Aren Jansen on Temporal Sparsity for Robust and Efficient ASR</h1> <article> <h1>Aren Jansen on Temporal Sparsity for Robust and Efficient ASR</h1> <p>cmig@listhost.uchicago.edu (Chicago Media Initiatives Group) — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:07 -0500</p> "Not All Frames Are Created Equal: Temporal Sparsity for Robust and Efficient ASR" Aren Jansen Partha Niyogi Memorial Conference: Computer Science This conference is in honor of Partha Niyogi, the Louis Block Professor in Computer Science and Statistics at the University of Chicago. Partha lost his battle with cancer in October of 2010, at the age of 43. Partha made fundamental contributions to a variety of fields including language evolution, statistical inference, and speech recognition. The underlying themes of learning from observations and a rigorous basis for algorithms and models permeated his work. This conference will reflect Partha's interests and pay honor to his broad vision and unique insights. The influence of his ideas and the impact on several fields will be highlighted.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=StmV5CJiRmQ:JqEIHrrMYnw:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=StmV5CJiRmQ:JqEIHrrMYnw:dnMXMwOfBR0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=StmV5CJiRmQ:JqEIHrrMYnw:JEwB19i1-c4"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=StmV5CJiRmQ:JqEIHrrMYnw:wF9xT3WuBAs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=StmV5CJiRmQ:JqEIHrrMYnw:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=StmV5CJiRmQ:JqEIHrrMYnw:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=StmV5CJiRmQ:JqEIHrrMYnw:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Partha Mitra on the Mouse Brain Architecture Project UChicago</h1> <p>cmig@listhost.uchicago.edu (Chicago Media Initiatives Group) — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:13 -0500</p> "Mouse Brain Architecture Project" Partha Mitra Partha Niyogi Memorial Conference: Computer Science This conference is in honor of Partha Niyogi, the Louis Block Professor in Computer Science and Statistics at the University of Chicago. Partha lost his battle with cancer in October of 2010, at the age of 43. Partha made fundamental contributions to a variety of fields including language evolution, statistical inference, and speech recognition. The underlying themes of learning from observations and a rigorous basis for algorithms and models permeated his work. This conference will reflect Partha's interests and pay honor to his broad vision and unique insights. The influence of his ideas and the impact on several fields will be highlighted.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=57idpaKPB8k:zmWf6NC58II:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=57idpaKPB8k:zmWf6NC58II:dnMXMwOfBR0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=57idpaKPB8k:zmWf6NC58II:JEwB19i1-c4"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=57idpaKPB8k:zmWf6NC58II:wF9xT3WuBAs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=57idpaKPB8k:zmWf6NC58II:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=57idpaKPB8k:zmWf6NC58II:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=57idpaKPB8k:zmWf6NC58II:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Karen Livescu on Articulatory Modeling for Automatic Speech Recognition</h1> <p>cmig@listhost.uchicago.edu (Chicago Media Initiatives Group) — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:18 -0500</p> "Articulatory Modeling for Automatic Speech Recognition" Karen Livescu Partha Niyogi Memorial Conference: Computer Science This conference is in honor of Partha Niyogi, the Louis Block Professor in Computer Science and Statistics at the University of Chicago. Partha lost his battle with cancer in October of 2010, at the age of 43. Partha made fundamental contributions to a variety of fields including language evolution, statistical inference, and speech recognition. The underlying themes of learning from observations and a rigorous basis for algorithms and models permeated his work. This conference will reflect Partha's interests and pay honor to his broad vision and unique insights. The influence of his ideas and the impact on several fields will be highlighted.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=3qIcj5wHf8E:w9maQaEHXiE:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=3qIcj5wHf8E:w9maQaEHXiE:dnMXMwOfBR0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=3qIcj5wHf8E:w9maQaEHXiE:JEwB19i1-c4"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=3qIcj5wHf8E:w9maQaEHXiE:wF9xT3WuBAs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=3qIcj5wHf8E:w9maQaEHXiE:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=3qIcj5wHf8E:w9maQaEHXiE:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=3qIcj5wHf8E:w9maQaEHXiE:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Shmuel Weinberger on Unsupervised Learning</h1> <p>cmig@listhost.uchicago.edu (Chicago Media Initiatives Group) — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:26 -0500</p> "A Topological View of Unsupervised Learning" Shmuel Weinberger Partha Niyogi Memorial Conference: Computer Science This conference is in honor of Partha Niyogi, the Louis Block Professor in Computer Science and Statistics at the University of Chicago. Partha lost his battle with cancer in October of 2010, at the age of 43. Partha made fundamental contributions to a variety of fields including language evolution, statistical inference, and speech recognition. The underlying themes of learning from observations and a rigorous basis for algorithms and models permeated his work. This conference will reflect Partha's interests and pay honor to his broad vision and unique insights. The influence of his ideas and the impact on several fields will be highlighted.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=YFSXMnP6sfM:AmPJrGlEjTw:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=YFSXMnP6sfM:AmPJrGlEjTw:dnMXMwOfBR0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=YFSXMnP6sfM:AmPJrGlEjTw:JEwB19i1-c4"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=YFSXMnP6sfM:AmPJrGlEjTw:wF9xT3WuBAs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=YFSXMnP6sfM:AmPJrGlEjTw:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=YFSXMnP6sfM:AmPJrGlEjTw:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=YFSXMnP6sfM:AmPJrGlEjTw:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Gunnar Carlsson on the Shape of Data</h1> <p>cmig@listhost.uchicago.edu (Chicago Media Initiatives Group) — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:32 -0500</p> "The Shape of Data" Gunnar Carlsson Partha Niyogi Memorial Conference: Computer Science This conference is in honor of Partha Niyogi, the Louis Block Professor in Computer Science and Statistics at the University of Chicago. Partha lost his battle with cancer in October of 2010, at the age of 43. Partha made fundamental contributions to a variety of fields including language evolution, statistical inference, and speech recognition. The underlying themes of learning from observations and a rigorous basis for algorithms and models permeated his work. This conference will reflect Partha's interests and pay honor to his broad vision and unique insights. The influence of his ideas and the impact on several fields will be highlighted.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=IdS_7S0mN98:nPGrFQ_xmwQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=IdS_7S0mN98:nPGrFQ_xmwQ:dnMXMwOfBR0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=IdS_7S0mN98:nPGrFQ_xmwQ:JEwB19i1-c4"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=IdS_7S0mN98:nPGrFQ_xmwQ:wF9xT3WuBAs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=IdS_7S0mN98:nPGrFQ_xmwQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=IdS_7S0mN98:nPGrFQ_xmwQ:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=IdS_7S0mN98:nPGrFQ_xmwQ:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Vikas Sindhwani on Manifold Regularization</h1> <p>cmig@listhost.uchicago.edu (Chicago Media Initiatives Group) — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:40 -0500</p> "Learning Vector-valued Functions and Data-dependent Kernels for Manifold Regularization" Vikas Sindhwani Partha Niyogi Memorial Conference: Computer Science This conference is in honor of Partha Niyogi, the Louis Block Professor in Computer Science and Statistics at the University of Chicago. Partha lost his battle with cancer in October of 2010, at the age of 43. Partha made fundamental contributions to a variety of fields including language evolution, statistical inference, and speech recognition. The underlying themes of learning from observations and a rigorous basis for algorithms and models permeated his work. This conference will reflect Partha's interests and pay honor to his broad vision and unique insights. The influence of his ideas and the impact on several fields will be highlighted.