Past Events

CS Colloquium - Rising Stars Talks

Friday, December 6, 2024 3:30pm to 5:00pm
MacLean Hall
Speakers: Arjun Arunasalam; Matthew DeVerna; Ananya Joshi; Ahmed Tanvir Mahdad; and Taylor Olson
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ACM@UIOWA: Arduino + Raspberry Pi Night

Thursday, December 5, 2024 6:00pm to 7:00pm
Pappajohn Business Building
Interested in learning more about computer science, technology, and software in a fun and friendly environment?  ACM@UIOWA is the local student chapter of the International Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), one of the oldest and largest professional organizations in tech. We promote computing and technology in a fun and casual environment and serve as the premier Computer Science student organization at Iowa (of course, students of all majors are welcome to join!). Today we will have...
Mathematics Faculty Colloquium - Xueyu Zhu; University of Iowa Department of Mathematics promotional image

Mathematics Faculty Colloquium - Xueyu Zhu; University of Iowa Department of Mathematics

Thursday, December 5, 2024 3:30pm to 4:20pm
MacLean Hall
Title: Recent Advancement of Scientific Machine Learning Abstract: Machine learning has revolutionized scientific computing, offering unprecedented computational efficiency, flexibility, and applicability to real-world challenges. However, traditional machine learning approaches often overlook the rich insights provided by existing physical laws or mathematical properties. This talk explores the latest advancements in AI techniques that respect existing physical laws or mathematical properties...
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CS Colloquium - Learning and Control in Countable State Spaces

Friday, November 22, 2024 3:30pm to 4:30pm
MacLean Hall
R. Srikant (UIUC) on "Learning and Control in Countable State Spaces."

Business Analytics Seminar Speaker

Friday, November 22, 2024 10:00am to 11:00am
Pappajohn Business Building
Title: The Impact of Corporate Russian Withdrawal Announcements: The Dueling Forces of Online Social Activism, Organizational Reputation Management, and Investor Reaction  The Russian invasion of Ukraine continues to cause effects felt throughout Europe and across the globe. One consequence of the conflict that has received less attention are the effects felt by corporations that do business in Russia. This research looks at the intersection of social activism and corporate reputation...
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ACM@UIOWA: Arduino + Raspberry Pi Night

Thursday, November 21, 2024 6:00pm to 7:00pm
Pappajohn Business Building
Interested in learning more about computer science, technology, and software in a fun and friendly environment?  ACM@UIOWA is the local student chapter of the International Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), one of the oldest and largest professional organizations in tech. We promote computing and technology in a fun and casual environment and serve as the premier Computer Science student organization at Iowa (of course, students of all majors are welcome to join!). This Association...
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WiCS - Iowa Womens Basketball Watch Party

Wednesday, November 20, 2024 6:00pm
MacLean Hall
Are you passionate about tech and want to be part of a vibrant network that's dedicated to encouraging women and other gender minorities to thrive in technology-related fields? UIOWA Women in Computing Sciences is here to provide you with an exciting space to meet like-minded individuals, gain professional skills, and make lasting memories. Why join WiCS? At WiCS, we are big believers in empowerment. We're dedicated to creating an inclusive and safe environment for discussion, finding support...
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Final Exam - Charting Sensorial Style: New Frontiers in Linguistic Style Analysis

Wednesday, November 20, 2024 10:15am
University Capitol Centre
UIowaCS PhD candidate Osama Khalid Thesis Defense "Charting Sensorial Style: New Frontiers in Linguistic Style Analysis"
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CS Colloquium - Computational Epidemiology at the University of Iowa

Friday, November 15, 2024 3:30pm to 4:30pm
MacLean Hall
Alberto Segre (UIowaCS) on "Computational Epidemiology at the University of Iowa."
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ACM@UIOWA: ESports Arcade Night

Thursday, November 14, 2024 6:00pm to 7:00pm
Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)
Interested in learning more about computer science, technology, and software in a fun and friendly environment?  ACM@UIOWA is the local student chapter of the International Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), one of the oldest and largest professional organizations in tech. We promote computing and technology in a fun and casual environment and serve as the premier Computer Science student organization at Iowa (of course, students of all majors are welcome to join!). This week's...
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2024 Graduate Research Symposium Keynote

