The Singapore based low-cost airline, Scoot, has announced that it will launch direct flights from Melbourne to Singapore in November 2015. Scoot is a low-cost subsidiary of Singapore Airlines that flies to a variety of locations in China and Australia. The airline was founded in 2011 and has embarked on a new strategy in providing low fares and quality customer service to travellers. Travellers will be flying with Scoot on the latest Boeing 787 Dreamliner; the world’s most advanced aircraft.

Global pharmaceutical company Janssen-Cilag, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, has signed a three-year research collaboration agreement with Melbourne’s Monash University. The collaboration will focus on ground-breaking research at Monash University to develop potential new medicines to treat autoimmune diseases and disorders .

The global mobile payments company, Square, will open its Australian headquarters in Melbourne, which will be its fourth global base after the United States, Canada and Japan.

Event Begins: Thursday, November 14, 2024 8:00pm
Location: Couzens HALL
Organized By: Sessions @ Michigan

Event Begins: Thursday, November 14, 2024 7:15pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

DMA candidate Sydney Mukasa, conductor of the Arts Chorale, presents a pre-concert talk. This lecture begins at 7:15 pm before the 8:00 pm Arts Chorale performance.

Event Begins: Thursday, November 14, 2024 6:30pm
Location: Shapiro Library
Organized By: University Library

Take a break in your routine and use your creativity to visually represent your social identities. Join us at the back of the first floor of the Shapiro Library.

See the full list of events offered as part of the series Exploring Mixed Race and Interracial Family Experiences (https://myumi.ch/qV2xE).

Event Begins: Thursday, November 14, 2024 6:00pm
Location:
Organized By: University Career Center

Interested on what it's like to be an attorney & Marine?  We will host a virtual law panel with three Marine Corps attorneys on Thursday, 14 Nov at 6pm EST.  During this event students and other participants will hear from young lawyers who are currently serving as Marine Corps Officers practicing law. The panelist will share their stories and share information about career paths as aMarine Corps attorney. Attendees will also have an opportunity to have questions answered.  

Event Begins: Thursday, November 14, 2024 6:00pm
Location: Stockwell Hall
Organized By: Michigan Housing Diversity and Inclusion

Join the DPEs, to watch a film celebrating Colombian culture while also learning how to make one of the iconic dishes from the film! All are welcome!

Event Begins: Thursday, November 14, 2024 4:00pm
Location: East Hall
Organized By: Representation Stability Seminar - Department of Mathematics

Draisma proved that infinite dimensional varieties of tensors, defined uniformly with respect to the base vector space, are topologically Noetherian up to the action of the general linear group.The infinite power Z^N of a finite dimensional variety Z is ring-theoretically Noetherian up to the action of the infinite symmetric group permuting the copies of Z. We show that infinite powers of infinite dimensional varieties of tensors are defined set-theoretically by the Sym x GL-orbits of finitely many equations. This talk will browse these results.
Joint work with Chiu, Draisma, Eggermont, and Farooq.

Event Begins: Thursday, November 14, 2024 4:00pm
Location: Lorch Hall
Organized By: Department of Political Science

*The Ford School's International Policy Center is a co-sponsor of the 2024-2025 Political Economy Workshop events.*

Tuesdays, 1:00 - 2:20 pm

Eldersveld Room, 5670 Haven Hall

Faculty Coordinators: Hoyt Bleakley, Edgar Franco-Vivanco, Mark Dincecco, Iain Osgood

Graduate Student Coordinators: Jun Fang and Pedro Luz de Castro

Fall 2024

9/26: Christopher Blattman, University of Chicago (Thursday, 4-5:20pm, 201 Lorch) (joint with Economic Development Seminar) (note different time and place)

10/22: Volha Charnysh, MIT

11/5: Hoyt Bleakley and Paul Rhode, UM Economics

11/14: Ceren Baysan, University of Toronto (Thursday, 4-5:20pm, 201 Lorch) (joint with Economic Development Seminar) (note different time and place)

11/21: Saumitra Jha, Stanford University (Thursday, 4-5:20pm, 201 Lorch) (joint with Economic Development Seminar) (note different time and place)

12/3: Cristina Bodea, Michigan State University

Winter 2025

2/4: Amy Pond, Washington University in St. Louis

2/11: Megan Stewart, UM Ford School of Public Policy

2/25: Luis Schenoni, UCL

3/11: Hye Young You, Princeton University

4/8: Layna Mosley, Princeton University

4/15: Aditya Dasgupta, UC Merced

4/22: Christopher Paik, NYU Abu Dhabi

Event Begins: Thursday, November 14, 2024 4:00pm
Location:
Organized By: University Career Center

