Innovative Methods for SARS-CoV-2 Testing and Modeling

Introduction: Vice Dean Colin S. Duckett

Panelists:

• Chief Operating Officer and Professor Thomas N. Denny

• Professor Steven B. Haase

• Professor John Harer

Young Voters in the 2020 Presidential Election and Beyond

Introduction: Vice President Lawrence Carin

Speaker: Professor D. Sunshine Hillygus

myRESEARCHsuite: Your Connection to All Things Research at Duke

Introduction: Associate Vice President and Vice Dean Geeta Swamy, MD

Speakers

• Derek Jones, Office of Research Informatics

• Jamie Wylie, Duke Office of Research Initiatives

Daubechies Lecture 2021: Waves: Building Blocks in Nature and in Mathematics

Welcome: Provost Sally Kornbluth

Introduction: Dean Valerie S. Ashby

Speaker: Professor Gigliola Staffilani, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Graduate Student Sloan Scholars and Postdoc Talks

Learn about the path-breaking research conducted by graduate students and postdocs at Duke in these 6-minute TEDx-style talks.

Keynote: Professor Calvin R. Howell

Announcing the Winners of the 2021 Impact Challenge FlyRDU

Speakers:

• Vice President Lawrence Carin

• Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer William “Bill” Sandifer, A.A.E., Raleigh-Durham Airport Authority

Undergraduate Student Research Poster Competition

A virtual poster showcase for undergraduate students to present your research findings through an oral presentation and visual poster display. Prizes will be given to the first, second, and third place winners.

Keynote: Associate Vice President and Dean John Blackshear

Research Town Hall: Fundamentals of the Scientific Process: From Formulating the Research Question To Study Design and Data Collection

Panel I Discussion: Creating Content for Researchers and Trainees: Challenges and Good Practices

Moderator: Tina Davenport, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics

Panelists:

• Jessica Cranfill, Duke Office of Clinical Research

• Gina-Maria Pomann, Epidemiology and Research Design (BERD) Methods Core

• Anika Lucas Sylvester, MD, MTS, Duke University Health System

Panel II Discussion: Fundamentals of the Scientific Process and Minimizing Risk for Errors: Common Mistakes When Working With Data

Moderator: Professor Steven C. Grambow

Panelists:

• David Corcoran, Genomic Analysis and Bioinformatics Shared Resource

• Professor Rasheed Adebayo Gbadegesin, MD, MBBS

• Professor Matthew Hirschey

• Postdoctoral Fellow Dana Pasquale

Annual Invented at Duke Celebration

Co-hosted by Duke OLV & Duke I&E, Invented at Duke celebrates and promotes the diverse accomplishments of Duke innovators and entrepreneurs.

Keynote: Professor Jungsang Kim

The Duke Quantum Center

Introduction: Dean Ravi Venkat Bellamkonda

Quantum Computers for Research

Speaker: Professor Christopher R. Monroe

Building Next Generation Quantum Computers

Speaker: Professor Jungsang Kim

Decoding and Programming the Human Genome with CRISPR Technologies

Introduction: Professor Gregory E. Crawford

Speaker: Professor Charles A. Gersbach

AI Health

Introduction: Vice Dean Michael Pencina

ML Without Unnecessary Harm: Blind Pareto Fairness and Subgroup Robustness

Speaker: Professor Guillermo Sapiro

Inter-Intra Subject Brain to Brain Signal Transfer from Robust Deep Networks

Speaker: Professor Vahid Tarokh

Microsoft Fellows Program and Research Initiatives

Speaker: Research Industry Executive Rick Friedman, Microsoft Academic Research