Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence — CCAT Distinguished Lecture Series (February 24, 2022 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/91474 91474-21679946@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 24, 2022 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Connected and Automated Transportation

Recent years have seen astounding growth in the deployment of AI systems in critical domains such as autonomous vehicles, criminal justice, healthcare, hiring, housing, human resource management, law enforcement, and public safety, where decisions taken by AI agents directly impact human lives. Consequently, there is an increasing concern if these decisions can be trusted to be correct, reliable, fair, and safe, especially under adversarial attacks. How then can we deliver on the promise of the benefits of AI but address these scenarios that have life-critical consequences for people and society? In short, how can we achieve trustworthy AI?

Under the umbrella of trustworthy computing, there is a long-established framework employing formal methods and verification techniques for ensuring trust properties like reliability, security, and privacy of traditional software and hardware systems. Just as for trustworthy computing, formal verification could be an effective approach for building trust in AI-based systems. However, the set of properties needs to be extended beyond reliability, security, and privacy to include fairness, robustness, probabilistic accuracy under uncertainty, and other properties yet to be identified and defined. Further, there is a need for new property specifications and verification techniques to handle new kinds of artifacts, e.g., data distributions, probabilistic programs, and machine learning-based models that may learn and adapt automatically over time. This talk will pose a new research agenda, from a formal methods perspective, for us to increase trust in AI systems.
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About the speaker: Dr. Wing joined Columbia in 2017 as the inaugural Avanessians Director of the Data Science Institute. Prior to Columbia, Dr. Wing was Corporate Vice President of Microsoft Research, served on the faculty and as department head in computer science at Carnegie Mellon University, and served as Assistant Director for Computer and Information Science and Engineering at the National Science Foundation. Dr. Wing’s research contributions have been in the areas of trustworthy AI, security and privacy, specification and verification, concurrent and distributed systems, programming languages, and software engineering. Her 2006 seminal essay, titled "Computational Thinking,’’ is credited with helping to establish the centrality of computer science to problem-solving in fields where previously it had not been embraced and thereby influencing K-12 and university curricula worldwide.

She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), and the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE). Dr. Wing received distinguished service awards from the Association for Computing Machinery and the Computing Research Association and an honorary doctorate degree from Linköping University, Sweden. She earned her bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees in computer science, all from MIT.

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 25 Jan 2022 11:21:26 -0500 2022-02-24T13:00:00-05:00 2022-02-24T14:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Connected and Automated Transportation Livestream / Virtual Decorative Image for the CCAT Distinguished Lecture Series with Professor Jeannette Wing. It features the presentation title 'Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence' and Professor Wing's headshot.
Physiological Sensing to Indicate Driver Takeover Abilities — CCAT Research Review (March 9, 2022 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/92203 92203-21688056@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 9, 2022 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Connected and Automated Transportation

The emerging level 3 autonomous vehicle (L3AV) can perform all aspects of the driving task and allow for complete disengagement of drivers (e.g., sit back and relax) under certain driving scenarios including immediate response (e.g., emergency braking). However, this still requires the driver to be prepared for takeover within a few seconds of warning. Being able to measure and predict the takeover performance (TOP) ahead of time and issue adequate warnings is critical to ensure driver comfort, trust, and safety in the system and acceptance of the technology.

A necessary undertaking in this process is to develop a robust approach to understand the drivers’ capabilities to take over the vehicle safely and promptly in L3 AV under different driving and disengagement scenarios. In this project, we propose an integrated treatment of the drivers’ TOP measured through multimodal physiological features and driving environment data in L3 AVs. We will present the results of data collected from 20 drivers. The drivers were presented with different secondary tasks and driving scenarios in a simulator and their physiological responses were collected using different sensing devices such as electroencephalogram (EEG), galvanic skin response (GSR), and heart rate (HR). The presentation will highlight the relationship between the driver's physiological state such as level of engagement with the secondary task and their TOP.