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=39oq_z1EQzM:q7K-d9lTGUA:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=39oq_z1EQzM:q7K-d9lTGUA:dnMXMwOfBR0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=39oq_z1EQzM:q7K-d9lTGUA:JEwB19i1-c4"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=39oq_z1EQzM:q7K-d9lTGUA:wF9xT3WuBAs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=39oq_z1EQzM:q7K-d9lTGUA:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=39oq_z1EQzM:q7K-d9lTGUA:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=39oq_z1EQzM:q7K-d9lTGUA:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Jun Zhang on Laplacian Eigenfunctions Learn Population Structure</h1> <p>cmig@listhost.uchicago.edu (Chicago Media Initiatives Group) — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:46 -0500</p> "Laplacian Eigenfunctions Learn Population Structure" Jun Zhang Partha Niyogi Memorial Conference: Computer Science This conference is in honor of Partha Niyogi, the Louis Block Professor in Computer Science and Statistics at the University of Chicago. Partha lost his battle with cancer in October of 2010, at the age of 43. Partha made fundamental contributions to a variety of fields including language evolution, statistical inference, and speech recognition. The underlying themes of learning from observations and a rigorous basis for algorithms and models permeated his work. This conference will reflect Partha's interests and pay honor to his broad vision and unique insights. The influence of his ideas and the impact on several fields will be highlighted.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=9u2qGNHtCyY:kH7C94pb-Jw:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=9u2qGNHtCyY:kH7C94pb-Jw:dnMXMwOfBR0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=9u2qGNHtCyY:kH7C94pb-Jw:JEwB19i1-c4"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=9u2qGNHtCyY:kH7C94pb-Jw:wF9xT3WuBAs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=9u2qGNHtCyY:kH7C94pb-Jw:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=9u2qGNHtCyY:kH7C94pb-Jw:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=9u2qGNHtCyY:kH7C94pb-Jw:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Morgan Sonderegger on Combining Data and Dynamical Systems Models of Language Change</h1> <p>cmig@listhost.uchicago.edu (Chicago Media Initiatives Group) — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:53 -0500</p> "Combining Data and Dynamical Systems Models of Language Change" Morgan Sonderegger Partha Niyogi Memorial Conference: Computer Science This conference is in honor of Partha Niyogi, the Louis Block Professor in Computer Science and Statistics at the University of Chicago. Partha lost his battle with cancer in October of 2010, at the age of 43. Partha made fundamental contributions to a variety of fields including language evolution, statistical inference, and speech recognition. The underlying themes of learning from observations and a rigorous basis for algorithms and models permeated his work. This conference will reflect Partha's interests and pay honor to his broad vision and unique insights. The influence of his ideas and the impact on several fields will be highlighted.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=4r4ijmKx3wM:uZh3sEAtouw:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=4r4ijmKx3wM:uZh3sEAtouw:dnMXMwOfBR0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=4r4ijmKx3wM:uZh3sEAtouw:JEwB19i1-c4"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=4r4ijmKx3wM:uZh3sEAtouw:wF9xT3WuBAs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=4r4ijmKx3wM:uZh3sEAtouw:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=4r4ijmKx3wM:uZh3sEAtouw:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=4r4ijmKx3wM:uZh3sEAtouw:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Alexey Koloydenko on a Risk-based View of Path Inference in HMMs</h1> <p>cmig@listhost.uchicago.edu (Chicago Media Initiatives Group) — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:01 -0500</p> "A Risk-based View of the Conventional and New Types of Path Inference in HMMs" Alexey Koloydenko Partha Niyogi Memorial Conference: Computer Science This conference is in honor of Partha Niyogi, the Louis Block Professor in Computer Science and Statistics at the University of Chicago. Partha lost his battle with cancer in October of 2010, at the age of 43. Partha made fundamental contributions to a variety of fields including language evolution, statistical inference, and speech recognition. The underlying themes of learning from observations and a rigorous basis for algorithms and models permeated his work. This conference will reflect Partha's interests and pay honor to his broad vision and unique insights. The influence of his ideas and the impact on several fields will be highlighted.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=fCi8WNd6FrM:vcN0HAODZP4:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=fCi8WNd6FrM:vcN0HAODZP4:dnMXMwOfBR0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=fCi8WNd6FrM:vcN0HAODZP4:JEwB19i1-c4"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=fCi8WNd6FrM:vcN0HAODZP4:wF9xT3WuBAs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=fCi8WNd6FrM:vcN0HAODZP4:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=fCi8WNd6FrM:vcN0HAODZP4:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=fCi8WNd6FrM:vcN0HAODZP4:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Steve Smale on Topology and the Geometry of Manifolds from Sampling</h1> <p>cmig@listhost.uchicago.edu (Chicago Media Initiatives Group) — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:07 -0500</p> "Topology and the Geometry of Manifolds from Sampling" Steve Smale Partha Niyogi Memorial Conference: Computer Science This conference is in honor of Partha Niyogi, the Louis Block Professor in Computer Science and Statistics at the University of Chicago. Partha lost his battle with cancer in October of 2010, at the age of 43. Partha made fundamental contributions to a variety of fields including language evolution, statistical inference, and speech recognition. The underlying themes of learning from observations and a rigorous basis for algorithms and models permeated his work. This conference will reflect Partha's interests and pay honor to his broad vision and unique insights. The influence of his ideas and the impact on several fields will be highlighted.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=AIEzCZg2V6Q:2Ng7sF5NfpI:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=AIEzCZg2V6Q:2Ng7sF5NfpI:dnMXMwOfBR0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=AIEzCZg2V6Q:2Ng7sF5NfpI:JEwB19i1-c4"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=AIEzCZg2V6Q:2Ng7sF5NfpI:wF9xT3WuBAs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=AIEzCZg2V6Q:2Ng7sF5NfpI:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=AIEzCZg2V6Q:2Ng7sF5NfpI:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=AIEzCZg2V6Q:2Ng7sF5NfpI:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Hariharan Narayanan on Testing the Manifold Hypothesis</h1> <p>cmig@listhost.uchicago.edu (Chicago Media Initiatives Group) — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:13 -0500</p> "Testing the Manifold Hypothesis" Hariharan Narayanan Partha Niyogi Memorial Conference: Computer Science This conference is in honor of Partha Niyogi, the Louis Block Professor in Computer Science and Statistics at the University of Chicago. Partha lost his battle with cancer in October of 2010, at the age of 43. Partha made fundamental contributions to a variety of fields including language evolution, statistical inference, and speech recognition. The underlying themes of learning from observations and a rigorous basis for algorithms and models permeated his work. This conference will reflect Partha's interests and pay honor to his broad vision and unique insights. The influence of his ideas and the impact on several fields will be highlighted.