Friday, November 8, 2024 4:00pm to 5:00pm
University Capitol Centre
Keynote Speaker: Rishab Nithyanand Title: The Quest for Transparency and Accountability in the Online Data Ecosystem Abstract: Algorithmic and data-driven systems on social media platforms and within ad-tech wield immense power, shaping societal norms, perceptions of reality, and the flow of revenue online. Yet, their operations remain obscured from public scrutiny, leaving debates around their harms and regulation lacking nuance and depth. In this talk, I will describe my research journey...
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2024 Prospective Student Visit Day and Graduate Research Symposium

Friday, November 8, 2024 1:30pm to 5:00pm
University Capitol Centre
The Computer Science (CS) department welcomes prospective students interested in our graduate programs to our annual Prospective Student Visit Day on Friday, Nov. 8. We are looking for strong students with diverse backgrounds to join our MCS and PhD programs. A wide variety of research areas is represented by our world-class faculty including algorithms, computational epidemiology, distributed computing, human-computer interaction, machine learning, massive data algorithms and technology, mobile...
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CS Colloquium - The Evolving Landscape of Ethics in Computing

Friday, November 1, 2024 3:30pm to 4:30pm
MacLean Hall
Juan Pablo Hourcade (UIowaCS) "The Evolving Landscape of Ethics in Computing"
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WiCS - Pumpkin Painting Social

Wednesday, October 30, 2024 6:00pm to 7:00pm
MacLean Hall
Are you passionate about tech and want to be part of a vibrant network that's dedicated to encouraging women and other gender minorities to thrive in technology-related fields? UIOWA Women in Computing Sciences is here to provide you with an exciting space to meet like-minded individuals, gain professional skills, and make lasting memories. Why join WiCS? At WiCS, we are big believers in empowerment. We're dedicated to creating an inclusive and safe environment for discussion, finding support...
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CS Colloquium - Proving the correctness of AWS authorization

Friday, October 25, 2024 3:30pm to 4:30pm
MacLean Hall
Lucas Wagner (Amazon Web Services) "Proving the correctness of AWS authorization"
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WiCS - Heartlanders Hockey Game

Thursday, October 24, 2024 7:00pm
Xtream Arena
Are you passionate about tech and want to be part of a vibrant network that's dedicated to encouraging women and other gender minorities to thrive in technology-related fields? UIOWA Women in Computing Sciences is here to provide you with an exciting space to meet like-minded individuals, gain professional skills, and make lasting memories. Why join WiCS? At WiCS, we are big believers in empowerment. We're dedicated to creating an inclusive and safe environment for discussion, finding support...
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ACM@UIOWA: Guest Speaker - Fred Galoso, Software Architect @ Atlassian

Thursday, October 24, 2024 6:00pm to 7:00pm
Pappajohn Business Building
Interested in learning more about computer science, technology, and software in a fun and friendly environment?  ACM@UIOWA is the local student chapter of the International Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), one of the oldest and largest professional organizations in tech. We promote computing and technology in a fun and casual environment and serve as the premier Computer Science student organization at Iowa (of course, students of all majors are welcome to join!). We'll be hosting a...

Health Policy and Data Science Careers with RELI Group, Inc

Thursday, October 24, 2024 11:30am to 12:30pm
College of Public Health Building
Join Mark Milleker, VP of Human Capital Management for RELI Group, Inc, and Mark Koepke (MA ’87, JD ’88) to learn more about careers and opportunities in public health, health policy, and data science.
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CS Colloquium - On extensibility

Friday, October 18, 2024 3:30pm to 4:30pm
MacLean Hall
Garrett Morris (UIowaCS) "On extensibility"
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ACM@UIOWA: Mini LeetCode Contest

Thursday, October 17, 2024 6:00pm to 7:00pm
Pappajohn Business Building
Interested in learning more about computer science, technology, and software in a fun and friendly environment?  ACM@UIOWA is the local student chapter of the International Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), one of the oldest and largest professional organizations in tech. We promote computing and technology in a fun and casual environment and serve as the premier Computer Science student organization at Iowa (of course, students of all majors are welcome to join!). We'll be hosting a...
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WiCS - PinSeekers Social