More about this research: https://myumi.ch/Axbod

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 10 Feb 2022 11:47:19 -0500 2022-03-09T14:00:00-05:00 2022-03-09T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Connected and Automated Transportation Livestream / Virtual Decorative Image for the CCAT Research Review with Carol Menassa, Vineet Kamat, Da Li, and Julian Brinkley. It features the presentation title 'Can Physiological Sensing Indicate Driver Takeover Abilities in Lvl 3 Automation?' and a test subject using a driving simulator.
2022 Precision Health Symposium (March 16, 2022 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/91836 91836-21683225@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 16, 2022 8:00am
Location: North Campus Research Complex Building 18
Organized By: Precision Health

Join us for a half-day, in-person event (with remote option) that will focus on the transformative impact artificial intelligence and machine learning are having on precision healthcare. Attendees will hear from thought leaders, researchers, and practitioners who will guide the conversation from big picture concepts, to the importance of applying new research tools responsibly and inclusively, to the need for integrating new methods and inclusivity considerations into training for clinicians, researchers, and other learners.

Keynote Speaker: Bob Wachter

Featured Speakers: Akbar Waljee, Lionel Robert, Jodyn Platt

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 07 Mar 2022 16:32:48 -0500 2022-03-16T08:00:00-04:00 2022-03-16T12:00:00-04:00 North Campus Research Complex Building 18 Precision Health Workshop / Seminar Precision Health Symposium
The Clements Bookworm: "Women in Photographs" Collector's Corner (March 18, 2022 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/92545 92545-21692156@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 18, 2022 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

In celebration of Women's History Month, prolific collector Cynthia Motzenbecker will share and discuss historic images of women from her private collection. Beginning with daguerreotypes and ambrotypes, she will comment on the development of techniques and photographic history illustrated by her examples. Motzenbecker is a member and past president of the Michigan Photographic Historical Society.

This episode is generously sponsored by an avid Bookworm supporter.

Please register at http://myumi.ch/gjgzR

*The Clements Bookworm is a webinar series in which panelists discuss history topics. Recommended books, articles, and other resources are provided in each session. Live attendees are encouraged to post comments and questions, respond to polls, and add to our conversation and camaraderie.*

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 17 Feb 2022 17:13:36 -0500 2022-03-18T10:00:00-04:00 2022-03-18T11:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location William L. Clements Library Livestream / Virtual Photograph by Gösta Florman, Motzenbecker Private Collection
2022 CCAT Global Symposium on Connected and Automated Vehicles and Infrastructure (April 12, 2022 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/93055 93055-21700218@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 12, 2022 8:00am
Location: Michigan Union
Organized By: Center for Connected and Automated Transportation

The 5th annual CCAT Global Symposium returns this year on April 12th and 13th! The conference will be hosted at the Michigan Union in Ann Arbor, MI with both in-person and virtual registration options available to attendees. The two-day, two-track event will continue discussions on cybersecurity, infrastructure, shared mobility, and more.

The 2022 CCAT Global Symposium on Connected and Automated Vehicles and Infrastructure is sponsored by Michigan Engineering, the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, and WSP. Women in Autonomy serves as our conference partner.

For complete details and hotel room blocks, please visit the Symposium page on the CCAT website: https://ccat.umtri.umich.edu/symposium/

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 07 Mar 2022 08:14:47 -0500 2022-04-12T08:00:00-04:00 2022-04-12T16:00:00-04:00 Michigan Union Center for Connected and Automated Transportation Conference / Symposium Decorative Image for the 2022 CCAT Global Symposium. It features a 3-D animated city with several forms of transportation and text that reads '2022 Global Symposium' with the CCAT logo in the bottom right.
2022 CCAT Global Symposium on Connected and Automated Vehicles and Infrastructure (April 13, 2022 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/93055 93055-21700219@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 13, 2022 8:00am
Location: Michigan Union
Organized By: Center for Connected and Automated Transportation

The 5th annual CCAT Global Symposium returns this year on April 12th and 13th! The conference will be hosted at the Michigan Union in Ann Arbor, MI with both in-person and virtual registration options available to attendees. The two-day, two-track event will continue discussions on cybersecurity, infrastructure, shared mobility, and more.

The 2022 CCAT Global Symposium on Connected and Automated Vehicles and Infrastructure is sponsored by Michigan Engineering, the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, and WSP. Women in Autonomy serves as our conference partner.