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=329C_L_NDiY:p6BEEJbRafA:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=329C_L_NDiY:p6BEEJbRafA:dnMXMwOfBR0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=329C_L_NDiY:p6BEEJbRafA:JEwB19i1-c4"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=329C_L_NDiY:p6BEEJbRafA:wF9xT3WuBAs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=329C_L_NDiY:p6BEEJbRafA:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=329C_L_NDiY:p6BEEJbRafA:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=329C_L_NDiY:p6BEEJbRafA:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Misha Belkin on Graph Laplacian on Singular Manifolds</h1> <p>cmig@listhost.uchicago.edu (Chicago Media Initiatives Group) — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:17 -0500</p> "Toward Understanding Complex Data: Graph Laplacian on Singular Manifolds" Misha Belkin Partha Niyogi Memorial Conference: Computer Science This conference is in honor of Partha Niyogi, the Louis Block Professor in Computer Science and Statistics at the University of Chicago. Partha lost his battle with cancer in October of 2010, at the age of 43. Partha made fundamental contributions to a variety of fields including language evolution, statistical inference, and speech recognition. The underlying themes of learning from observations and a rigorous basis for algorithms and models permeated his work. This conference will reflect Partha's interests and pay honor to his broad vision and unique insights. The influence of his ideas and the impact on several fields will be highlighted.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=W-GEsKvav4o:Y-fBJt2N43A:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=W-GEsKvav4o:Y-fBJt2N43A:dnMXMwOfBR0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=W-GEsKvav4o:Y-fBJt2N43A:JEwB19i1-c4"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=W-GEsKvav4o:Y-fBJt2N43A:wF9xT3WuBAs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=W-GEsKvav4o:Y-fBJt2N43A:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=W-GEsKvav4o:Y-fBJt2N43A:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=W-GEsKvav4o:Y-fBJt2N43A:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Partha Niyogi Memorial Conference: Closing Remarks</h1> <p>cmig@listhost.uchicago.edu (Chicago Media Initiatives Group) — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:20 -0500</p> "Closing Remarks" Partha Niyogi Memorial Conference: Computer Science This conference is in honor of Partha Niyogi, the Louis Block Professor in Computer Science and Statistics at the University of Chicago. Partha lost his battle with cancer in October of 2010, at the age of 43. Partha made fundamental contributions to a variety of fields including language evolution, statistical inference, and speech recognition. The underlying themes of learning from observations and a rigorous basis for algorithms and models permeated his work. This conference will reflect Partha's interests and pay honor to his broad vision and unique insights. The influence of his ideas and the impact on several fields will be highlighted.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=UKonPbW-Mu4:K8nNQU57FqU:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=UKonPbW-Mu4:K8nNQU57FqU:dnMXMwOfBR0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=UKonPbW-Mu4:K8nNQU57FqU:JEwB19i1-c4"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=UKonPbW-Mu4:K8nNQU57FqU:wF9xT3WuBAs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=UKonPbW-Mu4:K8nNQU57FqU:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=UKonPbW-Mu4:K8nNQU57FqU:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=UKonPbW-Mu4:K8nNQU57FqU:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Rob Schapire on Multiclass Boosting</h1> <p>cmig@listhost.uchicago.edu (Chicago Media Initiatives Group) — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:14 -0500</p> "A Theory of Multiclass Boosting" Rob Schapire Partha Niyogi Memorial Conference: Computer Science This conference is in honor of Partha Niyogi, the Louis Block Professor in Computer Science and Statistics at the University of Chicago. Partha lost his battle with cancer in October of 2010, at the age of 43. Partha made fundamental contributions to a variety of fields including language evolution, statistical inference, and speech recognition. The underlying themes of learning from observations and a rigorous basis for algorithms and models permeated his work. This conference will reflect Partha's interests and pay honor to his broad vision and unique insights. The influence of his ideas and the impact on several fields will be highlighted.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=dytpTE-6IN8:CMTXjoXSBJU:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=dytpTE-6IN8:CMTXjoXSBJU:dnMXMwOfBR0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=dytpTE-6IN8:CMTXjoXSBJU:JEwB19i1-c4"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=dytpTE-6IN8:CMTXjoXSBJU:wF9xT3WuBAs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=dytpTE-6IN8:CMTXjoXSBJU:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=dytpTE-6IN8:CMTXjoXSBJU:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=dytpTE-6IN8:CMTXjoXSBJU:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Bin Yu on Spectral Clustering and High-Dim Stochastic Block Model for Undirected and Directed Graphs</h1> <p>cmig@listhost.uchicago.edu (Chicago Media Initiatives Group) — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:19 -0500</p> "Spectral Clustering and High-Dimensional Stochastic Block Model for Undirected and Directed Graphs" Bin Yu Partha Niyogi Memorial Conference: Computer Science This conference is in honor of Partha Niyogi, the Louis Block Professor in Computer Science and Statistics at the University of Chicago. Partha lost his battle with cancer in October of 2010, at the age of 43. Partha made fundamental contributions to a variety of fields including language evolution, statistical inference, and speech recognition. The underlying themes of learning from observations and a rigorous basis for algorithms and models permeated his work. This conference will reflect Partha's interests and pay honor to his broad vision and unique insights. The influence of his ideas and the impact on several fields will be highlighted.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=cSeht_DobKw:HjuQ4nOwdso:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=cSeht_DobKw:HjuQ4nOwdso:dnMXMwOfBR0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=cSeht_DobKw:HjuQ4nOwdso:JEwB19i1-c4"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=cSeht_DobKw:HjuQ4nOwdso:wF9xT3WuBAs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=cSeht_DobKw:HjuQ4nOwdso:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=cSeht_DobKw:HjuQ4nOwdso:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=cSeht_DobKw:HjuQ4nOwdso:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Amit Singer on Vector Diffusion Maps and the Connection Laplacian</h1> <p>cmig@listhost.uchicago.edu (Chicago Media Initiatives Group) — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:26 -0500</p> "Vector Diffusion Maps and the Connection Laplacian" Amit Singer Partha Niyogi Memorial Conference: Computer Science This conference is in honor of Partha Niyogi, the Louis Block Professor in Computer Science and Statistics at the University of Chicago. Partha lost his battle with cancer in October of 2010, at the age of 43. Partha made fundamental contributions to a variety of fields including language evolution, statistical inference, and speech recognition. The underlying themes of learning from observations and a rigorous basis for algorithms and models permeated his work. This conference will reflect Partha's interests and pay honor to his broad vision and unique insights. The influence of his ideas and the impact on several fields will be highlighted.