Spring 2023-- TrAC semianr talks can be found on TrAC home page at
https://trac-ai.iastate.edu/events/category/seminars/
TrAC Seminar Series Fall 2022
Translational AI Center has 40 Iowa State artificial intelligence faculty members and subject matter experts.
The TrAC seminar meets Fridays at the lunch time, with a lead speaker, raising issues and exchanging ideas on topics of current interest in the area of Translational AI and related advances. The format consists of a lead presentation of about 50 minutes, followed by questions and discussions.
9/2 - All hands meeting
9/9 - Hailiang Liu [Math] on ``Data-driven optimal control with neural network modeling of gradient glows" flyer
9/23 -Henri Chung on "Predicting Antimicrobial Resistance with Machine Learning: A Cautionary Tale of Missing Data” flyer
TrAC Seminar Series Spring 2022
Meeting times: Friday(s), 12:00--1:00pm (CST)
Talk: 12:00 --12:50:00; Q&A: -- 12:50--1:00pm
Zoom link:
Organizers: Hailiang Liu hliu@iastate.edu, Soumik Sarkar, Baskar Ganapathysubramanian
TrAC contact: Aditya Balu baditya@iastate.edu
The Translational AI Center for Research and Education (TrAC) is a newly established ISU center, a forum for integration of the activities and skill-sets of multiple ISU investigators with external collaborators to accelerate knowledge transfer from fundamental scientific advances in AI to industrial applications. The TrAC seminar meets Fridays at the lunch time, with a lead speaker, raising issues and exchanging ideas on topics of current interest in the area of Translational AI and related advances. The format consists of a lead presentation of about 50 minutes, followed by questions and discussions.
Jan 21 - All hands meeting
Jan 28 - AIIRA/COALESCE joint seminar
Feb 4 Hailiang Liu [Math] on " Mathematical Problems in Deep Learning" flyer
Feb 11 Jue Yan [Math] on "Cell-average based neural network fast solvers for time dependent partial differential equations" flyer
Feb 18 Shana Moothedath [ECE] on ``A Game and Control Framework for Modeling and Mitigating Advanced Persistent Threats on Cyber-Physical Systems" flyer
Feb 25 AIIRA /COALESCE joint seminar:
Mark Ryan [Wageningen Economic Research] on ``Ethical and Societal Considerations for the Development and Use of Agricultural Robots" flyer
Mar 4 Cody Fleming [Mech] "Towards Autonomous Systems That Leverage First Principles and Black Boxes" flyer
Mar 11 Alicia Carriquiry [STAT] ``Machine Learning in Forensic Applications" flyer
Mar 25 AIIRA/COALESCE joint seminar
April 1 Shayok Chakraborty [CS, Florida State University] ``Learning with Weak Supervision: Algorithms and Applications" flyer
April 15 Volkan Isler "From surveying frames to tidying our homes with robots" flyer
TrAC Journal club: April 15 at 3pm [CST] https://iastate.zoom.us/j/93596996347
Xuping TIAN [Math] "Adaptive gradeint method with energy and momentum" flyer
April 22-23: Friday (8:45am-5pm) and Saturday (9am-12:30pm)
TrAC workshop "Scientific Marchine Learning: Foundations and Applications"
This workshop sought to bring together top experts from areas of scientific machine learning to discuss progress that has been made on scientific machine learning research, and to identify promising avenues where theory is possible and useful. There will be several invited talks each day and also spotlight talks by young researchers. This meeting will expose participants to some of the main current trends and recently developed tools in scientific machine learning research and applications.
Day 1 pre-lunch sessions are going to happen at 2206 Student Innovation Center
Day 1 post-lunch sessions with lightning talks and hands-on ScML tutorial are at 4202 Student Innovation Center
Day 2 sessions with four invited talks are at 0114 Student Innovation Center
Plenary talk: April 22, 9:00-10:00am and three invited talks are at 2206 Student Innovation Center
| George Em Karniadakis Brown University | From PINNs to DeepOnet: Two Pillars of Scientific Machine Learning
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| Levon Nurbekyan University of California, Los Angeles | Efficient natural gradient method for large-scale optimization problems We propose an efficient numerical method for computing natural gradient descent directions with respect to a generic metric in the state space. Our technique relies on representing the natural gradient direction as a solution to a standard least-squares problem. Hence, instead of calculating, storing, or inverting the information matrix directly, we apply efficient methods from numerical linear algebra to solve this least-squares problem. We treat both scenarios where the derivative of the state variable with respect to the parameter is either explicitly known or implicitly given through constraints. We apply the QR decomposition to solve the least-squares problem in the former case and utilize the adjoint-state method to compute the natural gradient descent direction in the latter case. |
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TrAC Seminar Series Fall 2021
Meeting times: Thursday(s), 12:00--1:00pm (CST)
Talk: 12:00 --12:50:00; Q&A: -- 12:50--1:00pm
Zoom link:
Contact: Hailiang Liu hliu@iastate.edu, Soumik Sarkar, Baskar Ganapathysubramanian
The Translational AI Center for Research and Education (TrAC) is a newly established ISU center, a forum for integration of the activities and skill-sets of multiple ISU investigators with external collaborators to accelerate knowledge transfer from fundamental scientific advances in AI to industrial applications. The TrAC seminar meets Thursdays at the lunch time, with a lead speaker, raising issues and exchanging ideas on topics of current interest in the area of Translational AI and related advances. The format consists of a lead presentation of about 50 minutes, followed by questions and discussions.
10/14
Adarsh Krishnamurthy flyer
Mechanical engineering department, Iowa State University
Title: Data-Driven Computational Modeling for Cardiovascular Mechanics
10/21
James E. Koltes flyer
Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University
Title: Development of Genetics, Genomics and Phenomics tools to enhance dairy cattle sustainability
10/28
Iddo Friedberg flyer
Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine, Iowa State University
Title: What can an AI competition do for you?
11/04
Tichakorn (Nok) Wongpiromsarn flyer
Department of Computer Science, Iowa State University
Title: Establishing correctness of learning-enabled autonomous systems
11/11
Julie Dickerson flyer
Electrical and Computer Engineering, Iowa State University
Title: Machine Learning for Biological Networks
11/18
Aditya Ramamoorthy flyer
Electrical and Computer Engineering, Iowa State University
Title: Straggler Mitigation in Large Scale Distributed Matrix Computation
Talk info:
November 18 at 12:00 noonhttps://iastate.zoom.us/s/9378976918
Straggler Mitigation in Large Scale Distributed Matrix Computation
Aditya Ramamoorthy
Electrical and Computer Engineering, Iowa State University
Abstract: High dimensional matrix computations are a key component of various algorithms within machine learning and scientific computing. Such computations are often deployed on large scale distributed computing clusters. The wide spread usage of these clusters presents several advantages over traditional computing paradigms. However, they also present new challenges, e.g., such clusters are well known to suffer from the problem of “stragglers (slow or failed nodes in the system ) which can end up dominating the overall job execution time.
In this talk we shall overview recent information-theoretic ideas inmitigating the effect of stragglers in distributed matrix computation. At a top-level these ideas allow the recovery of the desired result as long as any k-out-of-n worker nodes (where k<n ) complete their assigned tasks. The talk will highlight several open issues within this broad area and our recent work on these topics. These include, dealing with partial worker node computations (slow vs. failed nodes), sparse input matrices and ensuring numerical stability of the recovered result.
Short Bio: Aditya Ramamoorthy is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and (by courtesy) of Mathematics at Iowa State University. He received his B. Tech. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). His research interests are in the areas of classical/quantum information theory and coding techniques with applications to distributed computation, content distribution networks and machine learning.
Dr. Ramamoorthy served as an editor for the IEEE Transactions on Information Theory from 2016--2019 and the IEEE Transactions on Communications from 2011--2015. He is the recipient of the 2020 Mid-Career Achievement in Research Award, the 2019 Boast-Nilsson Educational Impact Award and the 2012 Early Career Engineering Faculty Research Award from Iowa State University, the 2012 NSF CAREER award, and the Harpole-Pentair professorship in 2009 and 2010.
November 11 at 12:00 noonhttps://iastate.zoom.us/s/9378976918
Machine Learning for Biological Networks
Julie Dickerson
Electrical and Computer Engineering, Iowa State University
Abstract: Biological systems are complex networks of genetic interactions and metabolism. Sensing technologies have allowed the external measurement of transcription levels, proteins, and metabolites. The challenge now is to use the measurements to help untangle the interactions in cells and organisms.
Bio: Julie Dickerson is the David C Nicholas Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Her research program focuses on the application of data science to bioinformatics; this has led to successful collaborations with faculty across ISU. She has played a key role in the Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (BCB) Program as a past chair and as a core curriculum developer. Her development of the core systems biology course for all BCB students has enabled students to learn the basics of network science and data science as applied to biological systems. She has also served as an NSF Program Officer in the Advances for Biological Informatics in the BIO directorate.
November 4 at 12:00 noonhttps://iastate.zoom.us/s/9378976918
Establishing correctness of learning-enabled autonomous systems
Tichakorn (Nok) Wongpiromsarn
Department of Computer Science, Iowa State University
Abstract: Autonomous systems are subject to multiple regulatory requirements due to their safety criticalnature. In general, it may not be feasible to guarantee the satisfaction of all requirements under all conditions. In such situations, the system needs to decide how to prioritize among them. Two main factors complicate this decision. First, the priorities among the conflicting requirements may not be fully established. Second, the decision needs to be made under uncertainties arising from both the learning-based components within the system and the unstructured, unpredictable, and non-cooperating nature of the environments.Therefore, establishing the correctness of autonomous systems requires a specification language that captures the unequal importance of the requirements, quantifies the violation of each requirement, and incorporates uncertainties faced by the systems. In this talk, I will discuss our early effort to partially address this problem and the remaining challenges.
Short Bio
Tichakorn (Nok) Wongpiromsarn received the B.S.degree in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University in 2005 and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from California Institute of Technology in 2006 and 2010, respectively. She is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science at Iowa State University. Her research spans several areas of computer science, control, and optimization, including formal methods, motion planning, situational reasoning, hybrid systems, and distributed control systems. Most of her work draws inspiration from practical applications, especially in autonomy, robotics, and transportation. A significant portion of her career has been devoted to the development of autonomous vehicles, both in academia and industry settings. In particular, she was a principal research scientist and led the planning team at nuTonomy (now Motional), where her work focused on planning, decision making, control, behavior specification,and validation of autonomous vehicles.
October 28 at 12:00 noon https://iastate.zoom.us/s/9378976918
What can an AI competition do for you?
Iddo Friedberg
Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine, Iowa State University
Abstract: In an era of high throughput biology, we increasingly rely on AI for classification of protein structure prediction to genome annotation. Moreover, AI methods are making their way into biomedicine and agriculture for diagnosing diseases and improving productivity. Yet how reliable are such methods? One way to both critique and improve AI methods is by competitions. I will discuss AI competitions in the biological sciences, with an emphasis on the latest results in protein structure and function prediction, as well as success stories and cautionary tales.
Bio: Iddo Friedberg is an Associate Professor in the department of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine. He received his PhD from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and his postdoctoral training at the Sanford Prebys Burnham Medical Discovery Institute in La Jolla, California. He joined Iowa State university in 2015. His lab is applying computational methods to study metagenomics, protein sequence-structure-function connections, antimicrobial resistance, genome structure evolution, and CRISPR site prediction. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the International Society for Computational Biology and an organizer of the Critical Assessment of protein Function Annotation group, a consortium of 60 labs that is working to improve methods for protein function prediction
October 21 at 12:00 noon https://iastate.zoom.us/s/9378976918
Development of Genetics, Genomics and Phenomics tools to enhance dairy cattle sustainability
James E Koltes
Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University
Abstract: Production of milk and dairy products from cattle are critical to providing essential nutrients to a growing population. Considerable effort has been dedicated to collecting and cataloguing a wealth of phenotypes in dairy cattle to improve production efficiency. Genetic selection in dairy cattle has been the major driver of the improved efficiency. However, some phenotypes important to understanding efficiency are expensive, time consuming and laborious to collect. For these traits, new cost-effective phenotypes need to be discovered to improve upon current selection strategies. The focus of my groups research program has been to develop new genetic, molecular and sensor-based tools to help improve feed efficiency, animal health, and correlated factors that can be used to improve dairy cattle feed efficiency, welfare and resilience to illness. Our research has identified novel sensor measures as new information sources for use in understanding variability in feed intake in dairy cattle. Current and future research is focusing on the use of molecular phenotypes such as metabolites from blood and milk as well as image data to improve our understanding of the genetics of efficiency in cattle. The long-term goal of our research is to identify genetic variants and mechanisms responsible for variability in health and efficiency related traits for use in selection as well novel phenotypes to monitor health and feed intake.
Bio: Dr. James Koltes is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Animal Science within the Animal Breeding and Genetics group at Iowa State University. Dr. Koltes received his BS in Dairy Science and Genetics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and PhD from Iowa State University in Genetics. His research at focuses on the use of new tools such as sensors and biomarkers in the genetic improvement of feed efficiency and health in dairy cattle. He also works on development of computational tools and resources to advance the application of genomics in livestock breeding. He also serves as the co-coordinator for the NRSP8 USDA multistate Bioinformatics program which oversees tools development, data sharing, database development and training programs for livestock genomics researchers in the United States
October 14 at 12:00 noon https://iastate.zoom.us/s/9378976918
Data-Driven Computational Modeling for Cardiovascular Mechanics
Adarsh Krishnamurthy
Mechanical engineering department, Iowa State University
Abstract: Cardiovascular diseases, such as heart failure, are one of the leading causes of death in the U.S. and pose a severe burden to the healthcare system. Most current treatments for cardiovascular diseases are based on rough estimates of outcomes from the results of clinical trials, which might not apply to individual patients due to patient-specific variations. Data-driven computational models of the cardiovascular system, developed from patient-specific clinical data, can help refine the diagnosis and personalize the treatment. In this talk, I will present recent advances in computational modeling that enable the simulation of a full four-chamber cardiac model. We have developed tools to generate a patient-specific high-order four-chamber cardiac mesh and use isogeometric analysis to simulate an entire cardiac cycle. The second part of the talk will focus on novel machine-learning algorithms to optimize the design of bioprosthetic heart valves. Machine-learning tools can significantly accelerate biomechanics simulations, leading to the development of a high-fidelity surrogate model. This surrogate model can then be used for optimizing the geometry of bioprosthetic valves, leading to patient-specific valves with better fit and performance, reducing the need for premature valve replacements. Finally, I will present some recent results in scientific machine learning in solving parametric partial differential equations (PDEs). The tools and methods developed in this research will help improve patient care and treatment outcomes, ultimately benefiting society with improved healthcare.
Bio: Adarsh Krishnamurthy is an associate professor in the mechanical engineering department at Iowa State University, where he currently leads the Integrated Design and Engineering Analysis (IDEA) lab. He was a post-doctoral researcher at UC San Diego and received his Ph.D. from UC Berkeley before this. He was the recipient of the NSF CAREER award in 2018 for developing GPU-accelerated tools for patient-specific cardiac modeling. His research interests include computer-aided design (CAD), GPU and parallel algorithms, machine learning, biomechanics, patient-specific heart modeling, solid mechanics, and computational geometry. His lab is currently funded by the NSF, ARPA-E, NASA, NIH, and the ONR.