Take your coffee break with our recruitment team via live chat to learn about our positions at Miami-Dade County Public Schools!Join us every 2nd & 4th Thursday of the month from 4-6pm! Be sure to register here: https://app.brazenconnect.com/a/miami_dade_county_public_schools/s/Xdbb3/0JBLr

Event Begins: Thursday, November 14, 2024 4:00pm
Location:
Organized By: University Career Center

Curious about AmeriCorps and how it might fit in with your career goals? Come learn more about a year of service with the GO Tutor Corps!

Event Begins: Thursday, November 14, 2024 4:00pm
Location: Stockwell Hall
Organized By: Michigan Housing Diversity and Inclusion

Stockwell Residents are invited to the Rosa Parks Multicultural Lounge for some fun crafting with the Stockwell MLCA! Make DIY felt pennants to decorate your door, enjoy snacks, and vibe to some music in the background. This event is a great way to bond with your roommates and fellow residents in a creative, relaxing atmosphere.

Event Begins: Thursday, November 14, 2024 4:00pm
Location:
Organized By: University Career Center

Have you ever been interested in being a part of a Fortune 100 retailer supporting the heart of the business? If so, The TJX Companies, Inc., the parent company of TJ Maxx, Marshalls, HomeGoods, HomeSense, and Sierra are looking for enthusiastic and committed individuals from a broad range of backgrounds and experiences to join our Merchandising team as we believe it is important thatour workforce reflect the diversity of our customers and the communities we serve. Merchandising is the heart of our business. Our Buying and Planning & Allocation teams work together to drive sales and profit for TJX. They create the “WOW” you find in our stores!Ifyou have an entrepreneurial spirit and are passionate about blending youranalytical and creative mindset to drive a business, we are currently recruiting Sophomores and Juniors for our Merchandising Internship Program for Summer 2025.Please see below to review our opportunity. Should you choose to apply, we will be reviewing your resume and be in touch with any next steps.CLICK HERE TO APPLY TODAY! 

Event Begins: Thursday, November 14, 2024 4:00pm
Location: North Quad
Organized By: Figma Learning for User Experience (FLUX)

In this first workshop session, we learn the basics of colors and typography, and by the end you’ll have a useable fully functional styles set up in Figma that you can use in any project.

All FLUX workshops ensure you walk away with something you can use for your own projects.

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FLUX stands for Figma Learning for User Experience. We are a group of students passionate about user experience design and Figma.

Our mission is to create events and activities that support the learning of Figma and UX for students of all levels of expertise and backgrounds across the University of Michigan.

Event Begins: Thursday, November 14, 2024 3:30pm
Location: West Hall
Organized By: Department of Astronomy

"XRISM – A New Window into the X-ray Universe"

At 23:42 UTC on September 6th, 2023, the X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) lifted off from Tanegashima Space Center in Japan, ushering in a new era of high-energy astrophysics. XRISM, an international JAXA/NASA collaboration including participation from ESA, is an advanced X-ray observatory capable of carrying out a science program that will address some of the most important questions in astrophysics in the 2020s. XRISM is essentially a rebuild of the Hitomi (Astro-H) spacecraft that was lost due to an operational mishap early in the mission in 2016. Resolve, the primary instrument on XRISM, is a high-resolution, non-dispersive X-ray spectrometer operating between 0.3-12 keV, providing high-resolution (~5 eV) spectroscopic capabilities in this critical energy band with a response peaking around the ubiquitous 6.4 keV Fe K-alpha line. A wide-field imager, Xtend, will offer simultaneous coverage over nearly a 40’ square field of view, with ~1’ spatial resolution. XRISM will study all manner of astrophysical objects, including galaxies and clusters, AGN, X-ray binaries, supernova remnants, transient phenomena, stars, and the interstellar medium. In this talk, I will highlight some of the scientific topics that XRISM will address, in addition to providing a general status update on the mission. I will discuss the synergies between high-resolution X-ray spectroscopy and observations at other wavelengths, including optical, radio, and IR, and summarize the General Observer program, where funding is available for observers based at U.S. institutions.

