Events
October 25, 2021
UWNLP Speaker series: Isabelle Augenstein – 10/28, 9:30 a.m.
Date & Time: Thursday, October 28, 9:30-11:00am. Location: https://washington.zoom.us/j/99678066589 Title: Accountable and Robust Automatic Fact Checking Abstract: The past decade has seen a substantial rise in the amount of mis- and disinformation online, from targeted disinformation campaigns to influence politics, to the unintentional spreading of misinformation about public health. This development has spurred research in the area of…
Opening the Door to Letters of Recommendation: Advice from Students – 11/17, 5:00 p.m.
11/17/2021, 5–6 p.m. Who do I ask for letters of recommendation? How do I ask them? A panel of students who have successfully worked with many recommenders share their perspectives on how to approach building your team of supporters and how you can support your recommenders in writing strongly for you. The panelists are: …
Meet the Selection Committee: A Panel of Reviewers for National and UW Fellowships – 11/2, 4:30 p.m.
Meet the Selection Committee: A Panel of Reviewers for National and UW Fellowships 11/02/2021, 4:30–5:30 p.m. This panel will feature faculty and staff who frequently serve on selection committees for various national and UW scholarships or fellowships. Join us to learn how selection committee members approach the process, what they’re hoping to learn from application…
How to Apply for Fellowships: A Graduate Student Panel 10/27, 5:00 p.m.
How to Apply for Fellowships: A Graduate Student Panel 10/27/2021, 5–6 p.m. How do you decide which fellowships to apply for? How do you find the time to apply for funding while also juggling life responsibilities? How do you make your application competitive? Hear from graduate students who successfully applied for funding. The panelists are:…
October 22, 2021
UW Research Exchange Information Sessions – 10/28, 4:00 p.m. & 10/29, 10 a.m.
Applications are currently open for the Research University Alliance (RUA) lab visit program: the Research Exchange (RE). The October 31st deadline for best consideration to be included in the fall 2021-2022 cohort is fast approaching! RUA is focused on creating a cross-university community of senior Ph.D. students and postdocs in MPESE fields (Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Environmental Sciences,…
Blue Origin virtual Tech Talk for Masters’ students -11/15, 4:00 p.m.
We have been invited to a Tech Talk regarding Blue Origin Robotics with Principal Technologist Will Chambers! The talk will be held on November 15th at 4:00PST via Zoom. Be sure to follow this link before the meeting to pre-register. Join at this link: https://blueorigin.zoomgov.com/j/1619666337?pwd=Smx0RzloZVRBTkk3ZUFBajZNcENLZz09 The talk will also contain information about job opportunities in the Blue Origin Robotics Department….
October 21, 2021
Talk on “Role of civilian engineers in US DoD
Role of civilian engineers in US DoD 8th November 2021; 9am-10am PST Zoom link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/95932568694 Civilian Engineering Professionals serve in vital roles supporting United States Department of Defense (DoD) missions. Engineers perform vital roles in the accomplishment of master planning; environmental stewardship; engineering design and construction; sustainment and modernization of facilities and infrastructure; utilities and…
October 20, 2021
SKY Club Weekly Seminar: De-clutter your Mind – Fridays, 12:00 p.m.
Since the time Covid has started, it has been difficult for many of us in the community to take our minds off of anxiety, worries and keep our focus on our coursework and research. The SKY club at Udub is hosting a 1 hr zoom session – Learn simple techniques to de-clutter your mind, gain…
Virtual Workshop in MECC 2021: Safe Control and Learning under Uncertainty – 10/24
https://sites.google.com/view/safecontrol/home Autonomous systems are being widely deployed in safety-critical applications, for example, in autonomous driving and intelligent industrial and service robotics. As there are large uncertainties in these applications (e.g., autonomous vehicles interacting with unknown road participants), it is important to study how to safely control the autonomous systems, how to learn from the interactions…
Colloquium speaker: Nirav Desai, Moonbeam – 10/26, 10:30 a.m.
We hope you can join us for our fourth Colloquium speaker for the quarter on Tuesday, October 26 with Nirav Desai from Moonbeam. Speaker: Nirav Desai – Moonbeam Title: Emerging genius clusters: how industry, government, and the academy come together to invent, prove and scale technology to create the future Date/Time: Tuesday, October 26, 10:30…
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