Many diseases are complex heterogeneous conditions that affect multiple organs in the body and depend on the interplay between several factors that include molecular and environmental factors, thus requiring a holistic approach in understanding the complexity and heterogeneity. In this talk, I will present some of our current statistical and ma...
Creator:
Safo, Sandra (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities)
Created:
2022-02-22
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications.
This is an episode of the Causenetic podcast, created by staff members of the YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas from 2019 to 2023. The podcast focused on promoting awareness of the YMCA’s mission to new audiences and providing conversation, inspiration, and influence on various timely community topics. The description that accompanied this Causenetic ...
Creator:
Ross, Rodrigua; Vinson, Keith
Contributor:
Leonard, La Shae; Frederick, David; YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas
Created:
2022-02-21
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
The game of football is undergoing a significant shift towards the quantitative. Much of the progress made in the analytics space can be attributed to play-by-play data and charting data. However, recent years have given rise to tracking data, which has opened the door for innovation that was not possible before. In this talk I will describe ho...
Creator:
Eager, Eric (ProFootballFocus
Created:
2022-02-18
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications.
Clustering algorithms based on mean shift or spectral methods on graphs are ubiquitous in data analysis. However, in practice, these two types of algorithms are treated as conceptually disjoint: mean shift clusters based on the density of a dataset, while spectral methods allow for clustering based on geometry. In joint work with Nicolás ...
Creator:
Craig, Katy (University of California, Santa Barbara)
Created:
2022-02-15
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications.
This is an episode of the Causenetic podcast, created by staff members of the YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas from 2019 to 2023. The podcast focused on promoting awareness of the YMCA’s mission to new audiences and providing conversation, inspiration, and influence on various timely community topics. The description that accompanied this Causenetic ...
Creator:
Ross, Rodrigua; Vinson, Keith
Contributor:
Leonard, La Shae; Frederick, David; YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas; Perez, Jorge
Created:
2022-02-14
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
In this talk, Hande will give an overview of some of the best practices a data scientist should know. These will include topics like virtual environments, utilizing functions, code documentation and other things that you could start incorporating in your data science projects or coding in general. She will also include some quick tips and advice...
Creator:
Tuzel, Hande (Sabre Corporation)
Created:
2022-02-11
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications.
This talk will describe a suite of physically inspired instruments we've developed to enable exploration of large-scale text data, illuminate collective behavioral patterns, and develop a science of stories. Along with our flagship efforts at http://hedonometer.org and https://storywrangling.org we show how Instagram photos reveal markers of dep...
Creator:
Kileel, Joe (The University of Texas at Austin)
Created:
2022-02-08
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications.
This is an episode of the Causenetic podcast, created by staff members of the YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas from 2019 to 2023. The podcast focused on promoting awareness of the YMCA’s mission to new audiences and providing conversation, inspiration, and influence on various timely community topics. The description that accompanied this Causenetic ...
Creator:
Ross, Rodrigua; Vinson, Keith
Contributor:
Leonard, La Shae; Frederick, David; YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas; Soo Hoo, Claudia
Created:
2022-02-07
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
In recent years, the need to accommodate non-Euclidean structures in data science has brought a boom in deep learning methods on graphs, leading to many practical applications with commercial impact. In this talk, we will review the mathematical foundations of the generalization capabilities of graph convolutional neural networks (GNNs). We will...
Creator:
Levie, Ron (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München)
Created:
2022-02-01
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications.
Photographs from University of Minnesota Duluth Theatre’s 2022 production of The School for Lies. Run dates: February 3-12, 2022. Venue: Marshall Performing Arts Center Mainstage Theatre. In the cast photo, the actors all wore masks due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Director: Lauren Roth. Cast list--Celimene: Kelly Solberg; Oronte: Nick Wright; Acas...
Creator:
Montgomery, Derek
Created:
2022-02
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This is an episode of the Causenetic podcast, created by staff members of the YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas from 2019 to 2023. The podcast focused on promoting awareness of the YMCA’s mission to new audiences and providing conversation, inspiration, and influence on various timely community topics. The description that accompanied this Causenetic ...
Creator:
Ross, Rodrigua; Vinson, Keith
Contributor:
Leonard, La Shae; Frederick, David; YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas
Created:
2022-01-31
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
In the context of numerical linear algebra algorithms, where it is natural to sacrifice accuracy in return for quicker computation of solutions whose errors are only slightly larger than optimal, the time-accuracy tradeoff of randomized sketching has been well-characterized. Algorithms such as Blendenpik and LSRN have shown that carefully design...
