Calendar
View the calendar below to explore all upcoming events sponsored by the Institute and its affiliate centers and initiatives. Browse events by date, or select an event topic to narrow your search.
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All Topics (February 24 through April 30)
Monday, February 24
- 10:00 AM
Understanding Language Models by Understanding Training - Naomi Saphra
Abstract: LMs work better than anyone could have predicted just five years ago. But when do they work—and when don’t they? How do they work—and how do they fail? Why […]
Thursday, February 27
- 3:00 PM
Faculty Candidate Symposium on Quantum Condensed Matter Physics and Chemistry
Dr. Mengke Liu Title: Quantum Materials with Reduced Dimensionality Abstract: In the emerging post-Silicon era, the search for revolutionary materials necessitates principles that transcend those underpinning silicon's […]
Friday, February 28
- 11:00 AM
Oliver Philcox: Particle Colliders in the Sky — Learning 10^13 TeV physics with 10^-16 TeV data
Inflation is amongst the most mysterious phenomena in physics. With an energy scale potentially reaching 10^13 TeV, its physical description likely lies far beyond the realm of the standard model. […]
- 3:00 PM
CISE Seminar: Yushan Chen, Cofounder and COO, Artly AI
Talk Title:
Artly AI: Blending Automation with Craftsmanship
Abstract:
How can AI and robotics transform industries that rely on human skill and craftsmanship? In this talk, I will share the […]
Sunday, March 2
- 1:00 PM
Spark! Mock Interview
Join BU Spark! for a Mock Interview event designed to help students excel in technical and behavioral interviews. Participants can come to the Spark! Space with their resume and interview […]
Monday, March 3
- 10:00 AM
Rethinking AI Agents: Human-Centered Reinforcement Learning - Stephanie Milani
Abstract: AI agents will soon be as commonplace as smartphones. These agents will make sequences of interconnected decisions that impact human lives—from serving as decision support in healthcare to shaping […]
- 12:00 PM
AI and Education Initiative Human and Machine Learning Lunch Series with Naomi Caselli, PhD
Speaker: Naomi Caselli, PhD, Associate Professor, Deaf Education, Boston University
Talk Title: Sign Language Recognition, Generation, and Translation: An Interdisciplinary Perspective
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Information Session: 2025 IGS Graduate Student Summer Fellows Program
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Tuesday, March 4
- 5:30 PM
Nancarrow: Coarse-grained Bootstrap of Quantum Many-Body Systems
Since the success of the conformal bootstrap in computing the physical data of the critical 3D Ising model, bootstrap methods have enjoyed renewed interest due to their ability to compute […]