Seminars

Detail Date: November 6, 2024 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST Location: 2019 Morrill Hall or https://iastate.zoom.us/j/95263587232?pwd=K1BVcURvWExFb3pUT000NlRwdFZsZz09 Title: Deep Learning Meets Numerical PDEs: A Neural Differentiable Physics Approach for Predictive Modeling Abstract Predictive modeling and simulation play a critical role in understanding, predicting, and controlling complex physical processes across numerous engineering disciplines. Traditional numerical […]

Detail Date: December 4, 2024 Time: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm CST Location: 2019 Morrill Hall or https://iastate.zoom.us/j/95263587232?pwd=K1BVcURvWExFb3pUT000NlRwdFZsZz09 Title: Autonomy at the Edge of Capabilities: Uncertain Environments, Limited Resources, Sparse Data Abstract Fast, successful, and efficient planning is a core challenge of high-level autonomy in complex environments. The obstacles are seemingly insurmountable. Individual agents often […]

Detail Date: December 11, 2024 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST Location: 2019 Morrill Hall or https://iastate.zoom.us/j/95263587232?pwd=K1BVcURvWExFb3pUT000NlRwdFZsZz09 Title: Fokker-Planck-Inverse Reinforcement Learning: A physics-constrained approach to Markov Decision Process models of cell dynamics Abstract Inverse Reinforcement Learning (IRL) is a compelling technique for revealing the rationale underlying the behavior of autonomous agents.  IRL seeks to estimate […]

Detail Date: January 28, 2025 Time: 1:00 - 2:00 PM CST Location: https://iastate.zoom.us/j/92613276601?pwd=FOstCb1ZxfzUlSbCtn0B8TN9ahvJFl.1 Title: A Foray into Topological Learning from an Engineering Perspective Abstract Topological learning (TL), referring to a synergy of computational topology and machine learning, has recently emerged as an effective pattern recognition framework for noisy, high-dimensional problems. The recognition happens by first […]

Detail Date: February 25, 2025 Time: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CT Location: https://iastate.zoom.us/j/92613276601?pwd=FOstCb1ZxfzUlSbCtn0B8TN9ahvJFl.1 Title: Machine Learning-accelerated Molecular Design of Innovative Polymers: Shifting from Thomas Edison to Iron Man Abstract Polymeric materials are key enablers in aerospace, mechanical, civil, and environmental engineering, such as reverse osmosis membranes for water treatment and desalination, coatings for building […]

Detail Date: March 4, 2025 Time: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CT Location: https://iastate.zoom.us/j/92613276601?pwd=FOstCb1ZxfzUlSbCtn0B8TN9ahvJFl.1 Title: Generative AI at Work Abstract We study the staggered introduction of a generative AI-based conversational assistant using data from 5,172 customer support agents. Access to AI assistance increases worker productivity, as measured by issues resolved per hour, by 15\% on […]

Detail Date: March 25, 2025 Time: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CT Location: 2055 Hoover Hall, Iowa State University (Zoom link is also provided for the audience external to ISU) Title: From LLMs to LRMs: The Jagged Quest to Tease Planning and Reasoning from Humanity’s Digital Footprints Abstract Large Language Models, auto-regressively trained on the […]

Detail Date: April 1, 2025 Time: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CT Location: 2004 Black Engineering or https://iastate.zoom.us/j/92613276601?pwd=FOstCb1ZxfzUlSbCtn0B8TN9ahvJFl.1 Title: Towards Human-centered and Trust-aware Autonomous Systems Abstract Over the past decade, autonomous systems have transformed how people work and live. Yet, despite their growing market penetration, user acceptance and effective interaction remain challenging. Trust is a […]

Detail Date: April 18, 2025 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CT Location: 2004 Black Engineering or https://iastate.zoom.us/j/92613276601?pwd=FOstCb1ZxfzUlSbCtn0B8TN9ahvJFl.1 Title: Impact of Data Annotator Identity on ML Model Outcomes: Unpacking Specialized Rater Pools Abstract Machine learning models are commonly used to detect toxicity in online conversations. These models are trained on datasets annotated by human raters. […]

Detail Date: April 22, 2025 Time: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CT Location: https://iastate.zoom.us/j/92613276601?pwd=FOstCb1ZxfzUlSbCtn0B8TN9ahvJFl.1 Title: Computational analysis of multimodal brain and physiological dynamics Abstract Advances in neuroimaging and machine learning […]

Detail Date: April 29, 2025 Time: 1:00 - 2:00 PM CST Location: Black 2004 or https://iastate.zoom.us/j/92613276601?pwd=FOstCb1ZxfzUlSbCtn0B8TN9ahvJFl.1 Title: From neurological disorders to additive manufacturing: integrating isogeometric analysis with deep learning and […]

Detail Date: September 2, 2025 Time: 1:00 - 2:00 PM CT Location: https://iastate.zoom.us/j/99289273148?pwd=XjAQaloJufOfkbYMb48Clci2NWWNR2.1&from=addon Title: Predicting the long-term behavior of chaotic dynamical systems with scientific machine learning Abstract Most machine learning algorithms for time-series forecasting leverage mean-squared-error-based loss functions. In systems exhibiting deterministic chaos, such a loss function is insufficient for learning long-term invariant behavior. In […]