Lectures, seminars and workshops

Procrastination is common; sometimes, finding self-motivation to begin and complete complicated tasks can be difficult. However, working through these barriers is crucial! Visit this pop-up session to learn about strategies to improve your self-motivation and mitigate procrastination. Play our Motivation Game, and you may win a prize, and there will also be some refreshments available! The engSuccess mentors host […]

Rizwan Yusufali, UNICEF Host: Prof. Levente Diosady From urban centers to remote corners of Earth, the depths of the oceans to space, humanity has always sought to transcend barriers, overcome challenges, and create opportunities that improve life on our part of the universe. One such challenge is securing good nutrition for the global population, many of […]

Professor Joseph Bardin, University of Massachusetts Amherst Title: Google Quantum AI and The University of Massachusetts Amherst Abstract: Over the past decade, the field of quantum computing has evolved from one primarily known for generating scientific papers to one which promises to enable computations that would not be possible using any other known technology. Following this potential, […]

Professor Pengyi Shi – Krannert School of Management, Purdue University Generative Models for Hospital Census Prediction with Cumulative Difference Learning VAE Abstract: The pandemic has highlighted weaknesses in hospital care delivery on a global scale: hospitals worldwide are all facing shortages of beds, nurses, and medical resources due to demand surges. The core challenge is that […]

Speaker: Prof. Meng-Chuan Lai Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto Title: Towards environmental adjustment for social communication with autistic individuals Abstract: Autism has historically been viewed as a medical condition that requires intervention targeting at the diagnosed individual to develop their social-communication skills. With increasing appreciation of neurodiversity (i.e., the variety of different […]

Join Professor Elham Marzi (ISTEP) in conversation with U of T Engineering alumnus and entrepreneur Ian Small (EngSci 8T6, MSc CompSci 8T9) as he shares insights and advice gained from over three decades of working in engineering startups and management. Topics will include how to manage and lead change, how to make challenging organizational decisions, […]

Harris Wang, Columbia University Host: Prof. Chris Lawson Microbes that live in soil are responsible for a variety of key decomposition and remediation activities in the biosphere. Microbes that colonize the gastrointestinal tract play important roles in host metabolism, immunity, and homeostasis. Better tools to study and alter these microbiomes are essential for unlocking their vast […]