Mar
10
2026
Using AI to Help Write Alt Text for Complex Images
10:00 AM Online
All alt text for images should be based on the context of the image and what is being portrayed to the user. Writing app...
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Events
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Mar
10
2026
N’Tangled w/ PsiQuantum – Mar. 10
12:00 PM Evanston
We are excited to welcome Aaron Fluitt, Senior Director, Technology Partnerships, PsiQuantum.
About PsiQuantum:
PsiQuant...
Mar
10
2026
Prompt Engineering for Northwestern Instructors
1:00 PM Online
Writing, iterating, and critiquing prompts to generative AI tools are critical skills needed to understand the limitatio...
Mar
11
2026
Wildcats in Water: The Water that Fuels NU Research with Mary Beth Greer
11:30 AM Evanston
We're excited to welcome Mary Beth G., Mechanical Engineer and Project Manager in Facilities Management at Northwestern ...
Mar
11
2026
WED@NICO SEMINAR: Steven Franconeri, Northwestern University "Point Taken: A gamified Intervention that Creates Enlightened Disagreements"
12:00 PM Evanston
Speaker:
Steven Franconeri, Professor of Psychology, Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences; Professor of Management and Or...
Mar
13
2026
Cognitive Science Fridays | Mind & Machine Collaboration : Zhe-Chen Guo
12:30 PM Evanston
Zhe-Chen Guo, Linguisitics, Communicaiton Sciences & Disorders
"Consistency of Phoneme-Related Potentials to Naturalisti...
Mar
18
2026
SkAI Colloquium
11:00 AM Off-Campus
The SkAI Institute will host a colloquium featuring Yuanyuan Shi, Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical an...
Mar
27
2026
Clinical Informatics Learning Roundtable (CI-LRT)
12:00 PM Online
The Clinical Informatics Learning Roundtable (CI-LRT) is a partnership with the Northwestern Clinical Informatics Fellow...
Apr
2
2026
Get to Know Copilot at Northwestern (for Instructors)
10:00 AM Online
Learn about Northwestern’s authorized generative AI tool, Copilot. In this workshop you will learn about:
-Accessing an...
Apr
7
2026
NNCI Distinguished Panel - Featuring Sean Mooney, Moderated by Kristi Holmes
12:00 PM Evanston
Join us for an in-person Distinguished Panel event featuring Sean Mooney, Director of the Center for Information Technol...
Apr
7
2026
Watering Hole Seminar Series
4:30 PM Evanston
Each month, we invite water experts to share their innovative work in a concise 15-minute presentation, followed by refr...
Apr
8
2026
Wildcats in Water
11:30 AM Evanston
Wildcats in Water Student Seminar Series — Each month, students share their innovative water research in engaging flash ...
Apr
10
2026
Cognitive Science Fridays | Mind & Machine Collaboration : Yi Chun Hung
12:30 PM Evanston
Yi Chun Hung, Computer Science
"When Color Becomes Threat: Mapping High-Dimensional Signals with Behavioral Manifolds in...
Apr
14
2026
Prompt Engineering for Northwestern Instructors
1:00 PM Online
Writing, iterating, and critiquing prompts to generative AI tools are critical skills needed to understand the limitatio...
Apr
15
2026
SkAI Colloquium
11:00 AM Off-Campus
The SkAI Institute will host a colloquium featuring Keith Bechtol, Associate Professor and Associate Chair for Graduate ...
Apr
17
2026
Healthcare AI Forum
10:00 AM Online
Welcome to the Northwestern Medicine Healthcare AI Forum, where we dive into cutting-edge developments in the field of A...
Apr
21
2026
Northwestern Quantum Week: Opening Science Workshop on Superconducting Qubits for Quantum Computing
8:30 AM Evanston
The Institute for Quantum Information Research and Engineering (INQUIRE) invites you to the Opening Workshop on Supercon...
