Pulse

September 23, 2022

The Graduate School Pulse includes upcoming events, news highlights, resources, and updates.

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Upcoming Events

Center for Human-Aware AI Advanced PhD Student Talk: Matthew Seita, RIT

October 03, 2022
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Click the registration link to view abstract and bio information. The talk title is Designing Automatic Speech Recognition Technologies to Improve Accessibility for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing People in Small Group Meetings.

Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences' PhD Information Session

October 04, 2022
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Join via Zoom: https://rit.zoom.us/j/97267745093

Meeting ID: 972 6774 5093

Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences' PhD director will provide an overview of our PhD program. PhD research areas, curriculum themes, program of study, and other program requirements will be discussed. The information session will also cover how to apply to our PhD program, including application requirements, application timelines, and application material.

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AWARE-AI NRT: Fall AI Hackathon

October 9-10, 2022
7:00 am - 12:00 am

James E. Gleason Hall Room/Location
GLE (09), rm 1000 Robotics Lab

During the hackathon, graduate students will create a deployable AI system that exemplifies the principles of human awareness and responsibility and demo what they created.

Hosted by the AWARE-AI NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) Program, this free competition welcomes NRT Trainees and other RIT graduate students. The workshop requires registration. Please register by emailing awareainrt@rit.edu.

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News + Updates

Update: The Health Support Group for Graduate Students, Understanding Self & Others, has a new start date of October 7, 2022. To express interest in joining, contact Grace Weinstein at gewycc@rit.edu.

Program set for the inaugural Together RIT: A Day of Understanding, Solidarity, and Racial Reconciliation

Nearly 30 events varying from interactive lectures to film screenings to a PC game-testing session are planned for the inaugural Together RIT: A Day of Understanding, Solidarity, and Racial Reconciliation on Friday, Oct. 21.

Read full story by Luke Auburn

Student becomes successful entrepreneur

Adam Foster, a Ph.D. student in mechanical and industrial engineering from Villennes-sur-Seine, France, is a team member on PrisAM, a student-owned business.

Read full story by Cayley Smith

NIH funds new RIT-led study to explore how living cells regulate the growth of organelles

RIT Assistant Professor Lishibanya Mohapatra secures $1.7 million from NIH for five-year study.

Read the full story and find out how students can be involved with the Mohapatra Research Group.

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Resources

Winter Wear Clothes Drive and Winter Wear Shopping Trip being Organized by Woman in Graduate School (WIGS)

Clothes Drive
Winter is fast approaching, and preparations are underway for the season. Women in Graduate School (WIGS) wants to collect winter wear to help new graduate students who don’t have the resources to buy all the necessities.

The primary drop-off collection will be at the Graduate School Office (University Services Center, Building 87, Office - 3100). Other drop-off boxes can be found at Gosnell, Hugh Carey Hall, and Golisano. The donation deadline will be Monday, October 31st.

Please donate new or gently used winter wear such as coats, scarves, gloves & boots. Graduate students will be invited to pick out donated items on a first-come-first-served basis. Leftover items will be donated to a local charity to help those in need.

Shopping Trip
A few people are going winter wear shopping on Saturday, October 1st to the Waterloo Outlets (budget-friendly, 45 min from campus). This is a coordinated carpool event and depends on the number of drivers. Please keep in mind that SPACES ARE LIMITED to the number of cars going. Non-drivers will be selected on a first-come-first-served method. Please fill out this form to reserve your space.

If you have a car, please consider giving a ride to fellow students.

You can join the WhatsApp group for the event.

Faculty Lead Study Abroad Program, Transnational Workshop: Digital Creation ‘Beyond the Screen’ in Paris, France

This innovative, interdisciplinary, transnational workshop-laboratory focuses on the latest stage in a long history of creative experimentation with computers and computer technologies in their capacity to generate literary, artistic, and interactive experiences that link human participants, computers, and immersive environments, both physical and virtual, in new ways.

No pre-requisites. Open to all undergraduate majors (3rd year and above) and grad students. No pre-requisites, no French language required, no prior technical skills needed.

Application Deadline: October 16, 2022

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