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=qHAnyI1TtuA:QvKBqBc6Q9U:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=qHAnyI1TtuA:QvKBqBc6Q9U:dnMXMwOfBR0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=qHAnyI1TtuA:QvKBqBc6Q9U:JEwB19i1-c4"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=qHAnyI1TtuA:QvKBqBc6Q9U:wF9xT3WuBAs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=qHAnyI1TtuA:QvKBqBc6Q9U:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=qHAnyI1TtuA:QvKBqBc6Q9U:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=qHAnyI1TtuA:QvKBqBc6Q9U:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Sanjoy Dasgupta on Notions of Dimension and Their Use in Analyzing Non-parametric Regression</h1> <p>cmig@listhost.uchicago.edu (Chicago Media Initiatives Group) — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:32 -0500</p> "Notions of Dimension and Their Use in Analyzing Non-parametric Regression" Sanjoy Dasgupta Partha Niyogi Memorial Conference: Computer Science This conference is in honor of Partha Niyogi, the Louis Block Professor in Computer Science and Statistics at the University of Chicago. Partha lost his battle with cancer in October of 2010, at the age of 43. Partha made fundamental contributions to a variety of fields including language evolution, statistical inference, and speech recognition. The underlying themes of learning from observations and a rigorous basis for algorithms and models permeated his work. This conference will reflect Partha's interests and pay honor to his broad vision and unique insights. The influence of his ideas and the impact on several fields will be highlighted.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=pOMCzLjEnNk:7h9WTHbcg_4:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=pOMCzLjEnNk:7h9WTHbcg_4:dnMXMwOfBR0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=pOMCzLjEnNk:7h9WTHbcg_4:JEwB19i1-c4"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=pOMCzLjEnNk:7h9WTHbcg_4:wF9xT3WuBAs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=pOMCzLjEnNk:7h9WTHbcg_4:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=pOMCzLjEnNk:7h9WTHbcg_4:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=pOMCzLjEnNk:7h9WTHbcg_4:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Vladimir Koltchinskii on Low Rank Matrix Estimation</h1> <p>cmig@listhost.uchicago.edu (Chicago Media Initiatives Group) — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:37 -0500</p> "Low Rank Matrix Estimation" Vladimir Koltchinskii Partha Niyogi Memorial Conference: Computer Science This conference is in honor of Partha Niyogi, the Louis Block Professor in Computer Science and Statistics at the University of Chicago. Partha lost his battle with cancer in October of 2010, at the age of 43. Partha made fundamental contributions to a variety of fields including language evolution, statistical inference, and speech recognition. The underlying themes of learning from observations and a rigorous basis for algorithms and models permeated his work. This conference will reflect Partha's interests and pay honor to his broad vision and unique insights. The influence of his ideas and the impact on several fields will be highlighted.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=k7_67B2sy9s:Xm0qmgpm2bo:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=k7_67B2sy9s:Xm0qmgpm2bo:dnMXMwOfBR0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=k7_67B2sy9s:Xm0qmgpm2bo:JEwB19i1-c4"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=k7_67B2sy9s:Xm0qmgpm2bo:wF9xT3WuBAs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=k7_67B2sy9s:Xm0qmgpm2bo:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=k7_67B2sy9s:Xm0qmgpm2bo:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=k7_67B2sy9s:Xm0qmgpm2bo:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Tommy Poggio on the Computational Magic of the Ventral Stream</h1> <p>cmig@listhost.uchicago.edu (Chicago Media Initiatives Group) — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:41 -0500</p> "The Computational Magic of the Ventral Stream: From Visual Development to Group Theory, Hebbian Learning, and Wavelets" Tommy Poggio Partha Niyogi Memorial Conference: Computer Science This conference is in honor of Partha Niyogi, the Louis Block Professor in Computer Science and Statistics at the University of Chicago. Partha lost his battle with cancer in October of 2010, at the age of 43. Partha made fundamental contributions to a variety of fields including language evolution, statistical inference, and speech recognition. The underlying themes of learning from observations and a rigorous basis for algorithms and models permeated his work. This conference will reflect Partha's interests and pay honor to his broad vision and unique insights. The influence of his ideas and the impact on several fields will be highlighted.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=2asSNCnOwp8:KuTHRG3PlKA:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=2asSNCnOwp8:KuTHRG3PlKA:dnMXMwOfBR0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=2asSNCnOwp8:KuTHRG3PlKA:JEwB19i1-c4"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=2asSNCnOwp8:KuTHRG3PlKA:wF9xT3WuBAs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=2asSNCnOwp8:KuTHRG3PlKA:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=2asSNCnOwp8:KuTHRG3PlKA:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=2asSNCnOwp8:KuTHRG3PlKA:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Pedro Felzenszwalb on Object Detection Grammars</h1> <p>cmig@listhost.uchicago.edu (Chicago Media Initiatives Group) — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:45 -0500</p> "Object Detection Grammars" Pedro Felzenszwalb Partha Niyogi Memorial Conference: Computer Science This conference is in honor of Partha Niyogi, the Louis Block Professor in Computer Science and Statistics at the University of Chicago. Partha lost his battle with cancer in October of 2010, at the age of 43. Partha made fundamental contributions to a variety of fields including language evolution, statistical inference, and speech recognition. The underlying themes of learning from observations and a rigorous basis for algorithms and models permeated his work. This conference will reflect Partha's interests and pay honor to his broad vision and unique insights. The influence of his ideas and the impact on several fields will be highlighted.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=AnutZMx1c_E:VGmKrjlaLY4:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=AnutZMx1c_E:VGmKrjlaLY4:dnMXMwOfBR0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=AnutZMx1c_E:VGmKrjlaLY4:JEwB19i1-c4"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=AnutZMx1c_E:VGmKrjlaLY4:wF9xT3WuBAs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=AnutZMx1c_E:VGmKrjlaLY4:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=AnutZMx1c_E:VGmKrjlaLY4:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=AnutZMx1c_E:VGmKrjlaLY4:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Yali Amit on Biologically Plausible Neural Networks for Invariant Visual Recognition</h1> <p>cmig@listhost.uchicago.edu (Chicago Media Initiatives Group) — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:52 -0500</p> "Biologically Plausible Neural Networks for Invariant Visual Recognition" Yali Amit Partha Niyogi Memorial Conference: Computer Science This conference is in honor of Partha Niyogi, the Louis Block Professor in Computer Science and Statistics at the University of Chicago. Partha lost his battle with cancer in October of 2010, at the age of 43. Partha made fundamental contributions to a variety of fields including language evolution, statistical inference, and speech recognition. The underlying themes of learning from observations and a rigorous basis for algorithms and models permeated his work. This conference will reflect Partha's interests and pay honor to his broad vision and unique insights. The influence of his ideas and the impact on several fields will be highlighted.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=7P9EWH7d2Bs:5_3b2HWfdYA:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=7P9EWH7d2Bs:5_3b2HWfdYA:dnMXMwOfBR0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=7P9EWH7d2Bs:5_3b2HWfdYA:JEwB19i1-c4"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=7P9EWH7d2Bs:5_3b2HWfdYA:wF9xT3WuBAs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=7P9EWH7d2Bs:5_3b2HWfdYA:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=7P9EWH7d2Bs:5_3b2HWfdYA:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=7P9EWH7d2Bs:5_3b2HWfdYA:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Partha Niyogi Memorial Conference: Memorial Comments</h1> <p>cmig@listhost.uchicago.edu (Chicago Media Initiatives Group) — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 17:00 -0500</p> "Memorial Comments" Partha Niyogi Memorial Conference: Computer Science This conference is in honor of Partha Niyogi, the Louis Block Professor in Computer Science and Statistics at the University of Chicago. Partha lost his battle with cancer in October of 2010, at the age of 43. Partha made fundamental contributions to a variety of fields including language evolution, statistical inference, and speech recognition. The underlying themes of learning from observations and a rigorous basis for algorithms and models permeated his work. This conference will reflect Partha's interests and pay honor to his broad vision and unique insights. The influence of his ideas and the impact on several fields will be highlighted.