Creator:
Gittens, Alex (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
Created:
2022-01-25
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications.
This is an episode of the Causenetic podcast, created by staff members of the YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas from 2019 to 2023. The podcast focused on promoting awareness of the YMCA’s mission to new audiences and providing conversation, inspiration, and influence on various timely community topics. The description that accompanied this Causenetic ...
Creator:
Ross, Rodrigua; Vinson, Keith
Contributor:
Leonard, La Shae; Frederick, David; YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas
Created:
2022-01-24
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
This is an episode of the Causenetic podcast, created by staff members of the YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas from 2019 to 2023. The podcast focused on promoting awareness of the YMCA’s mission to new audiences and providing conversation, inspiration, and influence on various timely community topics. The description that accompanied this Causenetic ...
Creator:
Ross, Rodrigua; Vinson, Keith
Contributor:
Leonard, La Shae; Frederick, David; YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas
Created:
2022-01-17
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
This is an episode of the Causenetic podcast, created by staff members of the YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas from 2019 to 2023. The podcast focused on promoting awareness of the YMCA’s mission to new audiences and providing conversation, inspiration, and influence on various timely community topics. The description that accompanied this Causenetic ...
Creator:
Ross, Rodrigua; Vinson, Keith
Contributor:
Leonard, La Shae; Frederick, David; YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas; Allred, Colin
Created:
2022-01-10
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
This is an episode of the Causenetic podcast, created by staff members of the YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas from 2019 to 2023. The podcast focused on promoting awareness of the YMCA’s mission to new audiences and providing conversation, inspiration, and influence on various timely community topics. The description that accompanied this Causenetic ...
Creator:
Ross, Rodrigua; Vinson, Keith
Contributor:
Leonard, La Shae; Frederick, David; YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas; McEntire, Paul; Doerner, Jill
Created:
2022-01-03
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
This is an episode of the Causenetic podcast, created by staff members of the YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas from 2019 to 2023. The podcast focused on promoting awareness of the YMCA’s mission to new audiences and providing conversation, inspiration, and influence on various timely community topics. The description that accompanied this Causenetic ...
Creator:
Ross, Rodrigua; Vinson, Keith
Contributor:
Leonard, La Shae; Frederick, David; YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas
Created:
2021-12-20
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
Betula Ali's family moved from Somalia to Ethiopia during a war. They came to the U.S. in 2012. Though it has taken them some time to navigate the new culture, weather, and language, they have overcame all of their challenges by supporting each other.
Creator:
Ali, Betula
Contributor:
Rolland, Isabella
Created:
2021-12-13
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
This is an episode of the Causenetic podcast, created by staff members of the YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas from 2019 to 2023. The podcast focused on promoting awareness of the YMCA’s mission to new audiences and providing conversation, inspiration, and influence on various timely community topics. The description that accompanied this Causenetic ...
Creator:
Ross, Rodrigua; Vinson, Keith
Contributor:
Leonard, La Shae; Frederick, David; YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas; Saunders, Jeff; Brock, Jesiah
Created:
2021-12-13
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
What is the next big thing in AI? What does one need to know and prepare for to remain relevant as the industry undergoes transformation? Why is this industry transformation a necessity? In this talk, we will discuss the strengths and weaknesses of traditional Deep Learning approaches to knowledge-centric tasks and look at a blueprint hybrid arc...
Creator:
Grinberg, Tetiana (Intel Corporation)
Created:
2021-12-10
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications.
Jonathan Hanft is the Ryan White Community Health Program Supervisor in the Hennepin County Public Health Department, leading the Twin Cities metro area's Ryan White Part A program. In this oral history interview, he discusses his initial thoughts about the pandemic as a public health professional, HIV/AIDS and COVID-19, the role of the Ryan Whi...
Creator:
Hanft, Jonathan (interviewee)
Contributor:
Negri, Adam (interviewer); Sommer, Barbara W. (interviewer)
Created:
2021-12-08
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
This is an episode of the Causenetic podcast, created by staff members of the YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas from 2019 to 2023. The podcast focused on promoting awareness of the YMCA’s mission to new audiences and providing conversation, inspiration, and influence on various timely community topics. The description that accompanied this Causenetic ...
Creator:
Ross, Rodrigua; Vinson, Keith
Contributor:
Leonard, La Shae; Frederick, David; YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas
Created:
2021-12-06
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
As the role of data and analytics is expanding very rapidly in creating new business models or changing existing ones, demand for data science and analytics professionals is growing at an increasing rate. However, almost every company in the industry has a unique way of defining roles and assigning titles in data related positions. For any given...
