Ashtekar Frontiers of Science: Climate and modeling with AI
The Penn State Eberly College of Science is hosting their annual Ashtekar Frontiers of Science lecture series featuring a number of researchers who address big questions. On Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026, John Harlim, professor of mathematics, will present “The role of mathematics in modeling and prediction in the era of AI” alongside Helen Greatrex, assistant […]
Lecture: The Academic Integrity of Using AI to Review Research
As part of the “Explorations: The Penn State Emeritus Academy Lecture Series,” Denise Potosky will present “The Academic Integrity of Using AI to Review Research” on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026, from 1:30 to 3 p.m. via Zoom. This lecture series allows retired Penn State faculty members share their research or projects to the broader Penn […]
Webinar: AI Collaboration in Managing Crisis, Risk and Disaster
The Arthur W. Page Center for Integrity in Public Communications is hosting a free webinar titled “AI collaboration in managing crisis, risk and disaster” on Tuesday, Feb. 24 at noon. This event requires registration. Register on Zoom. The webinar will highlight the use of AI in emergency communications, focusing on an academic and practitioner collaboration […]
Coffee Hour Lecture Series: Christelle Wauthier
Christelle Wauthier, associate professor of geosciences at Penn State, will present a Coffee Hour Lecture titled “Imaging Deformation Processes in Areas Prone to Natural Hazards with Satellite Geodesy” at noon on Friday, Jan. 23, in 401 Steidle Building on the Penn State University Park campus. The talk will also be accessible via Zoom. Learn more […]
Convergence Seminar Series: AI x Math Bio x Digital Twins
Jessica Menold, director of Digital Twins Hub at the Penn State Institute for Computational and Data Sciences; Mehrdad Mahdavi, Director of AI Hub; and Wenrui Hao, Director of Center for Mathematical Biology at Huck are organizing a Convergence Seminar Series focused on the intersections of AI, digital twins, and mathematical/computational biology. The first event will […]
AI in Geoscience: Opportunities and Challenges of Foundation Models
Sophie Giffard-Roisin, Fulbright Research Scholar at Lamont Observatory at Columbia University will present a guest lecture titled “AI in Geoscience: Opportunities and Challenges of Foundation Models” on Wednesday, Jan. 28, from noon to 1 p.m. The event will take place in 541 Deike Building or via Zoom. Giffard-Roisin will discuss how academic research can harness […]
Nittany AI Challenge Prototype Kickoff
Penn State students are invited to participate in the Nittany AI Alliance’s Nittany AI Challenge Prototype Kickoff event on Tuesday, Jan. 13, from 6 to 8 p.m. The event will be held in the Eric J. Barron Innovation Hub. This event aims to help students define their challenge idea; introduce student teams to new tools; […]
Global Perspectives on Foodservice System Decisions: At the Intersection of Sustainability, Technology and Innovation
The 11th annual Online Interdisciplinary Research Symposium, hosted by the Food Decisions Research Laboratory in the Penn State School of Hospitality Management, will take place from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 11. The event is held via Zoom and is free to the public. Registration is required. The keynote address will be […]
Bronstein Ethics Lecture: Giancarlo Pitocco
Giancarlo Pitocco, senior AI adoption consultant at Covestro, will present as part of the Bronstein Ethics Lecture series in Foster Auditorium, Paterno Library on Monday, Dec. 1, at 4 p.m. Abstract: AI adoption isn’t failing because the technology isn’t good enough: it’s failing because organizations haven’t learned how to talk about it. This session explores […]
NLP Colloquium: Mathematical Reasoning in Visual Contexts
Kai-Wei Chang, associate professor at UCLA, will present “Mathematical Reasoning in Visual Contexts” as part of the Natural Language Processing Colloquium Series hosted by the Department of Computer Science and Engineering and the Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology. Chang will present via Zoom at 2 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 14. In his […]