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Division of Human Resources Professional Development Seminar – “Certifications & Skill Development in Percipio”

Date: Thursday, November 5, 2026 1:00 PM - Fri , November 6, 2026 7:00 PM - This course introduces the tools available in Percipio to support growth through certifications and skill benchmarks. You'll learn how to identify relevant certifications and use benchmark assessments to measure current knowledge. Perfect for employees and supervisors alike, this session will help you navigate the platform's upskilling features and align learning with career development objectives.

RPI at Work Hosts Program Overview on November 4

Date: Wednesday, November 4, 2026 7:00 PM - 7:30 PM - Join this RPI at Work Programs Overview to learn more about the online, project-based degrees and certificates. Expect to hear details about how RPI Instructor Mentors provide industry expertise, advice, and mentorship in a targeted and experiential learning environment. Please RSVP if you plan to attend and learn more about RPI at Work.

Boardgames with WIB

Date: Wednesday, November 4, 2026 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM - Join Women in Business for boardgames, fun, and excitement in the Mueller Center on November 4th. For more information on the club and the event reach out to kooc@rpi.edu.

CEE Seminar Series - Dr. Keith A. Sawicz, Principal Scientist -Verisk Extreme Event Solutions

Date: Wednesday, November 4, 2026 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM - “From Rainfall to Risk: The Science and Technology Behind Precipitation-Driven Flood Catastrophe Models”. This talk will introduce the building blocks of a flood catastrophe model, including stochastic event generation, hydrologic and hydraulic modeling, exposure data, and vulnerability functions used to estimate risk of financial loss. I’ll illustrate how these components work together to translate a physical flood event into an estimate of damage and loss.

Computer Science Defense - Vasundhara Acharya - Distilling and Interpreting Graph and Causal models

Date: Wednesday, November 4, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM - Machine learning models such as graph neural networks, flexible causal-effect estimators, and causal discovery algorithms can capture complex structure in biomedical, materials, and neural data. Scientific and clinical use requires simpler or more structured representations. This dissertation asks what is preserved, and what is lost, when complex information is condensed into such forms. It argues that these representations should be judged by the decisions and conclusions they support.
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