For complete details and hotel room blocks, please visit the Symposium page on the CCAT website: https://ccat.umtri.umich.edu/symposium/

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 07 Mar 2022 08:14:47 -0500 2022-04-13T08:00:00-04:00 2022-04-13T16:00:00-04:00 Michigan Union Center for Connected and Automated Transportation Conference / Symposium Decorative Image for the 2022 CCAT Global Symposium. It features a 3-D animated city with several forms of transportation and text that reads '2022 Global Symposium' with the CCAT logo in the bottom right.
Autonomous Vehicle Impacts on Travel-Based Activity & Activity-Based Travel (May 10, 2022 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/94198 94198-21724108@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, May 10, 2022 2:00pm
Location: Transportation Research Institute
Organized By: Center for Connected and Automated Transportation

We are pleased to welcome Dr. Chandra Bhat, University Distinguished Teaching Professor and Joe J. King Endowed Chair Professor at the University of Texas at Austin, to the Distinguished Lecture Series! For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic, we will be offering hybrid attendance options.

This presentation undertakes a deep-dive into the kinds of activities that individuals are likely to pursue when freed from the task of driving in the future transportation landscape of fully automated vehicles (AVs). Dr. Bhat's study indicates that “productive use of time” is not necessarily always tied with activities, such as work and study; rather, being able to partake in relatively “chill” activities (such as sleeping, relaxing, and gazing out the window) is also considered as good use of time. This suggests caution in the interpretation of what are traditionally referred to as “productive” activities, and also, a need for scholarly restraint in the use of the label “multi-tasking” to exclusively refer to non-passive activities.

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Presentation Wed, 30 Mar 2022 15:00:00 -0400 2022-05-10T14:00:00-04:00 2022-05-10T15:00:00-04:00 Transportation Research Institute Center for Connected and Automated Transportation Presentation Decorative Image for the CCAT Distinguished Lecture Series with Professor Chandra Bhat. It features Dr. Bhat's headshot and the presentation title 'Autonomous Vehicle Impacts on Travel-Based Activity & Activity-Based Travel'.
2022 MaryFran Sowers Memorial Symposium (Day 2, May 13) (May 13, 2022 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/93519 93519-21705222@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 13, 2022 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Midlife Science

*featuring the career of Siobán D. Harlow, PhD*

REGISTER TODAY (in person and virtual attendance options)
http://midlifescience.umich.edu/Event_Sowers2022.php

May 13 (Friday)11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Panel: The Future of Women's Health
Moderator, Nancy Fugate Wood

Panel A: NGO and Practice
With...
Lisa Zook, MPH (InformEd International)
Richa Mittal, MPH (Fair Labor Association)
Alain Mukwege, MD (Panzi Foundation)

Panel B: Research
With...
Alexis Handal, PhD (U of M)
Carrie Karvonen-Gutierrez, PhD (U of M)
Lynda Lisabeth, PhD (U of M)
Hilda Garcia, PhD (Colegio de Frontera Norte)

Registration required. Please see webpage for more information and registration.
http://midlifescience.umich.edu/SOWERS2022

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 25 Apr 2022 13:38:04 -0400 2022-05-13T11:00:00-04:00 2022-05-13T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Midlife Science Conference / Symposium MaryFran Sowers Memorial Symposium featuring the career of Siobán Harlow
Optimizing Health and Well-Being as We Age (May 19, 2022 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/94948 94948-21786944@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 19, 2022 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation

This webinar celebrates the fifth anniversary of the University of Michigan National Poll on Healthy Aging, and is presented by the Institute for Healthcare Policy & Innovation and AARP.

It will feature distinguished national leaders to share the latest research and discuss opportunities to enhance health as we age.

Registration: https://michmed.org/zQrVk

Opening remarks by:
John Ayanian, M.D., M.P.P.
Director of the Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation and the Alice Hamilton Distinguished University Professor of Medicine and Healthcare Policy, University of Michigan

Debra Whitman, Ph.D., M.A.
Executive Vice President and Chief Public Policy Officer, AARP

Panelists:

Louise Aronson, M.D., M.F.A.
Author, Geriatrician and Professor of Medicine at the University of California San Francisco

Vijeth Iyengar, Ph.D.
Director of Global Aging, AARP

Preeti Malani, M.D., M.S., M.S.J.
Director of the University of Michigan National Poll on Healthy Aging, U-M Chief Health Officer, and Professor of Medicine

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 03 May 2022 12:33:03 -0400 2022-05-19T13:00:00-04:00 2022-05-19T14:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation Lecture / Discussion National Poll on Healthy Aging anniversary event
Modeling Autonomous Vehicle's Lane Change Decision-Making in Weaving Sections of Freeway Ramps (June 16, 2022 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/95251 95251-21789065@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, June 16, 2022 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Connected and Automated Transportation

To date, no systems can recommend when lane changes should be engaged in weaving sections of limited length to ensure that traffic stays safely and smoothly separated. In this presentation, Dr. Lin will describe the naturalistic driving data mining and modeling for the driver’s lane change decision-making in freeway weaving sections. The models were further tested in automated driving with computer simulation and demonstrated in the environment of augmented reality at Mcity. This study could provide valuable insights for developing AV lane change features.