Wednesday, October 16, 2024 6:00pm
PinSeekers
Are you passionate about tech and want to be part of a vibrant network that's dedicated to encouraging women and other gender minorities to thrive in technology-related fields? UIOWA Women in Computing Sciences is here to provide you with an exciting space to meet like-minded individuals, gain professional skills, and make lasting memories. Why join WiCS? At WiCS, we are big believers in empowerment. We're dedicated to creating an inclusive and safe environment for discussion, finding support...
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CS Colloquium - Towards Personalizing Hearing Amplification

Friday, October 11, 2024 3:30pm to 4:30pm
MacLean Hall
Octav Chipara (UIowaCS) on "Towards Personalizing Hearing Amplification"

Fall 2024 In-Person Engineering Career Fair

Thursday, October 10, 2024 11:00am to 4:00pm
Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)
Fall 2024 In-Person Engineering Career Fair — over 160 companies attending!
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CS Colloquium - Relational Algorithms

Friday, October 4, 2024 3:30pm to 4:30pm
MacLean Hall
Kirk Pruhs (University of Pittsburgh) on "Relational Algorithms"

Business Analytics Seminar Speaker: Implications of Dependence in Risk Management

Friday, October 4, 2024 10:00am to 11:00am
Pomerantz Center
Speaker: Zhiwei Tong Bio: Dr. Tong earned his BSc in Statistics from the University of Science and Technology of China in 2016, an MS in Actuarial Science from the University of Iowa in 2018, and a PhD in Risk and Actuarial Studies from UNSW Sydney in late 2021. After completing his PhD, he joined the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science at the University of Iowa as an Assistant Professor of Actuarial Science. His research interests lie in broad topics in quantitative risk management...

Women in Analytics and Leadership Conference

Friday, October 4, 2024 8:00am to 2:30pm
Pappajohn Business Building
Business Analytics is one of the most exciting, in-demand career options out there, and employers are hungry to recruit top talent. Master's-level salaries start upwards of $85,000 among 2022-2023 graduates. The Women in Analytics and Leadership Conference brings insight from leading women in the industry, information about unique opportunities and challenges faced by women in analytics, and how your perspective matters to the workforce. Register now to learn from some truly inspirational...
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ACM@UIOWA: Resume Workshopping

Thursday, October 3, 2024 6:00pm to 7:00pm
Pappajohn Business Building
Interested in learning more about computer science, technology, and software in a fun and friendly environment?  ACM@UIOWA is the local student chapter of the International Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), one of the oldest and largest professional organizations in tech. We promote computing and technology in a fun and casual environment and serve as the premier Computer Science student organization at Iowa (of course, students of all majors are welcome to join!). We'll be hosting a...
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WiCS - Career Speaker: Google SWE

Wednesday, October 2, 2024 6:00pm to 7:00pm
MacLean Hall
Are you passionate about tech and want to be part of a vibrant network that's dedicated to encouraging women and other gender minorities to thrive in technology-related fields? UIOWA Women in Computing Sciences is here to provide you with an exciting space to meet like-minded individuals, gain professional skills, and make lasting memories. Why join WiCS? At WiCS, we are big believers in empowerment. We're dedicated to creating an inclusive and safe environment for discussion, finding support...
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Extra Life Charity Challenge: College Football 25 Presented by South Slope and Rival Warz

Saturday, September 28, 2024 10:00am to 4:00pm
Kinnick Stadium
Register Now! Test your college football video game skills in a charity tournament at Kinnick Stadium, with proceeds benefiting University of Iowa Health Care Stead Family Children’s Hospital! Registration is $25, though all gaming participants must also raise a minimum of $200 to participate in the single-elimination, bracket-style tournament. Due to venue capacity, this tournament will be limited to 240 participants. The first 240 to reach their $200 fundraising minimum (not counting their...
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WiCS | SHPE Wilson's Orchard Trip

Saturday, September 28, 2024 9:00am
Wilson's Orchard & Farm
Are you passionate about tech and want to be part of a vibrant network that's dedicated to encouraging women and other gender minorities to thrive in technology-related fields? UIOWA Women in Computing Sciences is here to provide you with an exciting space to meet like-minded individuals, gain professional skills, and make lasting memories. Why join WiCS? At WiCS, we are big believers in empowerment. We're dedicated to creating an inclusive and safe environment for discussion, finding support...
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CS Colloquium - Reachability Analysis of Neural Network Control Systems using Polynomial Approximation

