BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//The Rutgers Artificial Intelligence and Data Science (RAD) Collaboratory - ECPv6.11.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-WR-CALNAME:The Rutgers Artificial Intelligence and Data Science (RAD) Collaboratory
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://radcollaboratory.rutgers.edu
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for The Rutgers Artificial Intelligence and Data Science (RAD) Collaboratory
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-Robots-Tag:noindex
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:UTC
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:+0000
TZOFFSETTO:+0000
TZNAME:UTC
DTSTART:20250101T000000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260520T083000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260520T153000
DTSTAMP:20260831T015536
CREATED:20260206T214252Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260206T214252Z
UID:2903-1779265800-1779291000@radcollaboratory.rutgers.edu
SUMMARY:13th Annual New Jersey Big Data Alliance Symposium
DESCRIPTION:Register now for the 13th Annual New Jersey Big Data Alliance Symposium which will be held Wednesday\, May 20\, 2026\, at Rowan University in Glassboro\, NJ. This year’s theme is: “Building Accessible & Sustainable AI Ecosystems: People\, Data\, Ethics\, & Infrastructure“. We are honored to feature keynote speakers Dr. Khalifeh Al Jadda (Director of Data Science\, Google) andDr. Jeannette Wing (Executive VP Research\, Columbia University). The agenda includes informative research sessions\, outstanding academic and industry panels\, a student poster competition\, and networking opportunities. The NJBDA Annual Symposium is New Jersey’s premier Big Data and AI conference\, consistently attracting 250+ attendees from industry\, government\, and academia. \nFor the agenda\, registration and other information\, click here for the event page: https://njbda.org/2026-symposium/
URL:https://radcollaboratory.rutgers.edu/event/njbdamay20/
LOCATION:Rowan University\, 201 Mullica Hill Rd\, Glassboro\, New Jersey\, 08028\, United States
CATEGORIES:Regional/National Events
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20251107T083000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251107T143000
DTSTAMP:20260831T015536
CREATED:20250919T170852Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250929T172059Z
UID:2553-1762504200-1762525800@radcollaboratory.rutgers.edu
SUMMARY:New Jersey Big Data Alliance Research Collaboration Forum
DESCRIPTION:8:30 AM – 2:00 PM\, November 7\, 2025 \nVENUE: Room 120\, Institute for Quantitative. Biomedicine; Proteomics Building \nRutgers University\, Busch Campus\, 174 Frelinghuysen Road\, Piscataway\, NJ 08854 \nAdvancing ML and AI Research  \nSpotlight: Life Sciences\, Healthcare and Biotechnology \nClick here to register \nFlyer coming soon! \nQuestions?: Please contact selenny.m.fabre@njit.edu
URL:https://radcollaboratory.rutgers.edu/event/new-jersey-big-data-alliance-research-collaboration-forum/
LOCATION:Center for Integrative Proteomics Research\, 174 Frelinghuysen Road\, Piscataway\, NJ\, 08854\, United States
CATEGORIES:RAD Collaboratory Events,Regional/National Events,Rutgers Events
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20251010T083000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251010T173000
DTSTAMP:20260831T015536
CREATED:20250821T080013Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250821T152722Z
UID:2493-1760085000-1760117400@radcollaboratory.rutgers.edu
SUMMARY:5th Annual Rutgers Robotics Workshop 2025
DESCRIPTION:Faculty\, Students and Industry Participants are invited to join us for this annual event as part of the NSF National Research Traineeship SOCRATES (Socially Cognizant Robotics for a Technology Enhanced Society) at Rutgers. \n\nEvent Details\n\nDate: Friday\, October 10\, 2025\nLocation: Civic Square Building (33 Livingston Ave\, New Brunswick\, NJ)\nRegistration: Required (Free)\nRegistration Link: Register Here\n\nThis annual robotics workshop brings together faculty\, students\, and industry representatives featuring both internal and external speakers as well as a poster session for students to present their robotics research. \n\n\nWorkshop Agenda\n8:30 – 9:00 Check-in\n9:00 – 9:30 Introduction\n9:30 – 10:30 Plenary Speaker\, Dhruv Shah\, Google DeepMind\, UC Berkeley\n10:30 – 10:45 Poster Spotlight Talks\n10:45 – 11:45 Coffee break & Poster Session\n11:45 – 12:30 SOCRATES Faculty Lightning Talks: Socially Cognizant Robotics in Action\n12:30 – 1:30 Networking Lunch\n1:30 – 2:30 Industry/Alumni Lightning Talks: AI in industry\n2:30 – 3:15 Student Talks (NRT fellows/trainees)\n3:15 – 4:15 Afternoon Keynote\n4:30 – 5:30 Robot Demonstrations and Industry Consortium Discussion\n\n\n\nFeatured Speaker\n\n\n\n\n\nDhruv Shah\, PhD\nGoogle DeepMind & Incoming Assistant Professor at Princeton University \n“Evaluating and Improving Steerability of Generalist Robot Policies” \n\n\n\n\nBio\nDhruv Shah is a Senior Research Scientist at Google DeepMind and an incoming Assistant Professor at Princeton University. He recently obtained his PhD in EECS at UC Berkeley\, where he was advised by Sergey Levine. His research spans the fields of machine learning and robotics\, with the goal of building autonomous robots that can combine large-scale learning with real-world deployment. Dhruv is a Microsoft Future Leader in Robotics & AI (2024)\, Berkeley Fellow\, and his research has been nominated for and won several Best Paper Awards at premier robotics conferences like RSS and ICRA. His work has also been featured in several media outlets\, including IEEE Spectrum\, TechXplore\, and ZDNet\, along with several international venues. \n\n\nAbstract\nGeneral-purpose robot policies hold immense promise\, yet they often struggle to generalize to novel scenarios\, particularly struggling with grounding language in the physical world. In this talk\, I will first propose a systematic taxonomy of robot generalization\, providing a framework for understanding and evaluating current state-of-the-art generalist policies. This taxonomy highlights key limitations and areas for improvement. I will then discuss a simple idea for improving the steerability of these policies by improving language grounding in robotic manipulation and navigation. Finally\, I will present our recent effort in applying these principles to scaling up generalist policy learning for dexterous manipulation.
URL:https://radcollaboratory.rutgers.edu/event/socrates-wksp-2025/
LOCATION:NJ
CATEGORIES:RAD Collaboratory Events,Regional/National Events,Rutgers Events
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20251007T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251007T144500
DTSTAMP:20260831T015536
CREATED:20251006T194133Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251006T204053Z
UID:2573-1759845600-1759848300@radcollaboratory.rutgers.edu
SUMMARY:Instrument Data Management and Automation (virtual event in partnership with Globus)
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE »\n\n\n\nPlease contact Forough Ghahramani forough.ghahramani@njedge.net with any questions. \nPlease feel free to share with your networks. This event is part of the Edge Research Data Management Webinar Series in partnership with Globus. \nRachana Ananthakrishnan\,\nExecutive Director and Head of Products \nInstrument Data Management and Automation\nOctober 7\, 2025  •  2:00 – 2:45 PM (ET) \nManaging research data and compute tasks is increasingly complex and time-consuming\, especially with the scale of modern instruments and collaborative projects. This session offers a practical overview of how Globus services enable the automation of research data and compute management\, and thus eliminates repetitive manual steps and accelerates progress across every stage of the research data lifecycle. \nWe will present an overview of capabilities in the Globus platform for automation use cases\, including routine data backup and integrity checks\, end-to-end management of data from instruments such as cryoEM\, next-generation sequencers\, and fMRI. The presentation will share case studies where these services are used to support instrument data processing at scale from acquisition\, to analysis and publication\, and for cases where automation is used to enforce best practices and secure policies. \nPre-requisites: Some knowledge of Globus \nTarget Audience: Researchers\, IT professionals\, Developers\, Instrument facility managers \nAbout the Presenter: Rachana Ananthakrishnan leads the Globus department\, which delivers a research IT platform to national and international research institutions. She currently serves on the Internet2 InCommon Steering Committee\, Earth System Grid Federation Executive Committee\, and Scientific Advisory Board for National Microbiome Data Collaborative. \nHer work is focused on cyberinfrastructure for enabling research across a variety of domains\, and she has led security and data management for several NSF\, DOE\, and NIH funded initiatives. Rachana was a member of the Globus Toolkit engineering team and customer engagement teams\, leading the efforts in web services and security technologies. Rachana received her MS in Computer Science at Indiana University\, Bloomington. \nAbout Edge\nEdge serves as a member-owned\, nonprofit provider of high performance optical fiber networking and internetworking\, Internet2\, and a vast array of best-in-class technology solutions for cybersecurity\, educational technologies\, cloud computing\, and professional managed services. Edge provides these solutions to colleges and universities\, K-12 school districts\, government entities\, hospital networks and nonprofit business entities as part of a membership-based consortium. Edge’s common good mission ensures success by empowering members for digital transformation with affordable\, reliable and thought-leading purpose-built\, advanced connectivity\, technologies and services. \nwww.njedge.net
URL:https://radcollaboratory.rutgers.edu/event/instrument-data-management/
LOCATION:NJ
CATEGORIES:Regional/National Events
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250920
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250922
DTSTAMP:20260831T015536
CREATED:20250912T080015Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250912T133646Z
UID:2530-1758326400-1758499199@radcollaboratory.rutgers.edu
SUMMARY:Health in Climate AI Hackathon NYC
DESCRIPTION:The Health in Climate AI Hackathon is a first-of-its-kind event that brings together diverse teams with technical\, clinical\, climate\, business and policy backgrounds to work on real-world datasets and artifacts to create actionable solutions that address extreme heat\, severe weather\, air quality and sustainable operations. The event is on September 20 and 21\, 2025 at Cornell Tech in NYC. There are cash prizes worth $5K to be won\, with other exciting goodies. Food and beverages will be provided.\n\nParticipant Registration Link is here (deadline is 15 Sept)\n\nWebsite: https://www.healthinclimate.ai/
URL:https://radcollaboratory.rutgers.edu/event/hackathon-nyc/
LOCATION:NJ
CATEGORIES:Regional/National Events
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250915T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250915T191500
DTSTAMP:20260831T015536
CREATED:20250910T080047Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250910T155323Z
UID:2525-1757959200-1757963700@radcollaboratory.rutgers.edu
SUMMARY:Webinar: AI AGENTS to the Rescue!?
DESCRIPTION:This webinar is hosted by the Master of Public Informatics (MPI) program at Rutgers University. Register at go.rutgers.edu/informaticsF25 
URL:https://radcollaboratory.rutgers.edu/event/webinar-sept15/
LOCATION:NJ
CATEGORIES:RAD Collaboratory Events,Regional/National Events,Rutgers Events
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250815
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250818
DTSTAMP:20260831T015536
CREATED:20250812T080052Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250813T205615Z
UID:2429-1755216000-1755475199@radcollaboratory.rutgers.edu
SUMMARY:2025 International Conference on Information Technology and Quantitative Management 
DESCRIPTION:The 2025 International Conference on Information Technology and Quantitative Management (ITQM) will take place at Rutgers Business School on August 15-17 in New Brunswick. The theme of this year’s conference is “Merging Artificial Intelligence and Business Applications”. More details can be found at http://itqm-meeting.org/2025/ . \n\nThis conference series has been a global forum for exchanging research findings among scholars from Business and Engineering schools on the use of information technology and quantitative management techniques. Previously this conference has been held at Moscow\, Russia (2014); Rio de Janeiro\, Brazil (2015); Asan\, Korea (2016); New Delhi\, India (2017); Omaha\, USA (2018); Granada\, Spain (2019); Chengdu\, China (2020 & 2021); Beijing\, China (2022)\, Oxford\, United Kingdom (2023) and Bucharest\, Romania (2024). Several prominent members of the National Academy of Engineering will be speaking or attending the 2025 ITQM\, and seven business school deans and engineering school deans\, including those from RBS and RU Engineering\, will speak at the Dean’s panel on August 15. There will also be invited panels and sessions on AI in Marketing\, AI in finance\, statistical learning and optimization\, and llm\, agent and applications.\n\nIf you are interested in attending\, please use the following free registration link to register: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScjtrqi0uCWOYtBN5Nvi79uEtsTHEGlEsiF_BJkDJDnnAxVhw/viewform?usp=dialog (which is for Rutgers colleagues only).