More about this research: https://myumi.ch/j26wj

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About the speakers:
Dr. Brian Lin earned his BS, MS, and Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan. Dr. Lin has 11 years of experience in automotive human factors research at UMTRI after his Ph.D. His current research is focused on mining naturalistic driving data using statistical and machine-learning methods, driver-assist-system evaluation, driver performance and behavior assessment, and driver distraction and workload mitigation. His most recent work includes human driver’s lane-change maneuvers, drivers’ decisions at intersections, and passengers’ motion discomfort in moving vehicles. Dr. Lin has much experience in conducting experiments to evaluate advanced automotive systems, including auto-braking, lane departure, driver-state monitoring, electronic head units, car-following and curve-assist systems on L2 automation, and lane-change and intersection assist on L3 automation on public roads, test tracks, or simulation. He is familiar with the methods to investigate driver distraction, workload, and human-machine interaction with in-vehicle technologies and safety features. He serves as a peer reviewer for Applied Ergonomics, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles, Transportation Research Part F, and Transportation Research Record.

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 23 May 2022 12:57:30 -0400 2022-06-16T13:00:00-04:00 2022-06-16T14:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Connected and Automated Transportation Livestream / Virtual Promotional Image for the CCAT Research Review with Brian Lin. It features Brian's headshot and a photo of highway traffic.
LHS Collaboratory (June 21, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/95245 95245-21789057@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, June 21, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Learning Health Sciences

"Restructuring health systems for learning: Building equity into the Learning Health System"
Learn more about ELSI-LHS (Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications of Learning Health Systems). The session will be moderated by, Jody E. Platt, MPH, PhD, Assistant Professor of Learning Health Sciences.

Speaker:
Lauren A. Taylor, PhD, MDiv, MPH
Assistant Professor
Department of Population Health
Division of Medical Ethics
NYU Grossman School of Medicine

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 25 May 2022 00:20:49 -0400 2022-06-21T12:00:00-04:00 2022-06-21T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Learning Health Sciences Lecture / Discussion LHS Collaboratory logo
Certifiable Autonomous Systems Through Online Verification — CCAT Distinguished Lecture Series (July 21, 2022 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/95889 95889-21791378@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, July 21, 2022 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Connected and Automated Transportation

Engineers and computer scientists are currently developing autonomous systems whose entire set of behaviors in future, untested situations is unknown. For instance, how can a designer foresee all situations that an autonomous vehicle will face? Keeping in mind that many autonomous systems are safety-critical or operation-critical, it is irresponsible to deploy such systems without testing all possible situations---this, however, seems impossible since even the most important possible situations are often unmanageably many. This presentation proposes a paradigm shift that will make it possible to guarantee safety in unforeseeable situations (under mild model assumptions): Instead of verifying the correctness of a system before deployment, we propose online verification, a new verification paradigm where a system continuously checks the correctness of its next action by itself in its current environment (and only in it) in a just-in-time manner. The usefulness of this method will be demonstrated primarily for autonomous driving and robotics.

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About the speaker: Matthias Althoff received a diploma in Mechatronics and Information Technology from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Technical University of Munich, Germany, in 2005. He received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the same university under the supervision of Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing./Univ. Tokio Martin Buss in 2010. From 2010 - 2012 he was a postdoctoral researcher at Carnegie Mellon University, USA, with a joint appointment in electrical engineering and the Robotics Institute. He joined the Computer Science Department at Ilmenau University of Technology, Germany, in 2012 as Assistant Professor for Automation Systems. Since 2013 Matthias Althoff is a Professor in Computer Science at the Technical University of Munich.

