Speaker: Sanjay Sarma, Ph.D., Vice-President for Open Learning, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Wednesday, December 22, 2021, 8 pm Hanoi time | Zoom Meeting Abstract: Do you know what it means to truly learn something? You probably do, but it’s probably hard to describe that aha feeling. Precisely how we learn […]
Speaker: Susan Martinis, Ph.D. Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Member of the VinUniversity Academic Advisory Board Wednesday, October 20, 2021, 8 pm Hanoi time | Zoom Meeting Abstract: The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is one of America’s leading research institutions, and our ecosystem for innovation and discovery is unique […]
Speaker: Rajat Mittal, Ph.D. Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Johns Hopkins University. Member of the VinUniversity Academic Advisory Board. Wednesday, Sept 15, 2021, 8 pm Hanoi time Abstract: COVID-19 spread across the world with a speed and intensity that laid bare the limits in our understanding of the transmission pathways of such respiratory diseases. After much […]
April 14, 2021, 5:00 – 6:00PM Abstract The 2010s were arguably been the decade of data, with “big data“ becoming bigger, data-driven decision making becoming a corporate imperative, data analytics becoming the hot new degree, data being called a natural resource, and data scientist being awarded the dubious title of “sexiest job of the 21st […]
January 27, 2021, 5:00 – 6:00PM Speaker: Glen Gaulton Vice Dean and Director of Global Health Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Director, Center for Global Health University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine Member, Academic Advisory Board, VinUniversity See the detailed biography here. The Critical Role of Biomedical Research in Driving Innovations that Improve Health […]
November 25, 2020 Prof. Mark Campbell John A. Mellowes ’60 Professor in Mechanical Engineering Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering See the detailed biography at Cornell Engineering faculty’s page Autonomous, self-driving cars have the potential to impact society in many ways, including taxi/bus service; shipping and delivery; and commuting to/from work. This talk will […]
The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted, many times over, the complex and vital role that the food supply chain plays in meeting the basic needs of consumers around the world. Changes in consumer buying patterns, food production, distribution bottlenecks and new governmental restrictions have added immeasurably to the challenges of bringing food to households. This seminar […]
VinUniversity and CECS are pleased to announce a lecture series by Professsor Joseph Halpern from Cornell University who is an expert on the logic behind the math of everyday events. This 3-part lecture series includes some fascinating insights on game theory, the uncertainty that rules our daily life and to which extent common knowledge affects […]
VinUniversity and CECS are pleased to announce a lecture series by Professsor Joseph Halpern from Cornell University who is an expert on the logic behind the math of everyday events. This 3-part lecture series includes some fascinating insights on game theory, the uncertainty that rules our daily life and to which extent common knowledge affects […]
Speaker: Joseph Halpern Professor of Computer Science Joseph C. Ford Professor of Engineering Cornell College of Engineering Professor of Mathematics Cornell College of Arts and Science See the detailed biography at Cornell Business faculty’s page. VinUniversity and CECS are pleased to announce a lecture series by Professsor Joseph Halpern from Cornell University who is an expert […]
The aim of this talk is to develop the ideas that teaching, research and industry relations are complementary. By industry relations, I mean interacting with industry, selecting research problems of interest to industry, and writing for the industry audience. I will use two personal examples of the linkage between the three areas. The first example, […]