Tippie Events

Identifying Key Players in your Market: Introduction to Industry & Market Information Research

Tuesday, April 4, 2023 12:00pm to 1:00pm

Art Building West

Investigate and research your market to become more informed and make better decisions. This workshop will highlight databases and common themes that help entrepreneurs identify trends, key players, and customers in your market. Taught by Maddi Brenner, Business Outreach and Reference Librarian, Pomerantz Business Library.

Introducing ChatGPT

Tuesday, April 4, 2023 12:00pm to 1:00pm

Virtual

Although we’ve been using artificial intelligence-driven tools at work and school for years, few of them have shown the power of ChatGPT. Introduced just last November, the research and writing robot has already upended business and education, and continued AI development promises only dramatic changes in the years ahead. We can anticipate that this technology will impact all of our work in the future. In this moderated panel discussion, our experts will discuss the underlying technology that has lead to the evolvement of ChatGPT, its impact on higher education, the legal issues impacting the technology, and how it is already changing business.

Thought Leaders Seminar, Business Analytics: Sam Burer

Friday, April 7, 2023 1:00pm to 2:00pm

Virtual

Topic: Two Decades of Low-Rank Optimization Big data matrices are often low rank, and so modern optimization algorithms often require the use of low-rank decision variables. Such variables also arise naturally in certain optimization problems, irrespective of the input data. As a result, over the past two decades, low-rank optimization has grown as a critical area of research in optimization and machine learning. However, enforcing low-rank structure on a variable gives rise to severe...

Innovation Challenge

Monday, April 10 8:00am to Tuesday, April 11, 2023 3:30pm

Innovation Challenge is a university-wide competition with the goal to identify, advance and support the most innovative and entrepreneurial projects on campus.

Protecting Your Ideas: Introduction to Patents, Trademarks & Intellectual Property

Tuesday, April 11, 2023 12:00pm to 1:00pm

Seamans Center

Explore the hidden world of patents and trademarks. This workshop features a basic introduction to what patents and trademarks are, the various types of patents in existence, and how to complete patents searches to begin the process. In addition to providing inventor exclusive rights to products, patents also give detailed information on certain products and methods that can help you in designing the development stages. Taught by Kari Kozak, director, Lichtenberger Engineering Library. Note: The...