This WoW talk session will be held on:

October 11th 2023, 4:00 - 5:00 pm in the Lehman Auditorium (B1220) of Science and Engineering Hall (SEH).

More details on the WoW TALK (What’s Our Work) Series can be found below the speaker information.

After the talks there will be an opportunity to chat and network with your colleagues. Everyone is welcome! Students and postdocs are particularly encouraged to attend!

WoW Talk Speakers: October 11th 2023

 

Nan Wu, Electrical Engineering, SEAS

Let AI Revolutionize Next-Generation Computer Design!

With the ever-increasing applications comes the realization that efforts and complexity for developing hardware to keep pace with such compute demands are growing at an even faster rate. The proliferation of everywhere machine learning (ML) reveals its multi-faceted role: the killer applications that pull transition to novel hardware and compute paradigms, and the important boosters to design methodology that push toward automated and agile hardware development. Aiming to foster the virtuous cycle between ML and hardware, I will briefly introduce how intelligence can be infused into hardware development flow. Let's expect the era that ML-based techniques are efficiently running on the most powerful computers with the pursuit of designing the next generation computers.

 

Leon Grayfer, Biological Studies, CCAS

Only skin deep: amphibian mast cells serve as barriers to deadly chytrid fungus infections. 

Amphibian extinction rates far outpace those of any other vertebrate class.  Chytrid fungi are now well-established as the major contributors to these declines and are in fact the greatest infectious disease threat to biodiversity.  While chytrid infections are confined to amphibian skins, almost nothing is known about the roles of skin-resident immune cells during these infections.  Our findings indicate that frog skin-resident mast cells offer protection against chytrid infections by controlling inflammation, skin physiology and microbial flora.

 

Moses Kansanga, Geography & International Affairs

Time matters: Understanding seasonal food insecurity in semi-arid sub-Saharan Africa.

Food insecurity in sub-Saharan Africa has for a long time remained elusive to both domestic and international policy interventions. This complexity is partly a result of the seasonal nature of hunger which makes vulnerability a differentiated experience. In this talk, I draw on findings from semi-arid Ghana to unpack the differentiated timing to seasonal food insecurity after harvest in smallholder farming communities. This talk also highlights the underlying determinants of this differentiation and makes the case for targeted food policy programs.

What are WoW TALKS?

The WoW TALK (What’s Our Work) Series brings together colleagues and students from a variety of disciplines to present new research and share ideas. These short, TED-style talks (15 minutes each) are designed to introduce members of the GW community to current and exciting research projects, to initiate discussion, collaborate, share expertise, and to promote research performed at GW.

These talks are an opportunity to gain awareness of the different kinds of important work being done at GW, and can open the door for future collaboration opportunities. They are targeted to an educated lay-audience in order to be accessible to graduate students and colleagues from other fields.

All WoW TALK sessions are held in person in Science and Engineering Hall B1220.

To be considered to speak at a future session, complete the volunteer form here . For any other enquiries, please contact us at ccasres@gwu.edu.

Save the Date!

Future WoW talk dates for academic year 2023/34 are listed below.

Please reserve these dates in your calendar for intellectually stimulating talks and networking with your colleagues!