Deadline for UConn ECE Instructors to submit Spring 2022 grades. https://ece.uconn.edu/instructors/submit-grades/

Exhibits featuring painter Catie Lewis and photographer Mallorie Ostrowitz

Want to be apart of shaping SUBOG’s creative vision? Graphic Design Chair applications are open now until July 8th. Due to the nature of this position, we encourage all applicants to submit a portfolio showcasing graphic design experience. Click the link to apply!

UConn Health Day 2 new employee orientation is conducted on Saba. It focuses on comprehensive training for our newest workforce, covering diversity awareness, sexual harassment prevention, and compliance to ensure a respectful and compliant work environment.

No meetings Sat or Sun. No meetings for 4th of July weekend.

Virtual drop in hours are Monday-Friday via Nexus.

You can also make an appointment with one of our career counselors or email your career questions to recruit@business.uconn.edu.

The role of temperature and thermal adaptation on plankton ecology

Oceanography

The role of temperature and thermal adaptation on plankton ecology

Oceanography

Exhibits featuring painter Catie Lewis and photographer Mallorie Ostrowitz

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Test

No meetings Sat or Sun. No meetings for 4th of July weekend.

Title: Levy Processes Governed by Telegraph Signal Process: Inferences and Applications
Field of Study: Statistics

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Title: Some Approaches to Feature Extraction Applied to Sparse High Dimensional Spatio-Temporal Data.
Field of Study: Statistics

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“Challenging cases from the Yale Cancer Center: Lessons learned from the Oncodermatology Clinic”

Provided by University of Connecticut School of Medicine Office of Community and Continuing Medical Education and the Department of Dermatology

Speaker: Jonathan Leventhal, MD, Yale University - Associate Professor Term; Director of Residency Program, Dermatology; Director of Onco-Dermatology Clinic

Time: 8 to 9 a.m. (lecture, open to all), 9 a.m. to noon (virtual patient viewing and discussion – open only to medical providers)

Location: Dermatology Waiting Room, 21 South Road, 2nd Floor, Farmington for in-person

Zoom option:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/3422377000?pwd=NWNMQTJ3QW5BVUtROU9YdnBKVGp3UT09
Meeting ID: 342 237 7000 Passcode: uconnderm

Target Audience: UConn Health dermatologists and dermatology residents. All other podiatrists, nurses, nurse practitioners, residents, students, and greater Hartford dermatologists are encouraged to attend.

Learning Objectives: Participants will (be able to):

1. Manage challenging cases of cutaneous toxicities from immune checkpoint inhibitors.
2. Manage paraneoplastic dermatoses in the setting of solid organ and hematologic malignancies in a multidisciplinary fashion.
3. Identify therapeutic challenges of caring for cancer patients at a tertiary care center.

Speaker Disclosure Statement:

Dr. Leventhal in his role as [speaker] for this educational event, has a relevant financial relationship(s) with La Roche Posay, Sanofi-Regeneron, Elsevier that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of this presentation that need to be disclosed. The following safeguards have been put in place to avoid the insertion of commercial bias into the content: The activity director determined that the financial relationship of the speaker is outside the area of the content of the program.

Dr. Leventhal will be discussing the off-labeled, unlabeled, or investigational use of products or devices: FDA approved dermatology medications (e.g. dupilumab) for closely related but off-label diagnoses in cancer patients. Otherwise no off-label/investigational products.

Accreditation: The University of Connecticut School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Connecticut School of Medicine designates this live educational activity for a maximum of 4 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Conflict of Interest Policy: All faculty members participating in CME activities provided by the University of Connecticut School of Medicine are required to disclose to the program audience any actual or apparent conflict of interest related to the content of their presentations. Program planners have an obligation to resolve any actual conflicts of interest and share with the audience any safeguards put in place to prevent commercial bias from influencing the content.

Activity Director Disclosure Statement:
Dr. Michael Storonsky, as the activity director, for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with any ineligible companies that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of this presentation that need to be disclosed.

Planning Committee Disclosure Statement:
Dr. Philip Kerr and Christina Iwanik as member(s) of the planning committee, for this educational event, has/have no relevant financial relationship(s) with any ineligible companies that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of this presentation that need to be disclosed.

Commercial Support Statement:
This CME activity has no commercial support associated with it.

Evaluations: Participants are required to complete an electronic evaluation in order to obtain CME Credits. An email from MyEvaluations.com with instructions will be sent to participants. Please complete the evaluation within one week of receiving the email. If you do not receive an evaluation assignment from MyEvaluations.com within 10 business days of this activity, please contact the Department that hosted this activity (indicated above) to ensure that your MyEvaluations.com account is set up and your participation in this activity was forwarded to the CME office.

“Challenging cases from the Yale Cancer Center: Lessons learned from the Oncodermatology Clinic”

Provided by University of Connecticut School of Medicine Office of Community and Continuing Medical Education and the Department of Dermatology

Speaker: Jonathan Leventhal, MD, Yale University - Associate Professor Term; Director of Residency Program, Dermatology; Director of Onco-Dermatology Clinic

Time: 8 to 9 a.m., lecture (open to all); 9 a.m. to noon, virtual patient viewing and discussion (open only to medical providers)

Location: Dermatology Waiting Room, 21 South Road, 2nd Floor, Farmington

Zoom option:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/3422377000?pwd=NWNMQTJ3QW5BVUtROU9YdnBKVGp3UT09

Meeting ID: 342 237 7000 Passcode: uconnderm

Target Audience: UConn Health dermatologists and dermatology residents. All other podiatrists, nurses, nurse practitioners, residents, students, and greater Hartford dermatologists are encouraged to attend.

Learning Objectives: Participants will (be able to):

1. Manage challenging cases of cutaneous toxicities from immune checkpoint inhibitors.
2. Manage paraneoplastic dermatoses in the setting of solid organ and hematologic malignancies in a multidisciplinary fashion.
3. Identify therapeutic challenges of caring for cancer patients at a tertiary care center.
   
   

Speaker Disclosure Statement:

Dr. Leventhal in his role as [speaker] for this educational event, has a relevant financial relationship(s) with La Roche Posay, Sanofi-Regeneron and Elsevier that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of this presentation that need to be disclosed. The following safeguards have been put in place to avoid the insertion of commercial bias into the content: The activity director determined that the financial relationship of the speaker is outside the area of the content of the program.

Dr. Leventhal will be discussing the off-labeled, unlabeled, or investigational use of products or devices: FDA approved dermatology medications (e.g. dupilumab) for closely related but off-label diagnoses in cancer patients. Otherwise no off-label/investigational products.

Accreditation: The University of Connecticut School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Connecticut School of Medicine designates this live educational activity for a maximum of 4 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Conflict of Interest Policy: All faculty members participating in CME activities provided by the University of Connecticut School of Medicine are required to disclose to the program audience any actual or apparent conflict of interest related to the content of their presentations. Program planners have an obligation to resolve any actual conflicts of interest and share with the audience any safeguards put in place to prevent commercial bias from influencing the content.

Activity Director Disclosure Statement:

Dr. Michael Storonsky, as the activity director, for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with any ineligible companies that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of this presentation that need to be disclosed.

Planning Committee Disclosure Statement:

Dr. Philip Kerr and Christina Iwanik as member(s) of the planning committee, for this educational event, has/have no relevant financial relationship(s) with any ineligible companies that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of this presentation that need to be disclosed.

Commercial Support Statement:

This CME activity has no commercial support associated with it.