URL:https://radcollaboratory.rutgers.edu/event/2025-international-conference-on-information-technology-and-quantitative-management/
LOCATION:NJ
CATEGORIES:Regional/National Events,Rutgers Events
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250516T083000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250516T153000
DTSTAMP:20260831T015536
CREATED:20250210T080040Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250501T195524Z
UID:1830-1747384200-1747409400@radcollaboratory.rutgers.edu
SUMMARY:New Jersey Big Data Alliance Symposium
DESCRIPTION:Join the New Jersey Big Data Alliance for their annual symposium on Friday\, May 16\, 2025. The theme of this year’s symposium is “Empowered by AI: Innovation and the Rise of the Augmented Workforce.” Rutgers University is a NJ Big Data Alliance academic member. \nRegistration: Click here to register for the symposium. Rutgers faculty and staff can register as “NJBDA Academic Member Registration.” Students are free. \nDescription:  A collaborative forum for information sharing\, networking\, research\, and discovery of how intelligent technologies are transforming the workplace. This dynamic symposium will delve into the transformative power of AI\, showcasing how it empowers workers to unlock unprecedented levels of creativity\, innovation\, and impact. Don’t miss this opportunity to connect\, learn\, and lead the charge in building a future where humans and AI work together to achieve remarkable success! \nKeynote speakers: \n\nRajeeve Kaul\, Corp Vice President – Global Pricing Offer\, McDonald’s\nLawrence Lee\, Senior Director\, Strategic Development\, SRI International\n\nTime & Location: \n\nDate:  Friday\, May 16\, 2025\nTime: 8:30am – 3:30 pm\nLocation: William Paterson University\, John Victor Machuga Student Center\, 300 Pompton Road\, Wayne\, NJ 07470\n\n\n\nQuestions?: Please contact selenny.m.fabre@njit.edu \nCall for Research Presentations: The call for research presentations is now open. Abstracts are due on EasyChair by March 25\, 2025. \n\nCall for Student Posters: The call for student posters is now open. Abstracts must be submitted by completing this form by April 18\, 2025. \nAttention Graduate and Undergraduate Students \nCapitalize on this opportunity to present your research and potentially win an award at the student poster competition. This is a great opportunity for you to network\, promote yourself and your research\, and practice your presentation skills. \nPlease note you must be registered for the symposium to participate. Students attending two-year and four-year institutions are free. \nStudent Poster Submission Timeline: \n\nFriday\, May 2\, 2025: Abstract submissions are due. (extended from April 18!)\nTuesday\, May 6\, 2025: Digital poster submissions are due.\nFriday\, May 16\, 2025: Bring your 36″ wide x 48″ high pre-printed paper poster to the event.\n\n\n 
URL:https://radcollaboratory.rutgers.edu/event/njbda2025/
LOCATION:NJ
CATEGORIES:Regional/National Events
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250314T093000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250314T140000
DTSTAMP:20260831T015536
CREATED:20250227T080047Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250227T194059Z
UID:1929-1741944600-1741960800@radcollaboratory.rutgers.edu
SUMMARY:New Jersey Big Data Alliance Research Collaboration Forum
DESCRIPTION:Join the New Jersey Big Data Alliance for their Research Collaboration Forum focused on “AI Synergy Transforming Education\, Workforce\, and Industry-Academic Collaborations” on March 14\, 2025. \n\nRegistration: https://www.ticketleap.events/tickets/newjerseybda/researchforum2025 \nDescription: Agenda Details and Featured Speakers  \nThe New Jersey Big Data Alliance is convening NJBDA Research Forum for the R1s through the community colleges and is open to all research professionals\, faculty\, research computing professionals\, students\, and other campus partners interested in shaping the Big Data and AI research collaboration landscape. \nResearch Collaboration Forum Highlights: \n\n Big Data and AI Research Collaborations\n Communities and Resources for Advancing Collaborations\nFunding Opportunities\nEstablish Contacts with the New Jersey Big Data & AI Research Community\n\nTime & Location: \n\nDate:  Friday\, March 14\, 2025\nTime: 9:30 am – 2:00 pm\nLocation: Rider University\,  NJM Community Room  (Room 245)\, Bart Luedeke Center\, 2083 Lawrenceville Road\, Lawrenceville\, NJ 08648\n\n\n\nQuestions: Contact Forough Ghahramani at research@njedge.net
