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The Newsletter for the EAS Community
Selected Upcoming Events
Wednesday, August 14, 2024, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm and 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Computational Thermochemistry Workshop - Jean-Philippe Harvey, Professor of Chemical Engineering, Polytechnique Montréal (RSVP here)
Location: Moore B270
Tuesday, August 20, 2024, 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
CCID End of Summer Celebration
Location: Center for Student Services, Large Tent
Seeking Graduate Student Co-Chairs for the 2025 Caltech Space Challenge - Deadline Extended
Are you a G2-G4 grad student interested in taking part in organizing an international space mission design competition hosted during spring break here at Caltech? If so, apply to be a co-chair for the 2025 edition of the Caltech Space Challenge. The Caltech Space Challenge brings 32 talented and highly-motivated students to the Caltech campus to participate in a week-long space mission design competition. The participants are split into two teams and work under the mentorship of experts from industry, NASA and academia to design their mission concept from scratch to final proposal. Email csc@caltech.edu or use the contact form if you are interested in being part of this event! Deadline: Monday, August 12, 2024.
Announcing the Sixth EAS AI Bootcamp: Introduction to ML
The sixth AI Bootcamp is scheduled to take place from August 12-16, 2024 in 100 Powell Booth. This session is designed for graduate students and researchers who want to grasp fundamental machine learning (ML) concepts and explore the potential of integrating ML into their research. Topics covered include AI fundamentals (regression, classification, clustering, embeddings), industrial ML, and neural networks. Learn more about prerequisites and how to register for the bootcamp. Registration Deadline: August 7, 2024.
Surplus High-Value Equipment Wanted/Needed
Doing a summer clean out? Have perfectly working equipment that you no longer need? List it on the Division’s webpage for Surplus High-Value Equipment for your colleagues across the Institute to happily retrieve from you. To post equipment: please send a description, specs, and photo to commofc@caltech.edu. Please also include the date you will e-waste if there are no takers. It is assumed that the equipment is working and generally available at no-cost to others at the Institute, aside from transport to be mutually arranged.
Spotlight On Our People
Haixu Shen
Graduate Student, Andrew and Peggy Cherng Department of Medical Engineering
I'm a 4th year graduate student in Medical Engineering, working with Professor Yu-Chong Tai. My research mainly focuses on translation medical devices, in particular, an affordable and portable stroke sensor for quick stroke detection for home or ambulance settings. In this way, patients can get a quick diagnosis before even arriving at the hospital, which can vastly speed up the treatment and reduce brain damage. I enjoy the multidisciplinary nature of my research, having to learn knowledge from various fields. Outside of research, I like exploring foods from different cultures. I also enjoy playing basketball with my friends.
Roberta Carvalho
Department Administrator, Computing and Mathematical Sciences
I have worked at Caltech for the last eight years, and I love the sense of community and diversity it brings. It is inspiring to work with the greatest minds in the world and see their research become a reality that can save lives and facilitate our daily activities. I have worked as an HR Events & Education Consultant for three years and completed my fifth year as the Department Administrator of the Computing and Mathematical Sciences Department. I am passionate about learning new cultures and languages. I speak Portuguese and Spanish and hope to become fluent in French. I am Brazilian, and apart from living there and in the US, I have also lived in the UK, Switzerland, and Spain. I love doing yoga and plan to be fully certified as a yoga teacher one day.
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Calls for Nomination & Funding Opportunities
Caltech’s Office of Foundation Relations maintains an online database and email subscription service of primarily non-federal funding opportunities as a resource for the Caltech community. Opportunities include calls for proposals released by private foundations, public charities, associations, corporations, internal Caltech opportunities and federal limited opportunities.
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