Evaluations: Participants are required to complete an electronic evaluation in order to obtain CME Credits. An email from MyEvaluations.com with instructions will be sent to participants. Please complete the evaluation within one week of receiving the email. If you do not receive an evaluation assignment from MyEvaluations.com within 10 business days of this activity, please contact the Department that hosted this activity (indicated above) to ensure that your MyEvaluations.com account is set up and your participation in this activity was forwarded to the CME office.

No meetings Sat or Sun. No meetings for 4th of July weekend.

Virtual drop in hours are Monday-Friday via Nexus.

You can also make an appointment with one of our career counselors or email your career questions to recruit@business.uconn.edu.

GI Grand Rounds conferences take place weekly on Wednesdays at noon via Webex. Please contact Amy Pallotti to be added to detailed conference announcement emails.

Exhibits featuring painter Catie Lewis and photographer Mallorie Ostrowitz

Want to be apart of shaping SUBOG’s creative vision? Graphic Design Chair applications are open now until July 8th. Due to the nature of this position, we encourage all applicants to submit a portfolio showcasing graphic design experience. Click the link to apply!

Virtual drop in hours are Monday-Friday via Nexus.

You can also make an appointment with one of our career counselors or email your career questions to recruit@business.uconn.edu.

Exhibits featuring painter Catie Lewis and photographer Mallorie Ostrowitz

Want to be apart of shaping SUBOG’s creative vision? Graphic Design Chair applications are open now until July 8th. Due to the nature of this position, we encourage all applicants to submit a portfolio showcasing graphic design experience. Click the link to apply!

Virtual drop in hours are Monday-Friday via Nexus.

You can also make an appointment with one of our career counselors or email your career questions to recruit@business.uconn.edu.

CAM Presentation

Speaker: 

Title: TBD 

Via Webex: https://uconnhealth.webex.com/meet/pmendes

Given an infinite list of cities, how can you (a salesman) decide whether or not it is it possible to travel to each of the cities in finite time (at constant speed)? I will discuss Peter Jones’s solution to the 1d traveling salesman problem and how ideas from combinatorics shed light on the 2d traveling salesman problem. This is joint work with Raanan Schul.

Exhibits featuring painter Catie Lewis and photographer Mallorie Ostrowitz

Want to be apart of shaping SUBOG’s creative vision? Graphic Design Chair applications are open now until July 8th. Due to the nature of this position, we encourage all applicants to submit a portfolio showcasing graphic design experience. Click the link to apply!

Exhibits featuring painter Catie Lewis and photographer Mallorie Ostrowitz

Want to be apart of shaping SUBOG’s creative vision? Graphic Design Chair applications are open now until July 8th. Due to the nature of this position, we encourage all applicants to submit a portfolio showcasing graphic design experience. Click the link to apply!

Exhibits featuring painter Catie Lewis and photographer Mallorie Ostrowitz

Want to be apart of shaping SUBOG’s creative vision? Graphic Design Chair applications are open now until July 8th. Due to the nature of this position, we encourage all applicants to submit a portfolio showcasing graphic design experience. Click the link to apply!

No meetings Sat or Sun. No meetings for 4th of July weekend.

Virtual drop in hours are Monday-Friday via Nexus.

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Abstract

In recent years, significant advancements in artificial intelligence have been driven by the development of Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) and Transformer-based models, including BERT, GPT-3, and other Large Language Models (LLMs). These technologies have catalyzed innovations in various fields such as autonomous driving, recommendation systems, and chatbot applications. The models are increasingly designed with deeper, more complex structures and require larger computational resources. As computational demands escalate, model sparsification has emerged as a promising method to reduce model size and computational load during execution. Given the evolution of high-performance computing platforms, particularly advanced GPUs, end-to-end DNNs runtime speedup with model sparsification is an ideal but difficult goal due to the intricacies involved in sparsity which may need the change of matrix and kernel settings.

In this proposal, I will present my works in model inference and training acceleration from both algorithm and hardware levels. It mainly focuses on three innovative aspects: (1) an advanced sparse progressive pruning method which show for the first time that reducing the risk of overfitting can help the effectiveness of pruning on language models; (2) an novel self-attention architecture with attention-specific primitives and an attention-aware pruning design for Transformer-based models inference acceleration; (3) our recent works on sparse training via weights importance exploitation and weights coverage exploration which unlock the sparsity potential and enable the different CNN and GNN models to achieve extremely high sparsity and it’s application on spiking neural network.

Towards High Performance Model Inference and Training: From Algorithm to Hardware
Doctoral Field of Study: Computer Engineering

Title: Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms and Physical Activity among Young Adults with Chronic Pain
Doctoral Field of Study: Clinical Psychology

Title: Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms and Physical Activity among Young Adults with Chronic Pain

Doctoral Field of Study: Clinical Psychology

As you consider the Online MBA at UConn, it is extremely important that you make an informed choice, and attending a virtual infosession is a valuable way to gather the missing pieces. The Online MBA Virtual Infosessions are an ideal opportunity to receive a full program overview, learn about admissions requirements and have your questions answered.
Register today

Exhibits featuring painter Catie Lewis and photographer Mallorie Ostrowitz

No meetings Sat or Sun. No meetings for 4th of July weekend.

SSW Center for Continuing Education and Professional Development 3-part live interactive webinar for social work professionals.

This training is split into 3 consecutive Thursday webinars, July 9, 16 and 23.

Virtual drop in hours are Monday-Friday via Nexus.

You can also make an appointment with one of our career counselors or email your career questions to recruit@business.uconn.edu.

Title: “My Trauma Motivates Me.” Adopted Students’ Success in Postsecondary Education: A Descriptive Study

Field of Study: Educational Psychology (Counselor Education/Counseling Psychology)

HuskyCT Ultra Course View: Transitioning Your Courses For Upcoming Terms
Tuesday, July 9, 2:30-3:30
Online
Facilitator: Daniel Facchinetti, CETL-EdTech

As we work towards transitioning HuskyCT courses to the new version of Blackboard (called “Ultra Course View”, aka “Ultra”), this workshop will help faculty get started with their own courses. This session will provide an overview of Ultra Course View and we’ll cover the basics of building content, copying content from Original Course View courses, as well as introduce faculty to key features such as assessment tools and grading.

Register - https://fins.uconn.edu/secure_inst/workshops/workshop_view.php?ser=3069

As you consider the FLEX MBA at UConn, it is extremely important that you make an informed choice, and attending a virtual infosession is a valuable way to gather the missing pieces. The FLEX MBA Virtual Infosessions are an ideal opportunity to learn first-hand about our highly regarded program and hear from admissions representatives.
Register today

Exhibits featuring painter Catie Lewis and photographer Mallorie Ostrowitz

No meetings Sat or Sun. No meetings for 4th of July weekend.

Title: On Large-Scale Transfer Learning with Heterogeneous Data
Doctoral field of study: Statistics

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Human Development and Family Sciences

Influence of Health Information Saliency and Sociodemographic Moderators in Surgical Decision-Making and Regret among Early-Stage Breast Cancer Survivors

Human Development and Family Sciences

Influence of Health Information Saliency and Sociodemographic Moderators in Surgical Decision-Making and Regret among Early-Stage Breast Cancer Survivors

South Park Clinic directorship monthly meeting

Exhibits featuring painter Catie Lewis and photographer Mallorie Ostrowitz

Two CME credits are granted for these weekly educational series presented by varying faculty. Alternating weekly the Tumor Board invites will be sent directly from the Cancer Center for one CME credit. Virtual Event: https://uchc.WebEx.com/meet/Neurosurgery

Neurosurgery Thursday Residency Curriculum Series

Provided by University of Connecticut School of Medicine Office of Community and Continuing Medical Education and the UConn Health Department of Surgery, Division of Neurosurgery.