Friday, September 27, 2024 3:30pm to 4:30pm
MacLean Hall
Xin Chen (University of New Mexico) on "Reachability Analysis of Neural Network Control Systems using Polynomial Approximation."
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ACM@UIOWA – Data Infrastructure SWE Guest Speaker @LinkedIn

Thursday, September 26, 2024 6:00pm to 7:00pm
Pappajohn Business Building
Interested in learning more about computer science, technology, and software in a fun and friendly environment?  ACM@UIOWA is the local student chapter of the International Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), one of the oldest and largest professional organizations in tech. We promote computing and technology in a fun and casual environment and serve as the premier Computer Science student organization at Iowa (of course, students of all majors are welcome to join!). Come to our 4th ACM...

All Majors Career Fair

Thursday, September 26, 2024 11:00am to 4:00pm
Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)
This job and internship fair will focus on recruiting students in ALL MAJORS! Typically about 100+ employers attend and 1,000+ students attend! Visit careers.uiowa.edu/all-majors-career-fair for more details.
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A Machine Learning Approach to Analysis of Daily Vocal Function and Vocal Behavior of Individuals with Phonotraumatic Vocal Hyperfunction

Wednesday, September 25, 2024 4:00pm to 5:00pm
University of Iowa
Scientific Talk: A Machine Learning Approach to Analysis of Daily Vocal Function and Vocal Behavior of Individuals with Phonotraumatic Vocal Hyperfunction
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CS Colloquium - Tight Finite Time Bounds of Two-Time-Scale Linear Stochastic Approximation with Markovian Noise

Friday, September 20, 2024 3:30pm to 4:30pm
MacLean Hall
Sajad Khodadadian (Virginia Tech) on "Tight Finite Time Bounds of Two-Time-Scale Linear Stochastic Approximation with Markovian Noise."

Business Analytics Seminar Speaker

Friday, September 20, 2024 11:00am to 12:00pm
Pappajohn Business Building
Muchao Ye Title: Evaluating and Certifying the Adversarial Robustness of Neural Language Models Abstract: Language models (LMs) built by deep neural networks (DNNs) have achieved great success in various areas of artificial intelligence, which have played an increasingly vital role in profound applications including chat bots and smart health care. Nonetheless, the vulnerability of DNNs against adversarial examples still threatens the application of neural LMs to safety-critical tasks. To...
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ACM@UIOWA: Software Engineer @ NVIDIA Remote Guest Speaker

Thursday, September 19, 2024 6:00pm to 7:00pm
Pappajohn Business Building
Interested in learning more about computer science, technology, and software in a fun and friendly environment?  ACM@UIOWA is the local student chapter of the International Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), one of the oldest and largest professional organizations in tech. We promote computing and technology in a fun and casual environment and serve as the premier Computer Science student organization at Iowa (of course, students of all majors are welcome to join!). Association for...
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Women in Computing Science Introductory Meeting

Wednesday, September 18, 2024 6:00pm to 7:00pm
MacLean Hall
Are you passionate about tech and want to be part of a vibrant network that's dedicated to encouraging women and other gender minorities to thrive in technology-related fields? UIOWA Women in Computing Sciences is here to provide you with an exciting space to meet like-minded individuals, gain professional skills, and make lasting memories. Why join WiCS? At WiCS, we are big believers in empowerment. We're dedicated to creating an inclusive and safe environment for discussion, finding support...
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ACM@UIOWA: State Farm Enterprise Tech - Internship Informational

Wednesday, September 18, 2024 5:00pm to 6:00pm
Schaeffer Hall
Interested in learning more about computer science, technology, and software in a fun and friendly environment?  ACM@UIOWA is the local student chapter of the International Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), one of the oldest and largest professional organizations in tech. We promote computing and technology in a fun and casual environment and serve as the premier Computer Science student organization at Iowa (of course, students of all majors are welcome to join!). Association for...
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Study Abroad Fair

Tuesday, September 17, 2024 11:00am to 3:00pm
Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)
Get your questions answered and kick-start your global experience at the University of Iowa fall Study Abroad Fair!
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CS Colloquium - Separating the Hardness of Exact and Approximate Distributed Computing

Friday, September 13, 2024 3:30pm to 4:30pm
MacLean Hall
Sriram Pemmaraju (UIowaCS) on "Separating the Hardness of Exact and Approximate Distributed Computing."

