The Future Lecture Series

The Future Lecture Series invite leading scientists to discuss breakthrough technologies moving humanity forward greatly

 
 
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Printing Optical Materials

Guest Speaker: Nicholas Xuanlai Fang

Date: August 27, 2021, EST

Will future of smart lighting and window coatings enable energy-efficient cooling in smart buildings?

In this talk Professor Fang will report his recent efforts on controlling light harvesting and conversion process using scalable micro/nanofabrication.

These emerging optical materials show promise to a range of important applications, from optical networks and chip-scale photonic sensors to lasers, LEDs, and solar technology.


The Office of the Future

Guest Speaker: Carlo Ratti

Date: September 10, 2021, EST

Topics:

  • Senseable Intelligent Architecture

  • Intelligent Built Environment

  • Smart City

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The Next Breakthrough in Neuroscience

Guest Speaker: Robert Desimone

Date: September 3, 2021, EST

Topics:

  • Novel Therapeutics for Treating Brain Disorders Gene Therapies

  • Direct Manipulations of Brain Circuits

  • Precision Pharmacological Approaches


Visions for Green Future

Guest Speaker: Alexander Slocum

Date: September 24, 2021, EST

Topics:

  • Opportunity and Industry Trend of Renewable Energy Impacts of Global Warming & COVID-19 on Energy Vision for Green Future

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A Light Switch for Brain

Guest Speaker: Edward Boyden

Date: October 1, 2021, EST

Topics:

  • Cutting-edge mutations in brain science

  • New invention of brain activity imaging


Future Urban Collectives

Guest Speaker: Rafi Segal

Date: October 19, 2021, EST

Topics:

  • Future Urbanism Collectives

  • Transformation of Public

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Physician? Scientist? Inventor?

Guest Speaker: Elazer Edelman

Date: October 22, 2021, EST

Topics:

  • Cardiovascular Translational Medicine

  • Biomedical Device Innovation

  • Technology Commercialization


The Quest for Intelligence: To Reverse Engineer Human Visual System

Guest Speaker: James DiCarlo

Date: November 12, 2021, EST

Topics:

  • Computational Model of Human Visual System

  • Breakthrough in AI Computer Vision

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Tracing toxins around the world

Guest Speaker: Noelle Eckley Selin

Date: November 18, 2021, EST

Topics:

  • How does tracking policy affect mercury emissions

  • New methods of atmospheric transport and human exposure to mercury and health effects