2021
Black History Month: GRIT and PSD Student Panel
1:00–2:00 pm Online
To commemorate Black History Month in February, the PSD invites all community members to virtually attend an online panel of students sharing their thoughts on navigating and succeeding in STEM as members of historically underrepresented groups.
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CDAC Distinguished Speaker Series: Brian Christian, Journalist/Author, The Alignment Problem: Machine Learning and Human Values
3:00–4:00 pm Online
Join us for an exciting lecture from Brian Christian, author of The Alignment Problem: Machine Learning and Human Values.
Monday, February 8, 2020 3:00pm CT (public livestream and Zoom for registered attendees)
Celebration of Remembrance for Kimberly Mormann
4:30–5:30 pm Zoom. Register by clicking for event details.
We invite you to attend a virtual Celebration of Remembrance for Kimberly Mormann (1979-2020) on Wednesday, Feb. 3 at 4:30 PM.
CDAC Distinguished Speaker Series: Olga Russakovsky, Princeton, Fairness in Visual Recognition
3:00–4:00 pm Online
Fairness in Visual Recognition
From Vassar to the Cosmos: A Conversation with Astrophysicist John Carlstrom ’81
8:00–9:15 pm VIrtual Fireside Chat
The Alumnae/i Association of Vassar College (AAVC) presents “From Vassar to the Cosmos: A Conversation with MacArthur ‘Genius’ Astrophysicist John Carlstrom ’81,” a virtual fireside chat with 2020 Alumnae/i Distinguished Achievement Award recipient, January 21, 2021, 8:00 p.m. to 9:15 p.m., via Zoom.
CDAC Distinguished Speaker Series: Mukund Sundararajan, Google, Using Attribution to Understand Deep Neural Networks
3:00–4:00 pm Online
Join us for an exciting lecture from Mukund Sundararajan, Principal Research Scientist/Director, Google
Monday, February 1, 2020 3:00pm CT (public livestream and Zoom for registered attendees)
Using Attribution to Understand Deep Neural Networks
2020
Translating lessons on remote and hybrid teaching to the Winter Quarter: A faculty panel for STEM disciplines
2:30–4:00 pm Zoom webinar
A panel of faculty and instructors from various STEM disciplines will share their reflections on teaching approaches, leading into an open discussion.
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Civic Data and Technology Clinic Showcase
1:00–2:00 pm Zoom
In this webinar, hear from students, faculty, and researchers about their work with FracTracker Alliance, Inclusive Development International, and Hohonu.
Lightning talks will feature an application to track palm oil deforestation, a system for informing the public on oil and gas industry effects on local air quality, and a data-driven dashboard for predicting water level changes across the country
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Origins of Life: Tim Lyons
1:30–3:00 pm Zoom webinar
Tim Lyons from the University of California, Riverside presents “Constraining prebiotic chemistry through a better understanding of Earth’s earliest environments,” as part of the Origins of Life Speaker Series.
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"Picture a Scientist" panel discussion
11:00 am–12:15 pm
Panel discussion about the documentary “Picture a Scientist” with faculty from the PSD