Business Analytics Seminar Speaker

Friday, September 13, 2024 11:00am to 12:00pm
Pomerantz Center
Weiran Wang Title: Disentanglement of Variations via Multi-view Representation Learning Abstract: Multiple views of data, both naturally acquired and artificially produced, have been proven useful in representation learning. In this talk, I will discuss the weakly supervised setup of multi-view learning and a series of methods based on Canonical correlation analysis (CCA) and the underlying probabilistic model, and focus on the question of whether we can disentangle the variations shared by...
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ACM@UIOWA: Brief Overview of the Internship process

Thursday, September 12, 2024 6:00pm to 7:00pm
Pappajohn Business Building
Interested in learning more about computer science, technology, and software in a fun and friendly environment?  ACM@UIOWA is the local student chapter of the International Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), one of the oldest and largest professional organizations in tech. We promote computing and technology in a fun and casual environment and serve as the premier Computer Science student organization at Iowa (of course, students of all majors are welcome to join!). This meeting will...
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Dept. of Computer Science - New Student Meet and Greet

Thursday, September 12, 2024 4:00pm to 5:30pm
Iowa Advanced Technology Laboratories
Inviting all new undergraduate Computer Science and Informatics students — and others pondering a degree in those disciplines!
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CS Colloquium - Proof Production and Checking in Satisfiability Modulo Theories

Friday, September 6, 2024 3:30pm to 4:30pm
MacLean Hall
Cesare Tinelli (UIowaCS) on "Proof Production and Checking in Satisfiability Modulo Theories."
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ACM@UIOWA: Intro meeting

Thursday, September 5, 2024 6:00pm to 7:30pm
Pappajohn Business Building
Interested in learning more about computer science, technology, and software in a fun and friendly environment?  ACM@UIOWA is the local student chapter of the International Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), one of the oldest and largest professional organizations in tech. We promote computing and technology in a fun and casual environment and serve as the premier Computer Science student organization at Iowa (of course, students of all majors are welcome to join!).  What ACM does:...

Math Colloquium - Speaker: Dr. Rob Falgout, Lawrence Livermore National Lab

Thursday, September 5, 2024 3:30pm to 4:20pm
MacLean Hall
Title: Parallel-in-Time Solution of Systems of Linear and Nonlinear Hyperbolic PDEs Abstract: The multigrid reduction in time (MGRIT) method is a parallel multigrid-in-time solver designed to be as non-intrusive as possible and take advantage of existing simulation codes and techniques. This has worked well for parabolic equations, but parallel-in-time methods for advection-dominated hyperbolic problems have proven difficult to develop. In previous work, we demonstrated the effectiveness of a...
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Math Bio Seminar - Speaker: Abhishek Halder, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Iowa State University

Tuesday, September 3, 2024 2:00pm to 3:00pm
MacLean Hall
Date: 09/03. This is an in-person seminar. Speaker: Abhishek Halder, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Iowa State University Title: Generalized Schrödinger Bridges Abstract: A bridge is a diffusion process that connects a given state to another within a given deadline. Well known examples include Brownian bridge and Bessel bridge. Schrödinger bridge is a diffusion process that steers a given distribution to another with maximum likelihood guarantee in the path space. It was conceived as a...

Student Employment Job Fair

Wednesday, August 28, 2024 11:00am to 2:00pm
Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)
This is an excellent opportunity for students to learn about the variety of student hourly and Work-Study jobs available on the UI campus & at qualified off-campus nonprofit Work-Study sites. The University is excited to have students consider campus employment. Research shows that students who are connected to campus are more successful and more likely to continue enrollment and do well academically. Many first-year students choose student employment as their Pick One. Typically more than 30...
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Life in Iowa: Old Capitol Museum Scavenger Hunt

Saturday, August 17, 2024 1:00pm to 3:00pm
Old Capitol Museum
Join Life in Iowa for a scavenger hunt at the Old Capitol Museum to explore Iowa's history, win prizes, and connect with fellow UI students!
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