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Events Calendar

27 Jan
Rising Stars
Virtual via Zoom
Wednesday, 01/27/2021 12:00pm to 1:30pm

Title: Social Commonsense for Social Good 

Abstract:  A key dimension of machine reasoning is the ability of neural language models to capture social commonsense by interpreting and understanding the behavior of...

28 Jan
Special Event
Virtual via Zoom
Thursday, 01/28/2021 4:00pm to 5:30pm

Abstract: In this talk I will discuss examples of AI systems that produce unfair behavior, reinforcing existing social inequalities. I will then discuss what it really means for an AI system to be "unfair", before...

29 Jan
Career Development
Virtual | GatherTown
Friday, 01/29/2021 11:00am to 12:30pm

The Undergraduate Research Volunteer (URV) Program in CICS has been an opportunity for UGRAD students to collaborate with PhD students for 4 weeks of research exploration and mentoring.

Students are completing...

29 Jan
PhD Dissertation Proposal Defense
Zoom Meeting
Friday, 01/29/2021 1:00pm to 3:00pm

Zoom Meeting: https://umass-amherst.zoom.us/j/9621986782

The Internet has emerged as one of the most important tools of communication. With around 4.5 billion active users as of July 2020, it provides people the...

01 Feb
Academic Calendar
Monday, 02/01/2021 (All day)

Spring Semester: First Day of Classes

01 Feb
Special Event
Virtual via Zoom
Monday, 02/01/2021 12:00pm to 1:30pm

This meeting for CICS faculty and staff will be held virtually via Zoom. All participants will receive a Zoom link for each meeting from Victoria Rupp via college email lists.

02 Feb
Special Event
Virtual via Zoom
Tuesday, 02/02/2021 12:00pm to 1:00pm

Abstract: Interactive theorem provers make it possible to prove that a program satisfies a specification. This provides a high degree of certainty that the program is trustworthy. The last two decades have marked a new...

02 Feb
Career Development
Virtual
Tuesday, 02/02/2021 3:00pm to 4:00pm

For people who like to invent, there's no better place to explore opportunities than at Amazon, one of our CICS Top Employers!

Join their webinar to meet Boston leaders including alumnus and AWS VP Wayne Duso, and...

05 Feb
Graduate Event
Virtual via Gather.Town
Friday, 02/05/2021 11:30am to 1:00pm

MARK YOUR CALENDAR -- Grad Gather.Town Social, FRIDAY, FEB 5, at 11:30am EST until 1:00pm EST. Celebrate the first week of classes with our social! Come and go as you please and get to know your classmates!

Join...

05 Feb
Special Event
Virtual via Zoom
Friday, 02/05/2021 5:00pm to 6:00pm

Each summer, the UMass Center for Data Science (CDS) partners with public-interest organizations through the Data Science for the Common Good (DS4CG) program. On Friday evening, join the organizers of DS4CG for an...

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