineering Schools, and many industry partners to facilitate cross-disciplinary education in global operations management. Well-designed and managed team projects form the cornerstone of the Tauber Institute experience and allow students to apply their knowledge to real world settings. For more information, visit tauber.umich.edu.

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Other Thu, 29 Nov 2018 14:13:22 -0500 2018-12-03T00:00:00-05:00 2018-12-03T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Tauber Institute for Global Operations Other Online IPD Trade Show
Online Trade Show | Integrated Product Development: One-Handed Product (December 4, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58020 58020-14392477@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 4, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Tauber Institute for Global Operations

Take part in this nationally renowned course by reviewing the products developed by 6 teams of students from the Stamps School of Art & Design, Ross School of Business, College of Engineering, and the School of Information. Catch the competitive buzz!

The challenge: Design and produce a product or tool to be used with one hand, that enables people to perform routine daily tasks that otherwise would require two hands.

Visit https://tauber.umich.edu/form/ipd-voting-fall-2018 to check out all 6 product websites.
Cast your vote for your favorites between Nov 27 and Dec 4 by 2:00p.m.

This course has been featured on CNN and in the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg Businessweek, and the New York Times.

About the Tauber Institute for Global Operations
The Tauber Institute is joint venture between the University of Michigan’s Business and Engineering Schools, and many industry partners to facilitate cross-disciplinary education in global operations management. Well-designed and managed team projects form the cornerstone of the Tauber Institute experience and allow students to apply their knowledge to real world settings. For more information, visit tauber.umich.edu.

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Other Thu, 29 Nov 2018 14:13:22 -0500 2018-12-04T00:00:00-05:00 2018-12-04T14:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Tauber Institute for Global Operations Other Online IPD Trade Show
Apple Watch 101 (December 4, 2018 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58065 58065-14401062@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 4, 2018 2:30pm
Location: Shapiro Library
Organized By: Information and Technology Services (ITS)

Learn how to integrate the Apple Watch into your Apple Ecosystem, plus tips, tricks and App recommendations to make the most of your smart watch.

We encourage advance registration, but drop-ins are welcome too! Bring your own device if you want, but that’s not required either; we can provide 1:1 tech consults or helpful how-to resources so you can DIY with confidence.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 30 Nov 2018 13:24:53 -0500 2018-12-04T14:30:00-05:00 2018-12-04T15:15:00-05:00 Shapiro Library Information and Technology Services (ITS) Workshop / Seminar Computer Showcase Tech Talk Tuesday
Trade Show | Integrated Product Development: One-Handed Product (December 5, 2018 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57884 57884-14366386@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 5, 2018 6:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Tauber Institute for Global Operations

University of Michigan’s Art & Design, Business, Engineering, and School of Information students are gearing up for the 23rd offering of the Integrated Product Development (IPD) Trade Show! Members of our community will gather to view and make purchase decisions from the “best of the best” of their work over the past semester in this interdisciplinary course.

IPD is an experiential, cross-disciplinary course that puts teams of students from Art & Design, Business, Engineering, and Information in a competitive product development environment. This innovative course has been featured on CNN and written up in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Businessweek. The course is hosted by the Tauber Institute for Global Operations, and is taught jointly by faculty members Eric Svaan of the Stephen M. Ross School of Business and Stephanie Tharp from the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design.

You won’t want to miss this year’s trade show!

The Problem Statement: Design and produce a product or tool to be used with one hand, that enables people to perform routine daily tasks that otherwise would require two hands.

See the actual products and test them out. Then cast your vote! Network, have fun and meet up with friends, old and new!

Parking is street meter or there is public parking available in the Hill Street Structure Parking Garage.

Event is Free and open to the public, with light refreshments.

GREAT LOCATION: Tauber Colloquium, at the Ross School of Business, 6th floor at 701 Tappan

ONLINE VOTING BEGINS November 27TH:
https://tauber.umich.edu/events-training/integrated-product-development/2018-11-27/ipd-trade-show-dec-5-tauber-colloquium

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:44:05 -0500 2018-12-05T18:30:00-05:00 2018-12-05T20:30:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Tauber Institute for Global Operations Exhibition 2018 IPD Trade Show
Meet Yeti (December 11, 2018 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58066 58066-14401063@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 11, 2018 2:30pm
Location: Shapiro Library
Organized By: Information and Technology Services (ITS)

Join Computer Showcase for a demo of the world’s #1 USB microphone: Yeti from Blue Microphones. Using Audacity — a free, open source, cross-platform audio software — we’ll teach you how create pristine recordings with legendary ease. Record vocals, music, podcasts, audio for video, interviews, or even cryptozoology lectures in ways that would normally require multiple microphones. Whether you're recording at home, on the road, or in the Himalayas, Yeti helps you produce studio-quality recordings every time.

We encourage advance registration, but drop-ins are welcome too! Bring your own device if you want, but that’s not required either; we can provide 1:1 tech consults or helpful how-to resources so you can DIY with confidence.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 30 Nov 2018 13:27:23 -0500 2018-12-11T14:30:00-05:00 2018-12-11T15:15:00-05:00 Shapiro Library Information and Technology Services (ITS) Workshop / Seminar Computer Showcase Tech Talk Tuesday
Listening & Watch Event: Sustainability and the Environment (December 13, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56442 56442-13905900@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 13, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Sustainable Living Experience

The Sustainable Living Experience and Residential College are co-hosting a media festival featuring select podcast and video shorts (4-5 minutes) related to sustainability and the environment.

Join us for this evening of sustainability podcasts & videos and light refreshments featuring sustainable ingredients!

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Exhibition Mon, 03 Dec 2018 13:10:11 -0500 2018-12-13T18:00:00-05:00 2018-12-13T19:30:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Sustainable Living Experience Exhibition Event flyer
Sprocket Photo Booth (December 18, 2018 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58067 58067-14401064@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 18, 2018 2:30pm
Location: Shapiro Library
Organized By: Information and Technology Services (ITS)

Are you ready for your close-up? See how easy it is to print and share photos and stickers directly from your mobile device with the HP Sprocket Photo Printer. Bring some friends and leave with a complimentary souvenir photo memory of Winter Term 2018!

We encourage advance registration, but drop-ins are welcome too!

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 30 Nov 2018 13:29:32 -0500 2018-12-18T14:30:00-05:00 2018-12-18T15:15:00-05:00 Shapiro Library Information and Technology Services (ITS) Workshop / Seminar Computer Showcase Tech Talk Tuesda
How to Make Causal Inferences Using Texts (January 11, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59075 59075-14677952@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 11, 2019 4:00pm
Location: West Hall
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Data Science

Abstract: New text-as-data techniques offer a great promise: the ability to discover, measure, and then utilize text-based variables for testing social science theories of interest from large collections of text. We introduce a conceptual framework for making causal inferences with text-based measures as either a treatment or outcome.  We argue that nearly all text-based causal inferences depend upon a latent representation of the text and provide a set of sufficient assumptions to identify causal effects when text is used as a treatment or outcome. We provide a framework to learn the latent representation---justifying the use of popular unsupervised methods such as topic modeling or principal component analysis---and then estimate causal effects with the same sample used to learn the latent representation. But estimating the latent representation, we show, creates new risks: we may introduce an identification problem or overfit. To address this problem we introduce a split-sample framework.  We apply our framework to study whether increasing the proportion of women on Congressional committees leads to more representation of women’s ideas during the legislative process and to assess how partisans respond to social media messages from President Trump.

Bio: Justin Grimmer is an associate professor of political science at Stanford University. His research examines how representation occurs in American politics using new statistical methods. His first book Representational Style in Congress: What Legislators Say and Why It Matters (Cambridge University Press, 2013) shows how senators define the type of representation they provide constituents and how this affects constituents' evaluations. His second book The Impression of Influence: How Legislator Communication and Government Spending Cultivate a Personal Vote (Under Review, with Sean J. Westwood and Solomon Messing) demonstrates how legislators ensure they receive credit for government actions. His work has appeared in the American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, Political Analysis, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Regulation and Governance, and Poetics. During the 2013-2014 academic year he was a National Fellow at the Hoover Institute.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 02 Jan 2019 13:12:20 -0500 2019-01-11T16:00:00-05:00 2019-01-11T17:00:00-05:00 West Hall Michigan Institute for Data Science Workshop / Seminar Justin Grimmer, PhD
Mobilizing Biomedical Computable Knowledge (January 15, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58944 58944-14601181@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 15, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: Department of Learning Health Sciences

We stand on the brink of the new knowledge revolution.

As the quantity of knowledge has exploded exponentially, the current means for representing knowledge—words and pictures that must be interpreted by humans—have reached their limits. Our ability to use the ever-growing body of scientific, biomedical knowledge rests on efforts to transform how knowledge is expressed into abstract models that can inform action through computation.

This persistent computable knowledge is the “Keystone” that holds the Learning Cycle Together. At the LHS Collaboratory Seminar Series event on Tuesday, January 15, learn about the movement underway to promote the advancement of computable biomedical knowledge. Join Rachel Richesson, PhD, MPH, from Duke University, along with colleagues from the University of Michigan to hear more about the movement and ways to join the community!

Read more at: www.MobilizeCBK.org.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 04 Jan 2019 15:19:52 -0500 2019-01-15T12:00:00-05:00 2019-01-15T13:30:00-05:00 Palmer Commons Department of Learning Health Sciences Workshop / Seminar LHS Collaboratory
Tech Talk Tuesday (January 15, 2019 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58905 58905-14576218@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 15, 2019 2:30pm
Location: Shapiro Library
Organized By: Information and Technology Services (ITS)

Join us for our regular series of workshops designed to help you discover new tech and make the most of the tech you already have.

Each week, we have a new demo or tutorial - including Q&A and personal consulting - on hardware, software, apps, and products that might just change your world. Check out upcoming topics at computershowcase.umich.edu/tech-talks/.

We encourage advance registration, but drop-ins are welcome too! Bring your own device if you want, but that’s not required either; we can provide 1:1 tech consults or helpful how-to resources so you can DIY with confidence.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 21 Dec 2018 11:12:48 -0500 2019-01-15T14:30:00-05:00 2019-01-15T15:15:00-05:00 Shapiro Library Information and Technology Services (ITS) Workshop / Seminar Computer Showcase Tech Talk Tuesday
Information Extraction from Online Text --- from Opinions to Arguments to Persuasion (January 18, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59488 59488-14745558@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 18, 2019 4:00pm
Location: West Hall
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Data Science

Abstract: A long line of research in Natural Language Processing (NLP), including our own, has addressed the task of identifying and extracting information about opinions with the goal of determining what people (and other entities) are thinking or feeling. In this talk, I'll present new research on argument mining, a relatively new area of study in NLP that focuses less on extracting from text WHAT people think or feel, but rather analyzing argumentative text to understand WHY they do so. Specifically, I will first present some of our new research on the automatic analysis of informal, user-generated arguments in which we aim to expose the intended underlying structure of the argument. Next, I'll present our research that examines arguments on a public debate forum to understand what makes one argument more convincing than another.

Bio: Claire Cardie is the John C. Ford Professor of Engineering in the Departments of Computer Science and Information Science at Cornell University. She was the founding Chair of Cornell's Information
Science Department and has worked in the area of topics ranging from information extraction, text summarization and noun phrase coreference resolution to the automatic analysis of opinions, sentiment and deception in text. Cardie was selected as a Fellow of the Association for Computational Linguistics in 2015. She has served on the executive committees of the ACL, NAACL and AAAI, and has been Program Chair for EMNLP, CoNLL, ACL and COLING as well as General Chair this past July for ACL 2018 in Melbourne.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 10 Jan 2019 13:57:49 -0500 2019-01-18T16:00:00-05:00 2019-01-18T17:00:00-05:00 West Hall Michigan Institute for Data Science Workshop / Seminar Claire Cardie, PhD
Tech Talk Tuesday (January 22, 2019 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58905 58905-14576219@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 22, 2019 2:30pm
Location: Shapiro Library
Organized By: Information and Technology Services (ITS)

Join us for our regular series of workshops designed to help you discover new tech and make the most of the tech you already have.

Each week, we have a new demo or tutorial - including Q&A and personal consulting - on hardware, software, apps, and products that might just change your world. Check out upcoming topics at computershowcase.umich.edu/tech-talks/.

We encourage advance registration, but drop-ins are welcome too! Bring your own device if you want, but that’s not required either; we can provide 1:1 tech consults or helpful how-to resources so you can DIY with confidence.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 21 Dec 2018 11:12:48 -0500 2019-01-22T14:30:00-05:00 2019-01-22T15:15:00-05:00 Shapiro Library Information and Technology Services (ITS) Workshop / Seminar Computer Showcase Tech Talk Tuesday
Connecting Digital Scholarship (January 23, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60145 60145-14840459@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 23, 2019 8:30am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: LSA Technology Services

Join us as we engage in a lively discussion focused on Digital Humanities/Digital Scholarship/Digital Studies. This event will offer a series of lightning talks and a panel discussion that showcase several faculty involved in DH/DS projects. Participants will reflect on the potential of and challenges related to digital scholarship and its role in teaching, research, and publishing. In other words, how do you find the people or resources to calibrate ambitions and expectations and talk through core needs and issues of labour? There will be opportunities for informal conversation and networking with peers since a goal of this event is to generate awareness and strengthen connections among scholars and support partners. Sponsors for this event include U-M Library, LSA Technology Services, U-M Press, UMMA and others.

When: January 23rd, 8:30 a.m. – noon

Where: UMMA Multipurpose Room

Who: Scholars doing or interested in doing Digital Scholarship, and their support partners (IT, Library, etc.). The event is being organized by U-M Library, LSA Technology Services, U-M Press, UMMA, and others.

What: An event to showcase a few specific U-M Digital Scholarship projects as well as network with peers. It will have a round of lightning talks followed by a panel discussion and will wrap up with some time to network.

Why: To generate awareness and form or strengthen collaboration between scholars and support partners in the Digital Scholarship space.

Registration & more info: https://ttc.iss.lsa.umich.edu/ttc/sessions/connecting-digital-scholarship/
Digital Scholarship consists of “. . . new ways of doing scholarship that involve collaborative, transdisciplinary, and computationally engaged research, teaching, and publishing. It brings digital tools and methods to the study of the humanities with the recognition that the printed word is no longer the main medium for knowledge production and distribution” (Wikipedia).

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 21 Jan 2019 14:40:05 -0500 2019-01-23T08:30:00-05:00 2019-01-23T12:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art LSA Technology Services Lecture / Discussion Museum of Art
6th Annual Omenn Lecture & Poster Session (January 23, 2019 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58784 58784-14559365@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 23, 2019 2:30pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: Omenn Lecture

Olga Troyanskaya is a professor at the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics and the Department of Computer Science at Princeton University, where she has been on the faculty since 2003. In 2014 she became the deputy director of Genomics at the Center for Computational Biology at the Flatiron Institute, a part of the Simons Foundation in NYC. She holds a Ph.D. in Biomedical Informatics from Stanford University, has been honored as one of the top young technology innovators by the MIT Technology Review, and is a recipient of the Sloan Research Fellowship, the National Science Foundation CAREER award, the Overton award from the International Society for Computational Biology, and the Ira Herskowitz award from the Genetic Society of America.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 23 Jan 2019 10:28:50 -0500 2019-01-23T14:30:00-05:00 2019-01-23T17:30:00-05:00 Palmer Commons Omenn Lecture Lecture / Discussion
EER Community Led Research (January 24, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60115 60115-14838301@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 24, 2019 8:30am
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Engineering Education Research

* Breakfast provided
Featuring a mix of Work-in-Progress presentations and Guided Discussions

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 21 Jan 2019 11:36:52 -0500 2019-01-24T08:30:00-05:00 2019-01-24T10:00:00-05:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Engineering Education Research Lecture / Discussion Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Privacy@Michigan (January 28, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59816 59816-14788715@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 28, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Information Assurance

Join us in celebrating International Data Privacy Day!
Privacy@Michigan, hosted by the University of Michigan School of Information and U-M Information Assurance, brings together faculty, researchers, students and staff from different colleges, schools and units across campus and aims to spark ongoing, multidisciplinary conversations about privacy’s role in society—here at U-M and worldwide.

Keynote Speaker: Sarah St.Vincent, Researcher/Advocate on National Security, Surveillance, and Domestic Law Enforcement, Human Rights Watch

This event is free, but please RSVP to reserve a spot.

https://www.safecomputing.umich.edu/events/data-privacy-day

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 15 Jan 2019 16:44:36 -0500 2019-01-28T13:00:00-05:00 2019-01-28T18:30:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Information Assurance Conference / Symposium Privacy At Michigan Ad
Marvell Corporate Info Session (January 28, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60161 60161-14840478@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 28, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Herbert H. Dow Building
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

At Marvell we are looking for smart, diverse talent to help create the semiconductor solutions that make cloud computing, autonomous driving, and connected homes possible. Our customers rely on our ability to see -- and design -- what’s coming next.

Majors: CE, CS, and EE
Degrees: Bachelor's, Master's, and Ph.D.'s
Positions: Full-time and Interns
Citizenship Requirement: None
Collecting Resume's? Yes


Food will be provided by Cottage Inn

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Careers / Jobs Sun, 27 Jan 2019 14:39:40 -0500 2019-01-28T17:30:00-05:00 2019-01-28T18:30:00-05:00 Herbert H. Dow Building Tau Beta Pi Careers / Jobs Company Icon
Tech Talk Tuesday (January 29, 2019 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58905 58905-14576220@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 29, 2019 2:30pm
Location: Shapiro Library
Organized By: Information and Technology Services (ITS)

Join us for our regular series of workshops designed to help you discover new tech and make the most of the tech you already have.

Each week, we have a new demo or tutorial - including Q&A and personal consulting - on hardware, software, apps, and products that might just change your world. Check out upcoming topics at computershowcase.umich.edu/tech-talks/.

We encourage advance registration, but drop-ins are welcome too! Bring your own device if you want, but that’s not required either; we can provide 1:1 tech consults or helpful how-to resources so you can DIY with confidence.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 21 Dec 2018 11:12:48 -0500 2019-01-29T14:30:00-05:00 2019-01-29T15:15:00-05:00 Shapiro Library Information and Technology Services (ITS) Workshop / Seminar Computer Showcase Tech Talk Tuesday
AAOSA-OSUM Seminar: All-Fiber-Integrated Super-Continuum Sources with High Power in the Visible and Infrared Wavelengths from 0.47 to 12 𝜇m (January 29, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60438 60438-14886068@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 29, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Organized By: The Optics Society at the University of Michigan (OSUM)

All-fiber integrated super-continuum (SC) sources are described based on a platform architecture that can operate in the visible, near-infrared, short-wave infrared, mid-wave infrared and long-wave infrared, with demonstrated SC wavelengths ranging from 0.47 to 12 microns. Modulation instability initiated SC generation leads to a simple SC source with no moving parts and that uses off-the-shelf components from the mature telecommunications and fiber optics industry. The resulting light sources are basically a cascade of fibers pumped by fiber-pigtailed laser diodes and some drive and control electronics; thus, the SC sources have the potential to be cost-effective, compact and reliable. Starting from fused silica fibers, the SC spectrum can be extended to shorter or longer wavelengths by cascading fibers with appropriate dispersion and/or transparency. As one example, we demonstrate a long-wave infrared SC source that generates a continuous spectrum from 1.57 to 12 microns using a fiber cascade comprising fused silica fiber followed by ZBLAN fluoride fiber followed by sulfide fiber and, finally, a high-numerical-aperture selenide fiber. The time-averaged output power is 417 mW at 33% duty cycle, and we observe a near-diffraction-limit, single spatial-mode beam across the entire spectral range. A prototype is described that is based on a three-layer architecture with a form factor of 16.7”x10”x5.7” and that plugs into a standard wall plug. This SC prototype has been used in a number of field tests as the active illuminator for stand-off FTIR system over distances of 5 to 25m, thus enabling identification of targets or samples based on their chemical signature.

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Workshop / Seminar Sat, 26 Jan 2019 18:04:32 -0500 2019-01-29T16:00:00-05:00 2019-01-29T17:30:00-05:00 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building The Optics Society at the University of Michigan (OSUM) Workshop / Seminar AAOSA-OSUM Seminar by Prof. Islam
Dynetics Corporate Info Session (January 29, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60162 60162-14840479@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 29, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

Dynetics, a 100% employee owned engineering firm headquartered in the Rocket City (Huntsville, AL) will host an information session to share information regarding exciting full time and internship opportunities. Positions are available for electrical, computer, aerospace, and mechanical engineers, as well as physics, computer science, and physics students. Opportunities are available in the Huntsville, AL area, as well as Charlottesville, VA, Detroit, MI, and Dayton, OH, just to name a few! Whether your interests are in radar, embedded systems, reverse engineering, software development, mechanical design, stress analysis, model & simulation, unmanned aircraft, missile systems, or space hardware, there is an opportunity for you within Dynetics, and we look forward to meeting with you!

Majors: AERO, CE, CS, EE, and ME
Degrees: Master's and Ph.D.'s
Positions: Full-time and Interns
Citizenship Requirement: U.S. Citizenship
Collecting Resume's?: Yes

Food will be provided by Cottage Inn.

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Careers / Jobs Sun, 27 Jan 2019 14:41:14 -0500 2019-01-29T18:00:00-05:00 2019-01-29T19:00:00-05:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Tau Beta Pi Careers / Jobs Company Icon
KLA-Tencor Corporate Info Session (January 29, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60163 60163-14840480@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 29, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

It's our belief at KLA that innovators are true optimists. We take on complex technical challenges that often take years to solve. We work on the edges of deep science, exploring electron and photon optics, sensors, machine learning and data analytics. We help create the ideas and devices that transform the future.

Catering will be provided by Zingermann's

Majors: ChE, CE, CS, DS, EE, IOE, MSE, and ME
Degrees: Bachelor's, Master's, and Ph.D.'s
Positions: Full-time and Interns
Citizenship Requirement: U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident
Collecting Resume's?: Yes

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Careers / Jobs Sun, 27 Jan 2019 14:39:03 -0500 2019-01-29T18:00:00-05:00 2019-01-29T19:00:00-05:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Tau Beta Pi Careers / Jobs Company Icon
Tech Talk Tuesday (February 5, 2019 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58905 58905-14576221@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 5, 2019 2:30pm
Location: Shapiro Library
Organized By: Information and Technology Services (ITS)

Join us for our regular series of workshops designed to help you discover new tech and make the most of the tech you already have.

Each week, we have a new demo or tutorial - including Q&A and personal consulting - on hardware, software, apps, and products that might just change your world. Check out upcoming topics at computershowcase.umich.edu/tech-talks/.

We encourage advance registration, but drop-ins are welcome too! Bring your own device if you want, but that’s not required either; we can provide 1:1 tech consults or helpful how-to resources so you can DIY with confidence.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 21 Dec 2018 11:12:48 -0500 2019-02-05T14:30:00-05:00 2019-02-05T15:15:00-05:00 Shapiro Library Information and Technology Services (ITS) Workshop / Seminar Computer Showcase Tech Talk Tuesday
TBP Drop-in Tutoring (February 6, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60828 60828-14970709@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 6, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

Spend some time helping by fellow students with your classes! Classes include intro Physics, Math, Chemistry, and Engineering courses.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 05 Feb 2019 11:49:37 -0500 2019-02-06T17:30:00-05:00 2019-02-06T19:00:00-05:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Tau Beta Pi Class / Instruction tbp-mi
Spaceflight Industries Info Session (February 7, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60722 60722-14954968@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 7, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

Please join the Student Space Systems Fabrication Laboratories (S3FL) and Tau Beta Pi for a corporate info session with Spaceflight Industries.

Traditionally, access to space has been limited to government entities due to high cost. Sending satellites into orbit once required purchasing an entire rocket; however, with the growing industry of smallsats, the demand for routine, cost-effective access to space has increased exponentially. Demand, coupled with the growing number of launch vehicle providers, created an opportunity for Spaceflight to assist in identifying, booking and managing rideshare launches.

With a straightforward and cost-effective suite of products and services including state-of-the-art satellite infrastructure, rideshare launch offerings, payload integration and global communications networks, Spaceflight enables commercial, non-profit organizations and government entities to achieve their mission goals – on time and on budget.

Food will be provided.

Majors: AERO, ME, CS, CE, and anyone else interested in the field.
Positions: Full-time, Co-op, Interns
Citizenship Requirement: U.S. Citizen
Collecting Resumes? Yes

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Careers / Jobs Sun, 03 Feb 2019 16:42:11 -0500 2019-02-07T17:30:00-05:00 2019-02-07T19:00:00-05:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Tau Beta Pi Careers / Jobs logo
TBP Drop-in Tutoring (February 10, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60828 60828-14970719@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 10, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

Spend some time helping by fellow students with your classes! Classes include intro Physics, Math, Chemistry, and Engineering courses.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 05 Feb 2019 11:49:37 -0500 2019-02-10T17:30:00-05:00 2019-02-10T19:00:00-05:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Tau Beta Pi Class / Instruction tbp-mi
ISR Hackerspace with CPS faculty Yuki Shiraito (February 11, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60822 60822-14970677@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 11, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research

Dr. Shiraito is excited to host a weekly Monday evening hackerspace from January 21 until April 22. On April 22 only, hackers will meet at 2 pm.

Dr. Shiraito is available to assist with a variety of topics that include Bayesian statistics, parallel computing in R, OpenMP and Rcpp, web scraping using Python, working with high performance computing clusters (Flux, Beta, Hadoop, Cavium), and other computational methods. He hopes that participants will actively help each other where able. His goal is to create a productive and inclusive community for hackers to share expertise, assist each other in data-intensive projects, and enjoy peer-programming opportunities. Dr. Shiraito looks forward to hacking with you.

The goal is to foster a diverse and inclusive hacking environment in which attendees can benefit from each other’s expertise. To participate, hackers need to bring their own laptops and, ideally, have a chunk of code they are planning to work on unless they plan to assist and join others in their coding endeavors.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 05 Apr 2019 12:24:06 -0400 2019-02-11T16:00:00-05:00 2019-02-11T18:00:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research Workshop / Seminar Hackerspace at ISR
ISR Hackerspace with CPS faculty Christopher Fariss (February 12, 2019 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60825 60825-14970696@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 12, 2019 10:30am
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research

Dr. Fariss is excited to host a weekly Tuesday morning hackerspace from February 12 until April 23. Dr. Fariss uses computational methods and the statistical program R to study why governments around the world torture, maim, and kill individuals within their jurisdiction, and the processes monitors use to observe and document these abuses. Other research projects cover a broad array of themes but share a focus on computationally intensive methods, research design, and the analysis of data at a massive scale.

This weekly meeting with Dr. Fariss is for those with an interest in the R statistical programming language. Both beginners and experienced users are invited to attend. Dr. Fariss plans to introduce mostly introductory material during these sessions but will also cover Bayesian modeling in R and STAN.

The goal is to foster a diverse and inclusive hacking environment in which attendees can benefit from each other’s expertise. To participate, hackers need to bring their own laptops and, ideally, have a chunk of code they are planning to work on unless they plan to assist and join others in their coding endeavors.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 14 Feb 2019 09:47:04 -0500 2019-02-12T10:30:00-05:00 2019-02-12T12:00:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research Workshop / Seminar Hackerspace at ISR
Ethics for a Learning Health Care System: The “Common Purpose” Framework (February 12, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59180 59180-14694666@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 12, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: Department of Learning Health Sciences

There is increased interest among health care institutions to transitioning to become learning health systems. In this process, however, there are increased practical and moral challenges from using the traditional definitions of “research” vs “practice” to determine which activities within such systems require IRB review and other ethics oversight, and which do not. As health systems more deliberately integrate care delivery with ongoing data collection, a set of ethics commitments for this integrated approach must be articulated. This presentation will provide an example of an ethics framework for learning health care and underscore how also being guided by commitments to transparency, engagement, and accountability around the ongoing learning are also essential, ethically.

The LHS Collaboratory is co-sponsored by the Department of Learning Health Sciences, the Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation and the Office of Research at the University of Michigan.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 04 Jan 2019 15:21:51 -0500 2019-02-12T12:00:00-05:00 2019-02-12T13:30:00-05:00 Palmer Commons Department of Learning Health Sciences Workshop / Seminar Nancy Kass, ScD
Tech Talk Tuesday (February 12, 2019 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58905 58905-14576222@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 12, 2019 2:30pm
Location: Shapiro Library
Organized By: Information and Technology Services (ITS)

Join us for our regular series of workshops designed to help you discover new tech and make the most of the tech you already have.

Each week, we have a new demo or tutorial - including Q&A and personal consulting - on hardware, software, apps, and products that might just change your world. Check out upcoming topics at computershowcase.umich.edu/tech-talks/.

We encourage advance registration, but drop-ins are welcome too! Bring your own device if you want, but that’s not required either; we can provide 1:1 tech consults or helpful how-to resources so you can DIY with confidence.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 21 Dec 2018 11:12:48 -0500 2019-02-12T14:30:00-05:00 2019-02-12T15:15:00-05:00 Shapiro Library Information and Technology Services (ITS) Workshop / Seminar Computer Showcase Tech Talk Tuesday
ISR Hackerspace with SRC faculty Erin Ware (February 13, 2019 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60823 60823-14970688@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 13, 2019 10:30am
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research

Dr. Ware is a self-taught HPC user and excited to host a weekly hackerspace from February 13 to April 3, 2019. Her training has been in genetic epidemiology, public health, and statistics using SAS (local), R (server), Linux (on FLUX, MBNI, and other personal servers), batch scripting (SGE, PBS, Slurm). Dr. Ware has taught SAS (data management and statistical modeling) and introductory statistics using R. She is experienced in teaching high performance computing to individuals with limited programming background.

In this hackerspace, Dr. Ware is particularly interested in addressing issues of data manipulation in Linux, efficient documentation and file naming structures, data management (SAS/R), setting up an HPC connection, WinSCP, getting around a server using basic Linux, genomic analysis, and high-dimensional data analysis. Dr. Ware would like to learn about SFTP using Globus, Python, and more advanced batch scripting in Slurm. Dr. Ware hopes you will join her hackerspace this term.

The goal is to foster a diverse and inclusive hacking environment in which attendees can benefit from each other’s expertise. To participate, hackers need to bring their own laptops and, ideally, have a chunk of code they are planning to work on unless they plan to assist and join others in their coding endeavors.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 14 Feb 2019 09:49:05 -0500 2019-02-13T10:30:00-05:00 2019-02-13T11:30:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research Workshop / Seminar Hackerspace at ISR
TBP Drop-in Tutoring (February 13, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60828 60828-14970710@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 13, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

Spend some time helping by fellow students with your classes! Classes include intro Physics, Math, Chemistry, and Engineering courses.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 05 Feb 2019 11:49:37 -0500 2019-02-13T17:30:00-05:00 2019-02-13T19:00:00-05:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Tau Beta Pi Class / Instruction tbp-mi
Startup Career Fair (February 15, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60363 60363-14866463@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 15, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Duderstadt Center
Organized By: MPowered Entrepreneurship

Interested in getting a job or internship at a startup? Come to Startup Career Fair to meet some of today's most exciting startups! All majors and years are welcome and encouraged to attend. There will be a variety of internship and full-time opportunities available.

Sign up here! https://tinyurl.com/yddgpnu9

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Careers / Jobs Thu, 24 Jan 2019 15:13:47 -0500 2019-02-15T12:00:00-05:00 2019-02-15T16:00:00-05:00 Duderstadt Center MPowered Entrepreneurship Careers / Jobs Flyer
Science as Art Exhibition- Panel discussion & Awards Reception (February 15, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/38185 38185-15056573@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 15, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Arts at Michigan, ArtsEngine and the Science Learning Center invite you to the Science as Art Contest Exhibition and Awards Reception- Hatcher Graduate Library, Rm 100.

2pm Office Hours for participating artists
3pm Panel Discussion & Reception
4pm Awards Announcements


University of Michigan undergraduate students will have artwork on view expressing a scientific principle, concept, idea, process, or structure. The artwork ranges in media, including visual, literary, musical, video and performance-based art. A juried panel using criteria based on both scientific and artistic considerations will choose winning submissions. This is our fourth year of the exhibition, and we received a record number of submissions, so we hope you'll join us to view the work and give out the awards!

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Exhibition Thu, 30 Jan 2020 11:57:18 -0500 2019-02-15T14:00:00-05:00 2019-02-15T16:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Arts at Michigan Exhibition Science as Art logo
TBP Drop-in Tutoring (February 17, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60828 60828-14970720@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 17, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

Spend some time helping by fellow students with your classes! Classes include intro Physics, Math, Chemistry, and Engineering courses.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 05 Feb 2019 11:49:37 -0500 2019-02-17T17:30:00-05:00 2019-02-17T19:00:00-05:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Tau Beta Pi Class / Instruction tbp-mi
ISR Hackerspace with CPS faculty Yuki Shiraito (February 18, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60822 60822-14970678@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 18, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research

Dr. Shiraito is excited to host a weekly Monday evening hackerspace from January 21 until April 22. On April 22 only, hackers will meet at 2 pm.

Dr. Shiraito is available to assist with a variety of topics that include Bayesian statistics, parallel computing in R, OpenMP and Rcpp, web scraping using Python, working with high performance computing clusters (Flux, Beta, Hadoop, Cavium), and other computational methods. He hopes that participants will actively help each other where able. His goal is to create a productive and inclusive community for hackers to share expertise, assist each other in data-intensive projects, and enjoy peer-programming opportunities. Dr. Shiraito looks forward to hacking with you.

The goal is to foster a diverse and inclusive hacking environment in which attendees can benefit from each other’s expertise. To participate, hackers need to bring their own laptops and, ideally, have a chunk of code they are planning to work on unless they plan to assist and join others in their coding endeavors.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 05 Apr 2019 12:24:06 -0400 2019-02-18T16:00:00-05:00 2019-02-18T18:00:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research Workshop / Seminar Hackerspace at ISR
STS Event. Art in the Age of the Internet: Exhibit Tour and Panel Discussion (February 18, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60884 60884-14981946@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 18, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: Science, Technology & Society

See more about this event on the UMMA website.

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Other Wed, 06 Feb 2019 15:34:03 -0500 2019-02-18T16:00:00-05:00 2019-02-18T18:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art Science, Technology & Society Other Museum of Art
ISR Hackerspace with CPS faculty Christopher Fariss (February 19, 2019 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60825 60825-14970697@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 19, 2019 10:30am
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research

Dr. Fariss is excited to host a weekly Tuesday morning hackerspace from February 12 until April 23. Dr. Fariss uses computational methods and the statistical program R to study why governments around the world torture, maim, and kill individuals within their jurisdiction, and the processes monitors use to observe and document these abuses. Other research projects cover a broad array of themes but share a focus on computationally intensive methods, research design, and the analysis of data at a massive scale.

This weekly meeting with Dr. Fariss is for those with an interest in the R statistical programming language. Both beginners and experienced users are invited to attend. Dr. Fariss plans to introduce mostly introductory material during these sessions but will also cover Bayesian modeling in R and STAN.

The goal is to foster a diverse and inclusive hacking environment in which attendees can benefit from each other’s expertise. To participate, hackers need to bring their own laptops and, ideally, have a chunk of code they are planning to work on unless they plan to assist and join others in their coding endeavors.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 14 Feb 2019 09:47:04 -0500 2019-02-19T10:30:00-05:00 2019-02-19T12:00:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research Workshop / Seminar Hackerspace at ISR
Tech Talk Tuesday (February 19, 2019 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58905 58905-14576223@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 19, 2019 2:30pm
Location: Shapiro Library
Organized By: Information and Technology Services (ITS)

Join us for our regular series of workshops designed to help you discover new tech and make the most of the tech you already have.

Each week, we have a new demo or tutorial - including Q&A and personal consulting - on hardware, software, apps, and products that might just change your world. Check out upcoming topics at computershowcase.umich.edu/tech-talks/.

We encourage advance registration, but drop-ins are welcome too! Bring your own device if you want, but that’s not required either; we can provide 1:1 tech consults or helpful how-to resources so you can DIY with confidence.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 21 Dec 2018 11:12:48 -0500 2019-02-19T14:30:00-05:00 2019-02-19T15:15:00-05:00 Shapiro Library Information and Technology Services (ITS) Workshop / Seminar Computer Showcase Tech Talk Tuesday
ISR Hackerspace with SRC faculty Erin Ware (February 20, 2019 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60823 60823-14970689@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 20, 2019 10:30am
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research

Dr. Ware is a self-taught HPC user and excited to host a weekly hackerspace from February 13 to April 3, 2019. Her training has been in genetic epidemiology, public health, and statistics using SAS (local), R (server), Linux (on FLUX, MBNI, and other personal servers), batch scripting (SGE, PBS, Slurm). Dr. Ware has taught SAS (data management and statistical modeling) and introductory statistics using R. She is experienced in teaching high performance computing to individuals with limited programming background.

In this hackerspace, Dr. Ware is particularly interested in addressing issues of data manipulation in Linux, efficient documentation and file naming structures, data management (SAS/R), setting up an HPC connection, WinSCP, getting around a server using basic Linux, genomic analysis, and high-dimensional data analysis. Dr. Ware would like to learn about SFTP using Globus, Python, and more advanced batch scripting in Slurm. Dr. Ware hopes you will join her hackerspace this term.

The goal is to foster a diverse and inclusive hacking environment in which attendees can benefit from each other’s expertise. To participate, hackers need to bring their own laptops and, ideally, have a chunk of code they are planning to work on unless they plan to assist and join others in their coding endeavors.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 14 Feb 2019 09:49:05 -0500 2019-02-20T10:30:00-05:00 2019-02-20T11:30:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research Workshop / Seminar Hackerspace at ISR
TBP Drop-in Tutoring (February 20, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60828 60828-14970711@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 20, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

Spend some time helping by fellow students with your classes! Classes include intro Physics, Math, Chemistry, and Engineering courses.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 05 Feb 2019 11:49:37 -0500 2019-02-20T17:30:00-05:00 2019-02-20T19:00:00-05:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Tau Beta Pi Class / Instruction tbp-mi
Advance Micro Devices Info Session (February 21, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60607 60607-14912639@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 21, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

Majors: CE, CS, and ME.
Degrees: Bachelor's, Master's, and Ph.D.'s
Positions: Full-time, Internships, and Co-op's.
Citizenship Requirement: U.S. Citizenship or Permanent Resident
Collecting Resumes? Yes

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Careers / Jobs Tue, 29 Jan 2019 21:04:03 -0500 2019-02-21T17:00:00-05:00 2019-02-21T19:00:00-05:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Tau Beta Pi Careers / Jobs amdLogo
Advanced Micro Devices Info Session (February 21, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60826 60826-15038552@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 21, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

AMD is a major manufacturer of semiconductor devices, embedded processors, flash memories, programmable logic devices and networking chips.

Food will be provided.

Majors: CE, CS, and ME.
Degrees: Bachelor's, Master's, and Ph.D.'s
Positions: Full-time, Internships, and Co-op's.
Citizenship Requirement: U.S. Citizenship or Permanent Resident
Collecting Resumes? Yes

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Careers / Jobs Tue, 12 Feb 2019 21:39:47 -0500 2019-02-21T17:00:00-05:00 2019-02-21T19:00:00-05:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Tau Beta Pi Careers / Jobs amd
Leveraging Information Theory to Practical Machine Learning: Minimum Description Length Regularization for Online Learning (February 22, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60992 60992-15000018@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 22, 2019 4:00pm
Location: West Hall
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Data Science

Abstract: Classical online learning techniques enforce a prior distribution on the objective to be optimized in order to induce model sparsity. Such prior distributions are chosen with mathematical convenience in mind, but not necessarily for being the best priors. The Minimum Description Length (MDL) principle is usually used with two pass strategies, one for feature selection, and a second one for optimization with the selected features.

An approach inspired by the Minimum Description Length principle is proposed for adaptively selecting and regularizing features during online learning based on their usefulness in improving the objective. The approach eliminates noisy or useless features from the optimization process, leading to improved loss. By utilizing the MDL principle, this approach enables an optimizer to reduce the problem dimensionality to the subspace of the feature space for which the smallest loss is obtained. The approach can be tuned for trading off between model sparsity and accuracy. Empirical results on large scale practical real-world systems demonstrate how it improves such tradeoffs. Huge model size reductions can be achieved with no loss in performance relative to standard techniques, while moderate loss improvements (which can translate to large regret improvements) are achieved with moderate size reductions. The results also demonstrate that overfitting is mitigated by this approach. Analysis shows that the approach can achieve the loss of optimizing with the best feature subset.

Bio: Gil Shamir received the B.Sc. (Cum Laude), and M.Sc. degrees from the Technion, Israel – Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel in 1990 and 1997, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree from the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, U.S.A. in 2000, all in electrical engineering.

From 1990 to 1995 he participated in research and development of signal processing and communication systems. From 1995 to 1997 he was with the Electrical Engineering Department at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, as a graduate student and teaching assistant. From 1997 to 2000 he was a Ph.D. student and a research assistant in the Electrical Engineering Department at the University of Notre Dame, and then a post-doctoral fellow until 2001. During his tenure at Notre Dame he was a fellow of the Center for Applied Mathematics of the university. Between 2001 and 2008 he was with the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Utah, and between 2008 and 2009 with Seagate Research. Since 2009 he has been with Google. His main research interests include information theory, machine learning, coding and communication theory. Dr. Shamir received an NSF CAREER award in 2003.

For more information on MIDAS or the Seminar Series, please contact midas-contact@umich.edu. MIDAS gratefully acknowledges Wacker Chemie AG for its generous support of the MIDAS Seminar Series.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 08 Feb 2019 15:26:46 -0500 2019-02-22T16:00:00-05:00 2019-02-22T17:00:00-05:00 West Hall Michigan Institute for Data Science Workshop / Seminar Gil Shamir, PhD
TBP Drop-in Tutoring (February 24, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60828 60828-14970721@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 24, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

Spend some time helping by fellow students with your classes! Classes include intro Physics, Math, Chemistry, and Engineering courses.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 05 Feb 2019 11:49:37 -0500 2019-02-24T17:30:00-05:00 2019-02-24T19:00:00-05:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Tau Beta Pi Class / Instruction tbp-mi
Beyond Crisis: Science and Technology Studies in the Age of Emergency (February 25, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61066 61066-15027193@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 25, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Science, Technology & Society

Environmental crisis, financial crisis, states of emergency and urgency. Crisis forms the backdrop of contemporary debates about the role of science and technology in society. Is there a "beyond crisis" when the concept itself has shaped so many of the critical tools in the humanities and social sciences? This graduate student panel will consider the insights that STS theories and methods bring to bear on discussions of various political, environmental, and financial crises in the present.

Presenting:
Nick Caverly (Anthropology) "Detroit, Crisis City"
Nishita Trisal (Anthropology) "Managing Risk and Volatility in Kashmir's Economy"
James Arnott (Sustainability and Environment) "The Sustainability Crisis and the Science Crisis"

Discussant:
Sumandro Chattapadhyay, Center for Internet & Society, Delhi, India

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 12 Feb 2019 11:22:13 -0500 2019-02-25T16:00:00-05:00 2019-02-25T17:30:00-05:00 Haven Hall Science, Technology & Society Workshop / Seminar Haven Hall
ISR Hackerspace with CPS faculty Yuki Shiraito (February 25, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60822 60822-14970679@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 25, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research

Dr. Shiraito is excited to host a weekly Monday evening hackerspace from January 21 until April 22. On April 22 only, hackers will meet at 2 pm.

