Organic Solar Cells and the Future Energy Challenge
Speaker: Thuc-Quyen Nguyen, Professor, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry; Director, Center for Polymers and Organic Solids; University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) Friday, April 22, 2022, 8 am- 9 am | Zoom Meeting Abstract: The development of alternative energy sources is now recognized by government, society and the global community as an urgent need. Solution-processed organic solar
Global Cancer Research: Opportunities and Challenges
Speaker: Xiao-Ou Shu, M.D., MPH, Ph.D. Ingram Professor of Cancer Research, Professor of Medicine Associate Director for Global Health, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Co-Leader, Cancer Epidemiology Program, VICC Thursday, March 24, 2022, 8 pm- 9 pm | Zoom Meeting Abstract: Cancer is the second leading cause of death worldwide, claimed 10 million lives in 2020. Cancer incidence and
Innovations for Business Transformation in Developing Economies
Speaker: Hau L. Lee, Ph.D., Professor of Operations, Information and Technology, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University; Academic Advisory Board Member, VinUniversity Saturday, January 15, 2022, 10 am Hanoi time | Zoom Meeting Abstract: Business development in developing economies usually face significant challenges due to resource, infrastructure and market constraints. To overcome such challenges, innovations in
Understanding what it means to understand something: Implications for Human and Machine Learning
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
Advancing the Frontiers of Academic Research and Innovation for Global Impact
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
The (Un)known-(Un)knowns of COVID-19 Transmission – An Engineer’s Perspective
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
Riding Data Waves: From Ripples to Tsunamis
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
The Critical Role of Biomedical Research in Driving Innovations that Improve Health Outcomes
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
Actual Causality: A Survey
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
Using Multi-Agent Systems to Represent Uncertainty
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