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=lV1VNu35SPg:7e5dF407WxI:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=lV1VNu35SPg:7e5dF407WxI:dnMXMwOfBR0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=lV1VNu35SPg:7e5dF407WxI:JEwB19i1-c4"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=lV1VNu35SPg:7e5dF407WxI:wF9xT3WuBAs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=lV1VNu35SPg:7e5dF407WxI:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=lV1VNu35SPg:7e5dF407WxI:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=lV1VNu35SPg:7e5dF407WxI:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>D. Kimbrough Oller on Automated Monitoring of Vocal Development</h1> <p>cmig@listhost.uchicago.edu (Chicago Media Initiatives Group) — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:43 -0500</p> "Automated Monitoring of Vocal Development: The Potential for Screening and Diagnosis of Childhood Handicaps" D. Kimbrough Oller Partha Niyogi Memorial Conference: Computer Science This conference is in honor of Partha Niyogi, the Louis Block Professor in Computer Science and Statistics at the University of Chicago. Partha lost his battle with cancer in October of 2010, at the age of 43. Partha made fundamental contributions to a variety of fields including language evolution, statistical inference, and speech recognition. The underlying themes of learning from observations and a rigorous basis for algorithms and models permeated his work. This conference will reflect Partha's interests and pay honor to his broad vision and unique insights. The influence of his ideas and the impact on several fields will be highlighted.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=Q3M1JS13LRQ:nrUP7YBRVqI:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=Q3M1JS13LRQ:nrUP7YBRVqI:dnMXMwOfBR0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=Q3M1JS13LRQ:nrUP7YBRVqI:JEwB19i1-c4"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=Q3M1JS13LRQ:nrUP7YBRVqI:wF9xT3WuBAs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=Q3M1JS13LRQ:nrUP7YBRVqI:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=Q3M1JS13LRQ:nrUP7YBRVqI:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=Q3M1JS13LRQ:nrUP7YBRVqI:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Natalia Komarova on Mathematical Modeling of Color Categorization</h1> <p>cmig@listhost.uchicago.edu (Chicago Media Initiatives Group) — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 16:05 -0500</p> "Mathematical Modeling of Color Categorization in Humans" Natalia Komarova Partha Niyogi Memorial Conference: Computer Science This conference is in honor of Partha Niyogi, the Louis Block Professor in Computer Science and Statistics at the University of Chicago. Partha lost his battle with cancer in October of 2010, at the age of 43. Partha made fundamental contributions to a variety of fields including language evolution, statistical inference, and speech recognition. The underlying themes of learning from observations and a rigorous basis for algorithms and models permeated his work. This conference will reflect Partha's interests and pay honor to his broad vision and unique insights. The influence of his ideas and the impact on several fields will be highlighted.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=533kPiQ0h78:_w1NkRzs2ks:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=533kPiQ0h78:_w1NkRzs2ks:dnMXMwOfBR0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=533kPiQ0h78:_w1NkRzs2ks:JEwB19i1-c4"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=533kPiQ0h78:_w1NkRzs2ks:wF9xT3WuBAs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=533kPiQ0h78:_w1NkRzs2ks:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=533kPiQ0h78:_w1NkRzs2ks:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=533kPiQ0h78:_w1NkRzs2ks:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Natalia Komarova on Language Evolution</h1> <p>cmig@listhost.uchicago.edu (Chicago Media Initiatives Group) — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 16:35 -0500</p> "Overview on Language Evolution" Natalia Komarova Partha Niyogi Memorial Conference: Computer Science This conference is in honor of Partha Niyogi, the Louis Block Professor in Computer Science and Statistics at the University of Chicago. Partha lost his battle with cancer in October of 2010, at the age of 43. Partha made fundamental contributions to a variety of fields including language evolution, statistical inference, and speech recognition. The underlying themes of learning from observations and a rigorous basis for algorithms and models permeated his work. This conference will reflect Partha's interests and pay honor to his broad vision and unique insights. The influence of his ideas and the impact on several fields will be highlighted.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=sWv-dm7aJf4:XvWBTOm0vGw:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=sWv-dm7aJf4:XvWBTOm0vGw:dnMXMwOfBR0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=sWv-dm7aJf4:XvWBTOm0vGw:JEwB19i1-c4"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=sWv-dm7aJf4:XvWBTOm0vGw:wF9xT3WuBAs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=sWv-dm7aJf4:XvWBTOm0vGw:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=sWv-dm7aJf4:XvWBTOm0vGw:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=sWv-dm7aJf4:XvWBTOm0vGw:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Human Capital Risk, Contract Enforcement, and the Macroeconomy</h1> <p>cmig@listhost.uchicago.edu (Chicago Media Initiatives Group) — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 16:15 -0500</p> Tom Krebs of the University of Mannheim, Moritz Kuhn of the University of Bonn, and Mark Wright of UCLA discuss "Human Capital Risk, Contract Enforcement, and the Macroeconomy." In their research, they develop a macroeconomic model with physical and human capital, human capital risk, and limited contract enforcement. They show analytically young (high-return) households are the most exposed to human capital risk and are also the least insured. A policy reform that makes consumer bankruptcy more costly leads to a substantial increase in the volume of credit and insurance. The lecture is part of a day-long conference organized by James Heckman, Nobel Laureate and professor of Economics at the University of Chicago.The conference is titled "Financing Human Capital Investment" and gathered prominent economists and policy practitioners from across the globe. The conference represents the beginning of a systematic effort to understand the relationship between human capital development at the micro and macro levels. It was unique in its bringing together of macroeconomists who consider the aggregate consequences of heterogeneity and microeconomists whose research focuses on education. These scholars normally do not communicate, yet their work must be integrated to understand the role of finance in human capital formation. Heckman suggested that the focus of the research network should be enriched by considering family and community influences to develop a comprehensive understanding of the determinants of human flourishing. The conference was hosted by the Markets Network, which studies how market frictions affect human capital formation and which determines the effects of policies designed to overcome the borrowing constraints that arise in the presence of such frictions. The network is part of the Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Global Working Group (HCE), headed by Heckman, Hanover Investment Group’s Robert Dugger, and the University of Wisconsin – Madison’s Steven Durlauf.