CBE Computing Seminar (Fall 2020 - Spring 2021)
Fall 2020 Schedule
Time and Location: Friday 3:00-4:00 PM CST/CDT, virtually via Zoom
10/16/2020 Kristen Severson, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Researcher, Health Analytics Research Group, IBM Research Cambridge
Title: Personalized input-output hidden Markov models for disease progression modeling
Abstract
10/23/2020 Joshua Pulsipher
Graduate Student, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Title: Modeling Infinite-Dimensional Problems with InfiniteOpt.jl
Abstract
10/30/2020 John Hendengren, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Brigham Young University
Title: Hybrid Machine Learning and Fundamental Modeling in Mineral Extraction and Drilling Industries
Abstract, Recording
11/06/2020 David Esteban Bernal Neira, Ph.D.
Graduate Student, Department of Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
Title: Modern Computational Approaches to Nonlinear Discrete Optimization and their Application to Process Systems Engineering
Abstract, Recording
11/13/2020 Ludmilla Aristilde, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northwestern University
Title: Molecular Modeling Simulations Provide Structural Insights into Environmental Organic processes: From Nutrient Cycling to Contaminant Fate
Abstract, Recording
11/20/2020 Bryce Connors
Graduate Student, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Title: Combining design of experiments, regression, and ecological modeling to predict microbial community dynamics
Abstract, Recording
11/27/2020 Thanksgiving Recess
12/04/2020 John Kitchin, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
Title: Machine learning approaches for modeling metal and alloy surfaces
Abstract, Recording
12/11/2020 Kamil Khan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, McMaster University
Title: Obtaining insight into process models through operator overloading
Abstract, Recording
Spring 2021 Schedule
Time and Location: Friday 1:00-2:00 PM CST/CDT, virtually via Zoom
01/29/2021 Bernard McGarvery, Ph.D.
Engineering Fellow (Retired) at Eli Lilly and Technical Advisor at Parenteral Supply Chain, LLC
Title: Cold chain transportation of pharmaceutical products
Abstract, Recording
02/05/2021 Stephanie Valleau, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Washington
Title: Machine Learning Quantum Reaction Rate Constants
Abstract, Recording
02/12/2021 Kimberly McAuley, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Queen's University
Title: Combining fundamental models with data
Abstract, Recording
02/19/2021 Neda Bagheri, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Washington
Title: Building an in silico representation of the tumor microenvironment one agent at a time
Abstract
02/26/2021 Laurence Yang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Queen's University
Title: TBD
Abstract, Recording
03/05/2021 Christina Kurzthaler, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University
Title: Active Transport in Crowded Environments
Abstract
03/12/2021 Chuck Witt, Ph.D.
Junior Research Fellow, Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, Cambridge University
Title: (Orbital-free) Density Functional Theory for Materials Research
Abstract
03/19/2021 Irene Ong, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Title: Translating Research Methods to Profile Antibody Responses to Coronaviruses
Abstract
03/26/2021 Connor Coley, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Title: Data-driven chemistry, small molecule synthesis, and design
Abstract, Recording
04/02/2021 Jessica Hite, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Title: Cross-scale models: Linking within-host and among-host processes to understand pathogen evolution
Abstract, Recording
04/09/2021 Ignacio Franco, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Rochester
Title: Stark control of electrons
Abstract, Recording
04/16/2021 Antonia Statt, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Title: Sequence dependent phase separation and aggregation of macromolecules: What can we learn from simulations and machine learning?
Abstract, Recording
04/23/2021 Qi Zhang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science, University of Minnesota
Title: Inverse optimization for data-driven discovery of decision-making processes
Abstract, Recording