Friday April 5. – noon-1 p.m.

Location: Bliss 190

Marco Alvarez, Associate Professor, Computer Science

“Transforming Research and Higher Education with Generative AI and Foundation Models”

This talk delves into the transformative potential of generative AI and foundation models in both scientific research and higher education. Foundation models represent a seismic shift in AI capabilities, empowering researchers to analyze data, generate hypotheses, and uncover knowledge with unprecedented efficiency. Trained on vast amounts of unlabeled data, foundation models can serve as a powerful starting point for tackling a wide range of language and vision problems. By harnessing the power of these models, researchers can unlock new frontiers in interdisciplinary collaboration, innovation, and breakthrough discoveries. Moreover, this talk explores how generative AI is reshaping undergraduate and graduate education, presenting significant opportunities and challenges. Universities must quickly adapt to prepare students to work alongside intelligent machines and drive responsible AI innovation.

Friday March 29 – 2-3 p.m.

Location: Bliss 190

Sarah Brown, Assistant Professor, Computer Science

Title: How to anticipate risks in AI-enhanced research

ML-powered AI is increasingly appearing in all areas of research. However, ML (machine learning) is still in many ways a research output, more of a prototype than a polished, reliable, product. Even commercially released systems, because they are software, can be released without the same rigorous testing that commercially available research equipment has been traditionally be subject to. In this talk, I will draw connections between the ML research process and potential risks in applied ML and use of commercial AI in research.

Our University license has been improved with a new version and its accompanying feature set. Instead of being limited to Research Core, we now have access to all the features of CoreXM Advanced. You should see new tools in different parts of the platform. Here are a few of the key ones:

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A more complete list of features:

CoreXM Advanced
This includes everything from “CoreXM Basic” plus all of the following:
Advanced Question Types (File Upload, Signature, Highlighting)
API Capabilities (link)
Data Isolation (link)
Usage Tags for Cost Tracking (link)
Additional Languages (link)
Advanced Distribution (SMS, Slack, Facebook, WhatsApp, Microsoft Teams)
Basic Quotas (link)
Custom XM Solutions (link)
Expert Review – Compliance Assist (link)
Expert Review – Response Quality (link)
Screen-out Management & Reporting (link)
XM Directory (link)
Advanced Security Management (link)
Sensitive Data Handling (link)
Sensitive Data Policy Exemptions
Basic StatsiQ (This is a big feature. link)
Basic TextiQ (This is a big feature. link)
Crosstabs
Tableau Integration
Marketo Integration
Google Drive Integration
 

This one-time Beginner’s Course lays the groundwork for understanding R and R-Studio.  This course will go over the basics of the R-Studio interface and will introduce R coding skills and an overview of data manipulation.

R Basics

Release 2023a is now available for download. The release includes updates to MATLAB, Simulink, and many other products.

R2023a

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Geneious Academy has some brand new content to help you up-skill! 
With our Introduction to Automated Workflows video, you can learn how to create a multi-step workflow starting from raw Sanger sequences and ending with a phylogenetic tree. 

Master Geneious and key concepts in bioinformatics and molecular biology with over 50 video tutorials taught by scientific experts. Visit Geneious Academy today!

GN Introduction to Automated Workflows
 

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This one-time Beginner Course will help build a foundation for understanding SPSS. This course will cover the basics of SPSS, and introduce students to both the syntax and point/click features SPSS offers.

SPSS Beginner