Event Begins: Thursday, November 14, 2024 3:00pm
Location: East Hall
Organized By: Topology Seminar - Department of Mathematics

The Torelli group is the subgroup of the mapping class group of a surface acting trivially on the first homology of the surface. The first rational homology of the Torelli group is known for a closed surface of genus 2 by work of Mess, and for closed surfaces of genus at least 3 by work of Johnson. We will discuss forthcoming work with Putman that computes the second rational homology of the Torelli group for all closed surfaces of genus at least 6. In particular, we will show that this homology group is an algebraic representation of the symplectic group. Combined with the work of Kupers and Randal-Williams, this partially resolves Church and Farb's conjecture that the rational homology of the Torelli group is representation stable over the symplectic group.

Event Begins: Thursday, November 14, 2024 3:00pm
Location: Randall Laboratory
Organized By: Interdisciplinary QC/CM Seminars

In this talk, I will explore the emergent physics resulting from the complex interaction between real-space and momentum-space topology in strongly correlated quantum materials, with a particular focus on skyrmions. Using quantum Hall and quantum spin Hall insulators as key examples, I will explain the mechanisms behind skyrmion formation through electron doping in these correlated and gapped topological systems. We provide a detailed analysis of the phase diagrams and the formation of skyrmion lattices within the Kane-Mele-Hubbard model, supported by calculations from both the unrestricted real-space Hartree-Fock and density matrix renormalization group methods. In these systems, the doped electron and skyrmion form a composite object whose density is governed by the doped electron density. This electron-skyrmion bound state is stabilized by the coupling between the orbital magnetization of the Chern band and the emergent magnetic flux generated by the skyrmion. Moreover, we find that doping induces quantum anomalous Hall crystals, which exhibit quantized Hall conductance and broken translational symmetry. Our theory offers an intrinsic mechanism for the experimentally observed robust quantum anomalous Hall insulator over an extended doping range near a filling factor of ν = 1 in twisted transition metal moiré superlattices.

Reference: Miguel Gonçalves and Shi-Zeng Lin, arXiv:2407.12198

Short-bio:
Shizeng Lin completed his Ph.D. at the National Institute for Materials Science and the University of Tsukuba in Japan. After earning his Ph.D., he joined Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) in 2011, initially as a postdoctoral researcher in the Theoretical Division. In 2014, he was appointed as a scientist at LANL. He is also currently affiliated with the Center for Integrated Nanotechnology at LANL, one of the five Nanoscale Science Research Centers funded by the U.S. Department of Energy. Lin’s research primarily focuses on theoretical studies of novel quantum materials, with a particular emphasis on systems characterized by correlation and topology. He received the LANL Laboratory-Directed Research and Development Program Early Career Award in 2017 and the LANL Fellows Prize for Outstanding Research in 2024.

Event Begins: Thursday, November 14, 2024 3:00pm
Location: Ford Robotics Building
Organized By: Michigan Robotics

Chair: Prof. Dimitra Panagou

Abstract:
Advances in sensing modalities and computational power have led to the prospect of a widespread deployment of robots in our society. Central to this objective is developing control and navigation stacks that avoid conservatism, presumed to be measured by a performance metric, while being provably and practically safe. A crucial element that must be accounted for is that controllers, which are typically designed for and tuned in laboratory or highly monitored industrial settings for a specific scenario, may experience a drop in performance and lose their safety guarantees when used elsewhere. It is of paramount importance therefore to import robots with the capability to adapt their controllers online to customize responses to a priori untested environments.

In this dissertation, I present (1) tools to adapt any parametric controller using a model-based approach to achieve simultaneous satisfaction of multiple state constraints and enhanced performance; (2) a numerical scheme for predicting future state distributions in systems governed by stochastic dynamics with state-dependent disturbances, which can be utilized in model-predictive approaches; and (3) a method to assist decision-making on dropping (disregarding) constraints when it is not feasible to satisfy all constraints simultaneously.

A significant part of the dissertation also focuses on a specific safety-critical control method - control barrier functions (CBF). The CBF-based controllers have garnered interest in recent years due to their ease of implementation. However, finding a theoretically valid CBF remains a challenge and in practice, they are prone to performance degradation and safety violations, especially when multiple CBFs are imposed together. This dissertation introduces a new notion of CBFs, called Rate-Tunable CBFs, that allows for time-varying parameters in theory and online tuning in practice.

