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Past Event
Data Science Nights - February 2025 with Shivani Kozarekar and Maya Milrod, Chemical and Biological Engineering
Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems (NICO)
5:45 PM
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Lower Level, Chambers Hall
Details
JANUARY MEETING: Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 5:45pm (US Central)
LOCATION:
In person: Chambers Hall, Lower Level
600 Foster Steet, Evanston Campus
AGENDA:
5:45pm - Meet and Greet
6:00pm - Talk by Shivani Kozarekar, PhD Candidate, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, and Maya Milrod, PhD Student, Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University
6:45pm - Q&A
ABSTRACT:
Predicting Ceiling Temperature for Recyclable Polymer Design Using Machine Learning
The rapid rise in plastic production and low recycling rates have driven the need for sustainable, recyclable materials like intrinsically circular polymers (ICPs), which can be easily recycled back to their building blockss. Predicting a system's ceiling temperature (Tc), a key indicator of its intrinsic recyclability, is challenging due to complex thermodynamic interactions. I'll share work on machine learning models that estimate Tc by predicting enthalpy and entropy of polymerization and how they are combined with chemical network expansion tools to identify novel ICPs and support plastic waste reduction efforts
DATA SCIENCE NIGHTS are monthly talks on data science techniques or applications, organized by Northwestern University graduate students and scholars. Aspiring, beginning, and advanced data scientists are welcome! For more information: http://bit.ly/nico-dsn
Time
Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 5:45 PM - 7:30 PM
Location
Lower Level, Chambers Hall Map
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Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems (NICO)
WED@NICO Fall Seminar Series returns on Sept 24th!
Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems (NICO)
12:00 PM
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Lower Level, Chambers Hall
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The Wednesdays @ NICO Fall Seminar Series returns on September 24th and will run through November 12th, 2025. Please visit our web site in early September for detailed speaker information, talk titles and abstracts.
This fall, we are honored to host the following distinguished speakers:
9/24 - Emma Alexander, Dept of Computer Science, Northwestern University
10/1 - Sebastien Martin, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
10/8 - Tomer Ullman, Dept of Psychology, Harvard University
10/15 - Patrick Park, School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University
10/22 - Max Kreminski, Midjourney
10/29 - Elizabeth Gerber, Mechanical Engineering and Communication Studies, Northwestern University
11/5 - Julio Ottino, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University
11/12 - Blaise Aguera y Arcas, Google Research
Location:
In person: Chambers Hall, 600 Foster Street, Lower Level
Remote option: TBA via Zoom
About the Speaker Series:
Wednesdays@NICO is a vibrant weekly seminar series focusing broadly on the topics of complex systems, data science and network science. It brings together attendees ranging from graduate students to senior faculty who span all of the schools across Northwestern, from applied math to sociology to biology and every discipline in-between. Please visit: https://bit.ly/WedatNICO for information on future speakers.
Time
Wednesday, September 24, 2025 at 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Location
Lower Level, Chambers Hall Map
Contact
Calendar
Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems (NICO)