Creator:
Hamutcu, Hamit (Initiative for Analytics and Data Science Standards
Created:
2021-12-03
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications.
Bridget Feeney grew up in the rural countryside of Ireland. She moved to the U.S. in 1900 to follow in her older sister's footsteps, and made a life for herself in Boston. Her great great granddaughter tells her story.
Creator:
Ferry, Jack
Contributor:
Rolland, Isabella
Created:
2021-12-02
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Photographs from University of Minnesota Duluth Theatre’s 2021 dance concert, DanceWorks 2021. Run dates: December 2-5, 2021. Venue: Marshall Performing Arts Center Mainstage Theatre. The performers all wore masks due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Artistic Director: Matthew Wagner. Performers--Ayana Greene, Bettie Schultz, Bryce Melton, Cadence Nest...
Creator:
Cowardin, David
Created:
2021-12
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
The scattering transform is a wavelet-based feed-forward network originally introduced by S. Mallat to improve our theoretical understanding of convolutional neural networks (CNNs). Like the front end of a CNN, it produces a latent representation of input signal through an alternating sequence of convolutions and non-linearities. Following Malla...
Creator:
Perlmutter, Michael (University of California, Los Angeles)
Created:
2021-11-23
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications.
Emerson Steiner Hayward is a white, Ashkenazi Jewish, trans-masc, and nonbinary individual based in St. Paul, Minnesota. In this oral history interview with Macalester College student Sarah Garrett-Engele, Hayward discusses their upbringing and early experiences of gender, their process of transition and coming to understand themself as a trans ...
Creator:
Steiner Hayward, Emerson (interviewee)
Contributor:
Garrett-Engele, Sarah (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project manager)
Created:
2021-11-22
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
This is an episode of the Causenetic podcast, created by staff members of the YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas from 2019 to 2023. The podcast focused on promoting awareness of the YMCA’s mission to new audiences and providing conversation, inspiration, and influence on various timely community topics. The description that accompanied this Causenetic ...
Creator:
Ross, Rodrigua; Vinson, Keith
Contributor:
Leonard, La Shae; Frederick, David; YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas; Royster, Jarrett
Created:
2021-11-22
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
Beau Larsen is a white trans educator, scholar, and forensics coach based in St. Paul, Minnesota. At the time of this interview, they were the Director of Forensics at Macalester College, where they directed and coached the mock trial, ethics bowl, and debate teams. Prior to their work at Macalester, Larsen was a graduate student and debate coac...
Shannon TL Kearns is a white trans man, playwright, and ordained priest based in Minneapolis. At the time of this interview, he was the founder and artistic director of Uprising Theatre Company, and a co-founder of QueerTheology.com. His plays include Body+Blood, in a stand of dying trees, Line of Sight, Twisted Deaths, The Resistance of My Skin...
Katie Burgess is a white trans woman, community organizer, social worker, trans activist, and theatre artist based in Minneapolis. At the time of this oral history interview, she was a Co-Founder and Co-Director of Open Flame Theatre, an all-trans theatre ensemble based in Minneapolis and western Wisconsin, and additionally worked as a social wo...
Creator:
Burgess, Katie (interviewee)
Contributor:
Billund-Phibbs, Myra (interviewer and project manager); Brenner-Adam, Katherine (transcriber)
Created:
2021-11-16; 2021-11-30
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
This is an episode of the Causenetic podcast, created by staff members of the YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas from 2019 to 2023. The podcast focused on promoting awareness of the YMCA’s mission to new audiences and providing conversation, inspiration, and influence on various timely community topics. The description that accompanied this Causenetic ...
Creator:
Ross, Rodrigua; Vinson, Keith
Contributor:
Leonard, La Shae; Frederick, David; YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas; New, Nissy
Created:
2021-11-15
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
Bran Fenner is a Black transmasculine activist, consultant, educator, and ER and hospice nurse based in Brooklyn, New York. At the time of this interview, he was Director of People and Organizational Culture at the Transgender Law Center. Prior to his work at TLC, Fenner was the founder of the Education for Liberation Project, a co-director of F...
Canyon Carballosa is a white Cuban queer trans nonbinary dancer and movement maker based in Los Angeles. At the time of this oral history interview, they were working as a professional dancer, choreographer, and Youth Protection Advocates in Dance (YPAD)-educated dance instructor. In this oral history interview with Macalester College students H...
