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ICDS Supported and Sponsored Events

January 2026

Client Support Office Hours:

  • DATES: Jan. 9, Jan. 10, Jan. 11, Jan. 12, Jan. 13, Jan. 14, Jan. 15, Jan. 16
  • LOCATION: Held via Zoom
  • Point of Contact: Client Support Team

Rising Researcher Luncheon

  • DATE: Jan. 20
  • LOCATION: 204 Pollock Dining Commons
  • Points of Contact: Eric Ford, ICDS co-hire and associate director of research; Halley Maxin, research engineering project manager

Convergence Seminar Series:

  • DATE: Jan. 23
  • LOCATION: MSC Commons
  • Point of Contact: Jessica Menold, ICDS co-hire and Digital Twins Hub director, and Wenrui Hao, director of the Center for AI and Mathematical Biology
  • Supported by ICDS and Huck
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College of Earth and Mineral Science’s Coffee Hour Lecture: Christelle Wauthier

  • DATE: Jan. 23
  • LOCATION: Steidle 410
  • ICDS Point of Contact: Christelle Wauthier, ICDS co-hire and Computational Sciences Hub director
  • Hosted by College of EMS
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AI in Geoscience: Opportunities and Challenges of Foundation Models (guest lecture)

  • DATE: Jan. 28
  • LOCATION: 541 Deike Building
  • Point of Contact: Christelle Wauthier, ICDS co-hire and Computational Sciences Hub director

February 2026

Client Support Office Hours:
  • DATES: Feb. 5, Feb. 6, Feb. 12, Feb. 13, Feb. 19, Feb. 20, Feb. 26, Feb. 27
  • LOCATION: Held via Zoom
  • Point of Contact: Client Support Team

Rising Researcher Luncheons:

  • DATES: Feb. 2, Feb. 3, Feb. 17, Feb. 19
  • LOCATION: 204 Pollock Dining Commons
  • Points of Contact: Eric Ford, ICDs co-hire and associate director of research; Halley Maxin, research engineering project manager

Rising Researcher Training Series: HPC Research Technical Workshops:

  • DATES: Feb. 19: Scientific Workflow Management Tools
  • LOCATION: University Park Campus
  • Points of Contact: Carrie Brown, Client Support Team Lead; Halley Maxin, research engineering project manager; Eric Ford, ICDS associate director of research

Building Faculty Capacity for AI: Lessons from Penn State’s Upskilling Fellowship

  • Eric Ford, ICDS co-hire and associate director of research presented a virtual lecture
  • DATE: Feb. 25
  • LOCATION: Held via Zoom
  • Point of Contact: Eric Ford, ICDS co-hire and associate director of research

Convergence Seminar Series: AI for Digital Twins and applications in Life Sciences, Opportunities and Challenges

  • DATE: Feb. 27
  • LOCATION: MSC Commons
  • Points of Contact: Jessica Menold, ICDS co-hire and Digital Twins Hub director; Mehrdad Mahdavi, AI Hub director; Wenrui Hao, Center for AI and Mathematical Biology director
  • Supported by ICDS and Huck
  • Click here for more information

March 2026

Client Support Office Hours:

  • DATES: March 5, March 6, March 12, March 13, March 18, March 19, March 20, March 26, March 27
  • LOCATION: Held via Zoom
  • Point of Contact: Client Support Team

Rising Researcher Luncheons:

  • DATES: March 2, March 16, March 18, March 23, March 31
  • LOCATION: 204 Pollock Dining Commons; 131 HUB
  • Points of Contact: Eric Ford, ICDS co-hire and associate director of research; Halley Maxin, research engineering project manager

Rising Researcher Training Series: HPC Research Technical Workshops:

  • DATES: March 2: AI and Neural Networks, Session 1; March 16: AI and Neural Networks Session 2; March 23: AI and Neural Networks Session 3; March 31: Intro to Quantum Computing
  • LOCATION: University Park Campus
  • Points of Contact: Carrie Brown, Client Support Team Lead; Halley Maxin, research engineering project manager; Eric Ford, ICDS co-hire and associate director of research

Mathematical Data Science Seminar Series:

  • DATE: March 2
  • LOCATION: Held Via Zoom
  • Point of Contact: John Harlim, ICDS co-hire

CSATS Shaping AI in Education:

  • DATES: March 9, March 13, March 20, March 23
  • LOCATIONS: Virtual and Greater Allegheny
  • PA Gov. Dept. of Education Funded Workshop
  • Supported by CSATS, AI Hub, AIMI, PA Intermediate Units
Ideas Lab: Aging Alzheimer’s disease and AI:
  • DATE: March 18
  • LOCATION: HUB 129AB
  • Points of Contact: Vasant Honavar, ICDS co-hire and associate director of strategic initiatives; Caroline McLaughlin, research engineering project manager; Marty Sliwinski, professor of human development and family studies and director of the Center for Healthy Aging; Orfeu Buxton, professor of biobehavioral health and associate director of the Clinical and Translational Science Institute
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Convergence Seminar Series: Immersive Technologies in Healthcare:

  • DATE: March 20
  • LOCATION: 134 HUB
  • Point of Contact: Jessica Menold, ICDS co-hire and Digital Twins Hub director
Convergence Seminar Series: Technologies for Digital Twins in the Built Environment:
  •  DATE: March 26
  • LOCATION: ECORE 314
  • Points of Contact: Jessica Menold, ICDS co-hire and Digital Twins Hub director; Christelle Wauthier, ICDS co-hire and Computational Sciences Hub director
  • Supported by ICDS, co-hosted by the Digital Twins Hub, Computational Sciences Hub and the Transcending Natural Hazards Forecasting Center