Dr. Shiraito is available to assist with a variety of topics that include Bayesian statistics, parallel computing in R, OpenMP and Rcpp, web scraping using Python, working with high performance computing clusters (Flux, Beta, Hadoop, Cavium), and other computational methods. He hopes that participants will actively help each other where able. His goal is to create a productive and inclusive community for hackers to share expertise, assist each other in data-intensive projects, and enjoy peer-programming opportunities. Dr. Shiraito looks forward to hacking with you.

The goal is to foster a diverse and inclusive hacking environment in which attendees can benefit from each other’s expertise. To participate, hackers need to bring their own laptops and, ideally, have a chunk of code they are planning to work on unless they plan to assist and join others in their coding endeavors.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 05 Apr 2019 12:24:06 -0400 2019-02-25T16:00:00-05:00 2019-02-25T18:00:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research Workshop / Seminar Hackerspace at ISR
Dissonance Event Series: Genetics & Medical Apps: Ethics, Privacy, Law and Policy (February 25, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60952 60952-14990967@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 25, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Information Assurance

Each new genetic test or medical app generates or collects more and more detailed health data, but may also raise serious issues for medicine, public health. Under what circumstances should a test be used, and how should it be implemented? Should people be allowed to choose or refuse a test, or should it be mandatory, as newborn screening is in some states? How should the data from these tests be used, and should individuals control access to the results of their tests? If test results are released to third parties, such as employers or insurers, what protections should be in place to protect individuals from unfair treatment based on test results, data collected, or genotype?

This Dissonance series event will take a multi-disciplinary look at these issues from a variety of theoretical and applied perspectives.

Panelists will include:
- Lori Andrews, Professor of Law and Director of the Institute for Science, Law and, Technology at Chicago Kent Law School

- Jodyn Platt, Assistant Professor, U-M Medical School

- Kayte Spector-Bagdady, Assistant Professor, U-M Medical School, Chief of the Research Ethics Service in the Center for Bioethics and Social Sciences in Medicine (CBSSM)

- Denise Anthony, Professor, U-M School of Public Health

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 20 Feb 2019 16:08:57 -0500 2019-02-25T18:00:00-05:00 2019-02-25T19:30:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Information Assurance Lecture / Discussion Genetics & Medical Apps Panel Discussion
ISR Hackerspace with CPS faculty Christopher Fariss (February 26, 2019 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60825 60825-14970698@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 26, 2019 10:30am
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research

Dr. Fariss is excited to host a weekly Tuesday morning hackerspace from February 12 until April 23. Dr. Fariss uses computational methods and the statistical program R to study why governments around the world torture, maim, and kill individuals within their jurisdiction, and the processes monitors use to observe and document these abuses. Other research projects cover a broad array of themes but share a focus on computationally intensive methods, research design, and the analysis of data at a massive scale.

This weekly meeting with Dr. Fariss is for those with an interest in the R statistical programming language. Both beginners and experienced users are invited to attend. Dr. Fariss plans to introduce mostly introductory material during these sessions but will also cover Bayesian modeling in R and STAN.

The goal is to foster a diverse and inclusive hacking environment in which attendees can benefit from each other’s expertise. To participate, hackers need to bring their own laptops and, ideally, have a chunk of code they are planning to work on unless they plan to assist and join others in their coding endeavors.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 14 Feb 2019 09:47:04 -0500 2019-02-26T10:30:00-05:00 2019-02-26T12:00:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research Workshop / Seminar Hackerspace at ISR
Tech Talk Tuesday (February 26, 2019 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58905 58905-14576224@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 26, 2019 2:30pm
Location: Shapiro Library
Organized By: Information and Technology Services (ITS)

Join us for our regular series of workshops designed to help you discover new tech and make the most of the tech you already have.

Each week, we have a new demo or tutorial - including Q&A and personal consulting - on hardware, software, apps, and products that might just change your world. Check out upcoming topics at computershowcase.umich.edu/tech-talks/.

We encourage advance registration, but drop-ins are welcome too! Bring your own device if you want, but that’s not required either; we can provide 1:1 tech consults or helpful how-to resources so you can DIY with confidence.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 21 Dec 2018 11:12:48 -0500 2019-02-26T14:30:00-05:00 2019-02-26T15:15:00-05:00 Shapiro Library Information and Technology Services (ITS) Workshop / Seminar Computer Showcase Tech Talk Tuesday
The Theory of Criminal Relativity (February 27, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58961 58961-14628124@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 27, 2019 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Explains how genealogy databases like Ancestry and GEDMatch are being used to solve old and cold crimes. Explores the legal and ethical concerns about this new data usage by police.
This Study Group led by Donald Shelton is for those 50 and over and will meet Wednesday, 10:00 - 11:30 a.m., February 27th.

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Class / Instruction Thu, 27 Dec 2018 14:29:06 -0500 2019-02-27T10:00:00-05:00 2019-02-27T11:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
ISR Hackerspace with SRC faculty Erin Ware (February 27, 2019 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60823 60823-14970690@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 27, 2019 10:30am
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research

Dr. Ware is a self-taught HPC user and excited to host a weekly hackerspace from February 13 to April 3, 2019. Her training has been in genetic epidemiology, public health, and statistics using SAS (local), R (server), Linux (on FLUX, MBNI, and other personal servers), batch scripting (SGE, PBS, Slurm). Dr. Ware has taught SAS (data management and statistical modeling) and introductory statistics using R. She is experienced in teaching high performance computing to individuals with limited programming background.

In this hackerspace, Dr. Ware is particularly interested in addressing issues of data manipulation in Linux, efficient documentation and file naming structures, data management (SAS/R), setting up an HPC connection, WinSCP, getting around a server using basic Linux, genomic analysis, and high-dimensional data analysis. Dr. Ware would like to learn about SFTP using Globus, Python, and more advanced batch scripting in Slurm. Dr. Ware hopes you will join her hackerspace this term.

The goal is to foster a diverse and inclusive hacking environment in which attendees can benefit from each other’s expertise. To participate, hackers need to bring their own laptops and, ideally, have a chunk of code they are planning to work on unless they plan to assist and join others in their coding endeavors.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 14 Feb 2019 09:49:05 -0500 2019-02-27T10:30:00-05:00 2019-02-27T11:30:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research Workshop / Seminar Hackerspace at ISR
DAAS Diasporic Dialogues: “Micro(phone) Aggressions: Nina Simone's Sound and Technologies of Black Rage" (February 27, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60566 60566-14910380@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 27, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

Edwin Hill's research seeks to highlight the marginalized intellectual and cultural traffic between France and the Americas. He has published and/or presented on contemporary Caribbean writers, Sub-Saharan francophone literature, African American popular music, French chanson, and francophone hip hop. Similarly, his teaching interests, while focused on black vernacular culture and France, extend from the poetry of Negritude writers to postcolonial explorations of contemporary francophone writers and musicians.

His first book Black Soundscapes White Stages: The Meaning of Sound in the Francophone Black Atlantic (Johns Hopkins UP, 2013) considers the torn aesthetic and ideological relationships between Antillean music and literature from the 1920s to 1960s to be a colonial struggle over the meaning of Caribbean vernacular culture. Informed by an interdisciplinary formation (Bachelor Degree in Music Performance, PhD in French and Francophone Studies), Black Soundscapes White Stages relocates the marginalized voices of the black diaspora through the discursive matrix of French imperialism and the cultural history of the French West Indies. The book has enjoyed positive reviews in French Studies: A Quarterly Review 68.3 (summer 2014), Comparative Literature Studies 52.3 (2015), and Contemporary French Civilization (Spring 2015).

Professor Hill's current book project, Black Static, locates rage as an sonic/affective vibration routed through the circuits of African diasporic musical culture, travel, and communication. It focuses on a range of musicians and writers, from Nina Simone and militant rap artist Casey to Frantz Fanon and Ta-Nehisi Coates. Professor Hill is also at the beginning stages a third book project: a critical biography of Léon Gontran-Damas.


Education
Ph.D. French and Francophone Studies, University of California, Los Angeles, 2007
B.A. Music Performance (Percussion), University of Iowa
M.A. French Literature, University of Iowa

Description of Research
Summary Statement of Research Interests
Research interests include: Francophone poetry and music. Representations of post/colonial desire and romance. Exchanges in Caribbean and black Atlantic identity formations and cultural discourses. Cultural studies, performance studies and musical discourses on gender and race. Technology and post/colonial discourse.

Conferences and Other Presentations
Conference Presentations
""Black Noise in a Moment of Silence"", Lecture/Seminar, Freie Universität, Berlin Germany, John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Stud, Invited, Spring 2016
""Freedom of Silence"", Lecture/Seminar, Muhlenberg College. Allentown, PA., French and Francophone Studies Program, Invited, Fall 2015
""On Not Being and Not Following Charlie"", Questioning Aesthetics Symposium, Talk/Oral Presentation, California Institute of the Arts, Program in Aesthetics and Politics, Invited, Fall 2015
""Cipha vs State: Symbolic Violence and the Performative Power of the Rap Lyric in France and the US."", Theme Colloquium, Lecture/Seminar, University of Oregon, Department of Music and Dance, Department of Roman, Invited, Spring 2015
""Sounding Affect"", Thinking in Sonic Terms, Talk/Oral Presentation, Abstract, McNeil Center for Early American Studies, University of Pennsylvania, Mellon Sawyer Seminar "Race Across Time and Space", Invited, Spring 2014
""Black Women, Affect, and the Cité"", The Transatlantic, Africa and its Diaspora, Talk/Oral Presentation, Abstract, Oxford University, The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities, Invited, Fall 2013
""Bêtes noires: Black Women Beast on the MIC"", New Directions in Caribbean Sound, Talk/Oral Presentation, Abstract, Rutgers University, The Critical Caribbean Studies Initiative at Rutge, Invited, Spring 2013
""DJ Cut Killer in the Cité"", Music Moves; Exploring Musical Meaning through Difference, Framing and Transformation, Talk/Oral Presentation, Paper, Georg August University Göttingen, Musicology Department in cooperation with the Cent, Invited, Spring 2013
""Falling Down: Representing Rage in Popular Culture"", Lecture/Seminar, Abstract, Emory University, Department of French and Italian, Invited, Spring 2013
""Falling Down: Representing Rage in Popular Culture"", Lecture/Seminar, Abstract, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Foreign Languages and Literatures Section, Invited, Spring 2013
""Falling Down: Representing Rage in Popular Culture"", Lecture/Seminar, Abstract, University of Wisconsin Madison, Department of French, Invited, Spring 2013
""Sharpen me THIS" (Critical Karaoke)", Locals Only: Pop & Politics in this Town -- Annual EMP Pop Music Conference, Talk/Oral Presentation, REDCAT Theatre, Experience Music Project, Invited, Spring 2013

Publications
Book
Hill, E. C. (2013). Black Soundscapes, White Stages: The Meaning of Sound in the Black Francophone Atlantic. Callaloo African Diaspora Studies Series. Johns Hopkins University Press.
Hill, E. C. Black Static (in progress).

Book Chapter
Hill, E. C. (2010). Monnaies Mythiques: Métissage and A Woman's Worth in Suzanne Dracius's Sa Destinée Rue Monte au Ciel. Paris: Harmattan.

Book Review
Hill, E. C. (2016). Book Review. Voices of Negritude in Modernist Print: Aesthetic Subjectivity, Diaspora, and the Lyric Regime (New York: Columbia UP, 2015) by Carrie Noland. French Studies.
Hill, E. C. (2016). Book Review. Sounds French: Globalization, Cultural Communities, and Pop Music, 1958-1980 (New York: Oxford UP, 2015) by Jonathyne Briggs. Journal of Social History.

Essay
Hill, E. C. (2016). "Uncanny Correspondences". LA, CA. LACE - Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions.
Hill, E. C. (2012). Afterwards: Climbing Down from the Sky. pp. 25 pages. Virginia. Virginia University Press.

Journal Article
Hill, E. C. (2013). "Making Claims on Echoes: Dranem, Cole Porter, and the biguine between the Antilles, France and the US". Popular Music.
Hill, E. C. Ratés rythmiques: Léon-Gontran Damas's Black Label and the Negritude Beat. Negritud: Revista de Estudios Afro-Latinoamericanos. 28 December 2012
Hill, E. C. (2007). "‘Adieu madras, adieu foulard’: Antillean Musical Origins and the Doudou’s Colonial Plaint. Ethnomusicology Forum / Routledge. Vol. 16 (1), pp. 19-43.
Hill, E. C. (2004). 'Aux armes et caetera: Re-covering Nation for Cultural Critique. Copyright Volume! Musiques actuelles et problématiques plastiques / Éditions Mélanie Séteun. Vol. 2 (2)
Hill, E. C. (2002). Imagining Métissage: The Politics and Practice of Métissage in the French Colonial Exposition and Ousmane Socé’s Mirages de Paris. Social Identities: Journal for the Study of Race, Nation and Culture / Routeledge. Vol. 8 (4)

Other
Hill, E. C. (2006). "Letter following" by Daniel Maximin ("Lettre suit"). Exchanges: A Journal of Literary Translations.

Service to the Profession
Conferences Organized
Organizer / Panelist, "Paris, Beirut, Ankara: A Roundtable Discussion.", USC, Fall 2015
Project Banlieue: French Peri/Urban Cultures and Crises, Project Banlieue encourages research on marginalized French urban cultural production and life. It includes a year long lecture social science series and a one day humanities colloquium March 6., 2008-2009

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 29 Jan 2019 12:27:05 -0500 2019-02-27T16:00:00-05:00 2019-02-27T18:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
TBP Drop-in Tutoring (March 3, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60828 60828-14970722@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 3, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

Spend some time helping by fellow students with your classes! Classes include intro Physics, Math, Chemistry, and Engineering courses.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 05 Feb 2019 11:49:37 -0500 2019-03-03T17:30:00-05:00 2019-03-03T19:00:00-05:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Tau Beta Pi Class / Instruction tbp-mi
ISR Hackerspace with CPS faculty Yuki Shiraito (March 4, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60822 60822-14970680@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 4, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research

Dr. Shiraito is excited to host a weekly Monday evening hackerspace from January 21 until April 22. On April 22 only, hackers will meet at 2 pm.

Dr. Shiraito is available to assist with a variety of topics that include Bayesian statistics, parallel computing in R, OpenMP and Rcpp, web scraping using Python, working with high performance computing clusters (Flux, Beta, Hadoop, Cavium), and other computational methods. He hopes that participants will actively help each other where able. His goal is to create a productive and inclusive community for hackers to share expertise, assist each other in data-intensive projects, and enjoy peer-programming opportunities. Dr. Shiraito looks forward to hacking with you.

The goal is to foster a diverse and inclusive hacking environment in which attendees can benefit from each other’s expertise. To participate, hackers need to bring their own laptops and, ideally, have a chunk of code they are planning to work on unless they plan to assist and join others in their coding endeavors.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 05 Apr 2019 12:24:06 -0400 2019-03-04T16:00:00-05:00 2019-03-04T18:00:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research Workshop / Seminar Hackerspace at ISR
ISR Hackerspace with CPS faculty Christopher Fariss (March 5, 2019 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60825 60825-14970699@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 5, 2019 10:30am
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research

Dr. Fariss is excited to host a weekly Tuesday morning hackerspace from February 12 until April 23. Dr. Fariss uses computational methods and the statistical program R to study why governments around the world torture, maim, and kill individuals within their jurisdiction, and the processes monitors use to observe and document these abuses. Other research projects cover a broad array of themes but share a focus on computationally intensive methods, research design, and the analysis of data at a massive scale.

This weekly meeting with Dr. Fariss is for those with an interest in the R statistical programming language. Both beginners and experienced users are invited to attend. Dr. Fariss plans to introduce mostly introductory material during these sessions but will also cover Bayesian modeling in R and STAN.

The goal is to foster a diverse and inclusive hacking environment in which attendees can benefit from each other’s expertise. To participate, hackers need to bring their own laptops and, ideally, have a chunk of code they are planning to work on unless they plan to assist and join others in their coding endeavors.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 14 Feb 2019 09:47:04 -0500 2019-03-05T10:30:00-05:00 2019-03-05T12:00:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research Workshop / Seminar Hackerspace at ISR
Tech Talk Tuesday (March 5, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58905 58905-15188652@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 5, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Shapiro Library
Organized By: Information and Technology Services (ITS)

Join us for our regular series of workshops designed to help you discover new tech and make the most of the tech you already have.

Each week, we have a new demo or tutorial - including Q&A and personal consulting - on hardware, software, apps, and products that might just change your world. Check out upcoming topics at computershowcase.umich.edu/tech-talks/.

We encourage advance registration, but drop-ins are welcome too! Bring your own device if you want, but that’s not required either; we can provide 1:1 tech consults or helpful how-to resources so you can DIY with confidence.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 21 Dec 2018 11:12:48 -0500 2019-03-05T14:00:00-05:00 2019-03-05T15:00:00-05:00 Shapiro Library Information and Technology Services (ITS) Workshop / Seminar Computer Showcase Tech Talk Tuesday
ISR Hackerspace with SRC faculty Erin Ware (March 6, 2019 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60823 60823-14970691@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 6, 2019 10:30am
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research

Dr. Ware is a self-taught HPC user and excited to host a weekly hackerspace from February 13 to April 3, 2019. Her training has been in genetic epidemiology, public health, and statistics using SAS (local), R (server), Linux (on FLUX, MBNI, and other personal servers), batch scripting (SGE, PBS, Slurm). Dr. Ware has taught SAS (data management and statistical modeling) and introductory statistics using R. She is experienced in teaching high performance computing to individuals with limited programming background.

In this hackerspace, Dr. Ware is particularly interested in addressing issues of data manipulation in Linux, efficient documentation and file naming structures, data management (SAS/R), setting up an HPC connection, WinSCP, getting around a server using basic Linux, genomic analysis, and high-dimensional data analysis. Dr. Ware would like to learn about SFTP using Globus, Python, and more advanced batch scripting in Slurm. Dr. Ware hopes you will join her hackerspace this term.

The goal is to foster a diverse and inclusive hacking environment in which attendees can benefit from each other’s expertise. To participate, hackers need to bring their own laptops and, ideally, have a chunk of code they are planning to work on unless they plan to assist and join others in their coding endeavors.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 14 Feb 2019 09:49:05 -0500 2019-03-06T10:30:00-05:00 2019-03-06T11:30:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research Workshop / Seminar Hackerspace at ISR
TBP Drop-in Tutoring (March 6, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60828 60828-14970713@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 6, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

Spend some time helping by fellow students with your classes! Classes include intro Physics, Math, Chemistry, and Engineering courses.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 05 Feb 2019 11:49:37 -0500 2019-03-06T17:30:00-05:00 2019-03-06T19:00:00-05:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Tau Beta Pi Class / Instruction tbp-mi
TBP Drop-in Tutoring (March 10, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60828 60828-14970723@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 10, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

Spend some time helping by fellow students with your classes! Classes include intro Physics, Math, Chemistry, and Engineering courses.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 05 Feb 2019 11:49:37 -0500 2019-03-10T17:30:00-04:00 2019-03-10T19:00:00-04:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Tau Beta Pi Class / Instruction tbp-mi
ISR Hackerspace with CPS faculty Yuki Shiraito (March 11, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60822 60822-14970681@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 11, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research

Dr. Shiraito is excited to host a weekly Monday evening hackerspace from January 21 until April 22. On April 22 only, hackers will meet at 2 pm.

Dr. Shiraito is available to assist with a variety of topics that include Bayesian statistics, parallel computing in R, OpenMP and Rcpp, web scraping using Python, working with high performance computing clusters (Flux, Beta, Hadoop, Cavium), and other computational methods. He hopes that participants will actively help each other where able. His goal is to create a productive and inclusive community for hackers to share expertise, assist each other in data-intensive projects, and enjoy peer-programming opportunities. Dr. Shiraito looks forward to hacking with you.

The goal is to foster a diverse and inclusive hacking environment in which attendees can benefit from each other’s expertise. To participate, hackers need to bring their own laptops and, ideally, have a chunk of code they are planning to work on unless they plan to assist and join others in their coding endeavors.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 05 Apr 2019 12:24:06 -0400 2019-03-11T16:00:00-04:00 2019-03-11T18:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research Workshop / Seminar Hackerspace at ISR
ISR Hackerspace with CPS faculty Christopher Fariss (March 12, 2019 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60825 60825-14970700@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 12, 2019 10:30am
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research

Dr. Fariss is excited to host a weekly Tuesday morning hackerspace from February 12 until April 23. Dr. Fariss uses computational methods and the statistical program R to study why governments around the world torture, maim, and kill individuals within their jurisdiction, and the processes monitors use to observe and document these abuses. Other research projects cover a broad array of themes but share a focus on computationally intensive methods, research design, and the analysis of data at a massive scale.

This weekly meeting with Dr. Fariss is for those with an interest in the R statistical programming language. Both beginners and experienced users are invited to attend. Dr. Fariss plans to introduce mostly introductory material during these sessions but will also cover Bayesian modeling in R and STAN.

The goal is to foster a diverse and inclusive hacking environment in which attendees can benefit from each other’s expertise. To participate, hackers need to bring their own laptops and, ideally, have a chunk of code they are planning to work on unless they plan to assist and join others in their coding endeavors.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 14 Feb 2019 09:47:04 -0500 2019-03-12T10:30:00-04:00 2019-03-12T12:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research Workshop / Seminar Hackerspace at ISR
Tech Talk Tuesday (March 12, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58905 58905-15188661@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 12, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Shapiro Library
Organized By: Information and Technology Services (ITS)

Join us for our regular series of workshops designed to help you discover new tech and make the most of the tech you already have.

Each week, we have a new demo or tutorial - including Q&A and personal consulting - on hardware, software, apps, and products that might just change your world. Check out upcoming topics at computershowcase.umich.edu/tech-talks/.

We encourage advance registration, but drop-ins are welcome too! Bring your own device if you want, but that’s not required either; we can provide 1:1 tech consults or helpful how-to resources so you can DIY with confidence.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 21 Dec 2018 11:12:48 -0500 2019-03-12T14:00:00-04:00 2019-03-12T15:00:00-04:00 Shapiro Library Information and Technology Services (ITS) Workshop / Seminar Computer Showcase Tech Talk Tuesday
Women in Tech Panel (March 12, 2019 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62028 62028-15276102@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 12, 2019 7:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Michigan FinTech (MFT)

Michigan FinTech is co-hosting (along with the Michigan Council of Women in Technology) an accomplished panel of women, all active @MCWT leaders, to speak about their careers in technology The panelists will discuss the challenges/adversity they have faced and offer cogent advice to students looking to begin a career in technology. Food will be provided by Jerusalem Garden. Everyone is welcome!

Our Speakers:
Jennifer Charters CIO, Flagstar Bank
Paula Stolar Senior IT Director, Ally Financial
Sunayna Tuteja Global Head of Strategic Partnerships &
Emerging Technologies, TD Ameritrade
Judy Asher Manager of Cyber Security Governance,
Risk, and Compliance, Ford
Our Moderator:
Angela Peat Delivery Lead and Experience Architect,
Accenture

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 11 Mar 2019 12:51:36 -0400 2019-03-12T19:30:00-04:00 2019-03-12T21:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Michigan FinTech (MFT) Careers / Jobs Flyer
ISR Hackerspace with SRC faculty Erin Ware (March 13, 2019 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60823 60823-14970692@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 13, 2019 10:30am
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research

Dr. Ware is a self-taught HPC user and excited to host a weekly hackerspace from February 13 to April 3, 2019. Her training has been in genetic epidemiology, public health, and statistics using SAS (local), R (server), Linux (on FLUX, MBNI, and other personal servers), batch scripting (SGE, PBS, Slurm). Dr. Ware has taught SAS (data management and statistical modeling) and introductory statistics using R. She is experienced in teaching high performance computing to individuals with limited programming background.

In this hackerspace, Dr. Ware is particularly interested in addressing issues of data manipulation in Linux, efficient documentation and file naming structures, data management (SAS/R), setting up an HPC connection, WinSCP, getting around a server using basic Linux, genomic analysis, and high-dimensional data analysis. Dr. Ware would like to learn about SFTP using Globus, Python, and more advanced batch scripting in Slurm. Dr. Ware hopes you will join her hackerspace this term.

The goal is to foster a diverse and inclusive hacking environment in which attendees can benefit from each other’s expertise. To participate, hackers need to bring their own laptops and, ideally, have a chunk of code they are planning to work on unless they plan to assist and join others in their coding endeavors.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 14 Feb 2019 09:49:05 -0500 2019-03-13T10:30:00-04:00 2019-03-13T11:30:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research Workshop / Seminar Hackerspace at ISR
Free Chelsea Manning (March 13, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62046 62046-15278274@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 13, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Diag - Central Campus
Organized By: International Youth and Students for Social Equality

The International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE) at the University of Michigan has called a meeting and a demonstration demanding the immediate release of imprisoned whistleblower Chelsea Manning. A rally will be held on Wednesday, March 13 at 12 PM on The Diag in front of Hatcher Graduate Library. A subsequent meeting will take place on Thursday, March 14 at 7 PM in the Michigan League, Room A.

The IYSSE is declaring the imprisonment of Manning an egregious attack on democratic rights and a threat to press freedom. The courageous whistleblower was imprisoned on Friday for refusing to testify before a secret grand jury that is drawing up fabricated charges against WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange on behalf of the Trump administration. Beginning in 2010, Manning exposed major US war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan including the infamous Collateral Murder cockpit video showing a US helicopter in Baghdad gunning down 16 unarmed civilians, including two Reuters journalists.

Wednesday’s demonstration is part of a series of coordinated rallies around the country, with the Socialist Equality Party (US) and the World Socialist Web Site (wsws.org). The perspective of this campaign places the basis of the defense of press freedom and democratic rights on the mobilization of the international working class. More information on the campaign to defend Manning can be found on the website: freechelsea.org

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Rally / Mass Meeting Mon, 11 Mar 2019 18:33:59 -0400 2019-03-13T12:00:00-04:00 2019-03-13T13:00:00-04:00 Diag - Central Campus International Youth and Students for Social Equality Rally / Mass Meeting Photo of Chelsea Manning
EER Seminar - Engineering Students' Time-Oriented Motivation and Its Relation to Goals and Persistence (March 13, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61715 61715-15176759@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 13, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Engineering Education Research

MARCH 13, 2019
TIME: 3:00 – 4:00 PM
(with EER social from 4:00-4:30 pm)
LOCATION: 1180 DUDERSTADT

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 07 Mar 2019 08:37:18 -0500 2019-03-13T15:00:00-04:00 2019-03-13T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Engineering Education Research Lecture / Discussion Benson
TBP Drop-in Tutoring (March 13, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60828 60828-14970714@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 13, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

Spend some time helping by fellow students with your classes! Classes include intro Physics, Math, Chemistry, and Engineering courses.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 05 Feb 2019 11:49:37 -0500 2019-03-13T17:30:00-04:00 2019-03-13T19:00:00-04:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Tau Beta Pi Class / Instruction tbp-mi
Infusing Structure into Machine Learning Algorithms (March 15, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61941 61941-15241347@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 15, 2019 4:00pm
Location: West Hall
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Data Science

Abstract: Standard deep-learning algorithms are based on a function-fitting approach that do not exploit any domain knowledge or constraints. This makes them unsuitable in applications that have limited data or require safety or stability guarantees, such as robotics. By infusing structure and physics into deep-learning algorithms, we can overcome these limitations. There are several ways to do this. For instance, we use tensorized neural networks to encode multidimensional data and higher-order correlations. We combine symbolic expressions with numerical data to learn a domain of functions and obtain strong generalization. We combine baseline controllers with learnt residual dynamics to improve landing of quadrotor drones. These instances demonstrate that building structure into ML algorithms can lead to significant gains.

Bio: Anima Anandkumar is a Bren professor at Caltech CMS department and a director of machine learning research at NVIDIA. Her research spans both theoretical and practical aspects of large-scale machine learning. In particular, she has spearheaded research in tensor-algebraic methods, non-convex optimization, probabilistic models and deep learning.
Anima is the recipient of several awards and honors such as the Bren named chair professorship at Caltech, Alfred. P. Sloan Fellowship, Young investigator awards from the Air Force and Army research offices, Faculty fellowships from Microsoft, Google and Adobe, and several best paper awards. She is a member of the World Economic Forum's Expert Network consisting of leading experts from academia, business, government, and the media. She has been featured in documentaries by PBS, KPCC, wired magazine, and in articles by MIT Technology review, Forbes, Yourstory, O’Reilly media, and so on.
Anima received her B.Tech in Electrical Engineering from IIT Madras in 2004 and her PhD from Cornell University in 2009. She was a postdoctoral researcher at MIT from 2009 to 2010, a visiting researcher at Microsoft Research New England in 2012 and 2014, an assistant professor at U.C. Irvine between 2010 and 2016, an associate professor at U.C. Irvine between 2016 and 2017 and a principal scientist at Amazon Web Services between 2016 and 2018.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 07 Mar 2019 13:32:47 -0500 2019-03-15T16:00:00-04:00 2019-03-15T17:00:00-04:00 West Hall Michigan Institute for Data Science Workshop / Seminar Animashree Anandkumar, PhD
TBP Drop-in Tutoring (March 17, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60828 60828-14970724@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 17, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

Spend some time helping by fellow students with your classes! Classes include intro Physics, Math, Chemistry, and Engineering courses.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 05 Feb 2019 11:49:37 -0500 2019-03-17T17:30:00-04:00 2019-03-17T19:00:00-04:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Tau Beta Pi Class / Instruction tbp-mi
ISR Hackerspace with CPS faculty Yuki Shiraito (March 18, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60822 60822-14970682@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 18, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research

Dr. Shiraito is excited to host a weekly Monday evening hackerspace from January 21 until April 22. On April 22 only, hackers will meet at 2 pm.

Dr. Shiraito is available to assist with a variety of topics that include Bayesian statistics, parallel computing in R, OpenMP and Rcpp, web scraping using Python, working with high performance computing clusters (Flux, Beta, Hadoop, Cavium), and other computational methods. He hopes that participants will actively help each other where able. His goal is to create a productive and inclusive community for hackers to share expertise, assist each other in data-intensive projects, and enjoy peer-programming opportunities. Dr. Shiraito looks forward to hacking with you.

The goal is to foster a diverse and inclusive hacking environment in which attendees can benefit from each other’s expertise. To participate, hackers need to bring their own laptops and, ideally, have a chunk of code they are planning to work on unless they plan to assist and join others in their coding endeavors.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 05 Apr 2019 12:24:06 -0400 2019-03-18T16:00:00-04:00 2019-03-18T18:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research Workshop / Seminar Hackerspace at ISR
STS Speaker. Just in Time: The Chronopolitics of the Queue (March 18, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58143 58143-14433273@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 18, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Tisch Hall
Organized By: Science, Technology & Society

This talk examines the politics of time as they play out through various problems of the queue—the organizational science and logistics of waiting lines. Drawing on ethnographic analysis of civility campaigns and customs inspection reform in contemporary China, I will show how the queue offers insight into shared concerns about “quality control” over the flows of both global supply chains and the movement of populations. These concerns link the market metrics of timeliness as configured by the dominant global production model of JIT or Just-in-Time with social questions of expedience and justice in the other sense of being "just" in time. These entangled issues converge in what I will explain as a politics of tempo--that is, as a question of pace and rhythm--in contradistinction to the conventional emphasis on "speed" or "space-time compression" in the analysis of global temporalities.

Biosketch: Julie Y. Chu is a sociocultural anthropologist with interests in mobility and migration, economy and value, ritual life, material culture, media and technology, and state regulatory regimes. Her book, Cosmologies of Credit: Transnational Mobility and the Politics of Destination in China (Duke University Press, 2010), received the 2011 Sharon Stephens Prize from the American Ethnological Society and the 2012 Clifford Geertz Prize from the Society for the Anthropology of Religion. Her current writing project is entitled The Hinge of Time: Infrastructure and Chronopolitics at China's Global Edge. Based on three years of fieldwork largely among Chinese customs inspectors and transnational migrant couriers, this work will analyze various infrastructures in place (legal-rational, financial, cosmic, piratical) for managing the temporal intensities and rhythms of people and things on the move between Southern China and the United States. A graduate of NYU’s Program in Culture and Media, she is also currently completing video projects related to her fieldwork as well as developing a new ethnographic focus on Chinese soundscapes, especially in relation to the changing qualities and valuations of the Chinese concept of renao (热闹, a bustling scene, social liveliness or, literally, “heat and noise”).

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 14 Mar 2019 14:06:35 -0400 2019-03-18T16:00:00-04:00 2019-03-18T17:30:00-04:00 Tisch Hall Science, Technology & Society Lecture / Discussion Prof. Chu
ISR Hackerspace with CPS faculty Christopher Fariss (March 19, 2019 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60825 60825-14970701@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 19, 2019 10:30am
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research

Dr. Fariss is excited to host a weekly Tuesday morning hackerspace from February 12 until April 23. Dr. Fariss uses computational methods and the statistical program R to study why governments around the world torture, maim, and kill individuals within their jurisdiction, and the processes monitors use to observe and document these abuses. Other research projects cover a broad array of themes but share a focus on computationally intensive methods, research design, and the analysis of data at a massive scale.

This weekly meeting with Dr. Fariss is for those with an interest in the R statistical programming language. Both beginners and experienced users are invited to attend. Dr. Fariss plans to introduce mostly introductory material during these sessions but will also cover Bayesian modeling in R and STAN.

The goal is to foster a diverse and inclusive hacking environment in which attendees can benefit from each other’s expertise. To participate, hackers need to bring their own laptops and, ideally, have a chunk of code they are planning to work on unless they plan to assist and join others in their coding endeavors.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 14 Feb 2019 09:47:04 -0500 2019-03-19T10:30:00-04:00 2019-03-19T12:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research Workshop / Seminar Hackerspace at ISR
Healthier Together: Collaborative Networks of Patients, Clinicians and Researchers Working Together to Transform Care (March 19, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59181 59181-14694667@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 19, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: Department of Learning Health Sciences

Today’s health system fails to deliver the best possible outcomes. Research takes too long and costs too much, and opportunities to engage the participation and contribution by patients and families are not yet common. What if we could create a better care system by harnessing inherent motivation and collective intelligence of patients, clinicians and researchers? In every part of our lives, networks are having a profound effect. How could networked organizations accelerate progress towards Learning Health Systems? This talk will describe how several large-scale learning health system networks are eliminating the artificial barriers between clinical care, improvement and research while engaging all stakeholders as part of a single health system. The result is faster learning and better outcomes for large populations of patients.

The LHS Collaboratory is co-sponsored by the Department of Learning Health Sciences, the Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation and the Office of Research at the University of Michigan.

Please register in advance. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/march-19-2019-lhs-collaboratory-peter-margolis-md-phd-healthier-together-collaborative-networks-of-registration-52022816645

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 14 Feb 2019 15:42:31 -0500 2019-03-19T12:00:00-04:00 2019-03-19T13:30:00-04:00 Palmer Commons Department of Learning Health Sciences Workshop / Seminar Peter Margolis, MD
Tech Talk Tuesday (March 19, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58905 58905-15188662@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 19, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Shapiro Library
Organized By: Information and Technology Services (ITS)

Join us for our regular series of workshops designed to help you discover new tech and make the most of the tech you already have.

Each week, we have a new demo or tutorial - including Q&A and personal consulting - on hardware, software, apps, and products that might just change your world. Check out upcoming topics at computershowcase.umich.edu/tech-talks/.

We encourage advance registration, but drop-ins are welcome too! Bring your own device if you want, but that’s not required either; we can provide 1:1 tech consults or helpful how-to resources so you can DIY with confidence.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 21 Dec 2018 11:12:48 -0500 2019-03-19T14:00:00-04:00 2019-03-19T15:00:00-04:00 Shapiro Library Information and Technology Services (ITS) Workshop / Seminar Computer Showcase Tech Talk Tuesday
ISR Hackerspace with SRC faculty Erin Ware (March 20, 2019 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60823 60823-14970693@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 20, 2019 10:30am
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research

Dr. Ware is a self-taught HPC user and excited to host a weekly hackerspace from February 13 to April 3, 2019. Her training has been in genetic epidemiology, public health, and statistics using SAS (local), R (server), Linux (on FLUX, MBNI, and other personal servers), batch scripting (SGE, PBS, Slurm). Dr. Ware has taught SAS (data management and statistical modeling) and introductory statistics using R. She is experienced in teaching high performance computing to individuals with limited programming background.

In this hackerspace, Dr. Ware is particularly interested in addressing issues of data manipulation in Linux, efficient documentation and file naming structures, data management (SAS/R), setting up an HPC connection, WinSCP, getting around a server using basic Linux, genomic analysis, and high-dimensional data analysis. Dr. Ware would like to learn about SFTP using Globus, Python, and more advanced batch scripting in Slurm. Dr. Ware hopes you will join her hackerspace this term.

The goal is to foster a diverse and inclusive hacking environment in which attendees can benefit from each other’s expertise. To participate, hackers need to bring their own laptops and, ideally, have a chunk of code they are planning to work on unless they plan to assist and join others in their coding endeavors.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 14 Feb 2019 09:49:05 -0500 2019-03-20T10:30:00-04:00 2019-03-20T11:30:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research Workshop / Seminar Hackerspace at ISR
CRITICAL x DESIGN: Digitally Divided: The Art of Algorithmic (In)Decision (March 20, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62305 62305-15346465@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 20, 2019 3:00pm
Location: North Quad
Organized By: School of Information

In “Digitally Divided,” Katherine Behar presents her artwork with a focus on how algorithms dismantle and rearrange us. Across culture, algorithms have been unleashed to allocate complex systems into manageable portions. They mete out standardization and suppress idiosyncrasy across diverse and defiant populations of human and nonhuman objects, in ways that are socially, technically, and conceptually reductive. This lecture brings together examples of Behar’s videos, interactive installations, sculptures, and performances, alongside episodes from media history and popular culture to explore this core notion of being “digitally divided.”

About the Speaker:
Katherine Behar is an artist and critical theorist of new media whose work explores gender and labor in digital culture. In contexts spanning automated labor, mandated obsolescence, big data, and machine learning, Behar applies object-oriented feminism into practice in her art and writing. Her work connects feminist and antiracist post-colonial histories with a wave of new theories that grapple with the nonhuman object world. Katherine Behar's works have appeared throughout North America and Europe. Pera Museum in Istanbul presented a comprehensive survey exhibition and catalog, Katherine Behar: Data's Entry | Veri Girişi, in 2016. Additional solo exhibitions include Katherine Behar: Anonymous Autonomous (2018), Katherine Behar: E-Waste (2014, catalog/traveling), and numerous others collaborating as "Disorientalism." Behar is the editor of Object-Oriented Feminism, coeditor of And Another Thing: Nonanthropocentrism and Art, and author of Bigger than You: Big Data and Obesity. She is Associate Professor of New Media Arts at Baruch College, CUNY.

The CRITICAL x DESIGN series is generously supported by the School of Information; the Center for Political Studies at the Institute for Social Research; the Science, Technology and Society program, and the Department of Communication Studies in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts at the University of Michigan.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 19 Mar 2019 15:17:24 -0400 2019-03-20T15:00:00-04:00 2019-03-20T16:00:00-04:00 North Quad School of Information Lecture / Discussion portrait of katherine behar
TBP Drop-in Tutoring (March 20, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60828 60828-14970715@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 20, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

Spend some time helping by fellow students with your classes! Classes include intro Physics, Math, Chemistry, and Engineering courses.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 05 Feb 2019 11:49:37 -0500 2019-03-20T17:30:00-04:00 2019-03-20T19:00:00-04:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Tau Beta Pi Class / Instruction tbp-mi
Tauber Leadership Forum (March 20, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62293 62293-15346447@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 20, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Jeff T. Blau Hall
Organized By: Tauber Institute for Global Operations

The University of Michigan Tauber Institute for Global Operations hosts the annual Leadership Forum to provide Tauber students with opportunities to learn directly from current leaders in Operations from top global firms.

A panel discussion offers Tauber students insights about managing the complex fields such as Aerospace, Energy, Technology, and Big-Box Retail, while striving to employ sustainable practices in a rapidly evolving business landscape. The focus of the 2019 Forum is Automation / Machine learning.

2019 Tauber Leadership Forum Speakers:

Speakers:

Kim Vogel - Strategic Accounts Director of the Great Lakes Region at Microsoft.
Doug Mehl - Partner at A.T. Kearney.
Leslie Hardin - Lead of On-Campus Recruiting at American Industrial Partners.
Lisa Strama - President and CEO at National Center for Manufacturing Sciences.
Michael Mikula - Chief Engineer of Advanced Manufacturing at Ford.

Questions? Please contact tauber.umich.edu

About Tauber Institute for Global Operations

The Tauber Institute for Global Operations is a joint venture between the University of Michigan’s Stephen M. Ross School of Business and the College of Engineering, and 30 industry partners to facilitate cross-disciplinary education in global operations management. In addition to a broad array of core and elective courses, the innovative LeadershipAdvantage Program provides students with the tools to ascend to major operations leadership roles. Well-designed and managed team projects form the cornerstone of the Tauber Institute experience and allow students to apply their knowledge to real-world settings. http://www.tauber.umich.edu

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 19 Mar 2019 12:18:31 -0400 2019-03-20T18:00:00-04:00 2019-03-20T20:00:00-04:00 Jeff T. Blau Hall Tauber Institute for Global Operations Conference / Symposium Tauber logo
Discover Series: Bird's-Eye Views of America (March 21, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61721 61721-15176768@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 21, 2019 11:00am
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

Between 1850 and 1900 panoramic depictions of towns and cities were very popular in America. Director of the Clements Library Kevin Graffagnino will discuss the significance of these unique nineteenth-century depictions of communities throughout the United States. U-M School of Information student Corey Schmidt will describe his project to catalog and digitize these bird’s-eye views and also to create an online interactive map. Participants will also have an opportunity to view several original bird’s-eye views from the Clements Library collection.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 28 Feb 2019 11:31:22 -0500 2019-03-21T11:00:00-04:00 2019-03-21T12:30:00-04:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Lecture / Discussion Ann Arbor 1880
DCMB Tools & Technology Seminar Series - “Database Integration and Digital Phenotyping to Improve Perioperative Care: Tools Used by the Multicenter Perioperative Outcomes Group” (March 21, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62306 62306-15346466@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 21, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: DCMB Tools and Technology Seminar

Abstract: Modern challenges of an increasingly digital healthcare system include (1) data quality is not a priority for busy clinicians, (2) data can be non-standardized across health systems, (3) observations from Big Data are often not prioritized and may disrupt clinical workflow, and (4) data collected by varying healthcare teams are often not integrated. Such problems can limit the effectiveness of medical care delivery, and are currently being tackled by clinician collaboratives such as the Multicenter Perioperative Outcomes Group (MPOG). Using the MPOG collaborative as an example, this talk describes how software tools are used to assimilate large arrays of diverse health data and present complex medical inferences to clinicians in a reliable, intuitive, and non-disruptive manner.