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=kUBX8LOZVF8:qXf2jq_ImWM:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=kUBX8LOZVF8:qXf2jq_ImWM:dnMXMwOfBR0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=kUBX8LOZVF8:qXf2jq_ImWM:JEwB19i1-c4"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=kUBX8LOZVF8:qXf2jq_ImWM:wF9xT3WuBAs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=kUBX8LOZVF8:qXf2jq_ImWM:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=kUBX8LOZVF8:qXf2jq_ImWM:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=kUBX8LOZVF8:qXf2jq_ImWM:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Understanding the Income Gradient in College Attendance in Mexico</h1> <p>cmig@listhost.uchicago.edu (Chicago Media Initiatives Group) — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 16:46 -0500</p> Katja Kaufmann of Bocconi University discusses the income gradient in college attendance in Mexico. In her research, she examines the differences in college enrollment rates between poor and rich students in Latin America and analyzes the varying information sets between the poor and the rich, which translates into different perceptions of individual returns to college. Conditional on their information sets, poor people might expect low returns and decide not to attend, or face high (unobserved) costs that prevent them from attending despite high returns. The lecture is part of a day-long conference organized by James Heckman, Nobel Laureate and professor of Economics at the University of Chicago.The conference is titled "Financing Human Capital Investment" and gathered prominent economists and policy practitioners from across the globe. The conference represents the beginning of a systematic effort to understand the relationship between human capital development at the micro and macro levels. It was unique in its bringing together of macroeconomists who consider the aggregate consequences of heterogeneity and microeconomists whose research focuses on education. These scholars normally do not communicate, yet their work must be integrated to understand the role of finance in human capital formation. Heckman suggested that the focus of the research network should be enriched by considering family and community influences to develop a comprehensive understanding of the determinants of human flourishing. The conference was hosted by the Markets Network, which studies how market frictions affect human capital formation and which determines the effects of policies designed to overcome the borrowing constraints that arise in the presence of such frictions. The network is part of the Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Global Working Group (HCE), headed by Heckman, Hanover Investment Group’s Robert Dugger, and the University of Wisconsin – Madison’s Steven Durlauf.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=TOobZS6gotE:b_dUWkLqd6A:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=TOobZS6gotE:b_dUWkLqd6A:dnMXMwOfBR0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=TOobZS6gotE:b_dUWkLqd6A:JEwB19i1-c4"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=TOobZS6gotE:b_dUWkLqd6A:wF9xT3WuBAs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=TOobZS6gotE:b_dUWkLqd6A:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=TOobZS6gotE:b_dUWkLqd6A:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=TOobZS6gotE:b_dUWkLqd6A:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>The Macroeconomics of Microfinance</h1> <p>cmig@listhost.uchicago.edu (Chicago Media Initiatives Group) — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 16:57 -0500</p> Francisco Buera of UCLA, Joseph Kaboski of the University of Notre Dame, and Yongseok Shin of Washington University, St. Louis, discuss the impacts of economy-wide microfinance or credit programs targeted toward small-scale businesses. They ﬁnd that the redistributive impacts of microﬁnance are stronger in general equilibrium than in partial equilibrium, but the aggregate impacts on output, capital, and consumption are smaller. Making the typical microﬁnance program more widely available has only a small impact on per-capita income, since the increase in total factor productivity (TFP) is oﬀset by lower capital accumulation that stems from the redistribution of income from high-saving individuals to low-saving ones. The vast majority of the population are positively impacted by microﬁnance, but only through the equilibrium increase in wages. The lecture is part of a day-long conference organized by James Heckman, Nobel Laureate and professor of Economics at the University of Chicago.The conference is titled "Financing Human Capital Investment" and gathered prominent economists and policy practitioners from across the globe. The conference represents the beginning of a systematic effort to understand the relationship between human capital development at the micro and macro levels. It was unique in its bringing together of macroeconomists who consider the aggregate consequences of heterogeneity and microeconomists whose research focuses on education. These scholars normally do not communicate, yet their work must be integrated to understand the role of finance in human capital formation. Heckman suggested that the focus of the research network should be enriched by considering family and community influences to develop a comprehensive understanding of the determinants of human flourishing. The conference was hosted by the Markets Network, which studies how market frictions affect human capital formation and which determines the effects of policies designed to overcome the borrowing constraints that arise in the presence of such frictions. The network is part of the Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Global Working Group (HCE), headed by Heckman, Hanover Investment Group’s Robert Dugger, and the University of Wisconsin – Madison’s Steven Durlauf.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=w8rGV-w4c5c:pSNmRJrkJU0:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=w8rGV-w4c5c:pSNmRJrkJU0:dnMXMwOfBR0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=w8rGV-w4c5c:pSNmRJrkJU0:JEwB19i1-c4"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=w8rGV-w4c5c:pSNmRJrkJU0:wF9xT3WuBAs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=w8rGV-w4c5c:pSNmRJrkJU0:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=w8rGV-w4c5c:pSNmRJrkJU0:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=w8rGV-w4c5c:pSNmRJrkJU0:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Equilibrium Effects of Education Policies</h1> <p>cmig@listhost.uchicago.edu (Chicago Media Initiatives Group) — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 17:14 -0500</p> Giovanni Gallipoli of the University of British Columbia, Costas Meghir of Yale University, and Giovanni Violante of New York University discuss the equilibrium effects of alternative education policies on the distribution of education, earnings, inequality, and output. In partial equilibrium, these policies are effective in increasing education and mildly reducing inequality, but in general equilibrium the results are starkly different. The more able but liquidity-constrained individuals take up extra education, while the education levels of the less able decrease because they are crowded out. The lecture is part of a day-long conference organized by James Heckman, Nobel Laureate and professor of Economics at the University of Chicago.The conference is titled "Financing Human Capital Investment" and gathered prominent economists and policy practitioners from across the globe. The conference represents the beginning of a systematic effort to understand the relationship between human capital development at the micro and macro levels. It was unique in its bringing together of macroeconomists who consider the aggregate consequences of heterogeneity and microeconomists whose research focuses on education. These scholars normally do not communicate, yet their work must be integrated to understand the role of finance in human capital formation. Heckman suggested that the focus of the research network should be enriched by considering family and community influences to develop a comprehensive understanding of the determinants of human flourishing. The conference was hosted by the Markets Network, which studies how market frictions affect human capital formation and which determines the effects of policies designed to overcome the borrowing constraints that arise in the presence of such frictions. The network is part of the Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Global Working Group (HCE), headed by Heckman, Hanover Investment Group’s Robert Dugger, and the University of Wisconsin – Madison’s Steven Durlauf.