A common task in many data-driven applications is to find a low dimensional manifold that describes the data accurately. Estimating a manifold from noisy samples has proven to be a challenging task. Indeed, even after decades of research, there is no (computationally tractable) algorithm that accurately estimates a manifold from noisy samples wi...
Creator:
Aizenbud, Yariv (Yale University)
Created:
2021-11-09
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications.
This is an episode of the Causenetic podcast, created by staff members of the YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas from 2019 to 2023. The podcast focused on promoting awareness of the YMCA’s mission to new audiences and providing conversation, inspiration, and influence on various timely community topics. The description that accompanied this Causenetic ...
Creator:
Ross, Rodrigua; Vinson, Keith
Contributor:
Leonard, La Shae; Frederick, David; YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas
Created:
2021-11-08
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
Hailey A Ockinga is an Alaskan Native / Tlingit trans woman, anti-incarceration activist, and community organizer based in Washington state. At the time of this interview, she was Executive Director of Beyond These Walls, a direct support and political advocacy organization run by and for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated transgender and ge...
Creator:
Ockinga, Hailey (interviewee)
Contributor:
Billund-Phibbs, Myra (interviewer and project manager); Chamness, Daria (transcriber)
Created:
2021-11-08
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Dr. Marci Bowers is a white woman with a lived trans experience, OB/GYN, and plastic surgeon specializing in gender affirming surgeries. At the time of this interview, she was the president-elect of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH,) and was in surgical practice in Burlingame, California, having previously practic...
This is an episode of the Causenetic podcast, created by staff members of the YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas from 2019 to 2023. The podcast focused on promoting awareness of the YMCA’s mission to new audiences and providing conversation, inspiration, and influence on various timely community topics. The description that accompanied this Causenetic ...
Creator:
Ross, Rodrigua; Vinson, Keith
Contributor:
Leonard, La Shae; Frederick, David; YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas; Bowlsby, Bob
Created:
2021-11-01
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
John and Martha Nygaard immigrated from Norway. After living briefly in Montreal, Minneapolis, and Fridley, they finally settled in Grand Park, Minnesota and managed a farm. Their great great granddaughter tells the story of their life in this video.
Creator:
Hensel, Megan
Contributor:
Rolland, Isabella
Created:
2021-10-29
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Dr. Rhys Preston is a white trans man, chiropractor, and trans health activist based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. At the time of this interview, he was practicing at his chiropractic clinic in the Uptown neighborhood of Minneapolis. In addition to his chiropratic work, Preston has taught on topics of anatomy, nutrition, trans health, and holistic ...
Creator:
Preston, Rhys (interviewee)
Contributor:
Billund-Phibbs, Myra (interviewer and project manager); Brenner-Adam, Katherine (transcriber)
Created:
2021-10-28
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
This is an episode of the Causenetic podcast, created by staff members of the YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas from 2019 to 2023. The podcast focused on promoting awareness of the YMCA’s mission to new audiences and providing conversation, inspiration, and influence on various timely community topics. The description that accompanied this Causenetic ...
Creator:
Ross, Rodrigua; Vinson, Keith
Contributor:
Leonard, La Shae; Frederick, David; YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas; Powell, Adam
Created:
2021-10-25
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
David Peal was born on the West Coast of Africa and moved to the U.S. because of a civil war in his country. He grew up in Massachusetts and then attended Gustavus Adolphus College. He reflects on his successes.
Creator:
Bradley, Andrew
Contributor:
Rolland, Isabella
Created:
2021-10-22
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Have you ever wondered how supply chains make decisions about purchasing and transport? Or perhaps you've stayed up at night wondering how energy companies plan for customer demand. Time series forecasting is a major component used to help business teams solve these problems. In this talk, I'll share my career journey in the world of industrial ...
Creator:
Broomfield, Jimmy (Target Corporation)
Created:
2021-10-22
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications.
Robbie Aparicio was born in Cancun, Mexico and moved to Minnesota to play football and study History at Gustavus Adolphus College. He was drawn to college in the U.S. by the opportunity to continue playing football at a higher level, and was influenced by his dad who had coached him when he was growing up.
Creator:
Durham, Kevin
Contributor:
Rolland, Isabella
Created:
2021-10-22
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
This is an episode of the Causenetic podcast, created by staff members of the YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas from 2019 to 2023. The podcast focused on promoting awareness of the YMCA’s mission to new audiences and providing conversation, inspiration, and influence on various timely community topics. The description that accompanied this Causenetic ...
Creator:
Ross, Rodrigua; Vinson, Keith
Contributor:
Leonard, La Shae; Frederick, David; YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas; Ellington, All
Created:
2021-10-21
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
Liz Fierst is a Korean American adoptee. She was raised in Minneapolis and has traveled to many places throughout her adult life. She is now a prinicpal for a Middle School in San Francisco.
Creator:
O'Hagan, Ruby
Contributor:
Rolland, Isabella
Created:
2021-10-20
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Widespread application of modern machine learning has increased the need for robust statistical algorithms. One fundamental geometric quantity in robust statistics is known as a data depth, which generalizes the notion of quantiles and medians to multiple dimensions. This talk will discuss recent work (in collaboration with Martin Molina-Fructuo...
Creator:
Murray, Ryan (North Carolina State University)
Created:
2021-10-19
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications.
Imposter Syndrome intensifies each day with growing expectations of being a data scientist. You need to have strong quantitative and technical skills (mathematics, statistics, computer science, operations research, optimization, machine learning), business knowledge and consulting skills (problem formulation and framing), relationship and commun...
Creator:
Dhamodaran, Sharath (OptumLabs)
Created:
2021-10-15
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications.
This is an episode of the Causenetic podcast, created by staff members of the YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas from 2019 to 2023. The podcast focused on promoting awareness of the YMCA’s mission to new audiences and providing conversation, inspiration, and influence on various timely community topics. The description that accompanied this Causenetic ...
Creator:
Ross, Rodrigua; Vinson, Keith
Contributor:
Leonard, La Shae; Frederick, David; YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas; Campos, Gloria
Created:
2021-10-12
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
Humans develop knowledge from individual studies and joint discussions with peers, even though each individual observes and thinks differently. Likewise, in many emerging application domains, collaborations among organizations or intelligent agents of heterogeneous nature (e.g., different institutes, commercial companies, and autonomous agents) ...
Creator:
Ding, Jie (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities)
Created:
2021-10-12
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications.
I will present a general overview of Oak Ridge National Laboratory research in mathematics and computing. A brief description of my own initiatives and research will be covered as well. I will also describe opportunities for students, postdocs, and professional mathematicians. Dr. Juan M. Restrepo is a Distinguished Member of the R&D Staff a...
Creator:
Restrepo, Juan (Oregon State University)
Created:
2021-10-08
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications.
Active learning in semi-supervised classification involves introducing additional labels for unlabelled data to improve the accuracy of the underlying classifier. A challenge is to identify which points to label to best improve performance while limiting the number of new labels; this is often reflected in a tradeoff between exploration and expl...
Creator:
Miller, Kevin (University of California, Los Angeles)
Created:
2021-10-05
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications.
This is an episode of the Causenetic podcast, created by staff members of the YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas from 2019 to 2023. The podcast focused on promoting awareness of the YMCA’s mission to new audiences and providing conversation, inspiration, and influence on various timely community topics. The description that accompanied this Causenetic ...
Creator:
Ross, Rodrigua; Vinson, Keith
Contributor:
Leonard, La Shae; Frederick, David; YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas
Created:
2021-10-04
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
Data science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence are all practices implemented by humans in the context of a complex and ever-changing world. This talk will focus on the challenges of long-term, seasonal, multicyclic time series forecasting in logistics. I will discuss algorithms and implementations including STL, TBATS, and Prophet, ...
Creator:
Taipale, Kaisa (CH Robinson)
Created:
2021-10-01
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications.
Photographs from University of Minnesota Duluth Theatre’s 2021 production of MAXA: The Maddest Woman in the World. Run dates: October 14-23, 2021. Venue: Marshall Performing Arts Center Mainstage Theatre. Co-Directors: Naomi Brecht and William Payne. Cast list--Older Paula: Laura Carlson; Younger Paula: Mikayla Payne; Mother: Maddie Schafer; Geo...
Creator:
Katz Harwood, Rebecca
Created:
2021-10
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Henry Chacon Arevalo was born in Honduras in 2004. His dad moved to the U.S. when he was 2 months old and Henry was able to move there with him when he was 13.
Creator:
Chacon Arevalo, Henry Jeovany
Contributor:
Rolland, Isabella
Created:
2021-09-25
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Daniel Castellon is a second-generation immigrant, raised in Texas by his father who is from El Salvador. He talks about his life growing up with his family in the U.S.
Creator:
Castellon, Daniel
Contributor:
Rolland, Isabella
Created:
2021-09-23
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
When searching for signals of new astrophysical phenomena, astrophysicists have to account for several sources of non-random uncertainties which can dramatically compromise the sensitivity of the experiment under study. Among these, model uncertainty arising from background mismodeling is particularly dangerous and can easily lead to highly misl...
Creator:
Algeri, Sara (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities)
Created:
2021-09-21
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications.
Interview 26 in the Minnesota Lesbian Community Organizing Oral History Project (MLCO) is with Barrie Borich, a writer of creative nonfiction, memoir, and essays. Among other titles, she is the author of My Lesbian Husband, Body Geographic and Apocalypse, Darling. After moving to Minnesota from Illinois in the early 1980’s, she volunteered and l...
Creator:
Borich, Barrie Jean
Contributor:
Vecoli, Lisa
Created:
2021-09-19
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Kelly V. Robinson is a Nurse Care Coordinator with Westat Research and founder of the Minnesota chapter of Black Nurses Rock, Inc. In this oral history interview, she discusses the pandemic's occurrence in the first months of founding Minnesota's Black Nurses Rock chapter, HIV/AIDS and COVID-19, the work of Black nurses in Minnesota during the p...
Creator:
Robinson, Kelly V (interviewee)
Contributor:
Negri, Adam (interviewer); Sommer, Barbara W. (interviewer)
Created:
2021-09-16
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
This talk will be an introduction to some recent research on PDE-inspired methods for graph-based learning, specifically for problems with very few labeled training examples. We'll discuss various models, including Laplace, p-Laplacian, re-weighted Laplacians, and Poisson learning, to highlight how connections between graph-PDEs and continuous P...
Creator:
Calder, Jeff (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities)
Created:
2021-09-14
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications.
This is an episode of the Causenetic podcast, created by staff members of the YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas from 2019 to 2023. The podcast focused on promoting awareness of the YMCA’s mission to new audiences and providing conversation, inspiration, and influence on various timely community topics. The description that accompanied this Causenetic ...
Creator:
Ross, Rodrigua; Vinson, Keith
Contributor:
Leonard, La Shae; Frederick, David; YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas
Created:
2021-09-13
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
Going from a scientific background into something that people haven't done comes with moments where you don't know what you're talking about... if you talk, that is. Admitting the times you don't know how your work can help and introducing your work when it may be able to help - that timing can be hard. I went from the field I was trained in...
Creator:
Oliver, Dean ( NBA's Washington Wizards)
Created:
2021-09-10
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications.
Kristie Rathmanner is a Wright County Public Health Nurse in the Health Promotion Unit and a member of the MDH's COVID-19 Vaccine Allocation Advisory Group. In this oral history interview, she discusses her initial thoughts on the pandemic as a public health nurse, HIV/AIDS and COVID-19, the impact of the pandemic on public health, the role of t...
Creator:
Rathmanner, Kristie (interviewee)
Contributor:
Negri, Adam (interviewer); Sommer, Barbara W. (interviewer)
Created:
2021-09-08
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Kathleen Clark is a nurse, Executive Director of the Augsburg Health Commons, and Assistant Professor of Nursing at Augsburg University. In this oral history interview, she discusses nursing education during the COVID-19 pandemic, the challenges therein, the interplay and similiarities between HIV/AIDS, SARS, and COVID-19, healthcare through the...
Creator:
Clark, Kathleen (interviewee)
Contributor:
Negri, Adam (interviewer); Sommer, Barbara W. (interviewer)
Created:
2021-09-07
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
This is an episode of the Causenetic podcast, created by staff members of the YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas from 2019 to 2023. The podcast focused on promoting awareness of the YMCA’s mission to new audiences and providing conversation, inspiration, and influence on various timely community topics. The description that accompanied this Causenetic ...
Creator:
Ross, Rodrigua; Vinson, Keith
Contributor:
Leonard, La Shae; Frederick, David; YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas; Payne, Sheena
Created:
2021-09-06
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
Jack Martin is a co-founder and director of Southside Harm Reduction Services. Nicholas Henderson is program director of Southside Harm Reduction Services. In this oral history interview, they discuss their initial thoughts on the pandemic in relation to Southside Harm Reduction Services and its programming, HIV/AIDS and COVID-19, the role of Mi...