Apr
21
2026
"AI & The Future of Education" Featuring, Moderated by Karen Smilowitz
12:00 PM Evanston
Join us for an in-person Distinguished Panel event featuring NNCI's new Education Pillar Leads, ___________ & __________...
Apr
22
2026
Northwestern Quantum Week: Quantum Innovation Symposium
8:30 AM Evanston
The Institute for Quantum Information Research and Engineering (INQUIRE) invites you to the Inaugural Quantum Innovation...
Apr
24
2026
Clinical Informatics Learning Roundtable (CI-LRT)
12:00 PM Online
The Clinical Informatics Learning Roundtable (CI-LRT) is a partnership with the Northwestern Clinical Informatics Fellow...
Apr
28
2026
Get to Know Copilot at Northwestern (for staff)
1:00 PM Online
Learn about Northwestern’s authorized generative AI tool, Copilot. In this workshop you will learn about:
-Accessing an...
May
5
2026
Watering Hole Seminar Series
4:30 PM Evanston
Each month, we invite water experts to share their innovative work in a concise 15-minute presentation, followed by refr...
May
8
2026
Cognitive Science Fridays | Mind & Machine Collaboration : Yuan Yang "YY" Teng
12:30 PM Evanston
Yuan Yang "YY" Teng, Technology and Social Behavior
"GenAl at the Divergent-to-Convergent Inflection: Supporting Decisio...
May
11
2026
AI for Research: Use AI Models on Your Computer with MediaPipe (Virtual)
12:00 PM No Location
Incorporate AI into your projects by downloading and running models on your own computer with MediaPipe.
Google MediaPip...
May
12
2026
"Fun with Fashion" - Larry Davis
12:00 PM Evanston
Join us for an in-person Distinguished Speaker event featuring Larry Davis, a leading figure in computer vision and arti...
May
12
2026
Using AI to Help Write Alt Text for Complex Images
1:00 PM Online
All alt text for images should be based on the context of the image and what is being portrayed to the user. Writing app...
May
13
2026
SkAI Colloquium
11:00 AM Off-Campus
The SkAI Institute will host a colloquium featuring Tom Downes, Member of Technical Staff at Microsoft AI.
Coffee and pa...
May
13
2026
Wildcats in Water
11:30 AM Evanston
Wildcats in Water Student Seminar Series — Each month, students share their innovative water research in engaging flash ...
May
15
2026
Healthcare AI Forum
10:00 AM Online
Welcome to the Northwestern Medicine Healthcare AI Forum, where we dive into cutting-edge developments in the field of A...
May
19
2026
Using AI to Evaluate the Accessibility of Third Party Tools
10:00 AM Online
According to Northwestern’s Digital Accessibility Policy as well as the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), all softw...
May
19
2026
"Towards Virtual Patient: AI for Accelerating Medical Discovery" - Hoifung Poon
12:00 PM Chicago
Join us for an in-person Distinguished Speaker event featuring Hoifung Poon, a leading figure in biomedical AI and preci...
May
22
2026
Clinical Informatics Learning Roundtable (CI-LRT)
12:00 PM Online
The Clinical Informatics Learning Roundtable (CI-LRT) is a partnership with the Northwestern Clinical Informatics Fellow...
May
28
2026
"AI & Biosecurity" Featuring Doni Bloomfield, Daniel Eisenman, and Nicole Kikendall, Moderated by Mohammad Hosseini
12:00 PM Evanston
Join us for an in-person Distinguished Panel event featuring biosafety experts Doni Bloomfield (Fordham NYC), Nicole Kik...
Jun
2
2026
Watering Hole Seminar Series
4:30 PM Evanston
Each month, we invite water experts to share their innovative work in a concise 15-minute presentation, followed by refr...
Jun
5
2026
Cognitive Science Fridays | Mind & Machine Collaboration : Xudong Tang
12:30 PM Evanston
Xudong Tang, Computer Science, NICO
"Mapping Human and Machine Perception of Voice Identity Similarity"