Associated Link: https://mpog.org/whoweare/
Tool Link: http://phenotypes.mpog.org/
BlueJeans Livestream: https://primetime.bluejeans.com/a2m/live-event/cgycshca

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 19 Mar 2019 14:34:40 -0400 2019-03-21T12:00:00-04:00 2019-03-21T12:50:00-04:00 Palmer Commons DCMB Tools and Technology Seminar Lecture / Discussion
The University of Michigan's Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning presents Michigan Meeting Winter Symposium: Living In Digital Environments (March 22, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62237 62237-15335282@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 22, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning

In 2012 the first 4K resolution screen became available on the commercial market at the common 30” desktop size, making it possible for a user with 20/20 vision seated 24” away from a computer screen to be confronted with the same amount of visual information as could be experienced in the surrounding environment. This development brought verisimilitude to another realm that has gradually emerged for decades, the constitution of the digital sphere as a kind of environment itself. Today, we live inside the digital. Increasingly, our public and private lives are conducted online and in digital space where our relationships are forged, nurtured, or deleted, where our bills are paid and finances tracked, and where our ideologies are fed and our politics balkanized by our respective media bubbles. And while the digital now constitutes more and more of our daily routines, it can also offer a distorting abstraction of “external life.” Swiping left is easier than breaking up, and even the most civil among us can become an entitled consumer on Yelp. At once, our digital environments offer new grounds for engagement and interaction, and immersive venues for escape from the exigencies of the outside world. This session will discuss this dialectic. Drawing contributors from across art, architecture, design, and media studies, we will examine the digital as both a totalizing environment unto itself – a bubble apart from the external lifeworld – and a new venue for social organization and engagement.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 18 Mar 2019 10:48:12 -0400 2019-03-22T14:00:00-04:00 2019-03-22T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning Lecture / Discussion
Scalable Bayesian Inference with Hamiltonian Monte Carlo (March 22, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61942 61942-15241348@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 22, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Data Science

Abstract: Despite the promise of big data, inferences are often limited not by sample size but rather by systematic effects. Only by carefully modeling these effects can we take full advantage of the data -- big data must be complemented with big models and the algorithms that can fit them. One such algorithm is Hamiltonian Monte Carlo, which exploits the inherent geometry of the posterior distribution to admit full Bayesian inference that scales to the complex models of practical interest. In this talk I will present a conceptual discussion of the challenges inherent to Bayesian computation and the foundations of why Hamiltonian Monte Carlo in uniquely suited to surmount them.

Bio: Michael Betancourt is the principal research scientist with Symplectomorphic, LLC where he develops theoretical and methodological tools to support practical Bayesian inference. He is also a core developer of Stan, where he implements and tests these tools. In addition to hosting tutorials and workshops on Bayesian inference with Stan he also collaborates on analyses in epidemiology, pharmacology, and physics, amongst others. Before moving into statistics, Michael earned a B.S. from the California Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, both in physics.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 07 Mar 2019 13:43:04 -0500 2019-03-22T16:00:00-04:00 2019-03-22T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Michigan Institute for Data Science Workshop / Seminar Michael Betancourt, PhD
Project Management Certification (March 24, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61540 61540-15126016@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 24, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Tauber Institute for Global Operations

Once again, the Tauber Institute, in conjunction with the International Project Management Association (IPMA), is sponsoring a Project Management certification class and exam for graduate business and engineering students and staff.

In order to participate, you will need to reflect upon a project management experience (for example: a work project, an engineering design experience/senior capstone, Ross' MAP project, Tauber team project, etc). If you cannot make it to the classes (due to project travel, MAP, or other another class), the sessions will be recorded. Homework (mastery verification) will be required after each session.

The cost to an individual to take the exam is normally $595, however, Tauber is offering the exam at a substantial discount to non-Tauber students: $500 and to Tauber students: $150. Certification is valid for 5 years. Three certification classes will be taught by Professor Eric Svaan on the following dates:

Sunday, March 24 (1:00 - 4:30 pm, Ross 0240)
Sunday, April 7 (1:00 - 4:30 pm, Ross 0240)
Sunday, October 6 (1:00 - 4:30 pm, Ross 0240)

The certification exam, administered by IPMA-USA is scheduled for November 17, 2019 (11:00 - 3:00 pm) at the Ross School of Business. Successfully passing the exam will yield IPMA's Level D certification (Certified Project Management Associate).

Over the last two years, all students who have taken the exam have passed!

Project Management is a powerful skill set to have in your toolbox as you look for full-time employment!

REGISTRATION: Please register through iMpact by clicking here:
https://tauber.umich.edu/events-training/project-management-certification/2019-03-24/project-management-certification-2019

NOTE: The $500 (for non-Tauber students) or $150 fee (for Tauber students) is non-refundable.

HOSTED BY: Tauber Institute for Global Operations. For questions about this event, please contact tauberinstitute@umich.edu or visit tauber.umich.edu.

What is IPMA Level D® (Certified Project Management Associate)? The IPMA Level D is an internationally recognized entry-level qualification in the area of project management. This designation, which demonstrates the individual's ability to understand the basics of project management, is similar to the exam-oriented, knowledge-based certifications of other major Project Management associations. For many, Level D® is the first step towards a professional project or program manager role. It is the first step in a sequence (C, B and A) to be earned by demonstration of success in larger PM responsibility sets.

For more information,
Visit tauber.umich.edu or call 734-647-1333
Connect via email to Diana Crossley dianak@umich.edu

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Class / Instruction Mon, 25 Feb 2019 10:40:05 -0500 2019-03-24T13:00:00-04:00 2019-03-24T16:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Tauber Institute for Global Operations Class / Instruction Photo of certificate
TBP Drop-in Tutoring (March 24, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60828 60828-14970725@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 24, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

Spend some time helping by fellow students with your classes! Classes include intro Physics, Math, Chemistry, and Engineering courses.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 05 Feb 2019 11:49:37 -0500 2019-03-24T17:30:00-04:00 2019-03-24T19:00:00-04:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Tau Beta Pi Class / Instruction tbp-mi
ISR Hackerspace with CPS faculty Yuki Shiraito (March 25, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60822 60822-14970683@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 25, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research

Dr. Shiraito is excited to host a weekly Monday evening hackerspace from January 21 until April 22. On April 22 only, hackers will meet at 2 pm.

Dr. Shiraito is available to assist with a variety of topics that include Bayesian statistics, parallel computing in R, OpenMP and Rcpp, web scraping using Python, working with high performance computing clusters (Flux, Beta, Hadoop, Cavium), and other computational methods. He hopes that participants will actively help each other where able. His goal is to create a productive and inclusive community for hackers to share expertise, assist each other in data-intensive projects, and enjoy peer-programming opportunities. Dr. Shiraito looks forward to hacking with you.

The goal is to foster a diverse and inclusive hacking environment in which attendees can benefit from each other’s expertise. To participate, hackers need to bring their own laptops and, ideally, have a chunk of code they are planning to work on unless they plan to assist and join others in their coding endeavors.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 05 Apr 2019 12:24:06 -0400 2019-03-25T16:00:00-04:00 2019-03-25T18:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research Workshop / Seminar Hackerspace at ISR
Post-Human Creativity: A Conversation (March 25, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62112 62112-15293425@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 25, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Science, Technology, and Public Policy (STPP) Program

Who or what is the creator in a world where machines generate original music, poetry, art and more? Is the human creator of a machine the creator of the machine's output? Who holds copyright for creations made by computers or algorithms rather than directly by a human creator? How are we designing the machines that will take care of us? How do artists and designers approach creativity differently from engineers? These questions intersect with all creative endeavors today whether making art, altering the body, or designing autonomous vehicles.

Join us for a live, unrehearsed, interdisciplinary conversation with faculty from diverse perspectives to explore the idea of Post-Human Creativity.

Irina Aristarkhova, Associate Professor, School of Art & Design
Ella Atkins, Professor, Aerospace Engineering
Melissa Levine, Director, U-M Library Copyright Office
Andrea Thomer, Assistant Professor, School of Information

All are invited. Refreshments will be served. Co-sponsored by the University of Michigan Library Copyright Office and the Ford School of Public Policy’s Science, Technology, and Public Policy (STPP) graduate certificate program.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 13 Mar 2019 15:14:38 -0400 2019-03-25T16:00:00-04:00 2019-03-25T17:00:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Science, Technology, and Public Policy (STPP) Program Lecture / Discussion Hatcher Graduate Library
ISR Hackerspace with CPS faculty Christopher Fariss (March 26, 2019 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60825 60825-14970702@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 26, 2019 10:30am
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research

Dr. Fariss is excited to host a weekly Tuesday morning hackerspace from February 12 until April 23. Dr. Fariss uses computational methods and the statistical program R to study why governments around the world torture, maim, and kill individuals within their jurisdiction, and the processes monitors use to observe and document these abuses. Other research projects cover a broad array of themes but share a focus on computationally intensive methods, research design, and the analysis of data at a massive scale.

This weekly meeting with Dr. Fariss is for those with an interest in the R statistical programming language. Both beginners and experienced users are invited to attend. Dr. Fariss plans to introduce mostly introductory material during these sessions but will also cover Bayesian modeling in R and STAN.

The goal is to foster a diverse and inclusive hacking environment in which attendees can benefit from each other’s expertise. To participate, hackers need to bring their own laptops and, ideally, have a chunk of code they are planning to work on unless they plan to assist and join others in their coding endeavors.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 14 Feb 2019 09:47:04 -0500 2019-03-26T10:30:00-04:00 2019-03-26T12:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research Workshop / Seminar Hackerspace at ISR
Tech Talk Tuesday (March 26, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58905 58905-15188663@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 26, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Shapiro Library
Organized By: Information and Technology Services (ITS)

Join us for our regular series of workshops designed to help you discover new tech and make the most of the tech you already have.

Each week, we have a new demo or tutorial - including Q&A and personal consulting - on hardware, software, apps, and products that might just change your world. Check out upcoming topics at computershowcase.umich.edu/tech-talks/.

We encourage advance registration, but drop-ins are welcome too! Bring your own device if you want, but that’s not required either; we can provide 1:1 tech consults or helpful how-to resources so you can DIY with confidence.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 21 Dec 2018 11:12:48 -0500 2019-03-26T14:00:00-04:00 2019-03-26T15:00:00-04:00 Shapiro Library Information and Technology Services (ITS) Workshop / Seminar Computer Showcase Tech Talk Tuesday
Tauber Industry Panel (March 26, 2019 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62302 62302-15346456@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 26, 2019 6:30pm
Location: Jeff T. Blau Hall
Organized By: Tauber Institute for Global Operations

The students of the Tauber Institute for Global Operations host an Industry Panel on the theme of Operational Excellence / Continuous Improvement.

Students will discuss the emerging trends and challenges in operations with the following industry leaders:

Nicholas Clift - Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company.

Nick leads consulting teams that guide clients in transforming G&A functions at Fortune 100 firms, leveraging advances in automation and time-tested change management approaches. Nick is a graduate of EGL and Tauber having completed his bachelor’s and master’s degree in electrical engineering.

Christina Coyne - Director of Global Continuous Improvement and Innovation at NSF International.

Christina obtained her Six Sigma Black Belt from the University of Michigan and has led NSF’s Lean/Continuous Improvement program for the last decade.

Michael Rockett - Solutions Designer at LLamasoft

Michael focuses on providing technical expertise in sales cycles while pushing the development of the company’s risk and sustainability offerings. He studied sustainable supply chain at the Ross and graduated from both the Erb and Tauber Institutes.

Moderated by Jeffery Liker - Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering at the University of Michigan, owner of Liker Lean Advisors, LLC, Partner in The Toyota Way Academy, and Partner in Lean Leadership Institute.

For more information, contact Dehao Zhang at terryz@umich.edu, Tauber Student Advisory Board Industry Chair or visit https://tauber.umich.edu

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 26 Mar 2019 09:26:04 -0400 2019-03-26T18:30:00-04:00 2019-03-26T20:00:00-04:00 Jeff T. Blau Hall Tauber Institute for Global Operations Conference / Symposium Tauber Institute for Global Operations
ISR Hackerspace with SRC faculty Erin Ware (March 27, 2019 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60823 60823-14970694@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 27, 2019 10:30am
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research

Dr. Ware is a self-taught HPC user and excited to host a weekly hackerspace from February 13 to April 3, 2019. Her training has been in genetic epidemiology, public health, and statistics using SAS (local), R (server), Linux (on FLUX, MBNI, and other personal servers), batch scripting (SGE, PBS, Slurm). Dr. Ware has taught SAS (data management and statistical modeling) and introductory statistics using R. She is experienced in teaching high performance computing to individuals with limited programming background.

In this hackerspace, Dr. Ware is particularly interested in addressing issues of data manipulation in Linux, efficient documentation and file naming structures, data management (SAS/R), setting up an HPC connection, WinSCP, getting around a server using basic Linux, genomic analysis, and high-dimensional data analysis. Dr. Ware would like to learn about SFTP using Globus, Python, and more advanced batch scripting in Slurm. Dr. Ware hopes you will join her hackerspace this term.

The goal is to foster a diverse and inclusive hacking environment in which attendees can benefit from each other’s expertise. To participate, hackers need to bring their own laptops and, ideally, have a chunk of code they are planning to work on unless they plan to assist and join others in their coding endeavors.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 14 Feb 2019 09:49:05 -0500 2019-03-27T10:30:00-04:00 2019-03-27T11:30:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research Workshop / Seminar Hackerspace at ISR
CRITICAL x DESIGN: Less Metrics, More Rando: (Net) Art as Software Research (March 27, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62310 62310-15346470@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 27, 2019 12:00pm
Location: North Quad
Organized By: School of Information

How are numbers on Facebook changing what we "like" and who we "friend"? Why does a bit of nonsense sent via email scare both your mom and the NSA? What makes someone mad when they learn Google can't see where they stand? From net art to robotics to supercuts to e-lit, Ben Grosser will discuss several artworks that illustrate his methods for investigating the culture of software.

About the speaker:
Artist Ben Grosser creates interactive experiences, machines, and systems that examine the cultural, social, and political implications of software. Recent exhibition venues include Eyebeam in New York, Arebyte in London, Museum Kesselhaus in Berlin, Museu das Comunicações in Lisbon, and Galerie Charlot in Paris. His works have been featured in The New Yorker, Wired, The Atlantic, The Guardian, The Washington Post, El País, Libération, Süddeutsche Zeitung, and Der Spiegel. The Chicago Tribune called him the “unrivaled king of ominous gibberish.” Slate referred to his work as “creative civil disobedience in the digital age.”

Grosser’s recognitions include First Prize in VIDA 16, and the Expanded Media Award for Network Culture from Stuttgarter Filmwinter. His writing about the cultural effects of technology has been published in journals such as Computational Culture, Media-N, and Big Data and Society. Grosser is an assistant professor of new media at the School of Art + Design, co-founder of the Critical Technology Studies Lab at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, and an affiliate faculty member with the Unit for Criticism and the School of Information Sciences, all at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

https://bengrosser.com

The CRITICAL x DESIGN series is generously supported by the School of Information; the Center for Political Studies at the Institute for Social Research; and the Science, Technology & Society program and the Department of Communication Studies in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 19 Mar 2019 15:34:45 -0400 2019-03-27T12:00:00-04:00 2019-03-27T13:00:00-04:00 North Quad School of Information Lecture / Discussion Ben Grosser
TBP Drop-in Tutoring (March 27, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60828 60828-14970716@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 27, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

Spend some time helping by fellow students with your classes! Classes include intro Physics, Math, Chemistry, and Engineering courses.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 05 Feb 2019 11:49:37 -0500 2019-03-27T17:30:00-04:00 2019-03-27T19:00:00-04:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Tau Beta Pi Class / Instruction tbp-mi
Digital Studies Winter Colloquium: New Directions in Digital Studies (March 29, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61482 61482-15114934@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 29, 2019 10:00am
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Digital Studies Institute

Digital Studies hosts its annual colloquium: a one-day gathering of lightning talks from new digital studies faculty, graduate student research workshops, and network-building with a keynote from digital historian Angel David Nieves.

10:00-10:15AM: Coffee & Tea
10:15-10:30AM: Welcome & Opening Remarks
10:30-11:45AM: Lightning Talks
11:45-1:00PM: Lunch
1:10-2:20PM: Graduate Student Research Workshops
2:25-3:50PM: Lightning Talks
3:55-4:55PM: Keynote with Angel David Nieves

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 25 Feb 2019 15:56:06 -0500 2019-03-29T10:00:00-04:00 2019-03-29T17:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Digital Studies Institute Conference / Symposium The image is a text-based poster describing the event, its location, and who to contact with questions: casidyc@umich.edu or vanzanen@umich.edu
TBP Drop-in Tutoring (March 31, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60828 60828-14970726@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 31, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

Spend some time helping by fellow students with your classes! Classes include intro Physics, Math, Chemistry, and Engineering courses.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 05 Feb 2019 11:49:37 -0500 2019-03-31T17:30:00-04:00 2019-03-31T19:00:00-04:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Tau Beta Pi Class / Instruction tbp-mi
ISR Hackerspace with CPS faculty Yuki Shiraito (April 1, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60822 60822-14970684@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 1, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research

Dr. Shiraito is excited to host a weekly Monday evening hackerspace from January 21 until April 22. On April 22 only, hackers will meet at 2 pm.

Dr. Shiraito is available to assist with a variety of topics that include Bayesian statistics, parallel computing in R, OpenMP and Rcpp, web scraping using Python, working with high performance computing clusters (Flux, Beta, Hadoop, Cavium), and other computational methods. He hopes that participants will actively help each other where able. His goal is to create a productive and inclusive community for hackers to share expertise, assist each other in data-intensive projects, and enjoy peer-programming opportunities. Dr. Shiraito looks forward to hacking with you.

The goal is to foster a diverse and inclusive hacking environment in which attendees can benefit from each other’s expertise. To participate, hackers need to bring their own laptops and, ideally, have a chunk of code they are planning to work on unless they plan to assist and join others in their coding endeavors.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 05 Apr 2019 12:24:06 -0400 2019-04-01T16:00:00-04:00 2019-04-01T18:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research Workshop / Seminar Hackerspace at ISR
ISR Hackerspace with CPS faculty Christopher Fariss (April 2, 2019 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60825 60825-14970703@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 2, 2019 10:30am
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research

Dr. Fariss is excited to host a weekly Tuesday morning hackerspace from February 12 until April 23. Dr. Fariss uses computational methods and the statistical program R to study why governments around the world torture, maim, and kill individuals within their jurisdiction, and the processes monitors use to observe and document these abuses. Other research projects cover a broad array of themes but share a focus on computationally intensive methods, research design, and the analysis of data at a massive scale.

This weekly meeting with Dr. Fariss is for those with an interest in the R statistical programming language. Both beginners and experienced users are invited to attend. Dr. Fariss plans to introduce mostly introductory material during these sessions but will also cover Bayesian modeling in R and STAN.

The goal is to foster a diverse and inclusive hacking environment in which attendees can benefit from each other’s expertise. To participate, hackers need to bring their own laptops and, ideally, have a chunk of code they are planning to work on unless they plan to assist and join others in their coding endeavors.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 14 Feb 2019 09:47:04 -0500 2019-04-02T10:30:00-04:00 2019-04-02T12:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research Workshop / Seminar Hackerspace at ISR
Tech Talk Tuesday (April 2, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58905 58905-15188664@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 2, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Shapiro Library
Organized By: Information and Technology Services (ITS)

Join us for our regular series of workshops designed to help you discover new tech and make the most of the tech you already have.

Each week, we have a new demo or tutorial - including Q&A and personal consulting - on hardware, software, apps, and products that might just change your world. Check out upcoming topics at computershowcase.umich.edu/tech-talks/.

We encourage advance registration, but drop-ins are welcome too! Bring your own device if you want, but that’s not required either; we can provide 1:1 tech consults or helpful how-to resources so you can DIY with confidence.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 21 Dec 2018 11:12:48 -0500 2019-04-02T14:00:00-04:00 2019-04-02T15:00:00-04:00 Shapiro Library Information and Technology Services (ITS) Workshop / Seminar Computer Showcase Tech Talk Tuesday
Online Trade Show | Integrated Product Development: Healthy Kids / Active Tech (April 2, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62719 62719-15434138@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 2, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Tauber Institute for Global Operations

Take part in this nationally renowned course by reviewing the products developed by 6 teams of students from the Stamps School of Art & Design, Ross School of Business, College of Engineering, and the School of Information. Catch the competitive buzz!

The challenge: to design and produce the best active technology product that encourages kids to maintain and improve their health as they grow to adolescence.

Visit https://tauber.umich.edu/form/ipd-voting-winter-2019 to check out all 6 product websites.

Cast your vote for your favorites between April 2 and April 9 by 2:00p.m.

This course has been featured on CNN and in the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg Businessweek, and the New York Times.

About the Tauber Institute for Global Operations
The Tauber Institute is joint venture between the University of Michigan’s Business and Engineering Schools, and many industry partners to facilitate cross-disciplinary education in global operations management. Well-designed and managed team projects form the cornerstone of the Tauber Institute experience and allow students to apply their knowledge to real world settings. For more information, visit tauber.umich.edu.

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Other Fri, 29 Mar 2019 16:22:14 -0400 2019-04-02T17:00:00-04:00 2019-04-02T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Tauber Institute for Global Operations Other Online IPD Trade Show
Online Trade Show | Integrated Product Development: Healthy Kids / Active Tech (April 3, 2019 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/62719 62719-15434140@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 3, 2019 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Tauber Institute for Global Operations

Take part in this nationally renowned course by reviewing the products developed by 6 teams of students from the Stamps School of Art & Design, Ross School of Business, College of Engineering, and the School of Information. Catch the competitive buzz!

The challenge: to design and produce the best active technology product that encourages kids to maintain and improve their health as they grow to adolescence.

Visit https://tauber.umich.edu/form/ipd-voting-winter-2019 to check out all 6 product websites.

Cast your vote for your favorites between April 2 and April 9 by 2:00p.m.

This course has been featured on CNN and in the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg Businessweek, and the New York Times.

About the Tauber Institute for Global Operations
The Tauber Institute is joint venture between the University of Michigan’s Business and Engineering Schools, and many industry partners to facilitate cross-disciplinary education in global operations management. Well-designed and managed team projects form the cornerstone of the Tauber Institute experience and allow students to apply their knowledge to real world settings. For more information, visit tauber.umich.edu.

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Other Fri, 29 Mar 2019 16:22:14 -0400 2019-04-03T00:00:00-04:00 2019-04-03T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Tauber Institute for Global Operations Other Online IPD Trade Show
ISR Hackerspace with SRC faculty Erin Ware (April 3, 2019 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60823 60823-14970695@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 3, 2019 10:30am
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research

Dr. Ware is a self-taught HPC user and excited to host a weekly hackerspace from February 13 to April 3, 2019. Her training has been in genetic epidemiology, public health, and statistics using SAS (local), R (server), Linux (on FLUX, MBNI, and other personal servers), batch scripting (SGE, PBS, Slurm). Dr. Ware has taught SAS (data management and statistical modeling) and introductory statistics using R. She is experienced in teaching high performance computing to individuals with limited programming background.

In this hackerspace, Dr. Ware is particularly interested in addressing issues of data manipulation in Linux, efficient documentation and file naming structures, data management (SAS/R), setting up an HPC connection, WinSCP, getting around a server using basic Linux, genomic analysis, and high-dimensional data analysis. Dr. Ware would like to learn about SFTP using Globus, Python, and more advanced batch scripting in Slurm. Dr. Ware hopes you will join her hackerspace this term.

The goal is to foster a diverse and inclusive hacking environment in which attendees can benefit from each other’s expertise. To participate, hackers need to bring their own laptops and, ideally, have a chunk of code they are planning to work on unless they plan to assist and join others in their coding endeavors.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 14 Feb 2019 09:49:05 -0500 2019-04-03T10:30:00-04:00 2019-04-03T11:30:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research Workshop / Seminar Hackerspace at ISR
TBP Drop-in Tutoring (April 3, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60828 60828-14970717@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 3, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

Spend some time helping by fellow students with your classes! Classes include intro Physics, Math, Chemistry, and Engineering courses.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 05 Feb 2019 11:49:37 -0500 2019-04-03T17:30:00-04:00 2019-04-03T19:00:00-04:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Tau Beta Pi Class / Instruction tbp-mi
The Unlikely Friendship of Math and Science (April 3, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62432 62432-15364114@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 3, 2019 5:30pm
Location: East Hall
Organized By: Department of Mathematics

Abstract: On the one hand, there's science: the clear-eyed, hard-nosed, the pragmatic empiricist. On the other hand, there's math: the poet, the dreamer, the hunter of wild abstractions. How do these two intellectual traditions regard one another? And why is it that the most useless-sounding math - from knot theory to meta-logic to non-Euclidean geometry - often turns out to be the most useful? Prerequisites: basic human curiosity; tolerance for bad drawings; the willingness to participate in a silly debate. In short: all are welcome!

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 21 Mar 2019 14:15:46 -0400 2019-04-03T17:30:00-04:00 2019-04-03T18:30:00-04:00 East Hall Department of Mathematics Lecture / Discussion Ben Orlin Public Lecture
Online Trade Show | Integrated Product Development: Healthy Kids / Active Tech (April 4, 2019 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/62719 62719-15434141@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 4, 2019 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Tauber Institute for Global Operations

Take part in this nationally renowned course by reviewing the products developed by 6 teams of students from the Stamps School of Art & Design, Ross School of Business, College of Engineering, and the School of Information. Catch the competitive buzz!

The challenge: to design and produce the best active technology product that encourages kids to maintain and improve their health as they grow to adolescence.

Visit https://tauber.umich.edu/form/ipd-voting-winter-2019 to check out all 6 product websites.

Cast your vote for your favorites between April 2 and April 9 by 2:00p.m.

This course has been featured on CNN and in the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg Businessweek, and the New York Times.

About the Tauber Institute for Global Operations
The Tauber Institute is joint venture between the University of Michigan’s Business and Engineering Schools, and many industry partners to facilitate cross-disciplinary education in global operations management. Well-designed and managed team projects form the cornerstone of the Tauber Institute experience and allow students to apply their knowledge to real world settings. For more information, visit tauber.umich.edu.

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Other Fri, 29 Mar 2019 16:22:14 -0400 2019-04-04T00:00:00-04:00 2019-04-04T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Tauber Institute for Global Operations Other Online IPD Trade Show
Online Trade Show | Integrated Product Development: Healthy Kids / Active Tech (April 5, 2019 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/62719 62719-15434142@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 5, 2019 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Tauber Institute for Global Operations

Take part in this nationally renowned course by reviewing the products developed by 6 teams of students from the Stamps School of Art & Design, Ross School of Business, College of Engineering, and the School of Information. Catch the competitive buzz!

The challenge: to design and produce the best active technology product that encourages kids to maintain and improve their health as they grow to adolescence.

Visit https://tauber.umich.edu/form/ipd-voting-winter-2019 to check out all 6 product websites.

Cast your vote for your favorites between April 2 and April 9 by 2:00p.m.

This course has been featured on CNN and in the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg Businessweek, and the New York Times.

About the Tauber Institute for Global Operations
The Tauber Institute is joint venture between the University of Michigan’s Business and Engineering Schools, and many industry partners to facilitate cross-disciplinary education in global operations management. Well-designed and managed team projects form the cornerstone of the Tauber Institute experience and allow students to apply their knowledge to real world settings. For more information, visit tauber.umich.edu.

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Other Fri, 29 Mar 2019 16:22:14 -0400 2019-04-05T00:00:00-04:00 2019-04-05T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Tauber Institute for Global Operations Other Online IPD Trade Show
Innovation and Entrepreneurship at NASA (April 5, 2019 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/62701 62701-15431950@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 5, 2019 11:30am
Location: North Quad
Organized By: School of Information

Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen of NASA, formerly a professor of space science and aerospace engineering at the University of Michigan, presents a guest lecture at the School of Information (SI 663, Entrepreneurship in the Information Industry).

He will discuss change agents, organizational change, and intrapreneurship, with examples from NASA, academia and industry.


Dr. Zurbuchen earned his Ph.D. in physics and master of science degree in physics from the University of Bern in Switzerland. His honors include receiving the National Science and Technology Council Presidential Early Career for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) Award in 2004 and three NASA Group Achievement Awards.

Previously a professor of space science and aerospace engineering at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Zurbuchen is well versed in the practice of asking tough questions that help enable innovation and create impact. During his career, Zurbuchen has authored or coauthored more than 200 articles in refereed journals in solar and heliospheric phenomena. He has also been involved with several NASA science missions involving Mercury, the Sun and more. His experience here has driven his passion of cultivating leaders and highlighting talent throughout the agency. He has also been an advocate of sharing NASA’s messages on social media and can be found on Twitter at the handle @Dr_ThomasZ.

Light lunch will be served. RSVP to umsi.info/zurbuchen.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 29 Mar 2019 09:09:38 -0400 2019-04-05T11:30:00-04:00 2019-04-05T13:00:00-04:00 North Quad School of Information Lecture / Discussion Thomas Zurbuchen portrait
Making Connections: Data Science Approaches to Understanding Mood and Cognition in the Modern Era (April 5, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62825 62825-15477378@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 5, 2019 4:00pm
Location: West Hall
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Data Science

Abstract: In this talk Dr. Leow will share her reflections, as both a computational researcher and a practicing psychiatrist, on the current landscape of psychiatric neuroimaging research and where we go from here.

To this end, she argues that recent advances in data science and information technology will revolutionize the way we conceptualize psychiatric disorders and enable us to objectively quantify their symptomatology, which traditionally has been primarily based on self reports.

To illustrate, she will highlight two lines of ongoing research that apply data science approaches to the assessment of mood and cognition. In the first example, she will propose how EEG connectomics coupled with manifold learning and dimensionality reduction may allow us to measure the ‘speed of thinking’ on a sub-second time scale. In the second example, she will introduce her recent joint work with Dr. Melvin McInnis that seeks to unobtrusively turn smartphones into ‘stethoscopes’ of the brain, in real time and in the wild.



Bio: Dr. Alex Leow is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry, Bioengineering, and Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) and an attending physician at the University of Illinois Hospital. With Dr. Olu Ajilore, Alex founded the Collaborative Neuroimaging Environment for Connectomics (CoNECt) at UIC. CoNECt is an inter-departmental research team devoted to the study of the human brain using multidisciplinary approaches of brain imaging, non-invasive brain stimulation, Big Data analytics, virtual-reality immersive visualization, and more recently mobile technologies.

Most relevant to this talk, Alex is honored to the project lead of the BiAffect project. BiAffect is the first scientific study that seeks to turn smartphones into “brain fitness trackers”, by unobtrusively inferring neuropsychological functioning using entirely passively-collected typing kinematics metadata (i.e., not what you type but how you type it) from a smartphone’s virtual keyboard. The iOS BiAffect study app now powers the first-ever crowd-sourced research study to unobtrusively measure mood and cognition in real-time using iPhones and Apple’s ResearchKit framework.

The CoNECt team’s research has been extensively featured in the news, including more recently in Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tonight, Forbes, the Wall Street Journal, the Associated Press news, and the Rolling Stone.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 03 Apr 2019 12:59:17 -0400 2019-04-05T16:00:00-04:00 2019-04-05T17:00:00-04:00 West Hall Michigan Institute for Data Science Workshop / Seminar Alex Leow, MD, PhD
Online Trade Show | Integrated Product Development: Healthy Kids / Active Tech (April 6, 2019 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/62719 62719-15434144@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, April 6, 2019 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Tauber Institute for Global Operations

Take part in this nationally renowned course by reviewing the products developed by 6 teams of students from the Stamps School of Art & Design, Ross School of Business, College of Engineering, and the School of Information. Catch the competitive buzz!

The challenge: to design and produce the best active technology product that encourages kids to maintain and improve their health as they grow to adolescence.

Visit https://tauber.umich.edu/form/ipd-voting-winter-2019 to check out all 6 product websites.

Cast your vote for your favorites between April 2 and April 9 by 2:00p.m.

This course has been featured on CNN and in the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg Businessweek, and the New York Times.

About the Tauber Institute for Global Operations
The Tauber Institute is joint venture between the University of Michigan’s Business and Engineering Schools, and many industry partners to facilitate cross-disciplinary education in global operations management. Well-designed and managed team projects form the cornerstone of the Tauber Institute experience and allow students to apply their knowledge to real world settings. For more information, visit tauber.umich.edu.

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Other Fri, 29 Mar 2019 16:22:14 -0400 2019-04-06T00:00:00-04:00 2019-04-06T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Tauber Institute for Global Operations Other Online IPD Trade Show
Online Trade Show | Integrated Product Development: Healthy Kids / Active Tech (April 7, 2019 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/62719 62719-15434145@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, April 7, 2019 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Tauber Institute for Global Operations

Take part in this nationally renowned course by reviewing the products developed by 6 teams of students from the Stamps School of Art & Design, Ross School of Business, College of Engineering, and the School of Information. Catch the competitive buzz!

The challenge: to design and produce the best active technology product that encourages kids to maintain and improve their health as they grow to adolescence.

Visit https://tauber.umich.edu/form/ipd-voting-winter-2019 to check out all 6 product websites.

Cast your vote for your favorites between April 2 and April 9 by 2:00p.m.

This course has been featured on CNN and in the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg Businessweek, and the New York Times.

About the Tauber Institute for Global Operations
The Tauber Institute is joint venture between the University of Michigan’s Business and Engineering Schools, and many industry partners to facilitate cross-disciplinary education in global operations management. Well-designed and managed team projects form the cornerstone of the Tauber Institute experience and allow students to apply their knowledge to real world settings. For more information, visit tauber.umich.edu.

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Other Fri, 29 Mar 2019 16:22:14 -0400 2019-04-07T00:00:00-04:00 2019-04-07T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Tauber Institute for Global Operations Other Online IPD Trade Show
Project Management Certification (April 7, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61540 61540-15126017@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, April 7, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Tauber Institute for Global Operations

Once again, the Tauber Institute, in conjunction with the International Project Management Association (IPMA), is sponsoring a Project Management certification class and exam for graduate business and engineering students and staff.

In order to participate, you will need to reflect upon a project management experience (for example: a work project, an engineering design experience/senior capstone, Ross' MAP project, Tauber team project, etc). If you cannot make it to the classes (due to project travel, MAP, or other another class), the sessions will be recorded. Homework (mastery verification) will be required after each session.

The cost to an individual to take the exam is normally $595, however, Tauber is offering the exam at a substantial discount to non-Tauber students: $500 and to Tauber students: $150. Certification is valid for 5 years. Three certification classes will be taught by Professor Eric Svaan on the following dates:

Sunday, March 24 (1:00 - 4:30 pm, Ross 0240)
Sunday, April 7 (1:00 - 4:30 pm, Ross 0240)
Sunday, October 6 (1:00 - 4:30 pm, Ross 0240)

The certification exam, administered by IPMA-USA is scheduled for November 17, 2019 (11:00 - 3:00 pm) at the Ross School of Business. Successfully passing the exam will yield IPMA's Level D certification (Certified Project Management Associate).

Over the last two years, all students who have taken the exam have passed!

Project Management is a powerful skill set to have in your toolbox as you look for full-time employment!

REGISTRATION: Please register through iMpact by clicking here:
https://tauber.umich.edu/events-training/project-management-certification/2019-03-24/project-management-certification-2019

NOTE: The $500 (for non-Tauber students) or $150 fee (for Tauber students) is non-refundable.

HOSTED BY: Tauber Institute for Global Operations. For questions about this event, please contact tauberinstitute@umich.edu or visit tauber.umich.edu.

What is IPMA Level D® (Certified Project Management Associate)? The IPMA Level D is an internationally recognized entry-level qualification in the area of project management. This designation, which demonstrates the individual's ability to understand the basics of project management, is similar to the exam-oriented, knowledge-based certifications of other major Project Management associations. For many, Level D® is the first step towards a professional project or program manager role. It is the first step in a sequence (C, B and A) to be earned by demonstration of success in larger PM responsibility sets.

For more information,
Visit tauber.umich.edu or call 734-647-1333
Connect via email to Diana Crossley dianak@umich.edu

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Class / Instruction Mon, 25 Feb 2019 10:40:05 -0500 2019-04-07T13:00:00-04:00 2019-04-07T16:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Tauber Institute for Global Operations Class / Instruction Photo of certificate
TBP Drop-in Tutoring (April 7, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60828 60828-14970727@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, April 7, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

Spend some time helping by fellow students with your classes! Classes include intro Physics, Math, Chemistry, and Engineering courses.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 05 Feb 2019 11:49:37 -0500 2019-04-07T17:30:00-04:00 2019-04-07T19:00:00-04:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Tau Beta Pi Class / Instruction tbp-mi
Online Trade Show | Integrated Product Development: Healthy Kids / Active Tech (April 8, 2019 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/62719 62719-15434146@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 8, 2019 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Tauber Institute for Global Operations

Take part in this nationally renowned course by reviewing the products developed by 6 teams of students from the Stamps School of Art & Design, Ross School of Business, College of Engineering, and the School of Information. Catch the competitive buzz!

The challenge: to design and produce the best active technology product that encourages kids to maintain and improve their health as they grow to adolescence.

Visit https://tauber.umich.edu/form/ipd-voting-winter-2019 to check out all 6 product websites.

Cast your vote for your favorites between April 2 and April 9 by 2:00p.m.

This course has been featured on CNN and in the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg Businessweek, and the New York Times.

About the Tauber Institute for Global Operations
The Tauber Institute is joint venture between the University of Michigan’s Business and Engineering Schools, and many industry partners to facilitate cross-disciplinary education in global operations management. Well-designed and managed team projects form the cornerstone of the Tauber Institute experience and allow students to apply their knowledge to real world settings. For more information, visit tauber.umich.edu.

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Other Fri, 29 Mar 2019 16:22:14 -0400 2019-04-08T00:00:00-04:00 2019-04-08T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Tauber Institute for Global Operations Other Online IPD Trade Show
ISR Hackerspace with CPS faculty Yuki Shiraito (April 8, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60822 60822-14970685@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 8, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research

Dr. Shiraito is excited to host a weekly Monday evening hackerspace from January 21 until April 22. On April 22 only, hackers will meet at 2 pm.

Dr. Shiraito is available to assist with a variety of topics that include Bayesian statistics, parallel computing in R, OpenMP and Rcpp, web scraping using Python, working with high performance computing clusters (Flux, Beta, Hadoop, Cavium), and other computational methods. He hopes that participants will actively help each other where able. His goal is to create a productive and inclusive community for hackers to share expertise, assist each other in data-intensive projects, and enjoy peer-programming opportunities. Dr. Shiraito looks forward to hacking with you.

The goal is to foster a diverse and inclusive hacking environment in which attendees can benefit from each other’s expertise. To participate, hackers need to bring their own laptops and, ideally, have a chunk of code they are planning to work on unless they plan to assist and join others in their coding endeavors.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 05 Apr 2019 12:24:06 -0400 2019-04-08T16:00:00-04:00 2019-04-08T18:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research Workshop / Seminar Hackerspace at ISR
Online Trade Show | Integrated Product Development: Healthy Kids / Active Tech (April 9, 2019 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/62719 62719-15434147@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 9, 2019 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Tauber Institute for Global Operations

Take part in this nationally renowned course by reviewing the products developed by 6 teams of students from the Stamps School of Art & Design, Ross School of Business, College of Engineering, and the School of Information. Catch the competitive buzz!

The challenge: to design and produce the best active technology product that encourages kids to maintain and improve their health as they grow to adolescence.

Visit https://tauber.umich.edu/form/ipd-voting-winter-2019 to check out all 6 product websites.

Cast your vote for your favorites between April 2 and April 9 by 2:00p.m.

This course has been featured on CNN and in the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg Businessweek, and the New York Times.

About the Tauber Institute for Global Operations
The Tauber Institute is joint venture between the University of Michigan’s Business and Engineering Schools, and many industry partners to facilitate cross-disciplinary education in global operations management. Well-designed and managed team projects form the cornerstone of the Tauber Institute experience and allow students to apply their knowledge to real world settings. For more information, visit tauber.umich.edu.

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Other Fri, 29 Mar 2019 16:22:14 -0400 2019-04-09T00:00:00-04:00 2019-04-09T14:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Tauber Institute for Global Operations Other Online IPD Trade Show
ISR Hackerspace with CPS faculty Christopher Fariss (April 9, 2019 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60825 60825-14970704@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 9, 2019 10:30am
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research

Dr. Fariss is excited to host a weekly Tuesday morning hackerspace from February 12 until April 23. Dr. Fariss uses computational methods and the statistical program R to study why governments around the world torture, maim, and kill individuals within their jurisdiction, and the processes monitors use to observe and document these abuses. Other research projects cover a broad array of themes but share a focus on computationally intensive methods, research design, and the analysis of data at a massive scale.

This weekly meeting with Dr. Fariss is for those with an interest in the R statistical programming language. Both beginners and experienced users are invited to attend. Dr. Fariss plans to introduce mostly introductory material during these sessions but will also cover Bayesian modeling in R and STAN.

The goal is to foster a diverse and inclusive hacking environment in which attendees can benefit from each other’s expertise. To participate, hackers need to bring their own laptops and, ideally, have a chunk of code they are planning to work on unless they plan to assist and join others in their coding endeavors.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 14 Feb 2019 09:47:04 -0500 2019-04-09T10:30:00-04:00 2019-04-09T12:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research Workshop / Seminar Hackerspace at ISR
Tech Talk Tuesday (April 9, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58905 58905-15188665@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 9, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Shapiro Library
Organized By: Information and Technology Services (ITS)

Join us for our regular series of workshops designed to help you discover new tech and make the most of the tech you already have.

Each week, we have a new demo or tutorial - including Q&A and personal consulting - on hardware, software, apps, and products that might just change your world. Check out upcoming topics at computershowcase.umich.edu/tech-talks/.

We encourage advance registration, but drop-ins are welcome too! Bring your own device if you want, but that’s not required either; we can provide 1:1 tech consults or helpful how-to resources so you can DIY with confidence.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 21 Dec 2018 11:12:48 -0500 2019-04-09T14:00:00-04:00 2019-04-09T15:00:00-04:00 Shapiro Library Information and Technology Services (ITS) Workshop / Seminar Computer Showcase Tech Talk Tuesday
Computational Science: Classical Origins, New Frontiers (April 10, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60525 60525-14903665@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 10, 2019 8:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery and Engineering

The Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery and Engineering is proud to welcome a distinguished group of scientists from around the world for its 2019 Symposium, titled “Computational Science: Classical Origins, New Frontiers.”

Stephen Wolfram, creator of Mathematica, will deliver the keynote address, titled "The Computational X Future." Abstract: For every field X there either is now, or soon will be, a computational X---and it'll be the future of the field. This talk will discuss both the theory and the practice of computation as the key paradigm for future of science. Expect to challenge the speaker with what computational X might be for your favorite value of X.

Dr. Wolfram will be joined by an outstanding slate of speakers:

Marsha Berger — Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics, Courant Institute, New York University
Marisa Eisenberg - Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Mathematics and Complex Systems, U-M
Carla Gomes — Professor of Computer Science and Director, Institute for Computational Sustainability, Cornell University
Jan Hesthaven — Dean, School of Basic Sciences, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
Necmiye Ozay — Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, U-M

Poster Competition:
The symposium includes a poster competition highlighting outstanding computational work from U-M students and postdocs. First place will be awarded $500, second $300 and third place $200.

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Conference / Symposium Fri, 22 Mar 2019 15:29:27 -0400 2019-04-10T08:00:00-04:00 2019-04-10T17:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery and Engineering Conference / Symposium MICDESymposium 2019 Image
TBP Drop-in Tutoring (April 10, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60828 60828-14970718@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 10, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

Spend some time helping by fellow students with your classes! Classes include intro Physics, Math, Chemistry, and Engineering courses.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 05 Feb 2019 11:49:37 -0500 2019-04-10T17:30:00-04:00 2019-04-10T19:00:00-04:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Tau Beta Pi Class / Instruction tbp-mi
Trade Show | Integrated Product Development: Healthy Kids / Active Tech (April 10, 2019 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62717 62717-15434136@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 10, 2019 6:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Tauber Institute for Global Operations

University of Michigan’s Art & Design, Business, Engineering, and School of Information students are gearing up for the 24th offering of the Integrated Product Development (IPD) Trade Show! Members of our community will gather to view and make purchase decisions from the “best of the best” of their work over the past semester in this interdisciplinary course.

