Seminar: Ching-Yao Lai (Stanford)
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Title: Solution discovery in fluids with high precision using neural networks
Abstract: I will discuss examples utilizing neural networks (NNs) to find solutions to partial differential equations (PDEs) that facilitate new discoveries. Despite being deemed universal function approximators, neural networks, in practice, struggle to fit functions with sufficient accuracy for rigorous analysis. Here, we developed multi-stage neural networks (Wang and Lai, J. Comput. Phys. 2024) that can reduce the prediction error to nearly the machine precision of double-precision floating points within a finite number of iterations. We use accurate NNs to tackle the challenge of searching for singularities in fluid equations (Wang-Lai-Gómez-Serrano-Buckmaster, Phys. Rev. Lett. 2023). Unstable singularities, especially in dimensions greater than…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Interdisciplinary Engineering Building (IEB). Online Meeting Link: https://cassyni.com/events/SdqYWSTJUYeahs3BUDQe2R. Campus room: G106. Accessibility Contact: llederer@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars. Special Events. Student Activities.
Thursday, November 5, 2026, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
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Wednesday, November 11, 2026.
Seminar: Sara Mouradian (UW)
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Title: Building and Controlling Quantum Technologies
Abstract: Quantum technologies promise capabilities beyond the reach of classical systems, but realizing this potential requires exquisite control over physical quantum hardware. This talk describes our work on trapped-ion quantum systems across three themes: efficiently calibrating entangling gate operations with minimal experimental overhead; optimal control for increasing operation fidelity under complex noise models; and using the effects of quantum measurement as a resource for metrology. Together, these results illustrate how principled control of quantum systems, combining classical machine learning, hardware characterization, and measurement design, unlocks their potential for both computation and sensing.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Interdisciplinary Engineering Building (IEB). Online Meeting Link: https://cassyni.com/events/BotD4bmc4KMnRCGeSyWpn9. Campus room: G106. Accessibility Contact: llederer@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars. Special Events. Student Activities.
Thursday, November 12, 2026, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
Seminar: Leo Kozachkov (Brown University)
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Title: Predictable Nonlinear Dynamics can be Efficiently Parallelized in Time.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Interdisciplinary Engineering Building (IEB). Online Meeting Link: https://cassyni.com/events/SWg9FGYRNBWZHciQLq7WPX. Campus room: G106. Accessibility Contact: llederer@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars. Special Events. Student Activities.
Thursday, November 19, 2026, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
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Thursday, November 26, 2026 – Friday, November 27, 2026.
Institute-wide Meeting
Zoom link + agenda will be sent via email closer to the date, but please hold space in your calendar now!
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: llederer@uw.edu. Event Types: Meetings. Target Audience: Institute faculty, students & postdocs.
Monday, November 30, 2026, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
Smart Buildings Competition, NeurIPS 2026
Announcing the NeurIPS 2026 Smart Buildings Contest!
$40K in prizes, and winners will also be invited to give a presentation at NeurIPS in Paris!
Participants will create an HVAC policy, and test it out on simulated buildings, to evaluate transfer learning. Successful submissions could improve energy efficiency and contribute to global sustainability efforts!
The contest is supported by Kajima, Distyl, and KODE Labs, and is organized by researchers at Columbia University, Harvard University, University of Washington, Princeton University, Mila - Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute, Syracuse University, Google, Autodesk, and the NSF AI Institute in Dynamic Systems.
There are 2 submission types.
1. Code submissions, on our Kaggle page: https://lnkd.in/gwneJd82
2. Paper submissions, on open review: https://lnkd.in/gXA-MHKP
We will have 2 rounds:
Round 1 is for paper submissions only, and will give both awards, and NeurIPS presentations, to the winners.
Round 2 will give awards to both paper…
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: N/A. Event Types: Conferences. Special Events. Workshops.
Sunday, December 13, 2026.
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Friday, December 25, 2026.
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Friday, January 1, 2027.
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Monday, January 18, 2027.