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Computer Science Distinguished Lecture: Socio-Affective Signals as Facilitators of Human-Human and Human-Agent Interaction

Fred Kaiser Building 2332 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Everyone is welcome! Speaker:  Elisabeth André, University of Augsburg Homepage:  https://www.uni-augsburg.de/en/fakultaet/fai/informatik/prof/hcm/team/andre/ Location:  Fred Kaiser Building (2332 Main Mall), Room 2020/2030 Title:  Socio-Affective Signals as Facilitators of Human-Human and Human-Agent Interaction Abstract: Social interactions profoundly shape our human life. This presentation explores the potential of imbuing machines with socially-aware interfaces, creating pathways for more natural and […]

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Critical Thinkers Series: Gabrielle Berry

Chan Centre for the Performing Arts 6265 Crescent Road, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Presented by the Centre for Cinema Studies and Cinema Thinks the World, the Critical Thinkers Series features research talks by notable and emerging scholars in cinema and media studies. Next up in the series is a talk by Gabrielle Berry, “: Read/Listening to Sound and Music On Screen”. All are welcome and there is no […]

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Canadian Housing Statistics Program (Statistics Canada)

Online/Virtual Event

Recent years have seen rising concerns about housing affordability in Canada, spurring policy debates at the federal, provincial and municipal level. In this context, academic researchers have increasingly sought out reliable housing data. The presentation will introduce three sources of housing data at Statistics Canada – The Canadian Housing Statistics Program (CHSP), the Canadian Housing Survey (CHS) and the Census of Population. Presenters […]

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Event Series UBC Surgery Grand Rounds

UBC Surgery Grand Rounds

Cordula and Gunter Paetzold Health Education Centre 899 West 12th Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

The UBC Department of Surgery Grand Rounds is an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. These rounds are typically scheduled on the second Wednesday every month during the academic year (September to June), from 7 am to 8 am, and are […]

Computer Science Distinguished Lecture: Proof-oriented Programming for Critical Compute Infrastructure

Fred Kaiser Building 2332 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Everyone is welcome! Speaker:  Nikhil Swamy, Microsoft Research Location:   Fred Kaiser Building (2332 Main Mall), Room 2020/2030 Title:  Proof-oriented Programming for Critical Compute Infrastructure Abstract: From the early days of computer science, the potential of mathematical proofs of programs to eradicate large classes of software errors has been widely recognized; however, historically, few practical applications […]

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Geographic Access to Gender-Affirming Care

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About the talk While the extant literature has established the barriers to accessing care that transgender and gender diverse communities face, less attention has been paid to where gender-affirming care is provided and how geographically accessible it is. This talk focuses on a case study modeling access to gender-affirming hormone therapy in Texas, and looks […]

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John P. Bell Global Indigenous Rights Lecture 2024 – Dr. Kyle Whyte: Indigenous Climate Action at the Speed of Consent

First Nations Longhouse 1985 West Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Hosted by the Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies at the First Nations Longhouse on UBC Campus, the 5th John P. Bell Global Indigenous Rights Lecture will feature speaker Dr. Kyle Whyte sharing on "Indigenous Climate Action at the Speed of Consent." Doors open at 5:30PM with Dr. Whyte speaking from 6PM - 7PM with a […]

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UBC South Asia Colloquium: Mrinalini Sinha

Asian Centre 1871 West Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

The UBC South Asia Research Colloquium offers a forum for specialists in South Asia to share their research in front of an interdisciplinary audience. This seminar features speaker Dr. Mrinalini Sinha (University of Michigan). "Complete Political Independence: The Curious Genealogy of a Nationalist Indian Demand" The Indian National Congress, the mainstream old anti-colonial political institution […]

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Knowledge Circles 知識界 in Colonial Hong Kong 1945-1997: From Offshore Publics to Civic Communities

C. K. Choi Building for the Institute of Asian Research 1855 West Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Speaker: Prof. Sebastian Veg, School of Advanced Studies in Social Sciences (EHESS), Paris Monday, 11 March 2024, 17:30-19:00 PDT Room 120, C.K. Choi Building, UBC 1855 West Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2, Canada Map | Parking Join us for this in-person talk by Prof. Sebastian Veg, Professor of Intellectual History of 20th Century China at […]

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Placebo and the ethics of deception in brain research and clinical care

UBC Robson Square 800 Robson Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

The placebo effect is powerful in many neurological and psychiatric disorders and clinical trials often use placebos when developing and testing new treatments. Some people question the ethics of including a placebo group in research, while others would argue that to not do so is ethically fraught. In some cases, estimating the placebo effect and […]

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Event Series UBC Surgery Grand Rounds

UBC Surgery Grand Rounds

Cordula and Gunter Paetzold Health Education Centre 899 West 12th Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

The UBC Department of Surgery Grand Rounds is an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. These rounds are typically scheduled on the second Wednesday every month during the academic year (September to June), from 7 am to 8 am, and are […]

UBC CS Public Lecture: Trustworthy AI

UBC Robson Square 800 Robson Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

This lecture is hosted by the UBC Department of Computer Science and the speaker will be Lorenzo Cavallaro, a Professor of Computer Science at University College London (UCL), where he leads the Systems Security Research Lab. Time: March 20, 2024  5:30 - 6:30 Place:  UBC Robson Sq. C680 HSBC Hall SUBJECT MATTER:  No day goes […]

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