Speaker: Inam Kureshi, MD

Date: Thursday, July 11, 2024

Time: 6:00am-7:00am

Location: UCHC/UConn Brain and Spine Conference Room & WebEx Live Virtual

Target Audience: UCHC/UConn Health faculty and affiliated faculty: Primary Care physicians, APRN’s, students, residents, Neurosurgeons, PA’s, any other clinicians involved in the management, care, and treatment of patients with neurosurgical needs pertaining to brain and spine disorders.

Topic Title: Neurological Examination in Trauma

Learning Objectives: Participants will (be able to):

1. Describe neurosurgical examination of trauma.
2. Discuss radiographic evaluations.
3. Review evaluation of multisystem trauma.

Speaker Disclosure Statement:

Dr. Kureshi in their role as speaker for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with any ineligible companies that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of this presentation that need to be disclosed.

Dr. Kureshi will not be discussing the off-labeled, or investigational use of any product or device.

Accreditation: The University of Connecticut School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Connecticut School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Conflict of Interest Policy: All faculty members participating in CME activities provided by the University of Connecticut School of Medicine are required to disclose to the program audience any actual or apparent conflict of interest related to the content of their presentations. Program planners have an obligation to resolve any actual conflicts of interest and share with the audience any safeguards put in place to prevent commercial bias from influencing the content.

Activity Director Disclosure Statement:

Dr. Bulsara, as the activity director, for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with any ineligible companies that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of this presentation that need to be disclosed.

Planning Committee Disclosure Statement:

Dr. Bulsara, Dr. Kureshi, and Natasha Judge as members of the planning committee, for this educational event, have no relevant financial relationships with any ineligible companies that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of this presentation that need to be disclosed.

Commercial Support Statement:

This CME activity has no commercial support associated with it.

Evaluations: Participants are required to complete an electronic evaluation in order to obtain CME Credits. An email from MyEvaluations.com with instructions will be sent to participants. Please complete the evaluation within one week of receiving the email. If you do not receive an evaluation assignment from MyEvaluations.com within 10 business days of this activity, please contact the Department that hosted this activity or Natasha Judge (njudge@uchc.edu), to ensure that your MyEvaluations.com account is set up and your participation in this activity was forwarded to the CME office.

Neurosurgery Thursday Residency Curriculum Series

Provided by University of Connecticut School of Medicine Office of Community and Continuing Medical Education and the UConn Health Department of Surgery, Division of Neurosurgery.

Speaker: Alfred Croteau, MD

Date: Thursday, July 11, 2024

Time: 7:00am-8:00am

Location: UCHC/UConn Brain and Spine Conference Room & WebEx Live Virtual

Target Audience: UCHC/UConn Health faculty and affiliated faculty: Primary Care physicians, APRN’s, students, residents, Neurosurgeons, PA’s, any other clinicians involved in the management, care, and treatment of patients with neurosurgical needs pertaining to brain and spine disorders.

Topic Title: Neurological Examination in Trauma

Learning Objectives: Participants will (be able to):

1. Describe pathological correlates of trauma findings.
2. Discuss the management of traumatic brain injury.
3. Review Neurotrauma and critical care guidelines.

Speaker Disclosure Statement:

Dr. Croteau in their role as speaker for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with any ineligible companies that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of this presentation that need to be disclosed.

Dr. Croteau will not be discussing the off-labeled, or investigational use of any product or device.

Accreditation: The University of Connecticut School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Connecticut School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Conflict of Interest Policy: All faculty members participating in CME activities provided by the University of Connecticut School of Medicine are required to disclose to the program audience any actual or apparent conflict of interest related to the content of their presentations. Program planners have an obligation to resolve any actual conflicts of interest and share with the audience any safeguards put in place to prevent commercial bias from influencing the content.

Activity Director Disclosure Statement:

Dr. Bulsara, as the activity director, for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with any ineligible companies that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of this presentation that need to be disclosed.

Planning Committee Disclosure Statement:

Dr. Bulsara, Dr. Croteau, and Natasha Judge as members of the planning committee, for this educational event, have no relevant financial relationships with any ineligible companies that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of this presentation that need to be disclosed.

Commercial Support Statement:

This CME activity has no commercial support associated with it.

Evaluations: Participants are required to complete an electronic evaluation in order to obtain CME Credits. An email from MyEvaluations.com with instructions will be sent to participants. Please complete the evaluation within one week of receiving the email. If you do not receive an evaluation assignment from MyEvaluations.com within 10 business days of this activity, please contact the Department that hosted this activity or Natasha Judge (njudge@uchc.edu), to ensure that your MyEvaluations.com account is set up and your participation in this activity was forwarded to the CME office.

No meetings Sat or Sun. No meetings for 4th of July weekend.

Virtual drop in hours are Monday-Friday via Nexus.

You can also make an appointment with one of our career counselors or email your career questions to recruit@business.uconn.edu.

Doctoral Field of Study: Philosophy
Dissertation Title: Expressivist Semantics, Metaethical Taxonomy and Functional Explanation

Ph.D. candidate in Philosophy

“Expressivist Semantics, Metaethical Taxonomy and Functional Explanation”

Exhibits featuring painter Catie Lewis and photographer Mallorie Ostrowitz

UConn Health’s Day 1 new employee orientation is a comprehensive introduction to the organization’s mission, values, and culture. It covers essential information on benefits, policies, and resources, ensuring a smooth transition for new hires. Sessions highlight UConn Health’s commitment to excellence in patient care, research, and education. Interactive activities foster connections among employees. Overall, Day 1 sets the stage for success, equipping newcomers with the knowledge and tools needed to thrive in their roles at UConn Health.

No meetings Sat or Sun. No meetings for 4th of July weekend.

Virtual drop in hours are Monday-Friday via Nexus.

You can also make an appointment with one of our career counselors or email your career questions to recruit@business.uconn.edu.

CAM Presentation

Speaker: Jinhong Dong

Title: TBD 

Via Webex: https://uconnhealth.webex.com/meet/pmendes

https://justinfuruness-461.my.webex.com/justinfuruness-461.my/j.php?MTID=m1d9b6253a3984e35bf76cf498f8be0f7

Meeting number: 2553 067 2425

Password: pgMGEhKr968 (74643457 when dialing from a phone or video system)

Join by video system

Dial 25530672425@webex.com

You can also dial 173.243.2.68 and enter your meeting number.