Ideas Lab: AI-Powered Materials Discovery, Design and Synthesis:

  • DATE: March 26
  • LOCATION: 233AB HUB
  • Points of Contact: Vasant Honavar, ICDS co-hire and associate director of strategic initiatives; Caroline McLaughlin, research engineering project manager
  • Click here for more information

April 2026

Client Support Office Hours:

  • DATES: April 2, April 3, April 9, April 10, April 16, April 17, April 23, April 24, April 30
  • LOCATION: Held via Zoom
  • Point of Contact: Client Support Team

Rising Researcher Luncheons:

  • DATES: April 2, April 15, April 23
  • LOCATION: 204 Pollock Dining Commons; 134 HUB
  • Points of Contact: Eric Ford, ICDS co-hire and associate director of research; Halley Maxin, research engineering project manager

Rising Researcher Training Series: Using AI to Enhance your Productivity as a Programmer

  • DATE: April 7
  • LOCATION: University Park Campus
  • Points of Contact: Carrie Brown, Client Support Team Lead; Halley Maxin, research engineering project manager; Eric Ford, ICDS co-hire and associate director of research

Mathematical Data Science Seminar Series:

Convergence Seminar Series/Frontiers of Mathematical Biology:

  • DATE: April 27
  • LOCATION: 501 Wartik Lab 
  • Points of Contact: Jessica Menold, ICDS co-hire and Digital Twins Hub director; Wenrui Hao, director of the Center for AI and Mathematical Biology
  • Supported by ICDS and Huck
  • Click here for more information

Quantum Hub Student Poster Competition:

  • DATE: April 22
  • LOCATION: Bank of America Career Services Center 123ABC
  • Points of Contact: Mahmut Kandemir, ICDS co-hire and Quantum Hub director; Mallorie McIlwain, communications and marketing specialist; Scott Walther, chief of staff; Clay Cruz, administrative assistant for strategic initiatives
  • Click here for more information

AI-Powered Materials Seminar Series:

  • DATES: April 22, April 28
  • LOCATION: 204 Pollock Dining Commons
  • Points of Contact: Vasant Honavar, ICDS co-hire and associate director of strategic initiatives; Caroline McLaughlin, research engineering project manager
  • Click here for more information

Food Security and Access for Healthy Futures Symposium:

  • DATE: April 24
  • LOCATION: Eric J. Barron Innovation Hub
  • Points of Contact: Abdullah Konak, distinguished professor of information sciences and technology at Penn State Berks; Clay Cruz, administrative assistant for strategic initiatives
  • Supported by ICDS, AIMI, Penn State Berks
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Center for Research in Design Innovation Seminar: Designing the future of sociotechnical energy systems:

  • DATE: April 24
  • LOCATION: 314 ECORE
  • Point of Contact: Jessica Menold, ICDS co-hire and Digital Twins Hub director

Genesis Mission Workshop:

  • DATE: April 30
  • LOCATION: Third Floor Millennium Science Complex Commons
  • ICDS Point of Contact: Jessica Menold, ICDS co-hire and Digital Twins Hub director
  • Supported by ICDS, Huck, MRI
  • Click here for more information

May 2026

Client Support Office Hours:

  • DATES: May 7, May 8, May 14, May 15, May 21, May 22, May 28, May 29
  • LOCATION: Held via Zoom
  • Point of Contact: Client Support Team

AI-Powered Materials Seminar Series:

  • DATE: May 1
  • LOCATION: 204 Pollock Dining Commons
  • Points of Contact: Vasant Honavar, ICDS co-hire and associate director of strategic initiatives; Caroline McLaughlin, research engineering project manager
  • Click here for more information

Open Scholarship Bootcamp:

  • DATES: May 11, May 12
  • LOCATION: Pattee Library
  • Hosted by Penn State University Libraries’ Research Data Stewardship Department
  • Click here for more information

CSATS Shaping AI in Education:

  • DATES: May14, May 29
  • LOCATIONS: Penn State Berks, York
  • PA Gov. Dept. of Education Funded Workshop
  • Supported by CSATS, AI Hub, AIMI, PA Intermediate Units

AI Hub/CAFE/College of Engineering industryXchange Student Poster Session:

  • DATE: May 19
  • LOCATION: Nittany Lion Inn
  • Points of Contact: Patrick Dudas, ICDS co-hire and associate director of the Center for Immersive Experiences; Mallorie McIlwain, communications and marketing specialist, Priya Baboo, College of Engineering industryXchange coordinator
  • Click here for more information

Quantum Machine Learning and Life Sciences Workshop:

  • DATE: May 27
  • LOCATION: 202 and 203 Findlay Commons
  • Point of Contact: Wenrui Hao, Center for AI and Mathematical Biology director
  • Supported and hosted by ICDS Quantum Hub, Center for AI and Mathematical Biology, Huck
  • Click here for more information

June 2026

Client Support Office Hours:

  • DATES: June 4, June 5, June 11, June 12, June 25, June 26
  • LOCATION: Held via Zoom
  • Point of Contact: Client Support Team

CSATS Shaping AI in Education:

  • DATES: June 1 and June 5
  • LOCATIONS: Wilkes-Barre and Virtual
  • PA Gov. Dept. of Education Funded Workshop
  • Supported by CSATS, AI Hub, AIMI, PA Intermediate Units

July 2026

Quantum Simulation of Strongly Correlated Quantum Matter — CTEQ Summer School 2026: