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1. [Illinois] weSTEM 2013 Series: Be Inspired, Stay Motivated, Grow Passionate

   Series | 14 Jun 2013

    weSTEM (Women Empowered in STEM) will provide a forum through which current and future STEM leaders can motivate and inspire each other to excel at the frontier of scientific advancement and develop solutions for the next generation of technical challenges. The day-long conference...

2. [Illinois] weSTEM 2013: Combining Interests and Expertise to Shape Your Career

   Online Presentations | 14 Jun 2013 | Contributor(s):: Roshni Kasad

   A common misconception among graduate students is that people believe they must stick to the same technical research area in which they earned a Ph.D. in order to find a job. While it might be more difficult to switch research areas or to switch fields entirely, it is possible to make this career...

3. [Illinois] weSTEM 2013: Discussion Panel

   Online Presentations | 20 Jun 2013 | Contributor(s):: Marie-Christine Brunet, Amy Chervenak, Ann Peedikayil, Cassandra Rutherford

   weSTEM (Women Empowered in STEM) will provide a forum through which current and future STEM leaders can motivate and inspire each other to excel at the frontier of scientific advancement and develop solutions for the next generation of technical challenges.

4. [Illinois] weSTEM 2013: Managing your Goals in the Face of Uncertainty

   Online Presentations | 14 Jun 2013 | Contributor(s):: Nina Tandon

   In a recent interview for the Lavin Daily, “You Don’t Have To Be One Thing: Nina Tandon On Pursuing Many Interests,” Nina describes the value in pursuing a variety of interests even when working towards an advanced degree in a specified, technical area. “Don’t worry about being that one thing,”...

5. [Illinois] weSTEM 2013: Navigating Academia and Personal Life in a Dual Career Couple

   Online Presentations | 18 Jul 2013 | Contributor(s):: Amy Wagoner-Johnson

   At various stages in your career you may pause to reflect on where you are professionally and where your career is headed. Having traveled what is considered a less conventional path for an academic, Amy will share her perception in retrospect of how she came to be where she is today and the...

6. [Illinois] weSTEM 2013: Science Mom, An Unconventional Balancing Act

   Online Presentations | 20 Jun 2013 | Contributor(s):: Jackie Kunzler

   Do you ever feel “busy”? Do you ever feel like you need 100 hours in a day? Time management is a coveted skill and is important when pursuing high-pressure, dynamic careers like those in STEM areas often are. Jackie Kunzler has a lifetime of experience with juggling a myriad of professional,...

7. [Illinois] X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) and Auger Electron Spectroscopy (AES) Part 1

   Online Presentations | 18 Aug 2015 | Contributor(s):: Rick Haasch

8. [Illinois] X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) and Auger Electron Spectroscopy (AES) Part 2

   Online Presentations | 18 Aug 2015 | Contributor(s):: Rick Haasch

9. [Illinois]: Avoidance Learn Simulation

   Tools | 20 Jun 2013 | Contributor(s):: AbderRahman N Sobh, NanoBio Node, Jessica S Johnson

   This script simulates avoidance conditioning as reinforcement learning with two upper motoneurons (SUMO and FUMO).

10. [Illinois]: Avoidance Learn Simulation with 'Call' Neuron

    Tools | 25 Jun 2013 | Contributor(s):: AbderRahman N Sobh, NanoBio Node, Jessica S Johnson

    This script simulates avoidance learning as a reinforcement learning with two upper motoneurons (sumo and fumo) and one "call" neuron.

11. [Illinois]: Error Gradient Estimations Due to Parallel Perturbation of Weights

    Tools | 07 Jul 2013 | Contributor(s):: AbderRahman N Sobh, Jessica S Johnson, NanoBio Node

    This tool trains two-layered networks of sigmoidal units to associate patterns using simultaneous perturbation of weights.

12. [Illinois]: Error Gradient Estimations Due to Perturbation of One Weight at a Time

    Tools | 29 Jun 2013 | Contributor(s):: AbderRahman N Sobh, Jessica S Johnson, NanoBio Node

    This tool trains two-layered networks of sigmoidal units to associate patterns using perturbation of one weight at a time.

13. [Illinois]: Perturbative Reinforcement Learning to Develop Distributed Representations

    Tools | 10 Jul 2013 | Contributor(s):: AbderRahman N Sobh, Jessica S Johnson, NanoBio Node

    This tool trains three-layered networks of sigmoidal units to associate patterns.

14. [Illinois]: Perturbative Reinforcement Learning Using Directed Drift

    Tools | 10 Jul 2013 | Contributor(s):: AbderRahman N Sobh, Jessica S Johnson, NanoBio Node

    This tool trains two-layered networks of sigmoidal units to associate patterns using a real-valued adaptation of the directed drift algorithm.