Event Begins: Thursday, November 14, 2024 3:00pm
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: Industrial & Operations Engineering

About the speaker: Courtney Paquette is an assistant professor at McGill University and a CIFAR Canada AI chair, MILA. She was awarded a Sloan Research Fellowship in Computer Science in 2024. Paquette’s research broadly focuses on designing and analyzing algorithms for large-scale optimization problems, motivated by applications in data science. She is also interested in scaling limits of stochastic learning algorithms. She received her PhD from the mathematics department at the University of Washington (2017), held postdoctoral positions at Lehigh University (2017-2018) and the University of Waterloo (NSF postdoctoral fellowship, 2018-2019), and works 20% as a research scientist at Google DeepMind, Montreal.


Abstract: Given the massive scale of modern ML models, we now only get a single shot to train them effectively. This restricts our ability to test multiple architectures and hyper-parameter configurations. Instead, we need to understand how these models scale, allowing us to experiment with smaller problems and then apply those insights to larger-scale models. In this talk, I will present a framework for analyzing scaling laws in stochastic learning algorithms using a power-law random features model, leveraging high-dimensional probability and random matrix theory. I will then use this scaling law to address the compute-optimal question: How should we choose model size and hyper-parameters to achieve the best possible performance in the most compute-efficient manner?

Event Begins: Thursday, November 14, 2024 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies

This presentation focuses on the importance of studying contemporary Gulf states. The definition of contemporary in this context considers the period starting from the early 1990s. The reason for this has to do with the collapse of the Soviet Union, regional changes like the invasion of Kuwait and its consequences, and the wider Middle Eastern regional consequences. The presentation also looks at the patterns that emerged in all Gulf states at the same time in different contexts: political, economic, and social.

Mahjoob Zweiri is a professor of contemporary politics and Middle Eastern history with a focus on Iran and the Gulf region. He was the director of the Gulf Studies Center at Qatar University from 2018 to 2024 and the head of the humanities department from 2011 to 2016. Before joining Qatar University in 2010, Zweiri was a senior researcher in Middle Eastern politics and Iran at the Center for Strategic Studies, University of Jordan. From March 2003 to December 2006, he was a research fellow and then director of the Centre for Iranian Studies in the Institute for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at Durham University. Zweiri has more than 95 publications in the areas of Iran, contemporary Middle Eastern history and politics, Gulf studies, social sciences in universities of the future, and artificial intelligence’s role in social sciences. In addition to Arabic, he is fluent in Farsi and English. Zweiri is the founder and editor of the *Journal of Gulf Studies*, published by Intellect, and editor of the book series *Contemporary Gulf States*. Currently, he is a visiting professor at the University of Michigan.

Register and attend over Zoom: https://myumi.ch/pkJWz.

Event Begins: Thursday, November 14, 2024 2:00pm
Location:
Organized By: University Career Center

We are excited to inform you that we will be hosting a Sanitation Facilities Construction Virtual Career Fair Event, on Thursday, November 14, 2024 at 2:00 pm (ET) - 3:00 pm (ET). This presents a great opportunity for us to engage with talented candidates who are eager to learn more about our organization and potential careeropportunities. Thank you and we look forward to meeting with you! Thank you. SFC Hiring Team

Event Begins: Thursday, November 14, 2024 1:00pm
Location:
Organized By: University Career Center

Are you an accounting major looking to learn more about theopportunities at KPMG? Are you unsure where you fall in KPMG’s recruiting timeline? If so, please join us for Accounting Chats with KPMG Recruiters!We at KPMG want to get to know you better and hear about your professional goals. During this virtual event, you will have the opportunity to meet with members of the KPMG recruiting team. We can review the KPMG recruiting process, discuss the various KPMG career paths for accounting students, and of course, answer any questions you might have.You are not required to attend the entire 2-hour event – stop by as your schedule allows!If you have any questions about the event, please don't hesitate to reach out. We hope you can join us!

Event Begins: Thursday, November 14, 2024 1:00pm
Location:
Organized By: University Career Center

Fall Into A Classroom by Joining Beaufort County School District's Fall Virtual Hiring Event! The Recruiting Team for Beaufort County School District (BCSD) in South Carolina is seeking the best and brightest teachersfor a January 2024 start! Located south ofCharleston and north of Savannah, the Beaufort County School District isa diverse community encompassing Bluffton, Beaufort, and Hilton Head. If you like plentiful sunshine, intercoastal waterways and hundreds of miles of beaches, it might be just the place for you! We are hosting a hiring event for upcoming December graduates interested in a certified teaching position in January! We pride ourselves on creating an amazing environment for new college graduates to thrive from around the country! We are excited to announce that we offer the following life-changing perks! $51,816 First Year Tacher Salary | One of the Top Paying Districts in South CarolinaLocality Supplement of $1,500 each year (Only $750 for January – May)Comprehensive Induction and Mentoring Program of Support for Career GrowthCompetitive Benefits and Retirement PackageNo Cost & Anonymous Virtual Mental Health CounselingEducational Support for TeachersPrime Opportunities for Internal Career MobilityAn Abundance of Professional Development OpportunitiesBeautiful Location, Weather and LifestyleClose to Charleston (SC), Savannah (GA) and Jacksonville (FL) We would love to invite you to register to our virtual hiring event which we will hold on November 14th, from 1pm-5pm. To get started, complete an application via Frontline. Once you have completed your online application, you will be ableto select an interview time that works best for you via Calendly. If you are ready to learn more about our school district, check out our Back to School Video, highlighting some of our schools in the county.  Are you wondering what makes Beaufort County School District so special? Our amazing teachers have the answers! ????✨ Check out these inspiring stories from our educators, sharing why they chose to join BCSD and what makes our community the perfect place to grow, learn, and make a difference. ❤️???? ???? Watch their stories here and discover the heart and passion that drive our schools! #WhyBCSD #LiveWhereYouLoveLoveWhereYouWork We cannot wait to meet you! The Recruiting TeamBeaufort County School District (SC)bcsdrecruiters@beaufort.k12.sc.usOffice Number: 843-379-6920

Event Begins: Thursday, November 14, 2024 1:00pm
Location:
Organized By: University Career Center

FALL into a career that changes lives!  Mark your calendar for the upcoming Virtual Hiring Event, become a teacher with Beaufort County School District, and start in January 2025!???? Why Join Beaufort County School District? ????Looking for a place where you can live where you love and love where you work? ???? Beaufort County School District is calling your name! Here’s why you should consider becoming part of our amazing team:✨ Locality Supplement - We value our educators and reward them for choosing to work in our beautiful community. ???? Affordable Afterschool Childcare - Peace of mind with affordable care for your little ones aged 5-12. ???? Two-Year Induction & Mentoring Program - We support our new teachers every step of the way. ????️ Prime Location - From the charm of Hilton Head Island to the vibrant communities of Bluffton and Beaufort, you’ll be working in some of the most desirable areas in the Lowcountry. ???? Close to Charleston & Savannah - Enjoy the perks of living near these historic cities. ???? Internal Career Mobility - Grow your career with us, and explore endless opportunities within the district. ???? Professional Development - We’re committed to your growth with ample opportunities to enhance your skills.Join us and make a difference in a place you’ll be proud to call home! ???? #BeaufortCountySchools #TeachingInParadise #CareerInEducation #JoinOurTeam

Event Begins: Thursday, November 14, 2024 12:00pm
Location:
Organized By: University Career Center

Join us for a quick informational sessional about our exciting Financial Advising Internship! Our recruitment team will provide an overview of the internship program and how the experience can help jump start your career in the financial services industry. Whether you are looking to gain hands on experience or develop your financial expertise, this internship offers valuable insight and mentorship. All majors are welcome. We look forward to hearing from you!  -Northwestern Mutual Metro Detroit

Event Begins: Thursday, November 14, 2024 12:00pm
Location:
Organized By: University Career Center

No career path is a straight line, sometimes you have to funnel your passions into new directions. On November 14 at 12:00PM PT joinus for a virtual session with Chef and Sales Manager Juliet Hope. During the event Juliet will share her insights into her role and career journey, including:
Pivoting your career to find the right path for you
What a day in the life of a Regional Sales Manager looks like
Tips for a successful career in the food industry
Hope to see you there! 

Event Begins: Thursday, November 14, 2024 11:30am
Location: Lorch Hall
Organized By: Department of Economics

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Event Begins: Thursday, November 14, 2024 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Organizational Learning

Course details and registration are available on the Organizational Learning website.

Event Begins: Thursday, November 14, 2024 9:00am
Location:
Organized By: University Career Center

Did you know that if you have at least a bachelor's degree in any area, you may be eligible for teaching certification? During this virtual information session, you will learn about the steps to become certified to teach in Florida and get a snapshot of our career opportunities, benefits, employee perks, and more!To receive a meeting link, register here: https://forms.office.com/r/MMpsLGrGRiThe Osceola School District is located in Centra Florida - https://www.osceolaschools.net/Connect with us!https://www.linkedin.com/company/osceolaschoolsfl/https://www.facebook.com/SDOCHumanResources.  

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