IPD is an experiential, cross-disciplinary course that puts teams of students from Art & Design, Business, Engineering, and Information in a competitive product development environment. This innovative course has been featured on CNN and written up in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Businessweek. The course is hosted by the Tauber Institute for Global Operations, and is taught jointly by faculty members Eric Svaan of the Stephen M. Ross School of Business and Stephanie Tharp from the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design.

You won’t want to miss this year’s trade show!

The Problem Statement: to design and produce the best active technology product that encourages kids to maintain and improve their health as they grow to adolescence.

See the actual products and test them out. Then cast your vote! Network, have fun and meet up with friends, old and new!

Parking is street meter or there is public parking available in the Hill Street Structure Parking Garage.

Event is Free and open to the public, with light refreshments.

GREAT LOCATION: Tauber Colloquium, at the Ross School of Business, 6th floor at 701 Tappan

ONLINE VOTING BEGINS April 2nd:
https://tauber.umich.edu/events-training/integrated-product-development/2019-04-10/ipd-trade-show-tauber-colloquium-april-10

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Exhibition Fri, 22 Nov 2019 14:32:10 -0500 2019-04-10T18:30:00-04:00 2019-04-10T20:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Tauber Institute for Global Operations Exhibition IPD Trade Show
CRITICAL x DESIGN: Old, Raw or New: A (New?) Deal for the Digital Age (April 11, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62312 62312-15346472@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 11, 2019 12:00pm
Location: North Quad
Organized By: School of Information

American historians debate whether Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Depression-era legislation was, in fact, a New Deal, or perhaps an “Old Deal” or a “Raw Deal.” Considering multiple perspectives and voices, combined with the long sweep of history, stokes this lively, ongoing debate. In this CRITICAL x DESIGN talk, Rankin turns her attention to American computing in the 1960s and 1970s to consider whether the academic networks of that era may be inspiration for a Digital New Deal.

The users of 1960s and 1970s academic computing networks built, accessed, and participated in cooperative digital commons, developing now-quotidian practices of personal computing and social media. In the process, they became what she calls “computing citizens.” She uses several case studies to illustrate the dynamic - and unexpected - relationships among gender, community, computing, and citizenship, including the Old Deals and the Raw Deals of computing citizenship. How might these computing citizens inform crucial contemporary debates about technology and justice?

About the speaker
Dr. Joy Lisi Rankin is a feministi, anti-racist historian, and a Contributing Editor for Lady Science. She is also a consultant for the documentaries The Birth of BASIC and The Queen of Code and for the television show Girls Code. Rankin was an Exchange Scholar at MIT while earning her doctorate in History from Yale University, as well as a Visiting Scholar at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Prior to entering the academy, she had a successful career launching educational programs for students of all ages, which took her around the country. Her website is joyrankin.com.

The CRITICAL x DESIGN series is generously supported by the School of Information; the Center for Political Studies at the Institute for Social Research; and the Science, Technology & Society program and Department of Communication Studies in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 19 Mar 2019 15:45:56 -0400 2019-04-11T12:00:00-04:00 2019-04-11T13:00:00-04:00 North Quad School of Information Lecture / Discussion Joy Lisi Rankin
Academic Innovation Student Showcase (April 11, 2019 1:15pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62595 62595-15407995@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 11, 2019 1:15pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

Don’t miss this annual spring event, showcasing the work of the amazing Academic Innovation student fellows. Register today to secure your spot for the 2019 Academic Innovation Student Showcase, where you’ll hear from students contributing to Academic Innovation initiatives in the fields of behavioral science, data science, learning experience design and management, product management, public engagement, software development, and user experience design just to name a few.

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Conference / Symposium Sat, 06 Apr 2019 20:04:25 -0400 2019-04-11T13:15:00-04:00 2019-04-11T16:30:00-04:00 Palmer Commons Center for Academic Innovation Conference / Symposium Displayphoto
TempoRealities (April 12, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58680 58680-14542716@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 12, 2019 9:00am
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Science, Technology & Society

It is time for science and technology studies (STS). The meaning of the past and threats to the future are hotly contested. Scientists simultaneously proclaim epochal ruptures and extrapolate present trends into the next millennium. New technologies promise to help us “be present” even as they stretch our attentions to the breaking point. The nature of time is of central importance to modern intellectual, cultural, and political life, and STS is well-positioned to address how divergent temporalities structure our public and private lives, environmental imaginaries, and embodied experiences. Recent work on the sciences of prediction and forecasting, the vital politics of science fiction, and the Anthropocene suggest some of the many ways scholars of STS can and should intervene in broader debates that trouble the present moment.

Panels: Experiencing Time, Embodying Time; Apocalyse Now?; Scholarship NOW; Is Ancient Science Studies an Anachronism?

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 20 Mar 2019 11:24:33 -0400 2019-04-12T09:00:00-04:00 2019-04-12T17:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Science, Technology & Society Conference / Symposium
TBP Drop-in Tutoring (April 14, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60828 60828-14970728@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, April 14, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

Spend some time helping by fellow students with your classes! Classes include intro Physics, Math, Chemistry, and Engineering courses.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 05 Feb 2019 11:49:37 -0500 2019-04-14T17:30:00-04:00 2019-04-14T19:00:00-04:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Tau Beta Pi Class / Instruction tbp-mi
Data Science at the New York Times (April 15, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62827 62827-15477379@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 15, 2019 4:00pm
Location: West Hall
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Data Science

Abstract: The Data Science group at The New York Times develops and deploys machine learning solutions to newsroom and business problems. Re-framing real-world questions as machine learning tasks requires not only adapting and extending models and algorithms to new or special cases but also sufficient breadth to know the right method for the right challenge. I’ll first outline how unsupervised, supervised, and reinforcement learning methods are increasingly used in human applications for description, prediction, and prescription, respectively. I’ll then focus on the ‘prescriptive’ cases, showing how methods from the reinforcement learning and causal inference literatures can be of direct impact in engineering, business, and decision-making more generally.

Bio: At Columbia, Chris is a founding member of the executive committee of the Data Science Institute, the Department of Systems Biology, and is affiliated faculty in Statistics. He is a co-founder and co-organizer of hackNY (http://hackNY.org), a nonprofit which since 2010 has organized once a semester student hackathons and the hackNY Fellows Program, a structured summer internship at NYC startups. Prior to joining the faculty at Columbia he was a Courant Instructor at NYU (1998-2001) and earned his PhD at Princeton University (1993-1998) in theoretical physics. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and is a recipient of Columbia’s Avanessians Diversity Award.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 03 Apr 2019 13:04:51 -0400 2019-04-15T16:00:00-04:00 2019-04-15T17:00:00-04:00 West Hall Michigan Institute for Data Science Workshop / Seminar Chris Wiggins, PhD
ISR Hackerspace with CPS faculty Yuki Shiraito (April 15, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60822 60822-14970686@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 15, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research

Dr. Shiraito is excited to host a weekly Monday evening hackerspace from January 21 until April 22. On April 22 only, hackers will meet at 2 pm.

Dr. Shiraito is available to assist with a variety of topics that include Bayesian statistics, parallel computing in R, OpenMP and Rcpp, web scraping using Python, working with high performance computing clusters (Flux, Beta, Hadoop, Cavium), and other computational methods. He hopes that participants will actively help each other where able. His goal is to create a productive and inclusive community for hackers to share expertise, assist each other in data-intensive projects, and enjoy peer-programming opportunities. Dr. Shiraito looks forward to hacking with you.

The goal is to foster a diverse and inclusive hacking environment in which attendees can benefit from each other’s expertise. To participate, hackers need to bring their own laptops and, ideally, have a chunk of code they are planning to work on unless they plan to assist and join others in their coding endeavors.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 05 Apr 2019 12:24:06 -0400 2019-04-15T16:00:00-04:00 2019-04-15T18:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research Workshop / Seminar Hackerspace at ISR
ISR Hackerspace with CPS faculty Christopher Fariss (April 16, 2019 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60825 60825-14970705@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 16, 2019 10:30am
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research

Dr. Fariss is excited to host a weekly Tuesday morning hackerspace from February 12 until April 23. Dr. Fariss uses computational methods and the statistical program R to study why governments around the world torture, maim, and kill individuals within their jurisdiction, and the processes monitors use to observe and document these abuses. Other research projects cover a broad array of themes but share a focus on computationally intensive methods, research design, and the analysis of data at a massive scale.

This weekly meeting with Dr. Fariss is for those with an interest in the R statistical programming language. Both beginners and experienced users are invited to attend. Dr. Fariss plans to introduce mostly introductory material during these sessions but will also cover Bayesian modeling in R and STAN.

The goal is to foster a diverse and inclusive hacking environment in which attendees can benefit from each other’s expertise. To participate, hackers need to bring their own laptops and, ideally, have a chunk of code they are planning to work on unless they plan to assist and join others in their coding endeavors.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 14 Feb 2019 09:47:04 -0500 2019-04-16T10:30:00-04:00 2019-04-16T12:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research Workshop / Seminar Hackerspace at ISR
Tech Talk Tuesday (April 16, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58905 58905-15188666@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 16, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Shapiro Library
Organized By: Information and Technology Services (ITS)

Join us for our regular series of workshops designed to help you discover new tech and make the most of the tech you already have.

Each week, we have a new demo or tutorial - including Q&A and personal consulting - on hardware, software, apps, and products that might just change your world. Check out upcoming topics at computershowcase.umich.edu/tech-talks/.

We encourage advance registration, but drop-ins are welcome too! Bring your own device if you want, but that’s not required either; we can provide 1:1 tech consults or helpful how-to resources so you can DIY with confidence.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 21 Dec 2018 11:12:48 -0500 2019-04-16T14:00:00-04:00 2019-04-16T15:00:00-04:00 Shapiro Library Information and Technology Services (ITS) Workshop / Seminar Computer Showcase Tech Talk Tuesday
Understanding the Social Implications of AI (April 17, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62790 62790-15466656@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 17, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Information and Technology Services (ITS)

"If we are going to augment humanity with the machine, we need to do it in a way that doesn’t bring along our mistakes of the past."
— Gregory Simpson, Chief Technology Officer for Synchrony Financial

Through mobile phones, the Internet of Things, and web computing, every single day around the globe we create a quintillion bytes of data. Pairing that trove of data with enormous computational power, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is making strides into every aspect of everyday living, from emails and targeted advertising, to healthcare and education. But with great power comes great responsibility. This Dissonance Event Series discussion will take a multidisciplinary look at the social implications of artificial intelligence and consider the promises and potential pitfalls we may look forward too.

Panelists include
- Ella Atkins, Professor, Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering
- Kentaro Toyama, W.K. Kellogg Professor of Community Information, School of Information; Fellow of the Dalai Lama Center for Ethics and Transformative Values, MIT

- Ram Vasudevan, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering

- Michael Wellman, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Lynn A. Conway Collegiate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering,College of Engineering (Moderator)

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 02 Apr 2019 10:05:19 -0400 2019-04-17T18:00:00-04:00 2019-04-17T19:00:00-04:00 Michigan League Information and Technology Services (ITS) Lecture / Discussion Understanding the Social Implications of A.I.
LHS Implementation and Acceleration Symposium (April 18, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/62704 62704-15431952@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 18, 2019 8:30am
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: Department of Learning Health Sciences

Join us for a dynamic and interactive symposium devoted to accelerating Learning Health Systems (LHS) projects across the University of Michigan campus.

To advance LHS work, the April symposium invites faculty, staff, and students to share their experiences with ongoing LHS-related work, and engage in focused discussions. The emphasis of the event will be on identifying challenges while discovering practical approaches and ways to work together.

Active participation by all attendees will enrich these discussions. Please review the agenda and attend any portion of the event based on your availability. In September 2018, the Collaboratory hosted a successful poster session highlighting 20 LHS projects. We will continue to build on the energy of these efforts to chart a path for our next season of the LHS Collaboratory Seminar Series.

The event will include breakout sessions focused on key challenge areas. We look forward to seeing you at the event!

Register here: https://medicine.umich.edu/dept/lhs/service-outreach/learning-health-system-collaboratory

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 29 Mar 2019 11:32:20 -0400 2019-04-18T08:30:00-04:00 2019-04-18T13:00:00-04:00 Palmer Commons Department of Learning Health Sciences Workshop / Seminar LHS Learning Cycle
CRITICAL x DESIGN: Apparatuses of recognition: Google, Project Maven and targeted killing (April 19, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62315 62315-15346476@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 19, 2019 12:00pm
Location: North Quad
Organized By: School of Information

In June of 2018, following a campaign initiated by activist employees within the company, Google announced its intention not to renew a US Defense Department contract for Project Maven, an initiative to automate the identification of military targets based on drone video footage. Defendants of the program argued that that it would increase the efficiency and effectiveness of US drone operations, not least by enabling more accurate recognition of those who are the program’s legitimate targets and, by implication, sparing the lives of noncombatants. But this promise begs a more fundamental question: What relations of reciprocal familiarity does recognition presuppose? And in the absence of those relations, what schemas of categorization inform our readings of the Other?

The focus of a growing body of scholarship, this question haunts not only US military operations but an expanding array of technologies of social sorting. Understood as apparatuses of recognition (Barad 2007: 171), Project Maven and the US program of targeted killing are implicated in perpetuating the very architectures of enmity that they take as their necessitating conditions. I close with some thoughts on how we might interrupt the workings of these apparatuses, in the service of wider movements for social justice.

About the Speaker
Lucy Suchman is Professor of Anthropology of Science and Technology at Lancaster University in the UK. Her research interests within the field of feminist science and technology studies are focused on technological imaginaries and material practices of technology design, particularly developments at the interface of bodies and machines. Dr. Suchman’s current research extends her longstanding critical engagement with the field of human-computer interaction to contemporary warfighting, including the figurations that inform immersive simulations, and problems of "situational awareness" in remotely-controlled weapon systems. Dr. Suchman is concerned with the question of whose bodies are incorporated into these systems, how and with what consequences for social justice and the possibility for a less violent world.

This lecture is also part of the ETHICS AND POLITICS OF AI series. Both series are generously supported by the School of Information; the Center for Political Studies at the Institute for Social Research; and the Science, Technology and Society program and the Department of Communication Studies in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 19 Mar 2019 16:58:58 -0400 2019-04-19T12:00:00-04:00 2019-04-19T13:00:00-04:00 North Quad School of Information Lecture / Discussion Lucy Suchman
21 Lessons for the 21st Century (April 19, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58979 58979-14628144@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 19, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

What are today’s greatest challenges and most important choices? How do we maintain freedom of choice when Big Data is watching? What will the future workplace look like? Yuval Harari, author of the subject book, has a unique ability to make sense of where we have come from and where we are going. We will discuss many pressing issues, including problems associated with liberal democracy, nationalism, immigration, religion, and the educational and economic response to automation. The author invites us to consider values, meaning, and personal engagement in a world full of noise and uncertainty by presenting complex contemporary challenges in 21 clear and accessible lessons. Each aims to stimulate further thinking and help us participate in some major conversations of our time.
These sessions for those 50 and above will be led by Instructors Gail Hubbard and Ron Frisch. The Study Group meets on Fridays from 1-3 p.m., from April 19-May 17.

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Class / Instruction Thu, 27 Dec 2018 19:39:47 -0500 2019-04-19T13:00:00-04:00 2019-04-19T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Group
ISR Hackerspace with CPS faculty Yuki Shiraito (April 22, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60822 60822-14970687@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 22, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research

Dr. Shiraito is excited to host a weekly Monday evening hackerspace from January 21 until April 22. On April 22 only, hackers will meet at 2 pm.

Dr. Shiraito is available to assist with a variety of topics that include Bayesian statistics, parallel computing in R, OpenMP and Rcpp, web scraping using Python, working with high performance computing clusters (Flux, Beta, Hadoop, Cavium), and other computational methods. He hopes that participants will actively help each other where able. His goal is to create a productive and inclusive community for hackers to share expertise, assist each other in data-intensive projects, and enjoy peer-programming opportunities. Dr. Shiraito looks forward to hacking with you.

The goal is to foster a diverse and inclusive hacking environment in which attendees can benefit from each other’s expertise. To participate, hackers need to bring their own laptops and, ideally, have a chunk of code they are planning to work on unless they plan to assist and join others in their coding endeavors.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 05 Apr 2019 12:24:06 -0400 2019-04-22T14:00:00-04:00 2019-04-22T16:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research Workshop / Seminar Hackerspace at ISR
Ethics and Politics of AI: Data Violence: Discourse and Justice in a Datafied World (April 22, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62336 62336-15353047@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 22, 2019 3:00pm
Location: North Quad
Organized By: School of Information

Values of fairness, antidiscrimination, and inclusion occupy a central place in the emerging ethics of data and algorithms. Their importance is underscored by the reality that data-intensive, algorithmically-mediated decision systems—as represented by artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML)—can exacerbate existing (or generate new) injustices, worsening already problematic distributions of rights, opportunities, and wealth. At the same time, critics of certain “fair” or “inclusive” approaches to the design and implementation of these systems have illustrated their limits, pointing to problems with reductive or overly technical definitions of fairness or a general inability to appropriately address representative or dignitary harms.

In this talk, Anna Lauren Hoffmann extends these critiques by focusing on problems of cultural and discursive violence. She begins by discussing trends in AI/ML fairness and inclusion discussion that mirror problematic tendencies from legal antidiscrimination discourses. From there, she introduces “data violence” as a response to these trends. In particular, she lays out the discursive bases of data-based violence—that is, the discursive forms by which competing voices and various “fair” or “inclusive” solutions become legible (and others marginalized or ignored). In doing so, she undermines any neat or easy distinction between the presence of violence and its absence—rather, our sense of fair or inclusive conditions contain and feed the possibility of violent ones. She concludes by echoing feminist political philosopher Serene Khader’s call to move away from justice-imposing solutions toward justice-enhancing ones. Importantly, justice-enhancing efforts cannot simply be a matter of protecting or “including” vulnerable others, but must also attend to discourses and norms that generate asymmetrical vulnerabilities to violence in the first place.

About the Speaker:

Anna Lauren Hoffmann is a scholar and writer working at the intersections of data, technology, culture, and ethics. She is currently an Assistant Professor with The Information School at the University of Washington.

Her work centers on issues in information, data, and ethics, paying specific attention to the ways discourse, design, and uses of information technology work to promote or hinder the pursuit of important human values like respect and justice. She is concerned with the ways data, information, and technological systems (or the ways we talk about them) discriminate by undermining the development of self-respect of some, especially through the infliction of symbolic and discursive violences. In addition, she works on issues around ethics education for data professionals and computer scientists, as well as the possibilities (and limits) of research ethics and professional codes of ethics.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 20 Mar 2019 10:07:30 -0400 2019-04-22T15:00:00-04:00 2019-04-22T16:00:00-04:00 North Quad School of Information Lecture / Discussion Anna Lauren Hoffmann
ISR Hackerspace with CPS faculty Christopher Fariss (April 23, 2019 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60825 60825-14970706@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 23, 2019 10:30am
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research

Dr. Fariss is excited to host a weekly Tuesday morning hackerspace from February 12 until April 23. Dr. Fariss uses computational methods and the statistical program R to study why governments around the world torture, maim, and kill individuals within their jurisdiction, and the processes monitors use to observe and document these abuses. Other research projects cover a broad array of themes but share a focus on computationally intensive methods, research design, and the analysis of data at a massive scale.

This weekly meeting with Dr. Fariss is for those with an interest in the R statistical programming language. Both beginners and experienced users are invited to attend. Dr. Fariss plans to introduce mostly introductory material during these sessions but will also cover Bayesian modeling in R and STAN.

The goal is to foster a diverse and inclusive hacking environment in which attendees can benefit from each other’s expertise. To participate, hackers need to bring their own laptops and, ideally, have a chunk of code they are planning to work on unless they plan to assist and join others in their coding endeavors.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 14 Feb 2019 09:47:04 -0500 2019-04-23T10:30:00-04:00 2019-04-23T12:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research Workshop / Seminar Hackerspace at ISR
Tech Talk Tuesday (April 23, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58905 58905-15188667@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 23, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Shapiro Library
Organized By: Information and Technology Services (ITS)

Join us for our regular series of workshops designed to help you discover new tech and make the most of the tech you already have.

Each week, we have a new demo or tutorial - including Q&A and personal consulting - on hardware, software, apps, and products that might just change your world. Check out upcoming topics at computershowcase.umich.edu/tech-talks/.

We encourage advance registration, but drop-ins are welcome too! Bring your own device if you want, but that’s not required either; we can provide 1:1 tech consults or helpful how-to resources so you can DIY with confidence.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 21 Dec 2018 11:12:48 -0500 2019-04-23T14:00:00-04:00 2019-04-23T15:00:00-04:00 Shapiro Library Information and Technology Services (ITS) Workshop / Seminar Computer Showcase Tech Talk Tuesday
Access to Justice (April 23, 2019 3:15pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63002 63002-15534802@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 23, 2019 3:15pm
Location: Hutchins Hall
Organized By: Law School Problem Solving Initiative

Multidisciplinary teams of graduate and professional students have spent the past term considering the real-world problem of access to the civil justice system.

Students will present solutions that improve access to civil justice in Michigan, drawing on insights from law, information technology, engineering, design, public policy, business, sociology, social work, and other relevant fields.

Proposed solutions to be discussed:

- legal information for migrant farm workers

- representative jury pools

- tenant support in eviction proceedings

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Presentation Wed, 10 Apr 2019 09:25:12 -0400 2019-04-23T15:15:00-04:00 2019-04-23T18:30:00-04:00 Hutchins Hall Law School Problem Solving Initiative Presentation Hutchins Hall
Robots and the Workplace: Addressing Automation-Related Workplace Disruption (April 24, 2019 3:15pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63246 63246-15601674@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 24, 2019 3:15pm
Location: Hutchins Hall
Organized By: Law School Problem Solving Initiative

The advent of autonomous technology, artificial intelligence, and new sales and delivery mechanisms are likely to bring economic upheaval to a wide variety of professions, including transportation, sales, fulfillment, and hospitality services.

Multidisciplinary teams of graduate and professional students spent the term exploring the history and current issues around employment shifts to create proposals to maintain decent livelihoods in the face of automation.

Guest panelists:
John Austin (Director, Michigan Economic Center)
Lionel Robert (Core Faculty, Robotics and Associate Professor, U-M School of Information)
Dana Thompson (Clinical Professor and Director of Entrepreneurship Clinic, U-M School of Law)
Curt Wolf (Managing Director, Urban Collaboratory, U-M School of Civil and Environmental Engineering )

Instructors:
Marc Norman, Associate Professor of Practice,
Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan
Nina Mendelson, Joseph L. Sax Collegiate Professor of Law,
University of Michigan Law School

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Presentation Thu, 18 Apr 2019 13:47:39 -0400 2019-04-24T15:15:00-04:00 2019-04-24T18:00:00-04:00 Hutchins Hall Law School Problem Solving Initiative Presentation Hutchins Hall
Ethics and Politics of AI: Custodians of the Internet: Platforms, Content Moderation, and the Hidden Decisions that Shape Social Media (April 25, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62338 62338-15353051@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 25, 2019 12:00pm
Location: North Quad
Organized By: School of Information

Content moderation can serve as a prism for examining what platforms are, and how they subtly torque public life. Our understanding of platforms too blithely accepted the terms in which they were sold and celebrated - open, impartial, connective, progressive, transformative - skewing our study of social behavior that happens on them, stunting our examination of their societal impact.

Content moderation doesn’t fit this celebratory vision. As such, it has often been treated as peripheral to what they do—a custodial task, like sweeping up, occasional and invisible. What if moderation is in fact central to what platforms do? Moderation is an enormous part of the work of running a platform, in terms of people, time, and cost. The work of policing all this caustic content and abuse haunts platforms, and profoundly shapes how they work.

Today, social media platforms are being scrutinized in the press; specific controversies, each a tiny crisis of trust, have gelled into a more profound interrogation of their responsibilities to users and society. What are the implications of the emerging demand that platforms serve not as conduits or arbiters, but as custodians? This is uncharted territory for the platforms, a very different notion of how they should earn the trust of their users and stand accountable to civil society.

About the Speaker:

Tarleton Gillespie is a principal researcher at Microsoft Research New England, and an affiliated associate professor in the Department of Communication and Department of Information Science at Cornell University. His new book, Custodians of the Internet: Platforms, Content Moderation, and the Hidden Decisions that Shape Social Media (Yale University Press) was published in June 2018. He is also the author of Wired Shut: Copyright and the Shape of Digital Culture (MIT Press, 2007), the co-editor of Media Technologies: Essays on Communication, Materiality, and Society (MIT, 2014), and the co-founder of the blog Culture Digitally.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 20 Mar 2019 10:16:08 -0400 2019-04-25T12:00:00-04:00 2019-04-25T13:00:00-04:00 North Quad School of Information Lecture / Discussion Tarleton Gillespie
MUSE Workshop: Discussion: ethics, big data, and our response to climate change (April 25, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60222 60222-14849124@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 25, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Dana Building
Organized By: Michigan University-wide Sustainability and Environment Initiative (MUSE)

The MUSE workshop is a Rackham Interdisciplinary Workshop that brings together sustainability researchers from across the university to discuss ideas and promote interdisciplinary connections and collaborations.
The workshops are informal gatherings with a facilitator who leads an often wide-ranging discussion.
Workshops occur at least biweekly (with special workshops arising for hot topics). Check out the line up of further speakers

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 22 Jan 2019 15:31:20 -0500 2019-04-25T17:00:00-04:00 2019-04-25T19:00:00-04:00 Dana Building Michigan University-wide Sustainability and Environment Initiative (MUSE) Workshop / Seminar MUSE workshop
Build Interactive Maps with ArcGIS Online (May 6, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62862 62862-15485940@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, May 6, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Shapiro Library
Organized By: LSA Technology Services

ArcGIS Online is a simple, yet powerful interactive mapping tool to which everyone at the University of Michigan has access. Use ArcGIS Online to visualize data, analyze spatial patterns, and present materials in a professional-looking app. In this hands-on workshop, we will learn how to easily turn a spreadsheet into a map using ArcGIS Online, all on the web. We will explore how to work with symbols and pop-ups on the map, and discover and add data from authoritative sources, including Esri’s Living Atlas. Exercises are based on Esri’s tutorial: “Get Started with ArcGIS Online”.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 04 Apr 2019 12:11:09 -0400 2019-05-06T13:00:00-04:00 2019-05-06T14:50:00-04:00 Shapiro Library LSA Technology Services Workshop / Seminar Shapiro Library
Harness The Power Of Maps To Tell Your Story With Esri Story Maps (May 7, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62866 62866-15485947@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, May 7, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Shapiro Library
Organized By: LSA Technology Services

Story Maps enable you to combine interactive maps with narrative text, images, and multimedia content. They provide a powerful, engaging, and inspiring alternative for educational activities and assessments, as well as instructional delivery, as compared to traditional presentation or paper-writing methods. In this workshop we will share examples of how instructors are using Story Maps within their courses, discuss best practices for using the Story Map application, and create a Cascade Story Map. Workshop exercises will be based on Esri’s tutorial “Getting Started with Story Maps”.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 04 Apr 2019 12:16:42 -0400 2019-05-07T13:00:00-04:00 2019-05-07T14:50:00-04:00 Shapiro Library LSA Technology Services Workshop / Seminar Shapiro Library
Conversation with BlueCorps: Insights into U-M Student Approaches to Research, Information Evaluation, and More (May 7, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62871 62871-15485948@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, May 7, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: LSA Technology Services

This session will be a candid talk with a small panel of BlueCorps students who will provide insights into how students conduct research in the modern digital age, how they locate and evaluate information sources, how they think about the democratization of information, and generally how they go about being students. This is a wonderful opportunity to get honest answers from thoughtful students.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 04 Apr 2019 12:19:35 -0400 2019-05-07T15:00:00-04:00 2019-05-07T16:50:00-04:00 Off Campus Location LSA Technology Services Workshop / Seminar
Design Web-Based Surveys With Survey123 For ArcGIS (May 8, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62873 62873-15485950@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 8, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Shapiro Library
Organized By: LSA Technology Services

Survey123 is a simple, form-centric data collection app, that allows users to design surveys, share, and analyze data all within the ArcGIS Online platform. Survey123 differs from other form-centric data collection apps in that collection of geographic data is a key element. It seamlessly integrates with Collector for ArcGIS, an interactive mobile mapping application, and surveys can be downloaded to work offline. One can design a simple survey using the intuitive web-based form builder, and implement it within minutes.

In this workshop we will look at the basic workflows for creating and administering a survey using the Survey123 for ArcGIS mobile app. We will also discuss best practices for survey design for the mobile environment.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 04 Apr 2019 12:24:37 -0400 2019-05-08T13:00:00-04:00 2019-05-08T14:50:00-04:00 Shapiro Library LSA Technology Services Workshop / Seminar Shapiro Library
#UMTweetCon2019 (May 23, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61765 61765-15179575@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 23, 2019 8:30am
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research

#UMTweetCon2019 will connect U-M scholars across a diverse set of disciplines in an interdisciplinary exchange about common challenges and lessons learned. We further seek to facilitate new connections to help U-M scholars create opportunities for future joint research, collaborative grant writing, training and other activities. Conference attendance will be open to anyone interested in learning about the wide array of Twitter data applications in current research at the University.

The conference is sponsored by the Social Science and Social Media Collaborative, the Michigan Institute for Data Science, the #Parenting Rackham Interdisciplinary Group, and coordinated by the Center for Political Studies and the Institute for Social Research.

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 14 May 2019 12:05:49 -0400 2019-05-23T08:30:00-04:00 2019-05-23T17:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research Conference / Symposium TweetCon2019
Labor in the Global Platform Economy (June 1, 2019 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/63818 63818-15896737@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, June 1, 2019 9:30am
Location: North Quad
Organized By: School of Information

The first of two panel discussions open to the public as part of a two-day National Science Foundation-funded workshop on Making the "Future of Work" Work.

From voice assistances that replicate how care and service professions manage their own emotions to surveillance technologies powered by outsourced, contracted coding work, emotional, gendered, and racialized labor are the sources of “smart” technologies writ large. How does the promise of a better, hopeful “future of work” reproduce or contest exploitative regimes of labor? How does the promise of living the “good life,” of becoming the “smart” self, and individual empowerment prohibit other forms of solidarity?

Presenters:
Nathan Ensmenger, Indiana University
Mary Gray, Microsoft Research
Lilly Irani, UC San Diego
Cara Wallis, Texas A&M

Discussants:
Sarah Murray and Lisa Nakamura, University of Michigan

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 24 May 2019 10:08:40 -0400 2019-06-01T09:30:00-04:00 2019-06-01T11:00:00-04:00 North Quad School of Information Lecture / Discussion North Quad
Algorithms, Scale, Speed and the Labor of Logistics (June 1, 2019 11:15am) https://events.umich.edu/event/63823 63823-15897066@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, June 1, 2019 11:15am
Location: North Quad
Organized By: School of Information

The second of two panel discussions, open to the public, as part of the National Science Foundation-funded two-day workshop on Making the "Future of Work" Work.

Digital labor regimes have infiltrated various processes from global logistics and supply chains to mass production and mechanic work. Scale, speed, and acceleration are key to these processes of increasing algorithmic control (simultaneously critiqued and celebrated). What are the cracks, frictions, and gaps in this seemingly all-subsuming finance capitalism? How might we have to rearticulate what counts as solidarity and collective organizing to counter distributed, isolating, and large-scale structures of control? How can we intervene in the persistent techno-optimism that lives on in contemporary engineering and design?

Presenters:
Alessandro Delfanti, University of Toronto
Vicky Hattam, New School
Margaret Jack, Cornell University
Noopur Raval, UC Irvine

Discussants:
Silvia Lindtner & Christian Sandvig, University of Michigan School of Information

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 24 May 2019 10:17:27 -0400 2019-06-01T11:15:00-04:00 2019-06-01T12:45:00-04:00 North Quad School of Information Lecture / Discussion North Quad
Merging the Old and the New: Bird’s-Eye Views of America - OLLI Study Group (June 17, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58983 58983-14628148@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, June 17, 2019 1:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Between 1850 and 1900, panoramic depictions of towns and cities were very popular in America. University of Michigan School of Information student Corey Schmidt will describe his project to catalog and digitize these bird’s-eye views and also to create an online interactive map. Director of the Clements Library, Kevin Graffagnino will discuss the significance of these unique nineteenth-century depictions of communities throughout the United States. Participants will also have an opportunity to view several original bird’s-eye views from the Clements Library collection.

This session for those 50 and above meets on Monday, June 17, from 1:30-2:30 p.m.

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Class / Instruction Thu, 27 Dec 2018 16:11:04 -0500 2019-06-17T13:30:00-04:00 2019-06-17T14:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Group
Book club- Becoming by Michelle Obama Part I: Becoming me (Chap 1-8) (June 25, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63964 63964-16041377@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, June 25, 2019 6:00pm
Location:
Organized By: MUSES

This summer MUSES is having a book club featuring "Becoming" by Michelle Obama. Becoming was the #1 best-selling book in 2018 totaling 3.4 million copies. Come join us as we discuss the journey of the first African American first lady of the United States.

The book club will be divided into 3 parts:

Becoming me (Chap 1-8): June 25th, Duderstadt 1120D Conf Rm D
Becoming us (Chap 9-18): July 30th, Duderstadt 1120D Conf Rm D
Become more (Chap 19-24): Aug 27th, Duderstadt 1120D Conf Rm D

Food will be provided, Please RSVP here for June 25th, so we can have enough food
If you need a book or have any other question, please contact us at umichmuses@gmail.com

Best,
MUSES Committee

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Meeting Tue, 11 Jun 2019 09:09:36 -0400 2019-06-25T18:00:00-04:00 2019-06-25T19:30:00-04:00 MUSES Meeting
IT4U Webinar: Intro to M-Reports (July 23, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/64185 64185-16201835@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, July 23, 2019 9:00am
Location:
Organized By: Information and Technology Services (ITS)

John Moje (ITS/Information Quest) offers a tour of M-Reports--management reports in a customizable user interface, sourced from M-Pathways Production, U-M Data Warehouse, unit systems, and other databases. Register in My LINC: http://bit.ly/2KTraID

IT4U is a series of 30- and 45-minute interactive webinars brought to you by Information & Technology Services. Learn and apply tips & techniques for working with ITS tools, products, and services. View recordings of previous sessions on the IT4U MiVideo page: http://bit.ly/2KQ1vkk.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 01 Jul 2019 11:43:12 -0400 2019-07-23T09:00:00-04:00 2019-07-23T09:45:00-04:00 Information and Technology Services (ITS) Class / Instruction m-reports screenshot
Machine Learning for Healthcare Conference (July 24, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/63525 63525-16386890@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, July 24, 2019 11:00am
Location:
Organized By: Michigan Integrated Center for Health Analytics and Medical Prediction

The Machine Learning for Healthcare conference is a national research meeting that attracts clinicians and data scientists with machine learning and big data expertise. The event will be held at Rackham Auditorium August 9-10 beginning with a community data challenge on August 8 at North Quad. This annual research meeting includes invited talks, poster presentations, and panel discussions. Speakers will include machine learning leaders from across the nation and Andrew Rosenberg, MD, Chief Information Officer for Michigan Medicine. The Michigan Integrated Center for Health Analytics and Medical Prediction (MiCHAMP) is sponsoring the event. Conference hosts are Jenna Wiens, PhD (College of Engineering) and Brahmajee Nallamothu, MD (Michigan Medicine). To view the conference live on August 9-10, visit www.tinyurl.com/2019MLHCvideo

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 24 Jul 2019 11:09:04 -0400 2019-07-24T11:00:00-04:00 2019-07-24T12:00:00-04:00 Michigan Integrated Center for Health Analytics and Medical Prediction Conference / Symposium MLHC conference promotion
Book Club - Becoming by Michelle Obama Part 2: Becoming us (Chap 9-18) (July 30, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64488 64488-16372918@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, July 30, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Duderstadt Center
Organized By: MUSES

We will continue our book club featuring "Becoming" by Michelle Obama. Becoming was the #1 best-selling book in 2018 totaling 3.4 million copies. Come join us as we discuss the journey of the first African American first lady of the United States.

We already explored Becoming me (Chap 1-8) on June 25th.

Following, we will explore:
Becoming us (Chap 9-18): July 30th, at 6pm, Duderstadt 1120D Conf Rm D
Become more (Chap 19-24): Aug 27th, at 6pm, Duderstadt 1120D Conf Rm D

If you would like to join us on July 30th, at 6 pm. Please, RSVP below so we can have enough food.
https://forms.gle/4HhPTKSnUPqUFdaL8

If you need a book or have any other questions, please contact us at umichmuses@gmail.com

Best,
MUSES Committee

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Meeting Mon, 22 Jul 2019 14:42:40 -0400 2019-07-30T18:00:00-04:00 2019-07-30T19:30:00-04:00 Duderstadt Center MUSES Meeting Duderstadt Center
U-M Ideas Lab: Informational Webinar on Predicting Human Performance (July 31, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/64096 64096-16147464@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, July 31, 2019 11:00am
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Biosciences Initiative

Attend this webinar to learn more about the 2019 Biosciences Initiative U-M Ideas Lab: Predicting Human Performance.

Experts will:
- present background surrounding the Ideas Lab
- explore the topic in depth
- answer questions live from the audience

Questions may be sent ahead of time to biosciences@umich.edu.
Registration for the webinar: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/e93ed8dbfacf569acde7dc3c8da9331e
On-line attendance- please register yourself and utilize your individual link for the meeting.
In-person attendance- you may register on-line or when you arrive.

About U-M Ideas Lab:
The Biosciences Initiative U-M Ideas Lab is your chance to pursue high-risk, high-reward, creative ideas and solutions to broad biosciences challenges alongside colleagues with diverse areas of expertise. Use this interactive think tank funding opportunity to pursue innovative research while still focusing on your current program and other duties.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 12 Jul 2019 15:01:40 -0400 2019-07-31T11:00:00-04:00 2019-07-31T12:00:00-04:00 Michigan League Biosciences Initiative Workshop / Seminar Ideas Lab Banner
LinkedIn Learning Day (August 8, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/64081 64081-16115270@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, August 8, 2019 8:30am
Location: North Campus Research Complex Building 10
Organized By: Organizational Learning

Organizational Learning has teamed up with LinkedIn Learning to show you ways you can support your personal learning goals. Join us for an informational session with a representative from LinkedIn Learning on how to navigate the new platform and how to utilize LinkedIn Learning to best support your goals and growth on your development journey. Charge your mobile device to be ready for a hands-on experience during this workshop.

About LinkedIn Learning:
LinkedIn Learning is an on-demand learning solution designed to help you gain new skills and advance your career, provided for all qualifying benefits-eligible faculty and staff at the university.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 09 Jul 2019 22:42:34 -0400 2019-08-08T08:30:00-04:00 2019-08-08T10:00:00-04:00 North Campus Research Complex Building 10 Organizational Learning Workshop / Seminar Organizational Learning and LinkedIn Learning
Machine Learning for Healthcare Conference (August 8, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/63525 63525-15775924@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, August 8, 2019 11:00am
Location: North Quad
Organized By: Michigan Integrated Center for Health Analytics and Medical Prediction

The Machine Learning for Healthcare conference is a national research meeting that attracts clinicians and data scientists with machine learning and big data expertise. The event will be held at Rackham Auditorium August 9-10 beginning with a community data challenge on August 8 at North Quad. This annual research meeting includes invited talks, poster presentations, and panel discussions. Speakers will include machine learning leaders from across the nation and Andrew Rosenberg, MD, Chief Information Officer for Michigan Medicine. The Michigan Integrated Center for Health Analytics and Medical Prediction (MiCHAMP) is sponsoring the event. Conference hosts are Jenna Wiens, PhD (College of Engineering) and Brahmajee Nallamothu, MD (Michigan Medicine). To view the conference live on August 9-10, visit www.tinyurl.com/2019MLHCvideo

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 24 Jul 2019 11:09:04 -0400 2019-08-08T11:00:00-04:00 2019-08-08T17:00:00-04:00 North Quad Michigan Integrated Center for Health Analytics and Medical Prediction Conference / Symposium MLHC conference promotion
LinkedIn Learning Day (August 8, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64081 64081-16115271@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, August 8, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Campus Safety Services Building
Organized By: Organizational Learning

Organizational Learning has teamed up with LinkedIn Learning to show you ways you can support your personal learning goals. Join us for an informational session with a representative from LinkedIn Learning on how to navigate the new platform and how to utilize LinkedIn Learning to best support your goals and growth on your development journey. Charge your mobile device to be ready for a hands-on experience during this workshop.

About LinkedIn Learning:
LinkedIn Learning is an on-demand learning solution designed to help you gain new skills and advance your career, provided for all qualifying benefits-eligible faculty and staff at the university.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 09 Jul 2019 22:42:34 -0400 2019-08-08T13:00:00-04:00 2019-08-08T14:30:00-04:00 Campus Safety Services Building Organizational Learning Workshop / Seminar Organizational Learning and LinkedIn Learning
LinkedIn Learning Day (August 8, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64081 64081-16115272@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, August 8, 2019 3:30pm
Location: Frankel Cardiovascular Center
Organized By: Organizational Learning

Organizational Learning has teamed up with LinkedIn Learning to show you ways you can support your personal learning goals. Join us for an informational session with a representative from LinkedIn Learning on how to navigate the new platform and how to utilize LinkedIn Learning to best support your goals and growth on your development journey. Charge your mobile device to be ready for a hands-on experience during this workshop.

About LinkedIn Learning:
LinkedIn Learning is an on-demand learning solution designed to help you gain new skills and advance your career, provided for all qualifying benefits-eligible faculty and staff at the university.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 09 Jul 2019 22:42:34 -0400 2019-08-08T15:30:00-04:00 2019-08-08T17:00:00-04:00 Frankel Cardiovascular Center Organizational Learning Workshop / Seminar Organizational Learning and LinkedIn Learning
Machine Learning for Healthcare Conference (August 9, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/63525 63525-15775925@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, August 9, 2019 8:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Michigan Integrated Center for Health Analytics and Medical Prediction

The Machine Learning for Healthcare conference is a national research meeting that attracts clinicians and data scientists with machine learning and big data expertise. The event will be held at Rackham Auditorium August 9-10 beginning with a community data challenge on August 8 at North Quad. This annual research meeting includes invited talks, poster presentations, and panel discussions. Speakers will include machine learning leaders from across the nation and Andrew Rosenberg, MD, Chief Information Officer for Michigan Medicine. The Michigan Integrated Center for Health Analytics and Medical Prediction (MiCHAMP) is sponsoring the event. Conference hosts are Jenna Wiens, PhD (College of Engineering) and Brahmajee Nallamothu, MD (Michigan Medicine). To view the conference live on August 9-10, visit www.tinyurl.com/2019MLHCvideo

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 24 Jul 2019 11:09:04 -0400 2019-08-09T08:00:00-04:00 2019-08-09T19:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Michigan Integrated Center for Health Analytics and Medical Prediction Conference / Symposium MLHC conference promotion