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  • Feb
    6

    CS Seminar: Inverse Design of Material-Robot Systems (Amira Abdel-Rahman)

    Department of Computer Science (CS)

    3:00 PM ITW, Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center

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    Thursday / CS/ME Seminar
    February 6th / 3:00 PM
    Hybrid / Ford ITW

    Speaker
    Amira Abdel-Rahman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

    Talk Title
    Inverse Design of Material-Robot Systems

    Abstract
    "In human history, no innovation has progressed as rapidly as digital technologies. Yet, it wasn't until the 2000s that we began to feel this impact on the physical world. With the rise of the Internet of Things, our built environment is becoming smarter, more dynamic, and more complex. Each year, the line between physical and digital blurs further. However, examining the history of computer-aided design (CAD), engineering (CAE), and manufacturing (CAM) tools reveals few radical advancements since the invention of "Sketchpad" in 1963—the first interactive CAD system. We urgently need these radical advances to faithfully model and respond to our complex environment, and to enable us to imagine and design a new world where the physical and digital are indistinguishable.
    To achieve that, we need novel physical and digital tools that can handle complexity and grow reliability. Just as digitizing analog signals revolutionized and scaled communication and computing, applying discretization and error correction principles to the physical world unlocks the ability of the precise placement of functional materials with embedded electrical and mechanical properties. These “Digital Material” structures introduce digital programmability to the physical realm, mirroring the transformative impact seen in digital technologies.
    In my talk, I will introduce fully declarative and inverse workflows to design and build scalable Digital Material systems. Using these workflows the user can model and design systems that span scales (micro, meso, macro) and disciplines (electrical, mechanical, aerospace, architectural engineering) without being an expert in all — or any — of these fields.
    Using principles of discretization, distributed computing, hierarchy, and error correction; the introduced workflows use domain knowledge as priors and universal design representations across all stages—simulation, optimization, fabrication, and control. These tools have been used to design a plethora of static and dynamic structures, ranging from bridges and shelters to aerospace structures, robots, and electronics."

    Biography
    Amira Abdel-Rahman is a PhD student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Center for Bits and Atoms, where she develops inverse design workflows, empowered by physics-informed AI, to advance the design and fabrication of large-scale material-robot systems. She earned her Master in Design Studies (MDes) in Technology from Harvard Graduate School of Design and her Bachelor’s degree from the American University in Cairo. Her professional experiences include NVIDIA as part of the Simulation Technology Team, and Autodesk as part of the Generative Design Group, where she contributed to cutting-edge research at the intersection of computational design, AI, and simulation technologies.

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    TIME Thursday, February 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

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  • Feb
    10

    CS Seminar: A quest for an algorithmic theory for high-dimensional statistical inference (Sidhanth Mohanty)

    Department of Computer Science (CS)

    12:00 PM 3514, Mudd Hall ( formerly Seeley G. Mudd Library)

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    TIME Monday, February 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

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  • Feb
    12

    CS Seminar: Reasoning in the Wild (Wenting Zhao)

    Department of Computer Science (CS)

    12:00 PM 3514, Mudd Hall ( formerly Seeley G. Mudd Library)

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    TIME Wednesday, February 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

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  • Feb
    12

    How to succeed in doing a PhD? The untold story..... (Samir Khuller)

    Department of Computer Science (CS)

    5:00 PM Mudd Library, Mudd Hall ( formerly Seeley G. Mudd Library)

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    TIME Wednesday, February 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

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    CONTACT Jensen Smith    jensen.smith@northwestern.edu EMAIL

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  • Feb
    14

    CS Seminar: Broadening AI Utility Through Natural Language Interfaces (Kaitlyn Zhou)

    Department of Computer Science (CS)

    12:00 PM 3514, Mudd Hall ( formerly Seeley G. Mudd Library)

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    TIME Friday, February 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

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  • Feb
    17

    CS Seminar: Understanding Quantum Systems via the Algorithmic Lens (Ainesh Bakshi)

    Department of Computer Science (CS)

    12:00 PM 3514, Mudd Hall ( formerly Seeley G. Mudd Library)

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    TIME Monday, February 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

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  • Feb
    18

    Thought Leader Dialogue: AI and the Future of Work

    Center for Human-Computer Interaction + Design (HCI+D)

    1:00 PM

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    TIME Tuesday, February 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

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    CONTACT Madison Deyo    madison.deyo@northwestern.edu EMAIL

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  • Feb
    19

    CS Seminar

    Department of Computer Science (CS)

    12:00 PM 3514, Mudd Hall ( formerly Seeley G. Mudd Library)

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    TIME Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

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  • Feb
    21

    CS Seminar

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    12:00 PM 3514, Mudd Hall ( formerly Seeley G. Mudd Library)

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    TIME Friday, February 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

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  • Feb
    24

    CS Seminar

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    12:00 PM 3514, Mudd Hall ( formerly Seeley G. Mudd Library)

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    TIME Monday, February 24, 2025 at 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

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  • Feb
    26

    CS Seminar

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    12:00 PM 3514, Mudd Hall ( formerly Seeley G. Mudd Library)

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    TIME Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

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  • Feb
    27

    Bagel Thursday

    Department of Computer Science (CS)

    9:00 AM 3514, Mudd Hall ( formerly Seeley G. Mudd Library)

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    TIME Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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  • Feb
    28

    CS Seminar

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    12:00 PM 3514, Mudd Hall ( formerly Seeley G. Mudd Library)

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    TIME Friday, February 28, 2025 at 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

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  • Mar
    3

    CS Seminar

    Department of Computer Science (CS)

    12:00 PM 3514, Mudd Hall ( formerly Seeley G. Mudd Library)

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    TIME Monday, March 3, 2025 at 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

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  • Mar
    5

    CS Seminar

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    12:00 PM 3514, Mudd Hall ( formerly Seeley G. Mudd Library)

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    TIME Wednesday, March 5, 2025 at 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

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  • Mar
    7

    CS Seminar

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    12:00 PM 3514, Mudd Hall ( formerly Seeley G. Mudd Library)

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    TIME Friday, March 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

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  • Mar
    10

    CS Seminar

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    12:00 PM 3514, Mudd Hall ( formerly Seeley G. Mudd Library)

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    TIME Monday, March 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

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  • Mar
    12

    CS Seminar

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    12:00 PM 3514, Mudd Hall ( formerly Seeley G. Mudd Library)

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    TIME Wednesday, March 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

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  • Mar
    14

    CS Seminar

    Department of Computer Science (CS)

    12:00 PM 3514, Mudd Hall ( formerly Seeley G. Mudd Library)

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    TIME Friday, March 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

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  • Mar
    17

    Winter exams begin

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    TIME Monday, March 17, 2025

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  • Mar
    22

    Spring Break Begins

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    TIME Saturday, March 22, 2025

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  • Mar
    31

    Spring Break Ends

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    TIME Monday, March 31, 2025

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