Join by phone

+1-650-479-3208 United States Toll

Access code: 255 306 72425

Abstract: Before the adoption of Route Origin Validation (ROV), prefix and subprefix hijacks were the most effective and common attacks on BGP routing. Recent studies indicate that ROV adoption is increasing; with sufficient adoption, prefix and subprefix attacks become ineffective. We study this changing landscape and, in particular, the Autonomous System Provider Authorization (ASPA) proposal, which focuses on route leakage but also thwarts some BGP attacks. Using recent measurements of real-world ROV adoption, we evaluate its security impact. Our simulations show a substantial impact; already today, prefix hijacks are less effective than origin hijacks. Therefore, we expect attackers to shift to origin hijacks and other post-ROV attacks. We present extensive evaluations of the impact of ASPA, comparing it to alternatives such as BGPsec, Path-End, OTC, and EdgeFilter. We assess the defense against multiple post-ROV attacks, including a novel attack, neighbor spoofing, which is extremely powerful if not blocked. We show that ASPA significantly protects against post-ROV attacks, even with partial adoption—contrasting with BGPsec. However, interestingly, we find that ASPA is not better than OTC at preventing unintentional route leaks. The ASPA proposal presents a scenario where ASPA fails, involving a provider AS attacking an AS in its customer cone. We show that ASPA can similarly fail against an edge attacking AS. We present a possible fix; however, we also demonstrate that the fix does not significantly improve ASPA’s defenses against a random attacker.

Please attend:

Doctoral Dissertation Oral Defense

Title: Securing BGP ASAP: ASPA and other post-ROV policies

Ph.D. Candidate: Justin Furuness

Major Advisor: Dr. Amir Herzberg
Associate Advisors: Dr. Bing Wang, Dr. Ghada Almashaqbeh

Date/Time: Friday July 12th 2PM 2024

Location: ITE201

WebEx

Meeting LineL https://meetingsamer41.webex.com/meetingsamer41/j.php?MTID=me9cba4aa1f391c40b1225841520e5313
Meeting number: 2553 067 2425
Password: pgMGEhKr968 (74643457 when dialing from a video system)

Abstract:
Before the adoption of Route Origin Validation (ROV), prefix and subprefix hijacks were the most effective and common attacks on BGP routing. Recent studies indicate that ROV adoption is increasing; with sufficient adoption, prefix and subprefix attacks become ineffective. We study this changing landscape and, in particular, the Autonomous System Provider Authorization (ASPA) proposal, which focuses on route leakage but also thwarts some BGP attacks.

Using recent measurements of real-world ROV adoption, we evaluate its security impact. Our simulations show a substantial impact; already today, prefix hijacks are less effective than origin hijacks. Therefore, we expect attackers to shift to origin hijacks and other post-ROV attacks.

We present extensive evaluations of the impact of ASPA, comparing it to alternatives such as BGPsec, Path-End, OTC, and EdgeFilter. We assess the defense against multiple post-ROV attacks, including a novel attack, neighbor spoofing, which is extremely powerful if not blocked. We show that ASPA significantly protects against post-ROV attacks, even with partial adoption—contrasting with BGPsec. However, interestingly, we find that ASPA is not better than OTC at preventing unintentional route leaks.

The ASPA proposal presents a scenario where ASPA fails, involving a provider AS attacking an AS in its customer cone. We show that ASPA can similarly fail against an edge attacking AS. We present a possible fix; however, we also demonstrate that the fix does not significantly improve ASPA’s defenses against a random attacker.

Exhibits featuring painter Catie Lewis and photographer Mallorie Ostrowitz

Exhibits featuring painter Catie Lewis and photographer Mallorie Ostrowitz

Exhibits featuring painter Catie Lewis and photographer Mallorie Ostrowitz

UConn Health Day 2 new employee orientation is conducted on Saba. It focuses on comprehensive training for our newest workforce, covering diversity awareness, sexual harassment prevention, and compliance to ensure a respectful and compliant work environment.

No meetings Sat or Sun. No meetings for 4th of July weekend.

ANSC PhD Defense: Ms. Amanda Reiter
Date: 07/15/2024
Time: 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Location: George White Building, Room 115 (York)

If you require an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact Dr. Sarah Reed at 860-486-8452 or sarah.reed@uconn.edu at least 5 days in advance of the seminar

Doctoral Dissertation

Approach-Avoidance Behaviors Toward Primary and Secondary Reinforcers Associated with Nicotine and Cannabis

Dissertation Title: Approach-Avoidance Behaviors Toward Primary and Secondary Reinforcers Associated with Nicotine and Cannabis
Doctoral Field of Study: Psychological Sciences - Behavioral Neuroscience

Virtual drop in hours are Monday-Friday via Nexus.

You can also make an appointment with one of our career counselors or email your career questions to recruit@business.uconn.edu.

Title: Investigations in Irregularly-spaced High Frequency Financial Time Series
Field of study: Statistics

Volatility modeling is crucial in finance, particularly for intra-day transaction-level asset returns. The irregular and high-frequency nature of this data, characterized by random gaps between successive transactions, presents unique challenges. This dissertation introduces a new set of time series models designed to accommodate these random gaps, effectively modeling intra-day asset returns in both univariate and multivariate setups.

My oral dissertation defense entitled “Impact of Freezing Conditions on the Porous Structure of Freeze-Dried Cakes and Primary Drying Efficiency” is scheduled for July 15th (Mon) at 1:00 pm (EDT) on both PBB 338 and WebEx.

Impact of Freezing Conditions on the Porous Structure of Freeze-Dried Cakes and Primary Drying Efficiency
In pharmaceutical sciences

Reframing The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP): Applying a Human Rights Framework to Federal Food Assistance in the United States - UConn School of Social Work.

Please join us for a virtual workshop focused on how to write a Personal Statement for the Fulbright US Student Program application. We will discuss the elements of a good statement, review examples from successful applications, and do some short writing exercises.

Please contact Michael Cunningham (michael.cunningham@uconn.edu) for more information and a link to the workshop.

Exhibits featuring painter Catie Lewis and photographer Mallorie Ostrowitz

No meetings Sat or Sun. No meetings for 4th of July weekend.

SSW Center for Continuing Education and Professional Development 3-part live interactive webinar for social work professionals.

This training is split into 3 consecutive Thursday webinars, July 9, 16 and 23.

Deutschland postmigrantisch: Zugehörigkeitspraktiken im digitalen Raum
Department of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages
German Studies

Virtual drop in hours are Monday-Friday via Nexus.

You can also make an appointment with one of our career counselors or email your career questions to recruit@business.uconn.edu.

Dissertation titled Haddock: A Language and Platform for MDD-Based Constraint Programming. Field: Computer Science.

Meeting link: https://uconn-cmr.webex.com/uconn-cmr/j.php?MTID=ma0bdea3d6ac8cc587dbd8392a2ba0448

Meeting number: 2634 730 1758

Password: d3fT9RZ2WsA

Abstract

Constraint programming provides a generic framework for building and combining propagators for a model. Multi-valued decision diagrams (MDDs) were introduced into constraint programming as an effective alternative to domain propagation. While effective MDD-propagation algorithms have been proposed for various constraints, to date no system exists that can generically compile and combine MDD propagation for arbitrary constraints. To fill this need, this thesis introduces Haddock, a declarative language and architecture for MDD compilation. Haddock supports the specification, implementation, and composition of a broad range of MDD propagators that delivers the strength one expects from MDDs at a fraction of the development effort and with comparable performance for both satisfaction and optimization problems. Additionally, Haddock provides heuristics to empower the user to control the filtering techniques that greatly impact the potency of MDD propagators. This thesis describes the language and the framework architecture, demonstrates how to specify and implement novel MDD propagators, provides example heuristics for filtering as well as the tools to customize these heuristics, and expands to encompass both constraint satisfaction and constraint optimization problems.

Characterization of a resistance gene for white pine blister rust through the annotation of a complex conifer genome

Generalization of Phonetic Recalibration Across Talkers is Constrained by Acoustic Similarity, a dissertation by David Saltzman in the Department of Psychological Sciences, Perception, Action, and Cognition - Language & Cognition program.