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=9cdckwmtCnU:_O-F6KUpn3Q:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=9cdckwmtCnU:_O-F6KUpn3Q:dnMXMwOfBR0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=9cdckwmtCnU:_O-F6KUpn3Q:JEwB19i1-c4"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=9cdckwmtCnU:_O-F6KUpn3Q:wF9xT3WuBAs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=9cdckwmtCnU:_O-F6KUpn3Q:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=9cdckwmtCnU:_O-F6KUpn3Q:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=9cdckwmtCnU:_O-F6KUpn3Q:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>The Production Function of Human Capital in Developing Countries</h1> <p>cmig@listhost.uchicago.edu (Chicago Media Initiatives Group) — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 17:20 -0500</p> Orazio Attanasio of University College London discusses human capital in developing countries as part of a day-long conference organized by James Heckman, Nobel Laureate and professor of Economics at the University of Chicago. Heckman also gave his concluding remarks on the conference, titled "Financing Human Capital Investment" and gathered prominent economists and policy practitioners from across the globe. The conference represents the beginning of a systematic effort to understand the relationship between human capital development at the micro and macro levels. It was unique in its bringing together of macroeconomists who consider the aggregate consequences of heterogeneity and microeconomists whose research focuses on education. These scholars normally do not communicate, yet their work must be integrated to understand the role of finance in human capital formation. Heckman suggested that the focus of the research network should be enriched by considering family and community influences to develop a comprehensive understanding of the determinants of human flourishing. The conference was hosted by the Markets Network, which studies how market frictions affect human capital formation and which determines the effects of policies designed to overcome the borrowing constraints that arise in the presence of such frictions. The network is part of the Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Global Working Group (HCE), headed by Heckman, Hanover Investment Group’s Robert Dugger, and the University of Wisconsin – Madison’s Steven Durlauf.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=x8bC5BKNpeI:ohzACJ2J-IE:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=x8bC5BKNpeI:ohzACJ2J-IE:dnMXMwOfBR0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=x8bC5BKNpeI:ohzACJ2J-IE:JEwB19i1-c4"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=x8bC5BKNpeI:ohzACJ2J-IE:wF9xT3WuBAs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=x8bC5BKNpeI:ohzACJ2J-IE:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=x8bC5BKNpeI:ohzACJ2J-IE:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=x8bC5BKNpeI:ohzACJ2J-IE:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Measuring Long-Run Risk</h1> <p>cmig@listhost.uchicago.edu (Chicago Media Initiatives Group) — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 15:22 -0500</p> John C. Heaton, professor of Finance at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, discusses what happens when "consumption strikes back" and how fundamental economic variables regain importance in explaining risk premiums in stock markets. He also discusses how a decline in the stock market today may reflect an underlying shock to the economy that will not dissipate quickly and will have an impact over a long horizon. Stocks that closely follow business cycles are considered riskier, because they will typically fall at the first hint of a downturn and rise faster as the economy recovers. From the investors' perspective, stocks of companies whose earnings are most affected by economic conditions should promise a bigger return. Many people then believe that an economic recession goes hand in hand with a bear market. However, Heaton says this often has not been true in the past, and value stocks, those with low market values relative to the fundamental factors that determine their price, have had consistently higher returns than growth stocks, those whose earnings are expected to grow rapidly.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=uCAASYYCLP4:CY-tBRHoWDA:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=uCAASYYCLP4:CY-tBRHoWDA:dnMXMwOfBR0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=uCAASYYCLP4:CY-tBRHoWDA:JEwB19i1-c4"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=uCAASYYCLP4:CY-tBRHoWDA:wF9xT3WuBAs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=uCAASYYCLP4:CY-tBRHoWDA:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=uCAASYYCLP4:CY-tBRHoWDA:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=uCAASYYCLP4:CY-tBRHoWDA:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Balancing Incentives</h1> <p>cmig@listhost.uchicago.edu (Chicago Media Initiatives Group) — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 15:27 -0500</p> Stavros Panageas, assistant professor of Finance at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, discusses how contracts with distorted payoffs should encourage a long-term view to offset risk shifting, which can occur when firms face financial distress. When a company is about to go broke, it might be tempted to take on risky projects that promise high returns. Shareholders reap the benefits of this gamble if the projects succeed, but otherwise creditors bear the loss. Shareholders are essentially taking a bet with the creditors' money. This situation arises whenever the expected payoffs of managers' investment choices allow them to cash in on the upside, but avoid being penalized for the downside. Compensation contracts for managers are sometimes structured in a way that generates such lopsided payoffs. A study by Panageas and Mark M. Westerfield of the University of Southern California, argues that the implicit or explicit length of a contract is an important factor for this behavior.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=mLzlLl2upKU:FT8czDLwQ7M:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=mLzlLl2upKU:FT8czDLwQ7M:dnMXMwOfBR0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=mLzlLl2upKU:FT8czDLwQ7M:JEwB19i1-c4"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=mLzlLl2upKU:FT8czDLwQ7M:wF9xT3WuBAs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=mLzlLl2upKU:FT8czDLwQ7M:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=mLzlLl2upKU:FT8czDLwQ7M:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=mLzlLl2upKU:FT8czDLwQ7M:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>The Risk of Stocks in the Long Run</h1> <p>cmig@listhost.uchicago.edu (Chicago Media Initiatives Group) — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 15:40 -0500</p> Lubos Pastor, professor of Finance at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, discusses how contrary to conventional wisdom, stocks are riskier in the long run. Investors are often told that stocks are highly risky for anyone investing for a period of five years or less. Extend that to 15 years or more, and they are told the risk of owning stocks falls dramatically because a longer investment period allows more time for a bull market to cancel out a bear market. This conventional wisdom has become the cornerstone of long-term investing and is supported by the historical performance of stocks. However, according to a recent study by Pastor and Robert F. Stambaugh of the University of Pennsylvania, investors should pay attention not only to historical estimates, but also to the uncertainty associated with those estimates. This uncertainty compounds over time, so that its effect on the volatility of stocks increases, and the volatility over long periods of time can be so high that it can overturn the conventional view.