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Thursday, January 24, 2019 3:45 pm - 3:45 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Computational Math Colloquium • From Sorcery to Science: How Hollywood Physics Advances Computational Engineering

Eitan Grinspun, Associate Professor of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics
Columbia University

Blockbuster films depend on computational physics. The focus is on models that capture the qualitative, characteristic behavior of a mechanical system. Visual effects employ mathematical and computational models of hair, fur, skin, cloth, fire, granular media, and liquids. This is scientific computing with a twist. But techniques developed originally for film can also advance consumer products, biomedical research, and basic physical understanding.

Thursday, January 24, 2019 10:30 pm - 10:30 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Seminar • Artificial Intelligence — Learning to Understand Entities in Text

Eunsol Choi, Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science
University of Washington

Real world entities such as people, organizations and countries play a critical role in text. Reading offers rich explicit and implicit information about these entities, such as the categories they belong to, relationships they have with other entities, and events they participate in. 

Wednesday, January 30, 2019 2:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Mathematics Education Seminar • Chaos and Power!

Francis Poulin, Department of Applied Mathematics
University of Waterloo

Years ago I co-designed a course called Environmental Informatics, AMATH/EARTH 310, which has since disappeared. The idea of this course was to bring applied math and earth science students together to learn about problems that overlap these two fields. One topic that I taught was chaos. 

Thursday, January 31, 2019 3:00 pm - 3:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

PhD Seminar • Human-Computer Interaction — Characterizing and Predicting Email Triage and Deferral

Bahareh Sarrafzadeh, PhD candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Email triage involves going through unhandled emails and deciding what to do with them. This familiar process can become increasingly challenging as the number of unhandled email grows. During a triage session, users commonly defer handling emails that they cannot immediately deal with to later. These deferred emails, are often related to tasks that are postponed until the user has more time or the right information to deal with them.