Generalization of Phonetic Recalibration Across Talkers is Constrained by Acoustic Similarity, a dissertation by David Saltzman in the Department of Psychological Sciences, Perception, Action, and Cognition - Language & Cognition program.

Doctoral Dissertation Defense in Chemical Engineering.
Title: “In-situ Laser Diagnostics for the Characterization of Flame-Synthesized Nanoparticles”

Exhibits featuring painter Catie Lewis and photographer Mallorie Ostrowitz

1-year out alumni surveys have been emailed to the class of 2023. Surveys were sent to the email address used for registration. Please contact carissa.rutkauskas@uconn.edu if you are a UConn ECE alumni from the high school class of 2023 and did not receive an email with the survey link.

No meetings Sat or Sun. No meetings for 4th of July weekend.

Essays on Digital Innovations in Online Platforms
Field of study: Operations and Information Management

Title: Assessing in situ Forming Implant Formulations Using Real Time Imaging

Virtual drop in hours are Monday-Friday via Nexus.

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In today’s digital age, effective visual communication is essential for engaging students in their learning process. In this workshop participants will learn the fundamentals of typography, exploring topics such as font selection, hierarchy, spacing, alignment, and readability. Through practical exercises, attendees will learn how to apply these concepts through accessibility principles for font choice, size, and color.

By the end of the workshop, you will have practical skills in typography design and will be able to create compelling teaching materials that enhance the learning experience for your students. Whether you’re teaching in-person or online, mastering typography design will elevate the impact of your teaching and foster a more engaging learning environment.

Register - https://fins.uconn.edu/secure_inst/workshops/workshop_view.php?ser=3074

Dissertation Title: Socio-demographic, behavioral and state safety policy factors associated with multiple concussions in early adolescence (11–14-year-olds) in the 2017 - 2021 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Study

Exhibits featuring painter Catie Lewis and photographer Mallorie Ostrowitz

1-year out alumni surveys have been emailed to the class of 2023. Surveys were sent to the email address used for registration. Please contact carissa.rutkauskas@uconn.edu if you are a UConn ECE alumni from the high school class of 2023 and did not receive an email with the survey link.

Two CME credits are granted for these weekly educational series presented by varying faculty. Alternating weekly the Tumor Board invites will be sent directly from the Cancer Center for one CME credit. Virtual Event: https://uchc.WebEx.com/meet/Neurosurgery.

Neurosurgery Thursday Residency Curriculum Series

Provided by University of Connecticut School of Medicine Office of Community and Continuing Medical Education and the UConn Health Department of Surgery, Division of Neurosurgery.

Speaker: Mohamad Khaled, MD

Date: Thursday, July 18, 2024

Time: 6:00am-7:00am

Location: UCHC/UConn ASB Conference Room & WebEx Live Virtual

Target Audience: UCHC/UConn Health faculty and affiliated faculty: Primary Care physicians, APRN’s, students, residents, Neurosurgeons, PA’s, any other clinicians involved in the management, care, and treatment of patients with neurosurgical needs pertaining to brain and spine disorders.

Topic Title: Neurological Examination in Trauma

Learning Objectives: Participants will (be able to):

1. Review different types of skull fractures and management of skull fractures.
2. Describe traumatic hemorrhages and contusions.
3. Discuss the management of traumatic brain injury.

Speaker Disclosure Statement:

Dr. Khaled in their role as speaker for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with any ineligible companies that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of this presentation that need to be disclosed.

Dr. Khaled will not be discussing the off-labeled, or investigational use of any product or device.

Accreditation: The University of Connecticut School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Connecticut School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Conflict of Interest Policy: All faculty members participating in CME activities provided by the University of Connecticut School of Medicine are required to disclose to the program audience any actual or apparent conflict of interest related to the content of their presentations. Program planners have an obligation to resolve any actual conflicts of interest and share with the audience any safeguards put in place to prevent commercial bias from influencing the content.

Activity Director Disclosure Statement:

Dr. Bulsara, as the activity director, for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with any ineligible companies that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of this presentation that need to be disclosed.

Planning Committee Disclosure Statement:

Dr. Bulsara, Dr. Khaled, and Natasha Judge as members of the planning committee, for this educational event, have no relevant financial relationships with any ineligible companies that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of this presentation that need to be disclosed.

Commercial Support Statement:

This CME activity has no commercial support associated with it.

Evaluations: Participants are required to complete an electronic evaluation in order to obtain CME Credits. An email from MyEvaluations.com with instructions will be sent to participants. Please complete the evaluation within one week of receiving the email. If you do not receive an evaluation assignment from MyEvaluations.com within 10 business days of this activity, please contact the Department that hosted this activity or Natasha Judge (njudge@uchc.edu), to ensure that your MyEvaluations.com account is set up and your participation in this activity was forwarded to the CME office.

No meetings Sat or Sun. No meetings for 4th of July weekend.

Virtual drop in hours are Monday-Friday via Nexus.

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HuskyCT Ultra Course View: Transitioning Your Courses For Upcoming Terms
Tuesday, July 9, 2:30-3:30
Online
Facilitator: Daniel Facchinetti, CETL-EdTech

As we work towards transitioning HuskyCT courses to the new version of Blackboard (called “Ultra Course View”, aka “Ultra”), this workshop will help faculty get started with their own courses. This session will provide an overview of Ultra Course View and we’ll cover the basics of building content, copying content from Original Course View courses, as well as introduce faculty to key features such as assessment tools and grading.

Register - https://fins.uconn.edu/secure_inst/workshops/workshop_view.php?ser=3070

Biomimetic Supramolecular Materials Assembled from Synthetic Polypeptides
Field of study: Polymer Science, Ph.D.

Nicholas Karter, MD
Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Connecticut Ear, Nose, and Throat Associates

Learning Objectives: Participants will (be able to):

1. List variables that affect the aging face in various patient populations
2. Formulate advanced surgical treatment plans for the aging face
3. Improve surgical outcomes for patients seeking treatment for the aging face

The University of Connecticut School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.

Deb Abibou, CT Sea Grant assistant extension educator-sustainable & resilient communities, will be at the event to answer questions and provide information. 

Register at: https://www.savethesound.org/sixlakesvisioning/

Summer 2023 was the first year the CSMNH attended Willimantic’s long running 3rd Thursday Street Fests. We had a great time at last year’s events and are excited to bring two kid-friendly activities to Third Thursday in 2024!

On July 18, we’ll be celebrating UConn Extension’s 10^th Annual Bug Week by focusing on insects, and treehoppers in particular! Kids will learn about the diversity found in these tiny insects, how they live with and help feed ants, and how the patterns and colors on their “helmets” help protect them. This activity is held in conjunction with our exhibit Natural Selection is Amazing! Exploring the Dazzling Diversity of Treehoppers, on display in the Gant Science Complex at UConn Storrs.

Exhibits featuring painter Catie Lewis and photographer Mallorie Ostrowitz

1-year out alumni surveys have been emailed to the class of 2023. Surveys were sent to the email address used for registration. Please contact carissa.rutkauskas@uconn.edu if you are a UConn ECE alumni from the high school class of 2023 and did not receive an email with the survey link.

No meetings Sat or Sun. No meetings for 4th of July weekend.

