A Look Back at IDEAS in 2017
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IDEAS hosts Prof. Barbara Di Eugenio at Nov. 16 Machine Learning Meet-up
IDEAS Trainees and PI’s Participate in Ground-breaking Research Discoveries
October 2017 was a busy month for our trainees and co-Investigators, as demonstrated by ground-breaking announcements made in two different science fields. These discoveries relied heavily on a particular, and sophisticated method of data analysis that is similar in...
IDEAS Travels to Orlando for 2017 Grace Hopper Celebration
October 4-6, IDEAS representatives accompanied The Graduate School (TGS) of Northwestern to the 2017 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing. The Grace Hopper Celebration is the world’s largest gathering of women technologists, and it was an honor and a...
IDEAS Attends 2017 ERN Conference in STEM
March 2017, IDEAS Program Director, Michelle Paulsen, and TGS Diversity and Inclusion Representative, Noelle Wakefield, PhD, attended the Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) in Washington DC. The...
Spring Quarter Machine Learning Meet Up: Data Sci Discussion Panel
Event organized and hosted by IDEAS Trainees, Niharika Sravan and Michael Zevin. On March 31st, 2017 IDEAS hosted a Data Science Discussion Panel with several data science consultants from Clarity Insights. Clarity Insights is the largest consulting company in the US...
Winter Quarter Machine Learning Meet-Up: Larry Birnbaum
Event organized and hosted by IDEAS Trainees, Niharika Sravan and Michael Zevin. On February 23, 2017 IDEAS hosted Professor Larry Birnbaum, of Northwestern University. Larry is a professor in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science department, and is...
Spreading the Word: IDEAS at TGS’ Annual IGEN Tour
November 3-5, 2016, The Graduate School (TGS) at Northwestern hosted its annual Introduction to Graduate Education at Northwestern (IGEN). This fully-funded, two-day visit to the Northwestern campuses is aimed at rising juniors and seniors, from diverse backgrounds,...
Fall Quarter’s Inaugural Machine Learning Meetup: Dr. Chris Greer
Event organized and hosted by IDEAS Trainees, Niharika Sravan and Michael Zevin. The first Machine Learning Meetup speaker of the academic year was Dr. Chris Greer, Senior Associate Data Scientist at KPMG. He was the ideal speaker for this inaugural Machine Learning...
IDEAS Visits Capitol Hill: Attends Future STEM Leaders Conference
Earlier this month Lois Trautvetter and Michelle Paulsen attended the NRT Teams Annual Meeting 2016, and Future STEM Leaders Conference in Washington DC. The events, both co-sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the University of Maryland, brought together...