His research interests include the design and analysis of cyber-physical systems, formal verification of continuous and hybrid systems, reachability analysis, planning algorithms, and robust and fault-tolerant control. The main applications of his research are automated vehicles, robotics, and power systems.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 30 Jun 2022 15:30:53 -0400 2022-07-21T13:00:00-04:00 2022-07-21T14:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Connected and Automated Transportation Livestream / Virtual Decorative Image for the CCAT Distinguished Lecture Series with Professor Matthias Althoff. It features the presentation title 'Certifiable Autonomous Systems Through Online Verification', Professor Althoff's headshot, and an image of an Autonomous Vehicle.
Traffic Signal Control via Decentralized Decomposition Approaches (August 24, 2022 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/96271 96271-21792217@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, August 24, 2022 1:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Center for Connected and Automated Transportation

Traffic congestion is a global pressing issue that can be mitigated via effective traffic signal control schemes. In this presentation, based on a cell transmission model, the team from the University of Michigan coordinated the control of traffic signals at multiple intersections to maximize vehicle throughput on corridors or road networks under uncertain traffic demand and vehicle turning. They formulated a two-stage, stochastic mixed-integer linear program using finite samples of the uncertain parameter, and combined Benders decomposition with the alternating direction method of multipliers to develop spatially-temporally distributed algorithms for optimizing the problem. They then tested instances of traffic signal control on corridors and grid networks, based on synthetic and real-world traffic data. The results show that

1. considering traffic uncertainty can significantly improve the signal control quality and
2. decentralized decomposition approaches can quickly find high-quality signal plans for multiple intersections in complex road networks, and fully utilize the computation and communication technologies in smart-transportation infrastructures.
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About the speaker: Siqian Shen is an Associate Professor and Richard Wilson Faculty Scholar in the Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering at the University of Michigan. She also serves as the Associate Director at the Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery & Engineering (MICDE). She obtained a B.S. degree from Tsinghua University in 2007 and Ph.D. from the University of Florida in 2011. Her theoretical research interests are in integer programming, stochastic/robust optimization, and network optimization. Applications include optimization and risk analysis of energy, healthcare, cloud computing, and transportation systems. She is a recipient of the IIE Pritsker Doctoral Dissertation Award, IBM Smarter Planet Innovation Faculty Award, and Department of Energy (DoE) Early Career Award.

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Presentation Wed, 27 Jul 2022 12:31:10 -0400 2022-08-24T13:00:00-04:00 2022-08-24T14:00:00-04:00 Center for Connected and Automated Transportation Presentation Decorative Image for the CCAT Research Review with Dr. Siqian Shen. It includes a picture of a traffic control light, the presentation title "Traffic Signal Control Via Decentralized Decomposition Approaches", and a headshot of the Professor.
LHS Collaboratory (September 22, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/96027 96027-21791723@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 22, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: Department of Learning Health Sciences

LHS Collaboratory Kickoff Poster Session Showcasing LHS Work at the University of Michigan

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 12 Jul 2022 10:55:57 -0400 2022-09-22T12:00:00-04:00 2022-09-22T14:00:00-04:00 Palmer Commons Department of Learning Health Sciences Lecture / Discussion LHS Collaboratory logo
The Basics of Growing, Maintaining and Protecting Your Money (September 27, 2022 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/99315 99315-21797865@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 27, 2022 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: MCard - Treasurer's Office

Tiffany Aliche, The Budgetnista, will talk with you about money — your money — and how you can make the most of it. Learn how to build healthy financial habits now with tips on investing, saving, budgeting, and managing credit wisely.
Register at: https://event.on24.com/wcc/r/3829824/9BAAC90B9AA9C3CF0BDD8F78BAE581FF?partnerref=university

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 26 Sep 2022 15:50:32 -0400 2022-09-27T19:00:00-04:00 2022-09-27T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location MCard - Treasurer's Office Workshop / Seminar Tiffany Aliche, The Budgetnista
Using Traffic Signals to Decongest Cities May Be Simpler Than We Thought (September 29, 2022 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/97794 97794-21795141@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 29, 2022 1:30pm
Location: Transportation Research Institute
Organized By: Center for Connected and Automated Transportation

This presentation focuses on two well-known means of re-timing ordinary traffic signals to mitigate city-street traffic congestion. The first entails synchronizing green times on 4-way (i.e., all-directional) street grids. The second involves re-timing the signals that reside along cordon lines, to meter vehicle inflows during the morning rush. We show that, in both cases, simple strategies can perform remarkably well. The lecture will offer next steps toward real-world implementation.

To synchronize green times, Professor Cassidy's team use common phase durations for all signals on a grid, rather than optimize each signal’s timing plan to suit local conditions. This simple idea enables them to exploit features of perfectly orthogonal grids to synchronize all signals on the grid in two orthogonal (e.g., northbound, and westbound) travel directions. As a result, drivers headed toward clustered workplaces in the morning rush, and away from those workplaces in the evening, can enjoy exceptionally good signal progression over their entire trips, even when their paths entail two directions. One synchronization mode is used for undersaturated conditions when queues dissipate during green times; another is used when conditions become oversaturated with long residual queues; and the team's strategy toggles promptly between these two synchronization modes, as measurable conditions on the grid change over time. Simulations of numerous scenarios indicate that our simple, adaptive strategy dramatically outperforms other synchronization schemes, including complicated ones and those viewed as gold standards. Importantly, the presentation also shows that their strategy can be easily modified to perform well on irregular, real-world street grids.

As regards cordon metering, they fill a gaping hole in the literature by providing logical and easy-to-follow rules on how exactly to place cordons around clustered workplaces. Simulations show that the simple rules hold for varying congestion levels and regional configurations, and that following the rules can be impactful, especially when cities become severely congested.

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About the speaker: Michael Cassidy is the Robert Horonjeff Professor and Chancellor’s Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. He received a doctorate in Civil Engineering (majoring in Transportation Engineering) from Berkeley; served for nearly 4 years as an Assistant Professor in the School of Civil Engineering at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana; and joined the Berkeley faculty in 1994. He is currently an associate editor of the journal Transportation Research Part B. He is a member of the International Advisory Committee for the International Symposium on Transportation and Traffic Theory; a former Director of the University Transportation Center for federal region 9; and a Vice Chair in Berkeley’s Civil and Environmental Engineering Department. His research interests focus on transportation planning and management, particularly in the areas of highway traffic, public mass transit and multi-modal systems.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 31 Aug 2022 00:00:53 -0400 2022-09-29T13:30:00-04:00 2022-09-29T14:30:00-04:00 Transportation Research Institute Center for Connected and Automated Transportation Lecture / Discussion Decorative Image for the CCAT Distinguished Lecture Series with Professor Michael Cassidy. It features the presentation title 'Using Traffic Signals to Decongest Cities May Be Simpler Than We Thought', Professor Cassidy's headshot, and an aerial photograph of an intersection.
PNC Student Banking presents USA Banking 101 (September 29, 2022 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/99375 99375-21797970@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 29, 2022 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: MCard - Treasurer's Office

PNC helps international students understand and navigate banking and finances while far from home. USA Banking 101 covers the various types of accounts and the opening process, plus ATMs, digital banking, wire transfers, building credit, fraud protection and more. 

Register at: https://event.on24.com/wcc/r/3919923/ED22FBB4A871B096CF301B68F933BC10

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 27 Sep 2022 08:57:26 -0400 2022-09-29T16:00:00-04:00 2022-09-29T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location MCard - Treasurer's Office Workshop / Seminar Banking 101 in the USA
LHS Collaboratory (October 20, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/96028 96028-21791725@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 20, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Learning Health Sciences

Speakers:
Alex John London, PhD
Professor of Ethics and Philosophy
Director of the Center for Ethics and Policy at Carnegie Mellon University
Explainability Is Not the Solution to Structural Challenges to AI in Medicine

Explainability is often treated as a necessary condition for ethical applications of artificial intelligence (AI) in Medicine. In this brief talk I survey some of the structural challenges facing the development and deployment of effective AI systems in health care to illustrate some of the limitations to explainability in addressing these challenges. This talk builds on prior work (London 2019, 2022) to illustrate how ambitions for AI in health care likely require significant changes to key aspects of health systems.

Melissa McCradden, PhD, MHSc
Director of AI in Medicine
The Hospital for Sick Children
On the Inextricability of Explainability from Ethics: Explainable AI does not Ethical AI Make

Explainability is embedded into a plethora of legal, professional, and regulatory guidelines as it is often presumed that an ethical use of AI will require explainable algorithms. There is considerable controversy, however, as to whether post hoc explanations are computationally reliable, their value for decision-making, and the relational implications of their use in shared decision-making. This talk will explore the literature across these domains and argue that while post hoc explainability may be a reasonable technical goal, it should not be offered status as a moral standard by which AI use is judged to be ‘ethical.’

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Livestream / Virtual Sat, 01 Oct 2022 17:10:43 -0400 2022-10-20T12:00:00-04:00 2022-10-20T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Learning Health Sciences Livestream / Virtual LHS Collaboratory logo