Anion Exchange Membrane Cells: Fundamentals and Applications for Production of Hydrogen and Electricity

Dissertation Title: Devolution and Human Rights in Welfare Policy: A Comprehensive Analysis of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). Department: School of Social Work

Field of Study: English
Dissertation Title: Spacetimes of Hope: Feminist and Queer Utopias in Postcolonial Anglophone Literatures

The Multi-Modal Measurement of Child Chronic Irritability Across Timescales

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CAM Presentation

Speakers: TBD

Title: TBD 

Via Webex: https://uconnhealth.webex.com/meet/pmendes

We are going to talk about Fourier transform: continuous and discrete, fun and amazing; to discover (or rediscover) its properties for ourselves; and to demonstrate some pretty cool applications, like the fast Fourier transform algorithm.

The Two-Photon Exchange Contribution to Electron-Neutron Elastic Scattering (nTPE) and Extraction of GMn at Q^2 = 4.5 GeV^2 in Hall A at Jefferson National Lab

Field of study: Physics

Exhibits featuring painter Catie Lewis and photographer Mallorie Ostrowitz

1-year out alumni surveys have been emailed to the class of 2023. Surveys were sent to the email address used for registration. Please contact carissa.rutkauskas@uconn.edu if you are a UConn ECE alumni from the high school class of 2023 and did not receive an email with the survey link.

The UConn School of Medicine Walk with a Doc (WWAD) is part of the national WWAD organization and we host a monthly walk in West Hartford, CT that is preceded by a brief talk about a common health issue by a community physician. To join our walks, simply come to Elizabeth Park Pond House in West Hartford, CT at 9am on the third Saturday of the month. Here is our chapter website that includes the pertinent information and our email address: https://walkwithadoc.org/join-a-walk/locations/uconn/.

We welcome people of all ages, the topics of conversation lead by the physician that month implicate patients of a wide range. We are also very welcoming of our four-legged friends, the park is very popular for dogs and we love when people bring theirs!

The Connecticut State Museum of Natural History is excited to once again be collaborating with the Connecticut Fly Fisherman’s Association(CFFA) and the UConn Biodiversity Research Collections (BRC) to hold our Aquatic Insects of Connecticut Fly Tying Workshop!

Participants will learn to recognize the primary insect groups and how to tie patterns on hooks to simulate their behaviors and ecology while fly fishing in local rivers such as the Fenton, Farmington, and Willimantic Rivers. Participants are encouraged to use their new skills and lures with subsequent participation in the CFFA’s educational programs of casting and advanced tying.

Participants aged 12 – 16 must be accompanied by a chaperone.

If you require an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the CSMNH at 860-486-4460 or CSMNHinfo@uconn.edu by Monday, July 15, 2023.

Registration is limited to 15 participants and closes July 15 or when registration is full.

Admission is free, and reservations are not required. Chairs will not be provided, and audience members are encouraged to bring their own blankets and seating. Seating space will be first come, first served. In case of rain, the shows will take place in the Ballard Institute Theater at 1 Royce Circle in Downtown Storrs.

The Summertime Saturday Puppet Show Series is co-sponsored by the Mansfield Downtown Partnership and supported by a generous gift from Phillip Mairorana in memory of his wife Theresa Mairorana and donations by Ballard Institute supporters to UConn Gives.

Exhibits featuring painter Catie Lewis and photographer Mallorie Ostrowitz

1-year out alumni surveys have been emailed to the class of 2023. Surveys were sent to the email address used for registration. Please contact carissa.rutkauskas@uconn.edu if you are a UConn ECE alumni from the high school class of 2023 and did not receive an email with the survey link.

Please visit 25th On-site Workshop for Computational Cell Biology, for additional information.

Co-sponsors:

VCell (http://vcell.org)

COPASI (http://copasi.org)

Exhibits featuring painter Catie Lewis and photographer Mallorie Ostrowitz

1-year out alumni surveys have been emailed to the class of 2023. Surveys were sent to the email address used for registration. Please contact carissa.rutkauskas@uconn.edu if you are a UConn ECE alumni from the high school class of 2023 and did not receive an email with the survey link.

Bioaccumulation and chronic toxicity of diet borne Cu and Zn into freshwater macroinvertebrates from urban stream sources.

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Destiny Printz Pereira’s Dissertation Oral Defense, July 22nd @ 12:30PM
Join from the webinar link:
https://uconn-cmr.webex.com/uconn-cmr/j.php?MTID=mc95f78c60be4d3d23fbc99ddf2722daf

Join by the webinar number:
Webinar number (access code): 2634 990 2205
Webinar password:
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PhD Candidate in Philosophy

“Hacking Reality: Propaganda and Epistemology in Online Environments”

Please visit 25th On-site Workshop for Computational Cell Biology, for additional information.

Co-sponsors:

VCell (http://vcell.org)

COPASI (http://copasi.org)

Exhibits featuring painter Catie Lewis and photographer Mallorie Ostrowitz

1-year out alumni surveys have been emailed to the class of 2023. Surveys were sent to the email address used for registration. Please contact carissa.rutkauskas@uconn.edu if you are a UConn ECE alumni from the high school class of 2023 and did not receive an email with the survey link.

All incoming UConn students (both transfer and first-year) are required to attend one of our On-campus New Student Orientation sessions. These sessions give incoming students the opportunity to learn more about our campus resources, to meet other incoming students, to consult with an Academic Advisor, and to create their upcoming semester class schedule. 

Attend this workshop to learn more about Optional Practical Training (OPT) and how to apply for a work permit to stay in the U.S. and work in your field of study after graduation. This workshop is required for all students who will apply for OPT and will graduate in Summer 2024 semester. Attend this workshop BEFORE you apply for post-completion OPT.

This program is intended for rising 2L, 3L, and 4L UConn Law students,

SSW Center for Continuing Education and Professional Development 3-part live interactive webinar for social work professionals.

This training is split into 3 consecutive Thursday webinars, July 9, 16 and 23.

Virtual drop in hours are Monday-Friday via Nexus.

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Title: Presenting a Motif-Based Model for Clavanin Activity
Doctoral Field of Study: Chemistry
Synopsis: This presentation will focus on findings concerning the antimicrobial activity of metal-binding peptides from the tunicate, Styela clava. Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are one of the present lines of inquiry for combatting the growing problem of antibiotic resistance.

Please visit 25th On-site Workshop for Computational Cell Biology, for additional information.

Co-sponsors:

VCell (http://vcell.org)

COPASI (http://copasi.org)

Exhibits featuring painter Catie Lewis and photographer Mallorie Ostrowitz

1-year out alumni surveys have been emailed to the class of 2023. Surveys were sent to the email address used for registration. Please contact carissa.rutkauskas@uconn.edu if you are a UConn ECE alumni from the high school class of 2023 and did not receive an email with the survey link.

This program is intended for rising 2L, 3L, and 4L UConn Law students,

Abstract

The Internet of Things (IoT) has emerged as a transformative force in modern technology, enabling connectivity across everyday objects and significantly impacting various industries through the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). IIoT integrates industrial assets with information systems and business processes, streamlining manufacturing and optimizing industrial operations. Recent years have seen a shift towards real-time wireless networking (RTWN) technologies due to their deployment ease, mobility, and lower maintenance costs. Despite the widespread adoption of RTWN, challenges persist, particularly in network management. Current RTWN systems often struggle to balance network efficiency with real-time performance. Additionally, the dynamic nature of industrial networks further complicates management, necessitating prompt and adaptive reconfiguration to maintain reliable timing guarantees.

To address these challenges, we propose a series of partition-based resource management strategies for RTWN. The first approach focuses on minimizing end-to-end latency by creating adaptive time-dimension resource partitions, which align with different layers of the network routing graph. The second approach introduces a hierarchical resource partition framework, enhancing resource allocation efficiency and reducing reconfiguration overhead by constructing partitions subtree-by-subtree and limiting adjustments to nodes within these subtrees. To support multiple applications with diverse requirements on a shared RTWN infrastructure, we propose a resource virtualization framework. This framework allocates specific resources to each application, ensuring conflict resolution and isolation, thus maintaining seamless operation across applications. To further improve the applicability of the proposed real-time network virtualization framework on dynamic environments, we designed a flexibility-aware resource partitioning framework to construct partitions with predictable performance upon dynamics and maximize the availability.

Interfacing Information Technology and Molecular Biology for New Applications and Discoveries of CRISPR-Cas12a (Field of Study: Biomedical Engineering)

Dissertation titled Towards Efficient Resource Partitioning in Real-Time Wireless Networks

Enhancing Attention-Based Models by Learning Dynamics with Static Content

Abstract:
In the rapidly evolving field of data-driven machine learning, learning the underlying patterns within temporal and sequential data is essential for a plethora of applications, ranging from time series analysis to natural language processing. Yet, the challenge lies in effectively distinguishing and leveraging the dynamics intrinsic to these static features not being confounded by the dynamics. The static features could serve as a foundational bedrock, powerfully modulating the dynamic features’ behavior. The dependence of dynamic properties on their static counterparts is far from trivial, suggesting a profound interdependence that warrants deeper examination. This dissertation explores the novel paradigm of “Learning Dynamics with Static Context,” which seeks to enhance the learning capabilities of attention-based models by anchoring the dynamic features with static context.

Building upon this paradigm, our research delves into the fusion of static features with modern machine learning architectures for sequence learning to improve performance and generalization. The introduction of attention and shortcut connections to the Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) model constitutes our first study, where the LSTM backbone captures dynamic time series patterns, while the static variables provide attention weights to aggregate the embeddings of each time step and also build a shortcut connections between single embedding and final representation. The different stages of dynamics could be distinguished according to the static features and the shortcut connection ensures the information in early stages could be preserved in final representation, thus refining predictions. The second study scales this concept to the Transformer architecture, revolutionizing the treatment of position encodings. Instead of the conventional method of sharing positional encodings among all sequences, we proposed to apply the static variables to inform Customized Positional Encoding that interacts with the self-attention through a Partially Linearized Attention Module. This innovation reconstructs the paradigm of positional awareness in attention-based models, catering to the static variables that underlie the temporal features and proves to be robust. Our forthcoming third study continues this thread, targeting the consistent elements within input and output sequences in text-related tasks. Focusing on seq2seq denoising task, we introduce the Follow-On Tokenizer to output string, which includes a mapping mechanism to identify and preserve consistent tokens between input and output thus minimizing the ‘noise’ or dynamic aspects of the data, thereby enabling the model to focus on rectifying errors such as typographical and phonetic anomalies. This facilitates more precise, context-aware spell correction and suggests broader implications for error remediation in textual data.

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Title: Multistage Minimum Risk Fixed-Width and Fixed-Size Confidence Set for a Univariate Normal Mean and for a Multivariate Normal Mean Vector with Data Analysis

Doctoral Field of Study: Statistics

This dissertation explores the development and application of multistage minimum risk methods for constructing fixed-width and fixed-size confidence sets. These methods are applied to both univariate normal means and multivariate normal mean vectors, accompanied by data analysis to demonstrate their efficacy.

Doctoral Dissertation Oral Defense Title: Counselor Educators’ Training to Teach the Framework for School Counseling Programs within Multi-Tiered System of Supports.
Department: Counseling Psychology

An interactive look at how the AMA writes internal and external policies, how students across all years get involved in amazing leadership opportunities, and how they can advocate for change in the medical profession as well as across different facets of healthcare. Designed for students interested in advocacy at the national level and writing their own policy resolutions to inform legislation.

Exhibits featuring painter Catie Lewis and photographer Mallorie Ostrowitz

1-year out alumni surveys have been emailed to the class of 2023. Surveys were sent to the email address used for registration. Please contact carissa.rutkauskas@uconn.edu if you are a UConn ECE alumni from the high school class of 2023 and did not receive an email with the survey link.

This program is intended for rising 2L, 3L, and 4L UConn Law students,

Two CME credits are granted for these weekly educational series presented by varying faculty. Alternating weekly the Tumor Board invites will be sent directly from the Cancer Center for one CME credit. Virtual Event: https://uchc.WebEx.com/meet/Neurosurgery

Neurosurgery Thursday Residency Curriculum Series

Provided by University of Connecticut School of Medicine Office of Community and Continuing Medical Education and the UConn Health Department of Surgery, Division of Neurosurgery.

Speaker: Inam Kureshi, M

Date: Thursday, July 25, 2024

Time: 6:00am-8:00am

Location: UCHC/UConn ASB Conference Room & WebEx Live Virtual

Target Audience: UCHC/UConn Health faculty and affiliated faculty: Primary Care physicians, APRN’s, students, residents, Neurosurgeons, PA’s, any other clinicians involved in the management, care, and treatment of patients with neurosurgical needs pertaining to brain and spine disorders.

Topic Title: Neurosurgical Examination in Trauma: ICP

Learning Objectives: Participants will (be able to):

1. Review general information about ICP, including ICP monitoring.
2. Describe basic treatment measures and CSF physiology.
3. Discuss the management guidelines for traumatic brain injury.

Speaker Disclosure Statement:

Dr. Kureshi in their role as speaker for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with any ineligible companies that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of this presentation that need to be disclosed.

Dr. Kureshi will not be discussing the off-labeled, or investigational use of any product or device.

Accreditation: The University of Connecticut School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Connecticut School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 2 AMA PRA Category 2 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Conflict of Interest Policy: All faculty members participating in CME activities provided by the University of Connecticut School of Medicine are required to disclose to the program audience any actual or apparent conflict of interest related to the content of their presentations. Program planners have an obligation to resolve any actual conflicts of interest and share with the audience any safeguards put in place to prevent commercial bias from influencing the content.

Activity Director Disclosure Statement:

Dr. Bulsara, as the activity director, for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with any ineligible companies that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of this presentation that need to be disclosed.

Planning Committee Disclosure Statement:

Dr. Bulsara, Dr. Kureshi, and Natasha Judge as members of the planning committee, for this educational event, have no relevant financial relationships with any ineligible companies that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of this presentation that need to be disclosed.

Commercial Support Statement:

This CME activity has no commercial support associated with it.

Evaluations: Participants are required to complete an electronic evaluation in order to obtain CME Credits. An email from MyEvaluations.com with instructions will be sent to participants. Please complete the evaluation within one week of receiving the email. If you do not receive an evaluation assignment from MyEvaluations.com within 10 business days of this activity, please contact the Department that hosted this activity or Natasha Judge (njudge@uchc.edu), to ensure that your MyEvaluations.com account is set up and your participation in this activity was forwarded to the CME office.

Urology M&M
Provided by University of Connecticut School of Medicine Office of Community and Continuing Medical Education and Department of Surgery, Division of Urology

Speaker: Monica He, MD
Date: July 25, 2024
Time: 7:30am – 8:30am
Location: Zoom - https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82640235854?pwd=VfMunBxPB5eDrudEGgm9NBHBfckXte.1
Target Audience: Faculty, Residents, Staff – Dept. of Surgery

Learning Objectives: Participants will (be able to):
1. Discuss atypical post-operative clinical presentation of a urologic procedure
2. Identify variant and rare risk factors to prompt further investigations that may be guideline driven
3. Inform/instruct colleagues on case relevant data during future encounters with similar content

Topic: Urology Grand Rounds - M&M
Time: Jul 25, 2024 07:30 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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Dr. Monica He will not be discussing the off-labeled, or investigational use of any product or device.

Accreditation: The University of Connecticut School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Connecticut School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of _ 1 ___ AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Conflict of Interest Policy: All faculty members participating in CME activities provided by the University of Connecticut School of Medicine are required to disclose to the program audience any actual or apparent conflict of interest related to the content of their presentations. Program planners have an obligation to resolve any actual conflicts of interest and share with the audience any safeguards put in place to prevent commercial bias from influencing the content.

Activity Director Disclosure Statement:
Dr. Peter Albertsen, as the activity director, for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with any ineligible companies that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of this presentation that need to be disclosed.

Planning Committee Disclosure Statement:
Dr. Peter Albertsen, Brooke Harnisch, Benjamin Ristau, Anne Dudley, Stuart Kesler, Michael Goltzman and Deborah Savino, as member(s) of the planning committee, for this educational event, has/have no relevant financial relationship(s) with any ineligible companies that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of this presentation that need to be disclosed.

Commercial Support Statement:
This CME activity has no commercial support associated with it.

Evaluations: Participants are required to complete an electronic evaluation in order to obtain CME Credits. An email from MyEvaluations.com with instructions will be sent to participants. Please complete the evaluation within 10 business days of receiving the email. If you do not receive an evaluation assignment from MyEvaluations.com within 5 business days of this activity, please contact the Department that hosted this activity (indicated above) to ensure that your MyEvaluations.com account is set up and your participation in this activity was forwarded to the CME office. All evaluations must be completed within 10 business of receiving the email evaluation assignment.

Nagham Farah, from the Biomedical Science PhD Program in the Genetics and Developmental Biology area of concentration will be having her public PhD Thesis Defense titled, “Cerebellar Hemisphere Formation: Purkinje Cell Diversity and the FOXP Code”. Please join her on Thursday, July 25, 2024 at 10:00AM in the Edmund and Arlene Grossman Auditorium at the Cell & Genome Sciences Building (400 Farmington Ave, Farmington, CT) or virtually via the Webex link below.
Webex:
https://uconn-cmr.webex.com/uconn-cmr/j.php?MTID=m80f6c2b71a8ff45557d918a62cbfa5ca

Nagham Farah, from the Biomedical Science PhD Program in the Genetics and Developmental Biology area of concentration will be having her public PhD Thesis Defense titled, “Cerebellar Hemisphere Formation: Purkinje Cell Diversity and the FOXP Code”. Please join her on Thursday, July 25, 2024 at 10:00AM in the Edmund and Arlene Grossman Auditorium at the Cell & Genome Sciences Building (400 Farmington Ave, Farmington, CT) or virtually via the Webex link below.
Webex:
https://uconn-cmr.webex.com/uconn-cmr/j.php?MTID=m80f6c2b71a8ff45557d918a62cbfa5ca

Creating Diverse, Equitable, and Inclusive Organizational Climates: A Social Dominance Perspective

Virtual drop in hours are Monday-Friday via Nexus.

You can also make an appointment with one of our career counselors or email your career questions to recruit@business.uconn.edu.

Dissertation entitled, “Creating Diverse, Equitable, and Inclusive Organizational Climates: A Social Dominance Perspective,” presented as partial fulfillment of a Ph.D. in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from the Department of Psychological Sciences.

Title: “A Bayesian Framework for Social Network Analysis and Associated Models”

Department of Statistics

CAPS Summer Program Closing Ceremony

Development of Advanced Microneedle Arrays for the Treatment of Chronic Wounds
Biomedical Engineering

We will discuss the affordances of, and objectives for, group activities during class (informal group work) and longer-term group projects within a semester (formal groups).

• Become aware of options for structuring group activities during class
• Discuss design of longer-term collaborative assignments
• Share ideas for addressing challenges, including free riders, conflict, and assessment
• Share what’s on your mind

Register - https://fins.uconn.edu/secure_inst/workshops/workshop_view.php?ser=3101

HuskyCT Ultra Course View: Transitioning Your Courses For Upcoming Terms
Tuesday, July 9, 2:30-3:30
Online
Facilitator: Daniel Facchinetti, CETL-EdTech

As we work towards transitioning HuskyCT courses to the new version of Blackboard (called “Ultra Course View”, aka “Ultra”), this workshop will help faculty get started with their own courses. This session will provide an overview of Ultra Course View and we’ll cover the basics of building content, copying content from Original Course View courses, as well as introduce faculty to key features such as assessment tools and grading.

Register - https://fins.uconn.edu/secure_inst/workshops/workshop_view.php?ser=3071

Doctoral Defense for the Biomedical Sciences PhD, Cell Biology Area of Concentration.

Doctoral Defense for the Biomedical Sciences PhD, Cell Biology Area of Concentration.

Join Dean Nelson, faculty, staff, members of the Alumni Association and fellow 2024 law alumni for a quick dinner study break. Skip the hassle of cooking and relax for a moment before your last weekend of bar exam studying!

Please RSVP by Wednesday, July 24, 2024. https://www.events.foundation.uconn.edu/ereg/index.php?eventid=799392&

Exhibits featuring painter Catie Lewis and photographer Mallorie Ostrowitz

1-year out alumni surveys have been emailed to the class of 2023. Surveys were sent to the email address used for registration. Please contact carissa.rutkauskas@uconn.edu if you are a UConn ECE alumni from the high school class of 2023 and did not receive an email with the survey link.

This program is intended for rising 2L, 3L, and 4L UConn Law students,

UConn Health’s Day 1 new employee orientation is a comprehensive introduction to the organization’s mission, values, and culture. It covers essential information on benefits, policies, and resources, ensuring a smooth transition for new hires. Sessions highlight UConn Health’s commitment to excellence in patient care, research, and education. Interactive activities foster connections among employees. Overall, Day 1 sets the stage for success, equipping newcomers with the knowledge and tools needed to thrive in their roles at UConn Health.

Essays on Digital Innovations in Online Platforms
Field of Study: Operations and Information Management

Virtual drop in hours are Monday-Friday via Nexus.

You can also make an appointment with one of our career counselors or email your career questions to recruit@business.uconn.edu.

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CAM Presentation

Speakers: TBD

Title: TBD 

Via Webex: https://uconnhealth.webex.com/meet/pmendes

When There are No Colleges Nearby: The Pursuit of Economic Mobility in an Education Desert, Department of Sociology

When There are No Colleges Nearby: The Pursuit of Economic Mobility in an Education Desert, Department of Sociology

While we understand our familiar space-time to be four-dimensional, its nature at the quantum scale might differ significantly. Recent theories in quantum gravity propose a phenomenon known as dynamical dimensional reduction. This talk will explore the fundamental mechanisms behind this dimension reduction and reveal a surprising connection to our ongoing research. By investigating the spectral dimensions of fractal structures, we aim to shed light on the intricate relationship between quantum mechanics and the geometry of the universe.

Title: Bayesian Model Assessment for Integrating Response Times with Cognitive Diagnosis Models
Field of Study: Statistics