Events from the AJ Clark School of Engineering http://eng.umd.edu/events/ Mon, 16 Mar 2020 09:54:46 EDT http://eng.umd.edu/images/clark_logo_4email.gif http://eng.umd.edu/events/ Tuesday, April 21, 2020 2:30 PM, Clark Hall Forum, SAVE THE DATE! TUESDAY, APRIL 21 – 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF ENGINEERING SUSTAINABILTIY DAY Science for Society - The 50th Anniversary of Earth Day UMD CLARK HALL FORUM REGISTER NOW 9:30am – 5:00pm Sustainability does not happen by chance, it must be engineered. That’s why, each April in connection with Earth Day, faculty and students from the University of Maryland, the University System of Maryland, and guests from industry and government are invited to come together for the Maryland Energy Innovation Institute’s (MEI2) Engineering Sustainability Day. As April, 22, 2020 marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, MEI2 is contributing to a larger, campus-wide celebration of this historic event. The goal of this event is to advance science and technology to meet society’s needs for abundant and reliable energy with minimal negative impact on the environment. Therefore, this year’s theme is “Science for Society”. The agenda includes a morning “TEDtalk” as well as faculty presentations/demonstrations of current energy technologies being developed and to ultimately be commercially deployed. In the afternoon, we will host an energy industry panel discussion with some of our corporate partners. Please see the tentative agenda below. Tentative Agenda 09:30 Opening Remarks Dean Darryll Pines Dr. Eric Wachsman, Director MEI2  10:00-10:45 Science for Society and the March for Science Union of Concerned Scientists 10:45 -12:15 Energy Technology Innovations Mind Your Feet – Knitting Meta-Cool into Socks Swirling combustion for efficient wood burning RoCo - Mobile Roving Comforter Real time energy transportation map 12:30 – 14:00 Joint Lunch Keynote sponsored by the Global Sustainability Initiative 14:30 – 15:30 Energy Industry Panel (partners from solar, wind, energy storage…) Exelon 15:30 – 16:30 Student Video Contest and possible tour of the UMD Solar Decathlon winning ReACT house 17:00-18:30 Joint evening reception with GSI and others (MD Legislative leaders and others in attendance – TBD) This event precedes the March for Science on Wednesday, April 22nd. Rallies will be held in Washington, DC and Annapolis, MD. The UMD Student Government Association is working on a campus-wide plan to organize a large student delegation. https://cdr.umd.edu/event/14957 https://cdr.umd.edu/event/14957 Monday, May 18, 2020 2:30 PM, UMCP, The Maryland Transportation Institute at the University of Maryland is pleased to announce a summer course in choice modeling to be held on the UMD College Park campus from May 18 to May 20, 2020.  This course will cover the basics of data analysis and DCM theory, adopting a practical approach to real case studies. This program offered at UMD presents an entry level to the field, going over the basic concepts and providing a glimpse of advanced data analysis techniques and modeling constructs. Attendees will learn how to analyze real data from the National Household Travel Survey (NHTS), to design Stated Preference surveys (orthogonal and efficient) to collect ad-hoc data for their projects, and to estimate, validate and apply Discrete Choice models making use of state-of-the-art software packages. Students, consultants and professionals will all benefit from learning these techniques that are extensively applied both in four-step models and activity-based models. Course can be used used for 1 Professional Development Hour for Professional Engineers in Maryland, District of Columbia, and Virginia. https://cdr.umd.edu/event/14896 https://cdr.umd.edu/event/14896 Monday, March 30, 2020 1:00 PM, , We regret to inform you that the Year of Data Science Workshop has been cancelled. We plan to reschedule the event in Fall 2020 or Spring 2021. Registration fees will be reimbursed. Meeting Room  A.James Clark Hall, AJC 1101University of Maryland, College Park, 20742 MD, USA Directions https://www.google.com/maps/dir/39.1118848,-77.152256/A.+James+clark+Hall+University+of+Maryland/@39.0652401,-77.1849303,11z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m9!4m8!1m1!4e1!1m5!1m1!1s0x89b7c6a3cffe5aa5:0x7bce72fca34605df!2m2!1d-76.9377482!2d38.9917615 Event Description This workshop, to be held from Monday, March 30 to Friday, April 3, 2020, is a part of the University of Maryland Year of Data Science initiative. It aims at providing a venue for discussion among scientists and practitioners that are working with information from multiple structured and unstructured databases to answer relevant societal questions. The multidisciplinary program is relevant for all those interested in combining information from multiple databases and in developing reliable inferences at granular levels. The workshop is structured to facilitate interaction and will serve as a bridge among statisticians, survey methodologists, engineers, mathematicians, computer scientists, economists, social scientists and others. Attendees wishing to provide their input or contribution are welcome to participate actively during the discussion sessions.Organizers Partha Lahiri, Joint Program in Survey Methodology & Department of Mathematics, plahiri@umd.edu Cinzia Cirillo, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, ccirillo@umd.edu Contact Connie Tang   ctang12@umd.edu, ++1. 301 405 2057 ProgramClick here for a tentative program. Registration We have limited seats available.  We will accept registration until the capacity of the meeting room is full.  We will not accept registration after March 23rd, 2020. The event is complimentary for University of Maryland Faculties/Students and workshop speakers/discussion leaders. Please register here:  https://umdcee.wufoo.com/forms/x5b5487064y1qi/ The registration fee for non-UMD attendees is $160; it includes reception, lunches and coffee breaks f https://uatquikpayasp.com/umd/commerce_manager/payer.do?orderType=NTCYodsWorkshop  Sponsors Office of the Provost, University of Maryland College Park Maryland Transportation Institute (MTI), University of Maryland College Park Department of Mathematics, University of Maryland College Park Joint Program in Survey Methodology (JPSM) United Nations Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific Researchers from the following external agencies, organizations and universities will actively participate in the workshop: University of Maryland, College Park Baanda Inc., Los Angeles BPS-Statistics, Indonesia Census Bureau Department of Energy  Bureau of Labor Statistics General Statistics Office of Vietnam HydroQuebec, Canada Indian Statistical Institute Italian National Institute of Statistics   IREQ, Science des donnees and calcul haute performance, Varennes, Canada Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Qatar Computing Researfch The National Center for Health Statistics National Cancer Institute National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) University of Montreal, Canada University of Pisa, Italy University of Trier, Germany The World Bank   Westat Those interested to learn more about the Small Area Estimation methods are welcome to join the “SAE2020: Conference on Big Data for Small Area Estimation” Naples, Italy, July 6-8, 2020 (www.sae2020.org) Parking Information Click here for information.   https://cdr.umd.edu/event/14897 https://cdr.umd.edu/event/14897