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On Thursday, January 27th, online, Noon-1pm. Emerging hardware for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) methods can be coupled with traditional High Performance Computing (HPC) workflows involving molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. Arvind Ramanathan proposes Stream-AI-MD, a novel instance of applying deep learning methods to drive adaptive MD simulation campaigns in a streaming manner. You will also see a demonstration of using Stream-AI-MD to run multi resolution simulations for understanding the SARS-CoV-2 replication transcription complex. Arvind Ramanathan, Ph.D., is a computational biologist in the Data Science and Learning Division at Argonne National Laboratory and a senior scientist at the University of Chicago Consortium for Advanced Science and Engineering (CASE). Click here for more information about the event, the presenter and to register.

On Friday, January 28th, Moores Opera House and Virtual Livestream, 7:30-9:30pm. General admission - $25.00. Senior Citizen (65+) - $20.00. UH faculty, staff, alumni, students - $20.00. Virtual livestream - $10.00. Click here for tickets. Click here for the flyer.

Nominations for the Moores Professorships, the Mentoring Undergraduate Research Award, and the Outstanding Graduate Mentor Award are due on Tuesday, February 1st. The Global Faculty Award is due on Friday, February 4th. Consider nominating a deserving fellow faculty member. Click here for more about the nomination and application checklists.

On Thursday, March 3rd, Virtual Accomplished Leaders Forum @ 1:00 – 2:30pm. Gilda A. Barabino, president of Olin College of Engineering and professor of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering is a noted investigator in the areas of sickle cell disease, cellular and tissue engineering, and the role of race/ethnicity and gender in science and engineering. She is the president-elect of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world's largest interdisciplinary scientific society, an active member of the National Academy of Engineering and the National Academy of Medicine and serves on committees of the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine.

With the new semester starting and students coming back to campus, University of Houston is disclosing new positive COVID-19 cases daily. To make this data accessible, The Cougar has created interactive, visual charts of the spread of the coronavirus on campus and within the UH community. Click here for the latest visual COVID-19 tracking charts by The Cougar. Click here for the University of Houston COVID-19 positive cases tracking information.