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Computing Graduate Students Invited to Town Hall Discussion Forum on November 15

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College of Computing Dean Dennis Livesay and department chairs Zhenlin Wang and Dan Fuhrmann invite graduate students to join a Town Hall Discussion Forum on Friday, November 15, from 3-4 pm in Rekhi 214.

Graduate program directors Jean Mayo (computer science), Alex Sergeyev (mechatronics), Guy Hembroff (health informatics), and Laura Brown (data science) will also join the Town Hall Discussion Forum.

The open discussion forum is intended as a platform for graduate students to raise and discuss issues of importance to them. The floor will be open to any graduate student who wishes to speak.

Light refreshments will be served.

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Info Session: DoD Cyber Service Academy

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An information session about the Department of Defense Cyber Service Academy (DoD CSA) will take place Tuesday, December 10, at 4 pm in Rekhi Hall, Room 214. College of Computing faculty members Bo Chen and Yu Cai will go over the scholarship program and answer questions.

The DoD CSA program provides scholarships to college students (non-DoD civilians) at the undergraduate and graduate levels to study in cyber-related majors at select National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (NCAE-C), including Michigan Tech.

Learn more about the DoD CSA.

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Center for AI: Composing, Coding, and Conversing in AI Work Session

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All students are invited to a Center for AI: Composing, Coding, and Conversing in AI Work Session on Wednesday, November 20, 2024, from 10-11:30 am in Rekhi Hall, Room 101.

Have you ever wanted a block of time when you could just write, code, or network with your peers? The Center for AI’s Composing, Coding, and Conversing in AI group aims to provide people working in AI the opportunity to do so. At this event, the Center for AI will reserve three uninterrupted 25 minute periods for writing or coding, each followed by 5 minutes of networking and discussion for 1.5 hours total. This will be an event aimed at promoting productivity while also learning more about what your peers are doing in AI! Feel free to join anytime during the session. Refreshments will be served.

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Lisa John of Bosch to Present Webinar About Software Development Using AI Tools

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Lisa John, director of software and systems engineering for Bosch in the USA, will talk about software development and using AI tools in a webinar on October 21, 2024, from 3:30-4:30 pm, with additional time for Q & A.

Join the webinar.

John spearheads the global software development strategy for Bosch Chassis Systems Control in North America with a global team of over 200 software engineers across three countries. Through innovative collaboration models, the team delivers comprehensive support for active safety systems. The global setup enables Bosch to meet the unique needs of OEMs and startups and develop customized software solutions across a diverse customer base. John was instrumental in launching the new version of ESP 9.3, a critical safety technology at Bosch.

 As lead of Bosch’s Leading the Software Factory initiative, John oversaw the competence ramp-up required to cope with a complete revamp of the technology and tools landscape and the rollout of the ASPICE standard. This effort led to the introduction of ESP 9.3 into the largest-selling truck in North America, with the system continuing to save thousands of lives each year through Bosch’s anti-skid technology.

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10th Annual ACS Student Research Symposium

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All high school, undergraduate, and graduate students pursuing research and guided independent study are invited to participate and present their research work at the 10th Annual Student Research Symposium sponsored by the American Chemical Society Upper Peninsula Local Section.

The symposium takes place on Saturday, October 26, 2024, from 9 am-3 pm in Weston Hall at Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan.
9:00 am – 3:00 pm. Registration and abstract are due by Wednesday, October 16, 2024.

  • Registration is free
  • Lunch is provided
  • Limited travel support is available
  • Prize money will be awarded for the winning poster presentations
  • Additional door prizes will be awarded
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Register for the North America Qualifier (NAQ) Programming Contest

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Student are invited to complete in the North America Qualifier (NAQ) Programming Contest on October 5, 2024, from 2-7 pm ET online and in person in Rekhi 112. The NAQ contest is a practice competition for the ACM North Central North America (NCNA) Regionals later this fall. Please register for the NAQ by Tuesday, October 1, at 6 pm. NAQ teams should be three people, but two-person teams are also accepted.

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Rajath Nagaraj ’21 to Present Talk on Project Management in Data Science and AI Innovations in Insurance on Sept. 23

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Rajath Nagaraj ’21 MS in Data Science will present a talk by on Monday, September 23, 2024, from 12-1 pm, in MEEM 403. His talk is titled, “Nagaraj will discuss, “Navigating Project Management in Data Science and Exploring Al Innovations in Insurance.”

The talk is presented by the Institute of Computing and Cybersystems’s Center for Artificial Intelligence.

Rajath Nagaraj is a senior data scientist at Liberty Mutual Insurance, working with Al and ML, including LLMs. In this session. Rajath will first dive into the essentials of industry-level project management in data science, exploring best practices for successfully managing complex projects from initiation to execution. The second part will focus on the transformative role of Al in various domains, with a deep dive into how Al is revolutionizing the insurance sector through applications like claims processing, fraud detection, quoting, underwriting, and personalized customer experiences.

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