Fitness & Learning

4          Penn Parental Wellness Coalition Coffee Break; learn about the mission of the Penn Parents Wellness Coalition, connect with other parents and caregivers, share resources and ask questions; 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.; Penn Women’s Center (Parental Wellness Coalition).

            RPA Data Science Workshop: R; research peer advisors at CURF will lead a series of data science workshops to learn essential coding skills for modeling, data analysis, and visualization this session will focus on R, a common statistical analysis package used in the natural and social sciences; 5:30 p.m.; room F60, Huntsman Hall (Center for Undergraduate Research & Fellowships).

Penn Libraries

Various locations. Info: https://www.library.upenn.edu/events.

4          Ask Us About Podcasting; learn about podcasting and the resources available through the Vitale Media Lab at Penn Libraries; 3-5 p.m.; the ARCH.

5          Learn How to CAD and 3D Print Your Own Keycaps Online; learn how to make custom 3D printed keycaps to make your own fidget keychains or customize your keyboard; 3 p.m.; online webinar.

Readings & Signings

4          Is God for Revolution? Affect, Youth and Islam in Post-2011 Egypt; Nareman Amin, Michigan State University; 12:30 p.m.; room 250, PCPSE (Middle East Center).

            Corrections at Work: A Call for Institutional Accountability; TaLisa Carter, American University; 5:30 p.m.; 2^nd floor conference room, Penn Bookstore (Penn Bookstore).

Talks

3          Design Optimization of Porous Electrodes for Ultra-Fast Charging; Hanyu Li, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; 10:15 a.m.; Wu & Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall (Mechanical Engineering & Applied Science).

            Regulating Out-of-Network Hospital Payments: Disagreement Payoffs, Negotiated Prices, and Access; Elena Prager, University of Rochester; noon; auditorium, Colonial Penn Center; register: https://ldi.upenn.edu/events/research-seminar-with-elena-prager-phd/ (Leonard Davis Institute).

            Toward Sustainable Data Centers for Artificial Intelligence; Benjamin Lee, electrical & systems engineering and computer & information science; noon; room 414, Gutmann Hall (Penn AI).

4          America’s Divides: A Political Lunch Series; Bob Inglis, republicEn.org; noon; room 205, College Hall; register: https://tinyurl.com/inglis-talk-mar-4 (Paideia Program).

            Black Resistance and Black Powder: Gunpowder and Medical Resistance in the Black Atlantic; Adia Eshe Cullors, New York University; noon; room 105, McNeil Center (McNeil Center for Early American Studies).

            Improving Generative AI at Inference Time: Alignment, Reasoning, & Efficiency; Amrit Singh Bedi, University of Central Florida; noon; room 414, Gutmann Hall (AI-Enabled Systems: Safe, Explainable, and Trustworthy Center).

            Contested Taiwan: Sovereignty Social Movements, and Party Formation; Lev Nachman, National Taiwan University; 12:15 p.m.; room 418, PCPSE (Center for the Study of Contemporary China).

            Towards AI Partners: Socially Intelligent Agents that Augment Human Abilities; Ruta Desai, Fundamental AI Research, Meta; 3 p.m.; room 307, Levine Hall (GRASP Lab).

            The Rise of Kleptocrats? Corruption—and Anti-Corruption—In An Age of Disruption; Philip Nichols, legal studies & business ethics; Casey Michel, Human Rights Foundation; Dani Schulkin, New York University; 5 p.m.; Perry World House and online webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/pwh-talk-mar-4 (Perry World House).

5          In Situ Probe of Structure and Dynamics at Metal electrode/Electrolyte Interface: Interfacial Structure, Electro-induction Effect, and Hot Electron Transfer; Tianquan (Tim) Lian, Vagelos Institute of Energy Science and Technology; 10:30 a.m.; Wu & Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall (Materials Science & Engineering).

            Advancing Precision Medicine with Precision Journey; Hanwen Xu, University of Washington; room 13, Skirkanich Hall (Bioengineering).

            Optimization Challenges in Physics-Informed Neural Networks; Paris Perdikaris, mechanical engineering & applied mechanics; noon; room 414, Gutmann Hall, and Zoom webinar; join: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/98220304722 (IDEAS Center, PennAI, Statistics & Data Science).

            Democracy In Peril: When Government by the People Is No Longer for the People; panel of speakers; room TBA, Penn Carey Law; register: https://tinyurl.com/cerl-talk-mar-5 (Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law).

Economics

In-person events in various locations. Info: https://economics.sas.upenn.edu/events.

4          Population Aging and Industry Labor Supply; Jack Dunbar, economics; noon; room 200, PCPSE.

This is an update to the March AT PENN calendar, which is online now. To submit events for future AT PENN calendars or weekly updates, email almanac@upenn.edu.