Welcome to the Faculty Senate

Wednesday, December 11, 2019 (5:00 pm - 7:00 pm) - The Faculty Senate invites all faculty to an End of Semester social at Eric's Restaurant.  Celebrate the accomplishments of the Faculty Senate with President Raul Ramos and President-Elect Jeronimo Cortina.  Join your colleagues to toast the end of another great semester and to the upcoming holiday season!  Click here for more information.

Monday, December 9, 2019 (11:00 am - 5:00 pm)  - Join UH Dining to create your great cookie masterpiece.  Choose from a variety of toppings, icing, and festive sprinkles to top-off your perfect cookie.  See more UH Dining events.  This event will take place at Moody Dining Commons and costs one meal swipe or door rate.  Click here for more information.

Thursday, December 12, and Friday, December 13, 2019 (8:30 am - 4:30 pm) - Data scientists in both industry and academia have been using GPUs for AI and machine learning to make groundbreaking improvements across a variety of applications in oil and gas, including reservoir characterization, signals and images processing and classification, and production systems analysis.  In particular, deep learning is an area that has been seeing significant investments and research.  Recently, two trends have sparked the use of deep learning within AI:  the availability of massive amounts of training data, and powerful and efficient parallel computing provided by GPU computing.  GPUs have become the processor of choice for processing big data for scientists.  In view of the impact of accelerating data analytics using GPUs, the HPE Data Science Institue will host a workshop focused on the interaction of the data science and industry communities.  The workshop will include a series of lectures by prominent speakers, covering topics such as data science in oil and gas, as well as applications of GPU technologies.  This event will give attendees the opportunity to see data analytics and applications in practice.  The workshop will take place in CBB Room 120.  Click here to learn more and click here to register.

Friday, December 13, 2019 (12:00 pm - 1:00 pm) - Come to the Faculty Cafe for a presentation by Dr. Lacey Schmidt, who will review the university-level policies and resources relevant to the tenure progress of Assistant Professors.  The overview will include information about where to find P&T policy updates, what elements go in portfolios, names of P&T liaisons, other resources, and a suggested timeline to guide faculty preparations.  Click here for more information.

Friday, December 6, through Friday, December 13, 2019 (1:00 pm - 5:00pm) - Come to the Faculty Cafe to do your grading and writing with your colleagues!  Free snacks and beverages available.  Click here for more information.