URL:https://radcollaboratory.rutgers.edu/event/njbda-research-collab-forum/
LOCATION:NJ
CATEGORIES:Regional/National Events
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250307T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250307T133000
DTSTAMP:20260831T015536
CREATED:20250210T080033Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250227T194454Z
UID:1844-1741334400-1741354200@radcollaboratory.rutgers.edu
SUMMARY:AI Tools for Agriculture\, A Farm to Roundtable Conference
DESCRIPTION:Join Rutgers University\, Rowan University\, and the NJ Big Data Alliance for the AI Tools for Agriculture\, A Farm to Roundtable Conference on Friday\, March 7\, 2025. \n\nTo register\, click here – use code INVITE. Contact Hieu Nguyen\, Professor of Mathematics at Rowan University\, if you have any questions: nguyen@rowan.edu \nFor more information\, visit: https://njbda.org/event/ai-tools-for-agriculture/
URL:https://radcollaboratory.rutgers.edu/event/ai-tools-for-agriculture/
LOCATION:NJ
CATEGORIES:Regional/National Events,Rutgers Events
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250124T120000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250124T130000
DTSTAMP:20260831T015536
CREATED:20250123T080000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250123T220054Z
UID:1739-1737720000-1737723600@radcollaboratory.rutgers.edu
SUMMARY:Webinar: Open Science Grid (OSG) and Partnership to Advance Throughput Computing (PATh)
DESCRIPTION:Join Edge for the Open Science Grid and Partnership to Advance Throughput Computing webinar on Friday\, January 24\, 2025. \nRegistration: Click here to register. \nDescription: OSG (Open Science Grid) and PATh (Partnership to Advance Throughput Computing). PATh is a partnership launched by the NSF in 2020 between UW-Madison Center for High Throughput Computing (CHTC) and the OSG Consortium to advance Throughput Computing. Established in 2005\, the OSG Consortium operates a fabric of distributed High Throughput Computing (dHTC) services in support of the National Science & Engineering community. The research collaborations\, campuses\, national laboratories\, and software providers that form the consortium are unified in their commitment to advance open science via these services. \n\nSpeaker: Miron Levny\, John P. Morgridge Professor of Computer Science\, UW Center for High Throughput Computing\, Technical Director of the OSG Morgridge Institute for Research\, University of Wisconsin \nThis webinar is made possible with support from the National Science Foundation – CC* Regional Networking: Connectivity through Regional Infrastructure for Scientific Partnerships\, Innovation\, and Education (CRISPIE) project (NSF OAC- NSF0311528).  \nEdge serves as a member-owned\, nonprofit provider of high performance optical fiber networking and internetworking\, Internet2\, and a vast array of best-in-class technology solutions for cybersecurity\, educational technologies\, cloud computing\, and professional managed services. Edge provides these solutions to colleges and universities\, K-12 school districts\, government entities\, hospital networks and nonprofit business entities as part of a membership-based consortium.  Edge’s common good mission ensures success by empowering members for digital transformation with affordable\, reliable and thought-leading purpose-built\, advanced connectivity\, technologies and services. \nQuestions: Contact Forough Ghahramani at forough.ghahramani@njedge.net
URL:https://radcollaboratory.rutgers.edu/event/osg-and-path/
LOCATION:NJ
CATEGORIES:Regional/National Events
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR