Area science event list

NOTE: Due to very limited internet access, I may not be able to update this much. See wiki.hacdc.org/index.php/Area_science_event_info for the "instruction manual" for this list. April 4 11AM UMdCS - Novel strategies to advance exploration of function and inhibition within protein-membrane interfaces 12:30PM UMdCSS - Do Password Manager Nudge Secure (Random) Passwords? 4 UMdPS - Bioethics and the Rules-Based International Order UMdCSS - Reinforcement Learning in Two-Player Zero-Sum Games 5 11AM UMdCS - Precision Synthesis of Quantum Material Building Blocks UMdCSS - Deconstructing Complex Events through Modeling Uncertainty, States, and Outcomes 11:30 UMdSS - Chaos, Magnetic Fields, and the Cosmic Ray Anisotrophy AND A unified accretion ejection paradigm for x-ray binaries: the JED-SAD paradigm 4:05PM UMdSS - The Science and Technology of the Advanced X-ray Imaging Satellite 6 2PM UMdBS - TREE-QMC: Improving quartet graph construction for scalable and accurate species tree estimation from gene trees AND Spectrum preserving tilings enable sparse and modular reference indexing 3:30 UMdES - The 2022 Asian Summer Monsoon Chemical and Climate Impact Project (ACCLIP) 4 UMdCSS - PhD Defense: Optimization Problems in Quantum Machine Learning: when are variational algorithms trainable 7 10:15AM UMdBS - "Idiosynchrony": Using naturalistic stimuli to draw out individual differences in brain and behavior 11 UMdEgS - Lectin-glycan affinity in nanobio theragnostics: The specific capture of pancreatic cancer exosomes and the targeted immunotherapy of tumor cells noon UMdCSS - Investigating the feasibility of a trapped atom interferometer with movable traps 2PM UMdCSS - PhD Defense: Applications of Logic and Graph Theory in Computer Science 3 UMdGS - Feast or famine: Regulation of methane metabolism at low-energy biological systems 3:30 UMdCS - Looking Up: A Molecular Perspective at Astronomical Complexity 9 7:30PM NoVAC - Imagined Life 10 11AM CI - The magmatic system under Hunga volcano imaged by gravity noon UMdCSS - From Videos to 4D Worlds and Beyond 4PM UMdBpS - Growth of plant cell walls: from expansin action to wall structure and mechanics 7:45 GLMSMC - the Travilah Quarry 11 4PM UMdCSS - DM^2: Decentralized Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning via Distribution Matching 8 NASM - Life Support: What the International Space Station Teaches Us About Our Changing Earth (registration required) 12 9AM UMdCSS - PhD Defense: Learning and Composing Primitives for the Visual World 11 UMdCSS - Quantum algorithms for eigenvalue problems 4:05PM UMdSS - Advancing Radial Velocity Precision Using Data Driven Approaches 6:30 CI - Cloudy with a Chance of Science (registration) 13 11AM UMdCS - Photoactive Molecular Containers 14 10:15AM UMdBS - Using songbirds to explore auditory-motor interactions during musical rhythm perception 11 UMdEgS - New Facilitated Transport Membranes for CO2 Capture from Flue Gas and Syngas 15 1PM LDPL - Maker Talk: Comics with Mathew New (registration) 18 11AM UMdCS Nature's protein/protein interactions--Inspirations for novel therapeutics and biotech tools 6:30PM DASER - Science, Poetry, and Society (registration, photo ID, & proof of up-to-date COVID-19 vaccination required) 19 11AM UMdCS - Ultrafast dynamics and reaction pathways of organic cations and radicals 2PM UMdCSS - PhD Defense: Compiler Optimizations for Irregular Memory Access Patterns in the PGAS Programming Model 4:05 UMdSS - The Deep Synoptic Array: fast radio burst probes of the unseen Universe 21 10:15AM UMdBS - Contributions of the home environment and early caregiving on neurocognitive development during infancy 23 noon-5PM RSC - Rockville Science Day 24 11AM UMdCSS - MS Defense: A Pedagogical Approach to Problems in Ramsey Theory 25 11AM UMdCS - Chemistry in a Regulatory Setting: Options and Opportunities 27 11AM UMdCSS - PhD Defense: Towards Multimodal and Context-Aware Emotion Perception 3:15PM UMdMS - The Mathematics of Consilience 6:30PM CI NLS - A new golden age of sample return missions (registration required) 28 8PM PSW - Ancient Lives Preserved in Cuneiform Impressions of Mesopotamian Society Over 3,500 Years Ago 29 10AM-4PM UMd Maryland Day May 4 11AM UMdCS - Organic synthesis with small rings and HIV vaccine chemical biology with 6-membered rings 5 10:15AM UMdBS - How does one (re)build a brain to learn and remember? 11 UMdEgS - Smart 3D Microtechnologies for Biology and Human Health 8 4PM UMdBpS - Single-cell imaging and single-cell manipulation: Measurement considerations for emerging technologies 9 11AM UMdCS - Quantifying bias in receptor tyrosine kinase signaling. 4PM UMdCSS - MAESTRO: Open-Ended Environment Design for Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning 19 8PM PSW - Inhabiting the Moon Building Systems for Lunar Life 24 8PM NASM - Exploring the Moon and Mars: Learning to Work and Live in Space (registration required) June 2 8PM PSW - Space, Time, and Motion Ideas in Contemporary Physics 16 8PM PSW - The Ike Dike Protecting Houston from Water Disasters 29 8PM NASM - The Habitability of Worlds in the Outer Solar System (registration required)