Creator:
Henderson, Nicholas (interviewee); Martin, Jack (interviewee)
Contributor:
Negri, Adam (interviewer); Sommer, Barbara W. (interviewer)
Created:
2021-09-06
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Christopher Chavez's grandmother was born in El Salvador and his grandfather was born in Mexico. They met in Texas and moved into a house that Christopher was raised in. He reflects on his life with his family.
Creator:
Chavez, Christopher
Contributor:
Rolland, Isabella
Created:
2021-09-05
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Each of these three posters contains digital art offering a piece of advice during the COVID-19 pandemic. The first poster contains a digital drawing of a person with long blond hair sitting in a cross-legged position with their eyes closed. Text at the top of the poster reads: "meditation." Text at the bottom of the poster reads: "Take time out...
Creator:
Wertish, Sydney
Created:
2021-09
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Photographs from University of Minnesota Duluth Theatre’s 2021 production of Alice in Wonderland. Run dates: September 13-25, 2021. Venue: Glensheen. This production was performed outdoors and many audience members wore masks due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Most Photographs are from a rehearsal but a few are from a performance and show the venue a...
Creator:
Montgomery, Derek; Mielke, Krysta
Created:
2021-09
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Each of these three posters shows the same scene: a digital illustration of a small toy bird wearing a witch's cape and hat and carrying a broomstick, standing next to a lamp. The posters are labeled "11:00 AM," "5:00 PM," and "11:00 PM." The light and shadows change between the three posters, but otherwise they are identical. The creator descri...
Creator:
Nelson, Tyler
Created:
2021-09
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Each of these three posters contains a piece of digital art exploring an aspect of life during the COVID-19 pandemic. The creator provided the following description for the posters: "Sketches of things I did during COVID to have a sense of normalcy." The first poster contains a digital drawing of a bed covered in a blue blanket facing a dresser ...
Creator:
Meskan, Payton
Created:
2021-09
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Each of these three posters contains a piece of digital art related to wearing face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic. The first poster contains a digital drawing of two dirty face masks with eyes. The blue mask is saying "I need a shower" and the tan mask is saying "Dude, same." The creator provided commentary on this poster, saying: "Masks ge...
Creator:
Amundson, Sarah
Created:
2021-09
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Each of these three posters contains a piece of digital art exploring an aspect of life during the COVID-19 pandemic. The first poster contains a digital line drawing of a pair of lungs, with text around them reading "WHEN WILL IT END." Red text on the word "END" reads: "HOW COVID AFFECTED ME." The second poster contains a digital drawing of a w...
Creator:
Vylasek, Pacey
Created:
2021-09
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Each of these three posters contains a piece of digital art exploring an aspect of life during the COVID-19 pandemic. The first poster contains a digital drawing of a face with shoulder-length brown hair and closed eyes. Text at the top and bottom of the poster reads: "Healthy Body, Healthy Mind. Self care was at a peak during the pandemic but m...
Creator:
Arvidson, Abigail
Created:
2021-09
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Each of these three posters contains a piece of digital art depicting an aspect of life during the COVID-19 pandemic. The first poster contains a digital drawing of the corner of a smartphone against a yellow background. Letters on the bottom of the phone spell out "SLEEP." There is another, unidentified object near the bottom of the page. The s...
Creator:
Harrell, Justin
Created:
2021-09
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Each of these three posters contains a piece of digital art exploring an aspect of life during the COVID-19 pandemic. The first poster contains a digital drawing of two people hugging. Text at the bottom of the poster reads: "Don't take hugging your loved ones for granted." The second poster contains a digital drawing of an outdoor scene with tr...
Creator:
Krause, Peyton
Created:
2021-09
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Each of these three posters contains a piece of digital art exploring an aspect of life during the COVID-19 pandemic. The creator provided the following description for the posters: "I designed different graphics and sketches that showcased my experiences during Covid. One being learning how to cook better, writing and sending handwritten letter...
Creator:
Kauffman, Lindsey
Created:
2021-09
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Each of these three posters contains a piece of digital art depicting an aspect of life during the COVID-19 pandemic. The first poster contains a digital drawing of a desk with a desk lamp and a book, set against a dark background. Text on the book reads: "Brian Downing, 4th year at UMD." Text above the desk reads: "During the Pandemic most of m...
Creator:
Downing, Brian
Created:
2021-09
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Each of these three posters contains a piece of digital art depicting an aspect of life during the COVID-19 pandemic. The first poster contains a simple digital drawing of a turtle. Cursive text around the turtle's shell reads: "Imagine having just a turtle for company." The second poster contains a simple digital drawing of a brown mug. Text ab...
Creator:
Graves, Karley
Created:
2021-09
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Each of these three posters contains a piece of digital art exploring an aspect of life during the COVID-19 pandemic. The first poster contains a digital drawing of a face mask against a lavender background. Text at the bottom of the poster reads: "Masks have taken over our lives. I don't remember the last time I've walked into public without wo...
Created:
2021-09
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Each of these three posters contains a piece of digital art exploring an aspect of life during the COVID-19 pandemic. The first poster contains a digital line drawing of three green coronavirus molecules with angry faces. Text at the bottom of the poster reads: "Small but deadly." The second poster contains a digital drawing of a small white hou...
Creator:
Blair, Logan
Created:
2021-09
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This poster contains three panels, each containing a piece of digital art exploring an aspect of life during the COVID-19 pandemic. The first panel contains a digital drawing of a large mailing envelope under a smaller envelope. Text on a paper in the smaller envelope reads: "Let everything come to you." The second section contains a digital dra...
Creator:
Christenson, Ben
Created:
2021-09
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Each of these three posters contains a piece of digital art exploring an aspect of life during the COVID-19 pandemic. The first poster contains a digital drawing of a pair of gray lungs against a pink background. Text at the bottom of the poster reads: "This pandemic has awakened people to how easy it is to get sick, especially the ones who have...
Creator:
Gilliland, Nicole
Created:
2021-09
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Each of these three posters contains a piece of digital art exploring an aspect of life during the COVID-19 pandemic. The first poster contains a digital line drawing of three raised fists of different skin tones, above a black dollar sign. Text in a box between the fists and dollar sign reads: "NECROPOLITICS." The second poster contains a digit...
Creator:
Montgomery, Samantha
Created:
2021-09
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Each of these three posters contains a piece of digital art exploring an aspect of life during the COVID-19 pandemic. The first poster contains a digital drawing of a laptop computer with a Zoom meeting on the screen. The people in the grid are featureless andare set against colorful backgrounds. Keys on the keyboard spell out the word "caged." ...
Creator:
Sandstrom, Kaitlyn
Created:
2021-09
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Each of these three posters contains a piece of digital art exploring an aspect of life during the COVID-19 pandemic. The first poster contains a digital drawing of a calendar page for May 2020 and a planner page reading "TO DO" and "GOALS." Text at the bottom of the poster reads: "Keeping a schedule and making lists was very helpful during this...
Creator:
Simpson, Hannah
Created:
2021-09
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Each of these three posters contains a piece of digital art depicting an aspect of life during the COVID-19 pandemic. The first poster contains a digital drawing of a woman and a dog staring out a window. Text at the bottom of the poster reads: "I don't remember much of it." The second poster contains a digital drawing of a woman wearing a red s...
Creator:
Larson, Caitlin
Created:
2021-09
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Each of the three panels on this posters contains a piece of digital art exploring an aspect of life during the COVID-19 pandemic. The first panel contains a drawing of a small blue fish in a plastic bag full of water. Text below the drawing reads: "We're all just swimming in circles." The second panel contains a drawing of a window with a red f...
Creator:
Casella, Ellie
Created:
2021-09
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Each of these three posters contains a piece of digital art exploring an aspect of life during the COVID-19 pandemic. The first poster contains a digital drawing of a person with long brown hair and glasses, wearing a blue face mask. A speech bubble reads: "Sorry about my glasses, they always fog up with my mask!" Text at the bottom of the poste...
Creator:
MacGillivray, Hailey
Created:
2021-09
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Each of these three posters contains a piece of digital art exploring an aspect of life during the COVID-19 pandemic. The first poster contains a digital drawing of the interior of a room with a purple couch, a lamp, and a window with pink curtains. On the couch there are some papers and an open laptop with the word "WORKING..." on its screen. T...
Creator:
Tholkes, Abbie
Created:
2021-09
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Each of these three posters contains a piece of digital art exploring an aspect of life during the COVID-19 pandemic. The first poster contains a digital drawing of a computer screen split into a grid as in a Zoom call, with a multicolored stick figure in each box. Text at the top of the poster reads: "Connected while disconnected." The creator ...
Creator:
Vowels, Jake
Created:
2021-09
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Each of these three posters contains a piece of digital art exploring an aspect of life during the COVID-19 pandemic. The first poster contains a digital drawing of a person with a messy bun wearing a face mask, large long-sleeved shirt, and pants rolled up at the ankles. Text at the bottom of the poster reads: "Comfort and fashion, transitionin...
Creator:
Bleess, Claudia
Created:
2021-09
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