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=dr9cm6QtBVw:VSwZ9gptBPQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=dr9cm6QtBVw:VSwZ9gptBPQ:dnMXMwOfBR0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=dr9cm6QtBVw:VSwZ9gptBPQ:JEwB19i1-c4"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=dr9cm6QtBVw:VSwZ9gptBPQ:wF9xT3WuBAs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=dr9cm6QtBVw:VSwZ9gptBPQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=dr9cm6QtBVw:VSwZ9gptBPQ:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=dr9cm6QtBVw:VSwZ9gptBPQ:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>The Money Value of a Man</h1> <p>cmig@listhost.uchicago.edu (Chicago Media Initiatives Group) — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 17:00 -0500</p> Mark Huggett of Georgetown University and Greg Kaplan of the University of Pennsylvania discuss the "Money Value of a Man" as part of a day-long conference organized by James Heckman, Nobel Laureate and professor of Economics at the University of Chicago.The conference is titled "Financing Human Capital Investment" and gathered prominent economists and policy practitioners from across the globe. The conference represents the beginning of a systematic effort to understand the relationship between human capital development at the micro and macro levels. It was unique in its bringing together of macroeconomists who consider the aggregate consequences of heterogeneity and microeconomists whose research focuses on education. These scholars normally do not communicate, yet their work must be integrated to understand the role of finance in human capital formation. Heckman suggested that the focus of the research network should be enriched by considering family and community influences to develop a comprehensive understanding of the determinants of human flourishing. The conference was hosted by the Markets Network, which studies how market frictions affect human capital formation and which determines the effects of policies designed to overcome the borrowing constraints that arise in the presence of such frictions. The network is part of the Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Global Working Group (HCE), headed by Heckman, Hanover Investment Group’s Robert Dugger, and the University of Wisconsin – Madison’s Steven Durlauf.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=nmwvQ5Z56f8:ZcmPJYpyr_Y:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=nmwvQ5Z56f8:ZcmPJYpyr_Y:dnMXMwOfBR0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=nmwvQ5Z56f8:ZcmPJYpyr_Y:JEwB19i1-c4"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=nmwvQ5Z56f8:ZcmPJYpyr_Y:wF9xT3WuBAs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=nmwvQ5Z56f8:ZcmPJYpyr_Y:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=nmwvQ5Z56f8:ZcmPJYpyr_Y:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=nmwvQ5Z56f8:ZcmPJYpyr_Y:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Logan Center for the Arts – A Look Inside</h1> <p>cmig@listhost.uchicago.edu (Chicago Media Initiatives Group) — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 19:31 -0500</p> Artists, students, faculty, and community members prepare for the six-month preview period of the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts starting March 26, 2012. Located south of Chicago's Midway Plaisance, this new multidisciplinary arts center designed by renowned architects Tod Williams and Billie Tsien, integrates classroom, performance, exhibition, studio, and rehearsal spaces. The grand opening celebration is slated for Fall 2012. For more information on public programs and events visit http://logancenter.uchicago.edu<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=BKSSrVzBv2Q:INV2hvO0BMg:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=BKSSrVzBv2Q:INV2hvO0BMg:dnMXMwOfBR0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=BKSSrVzBv2Q:INV2hvO0BMg:JEwB19i1-c4"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=BKSSrVzBv2Q:INV2hvO0BMg:wF9xT3WuBAs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=BKSSrVzBv2Q:INV2hvO0BMg:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=BKSSrVzBv2Q:INV2hvO0BMg:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=BKSSrVzBv2Q:INV2hvO0BMg:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Highlights: Education and Social Service Strategies for Reducing Crime and Violence</h1> <p>cmig@listhost.uchicago.edu (Chicago Media Initiatives Group) — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 10:34 -0500</p> Leaders from student support services and the University of Chicago discuss methods for reducing crime among high-risk students through education and programs designed to focus on students' social, emotional, and academic lives. Speakers include: Robin Jacob, Urban Education Lab affiliate Timothy Knowles, director of the University of Chicago Urban Education Institute Jean-Claude Brizard, CEO of Chicago Public Schools Evelyn Diaz, Chicago's commissioner of the Department of Family and Support Services Susana Vasquez, executive director of Local Initiatives Support Corporation in Chicago This talk was part of a forum titled "Reducing Urban Crime and Violence: What Works and What Is Promising," presented by The University of Chicago Crime Lab.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=vdHoSLwQN1E:3kEan7iPOKc:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=vdHoSLwQN1E:3kEan7iPOKc:dnMXMwOfBR0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=vdHoSLwQN1E:3kEan7iPOKc:JEwB19i1-c4"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=vdHoSLwQN1E:3kEan7iPOKc:wF9xT3WuBAs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=vdHoSLwQN1E:3kEan7iPOKc:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=vdHoSLwQN1E:3kEan7iPOKc:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=vdHoSLwQN1E:3kEan7iPOKc:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Highlights: Law Enforcement Strategies for Reducing Crime and Violence</h1> <p>cmig@listhost.uchicago.edu (Chicago Media Initiatives Group) — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 10:35 -0500</p> Experts on law enforcement and public policy discuss the effect urban violence has on Chicago communities and methods for reducing crime among high-risk students through adjustments in law enforcement, police activity, and criminal justice. Frank Zimring, author of The City That Became Safe, details how New York was able to drastically reduce homicides, and how this can be applied to Chicago. Speakers include: Hon. Paul Biebel, Presiding Judge of the Criminal Division Circuit Court of Cook County Patrick Fitzgerald, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois Jens Ludwig, professor of social service administration, law, and public policy; director of the University of Chicago Crime Lab; and co-director of the Urban Education Lab Garry McCarthy, superintendent of the Chicago Police Department Frank Zimring, professor of law and chair of the Criminal Justice Research Program at the University of California, Berkeley This talk was part of a forum titled "Reducing Urban Crime and Violence: What Works and What Is Promising," presented by The University of Chicago Crime Lab.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=EhM9PG-O2DU:2Jm9JKT7i2g:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=EhM9PG-O2DU:2Jm9JKT7i2g:dnMXMwOfBR0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=EhM9PG-O2DU:2Jm9JKT7i2g:JEwB19i1-c4"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=EhM9PG-O2DU:2Jm9JKT7i2g:wF9xT3WuBAs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=EhM9PG-O2DU:2Jm9JKT7i2g:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=EhM9PG-O2DU:2Jm9JKT7i2g:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=EhM9PG-O2DU:2Jm9JKT7i2g:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Child Welfare, Race, and Disparity: New Findings, New Opportunities</h1> <p>cmig@listhost.uchicago.edu (Chicago Media Initiatives Group) — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 16:29 -0500</p> Experts on child welfare policy discuss the gap between Black and White children in the welfare system. They attempt to answer questions that have arisen from efforts to understand this gap: Does the magnitude of the gap differ in different localities? Do places that have high disparity rates share other characteristics? Are factors such as family structure, unemployment, and parental education levels related in any way to disparity rates? If so, how should what we learn about where disparity is greatest influence public investments designed to promote greater equity for children and families? Panelists include: Fred Wulczyn, Senior Research Fellow, Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago Eric Fenner, Managing Director, Strategic Consulting, Casey Family Programs John Mattingly, Senior Fellow, Annie E. Casey Foundation Lonnie Snowden, Professor, School of Public Health, UC Berkeley The forum is moderated by Matthew Stagner, Executive Director, Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=I-oOQO2O7Pw:Vk6UhsZD2hA:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=I-oOQO2O7Pw:Vk6UhsZD2hA:dnMXMwOfBR0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=I-oOQO2O7Pw:Vk6UhsZD2hA:JEwB19i1-c4"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=I-oOQO2O7Pw:Vk6UhsZD2hA:wF9xT3WuBAs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=I-oOQO2O7Pw:Vk6UhsZD2hA:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=I-oOQO2O7Pw:Vk6UhsZD2hA:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=I-oOQO2O7Pw:Vk6UhsZD2hA:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Education and Social Service Strategies for Reducing Crime and Violence</h1> <p>cmig@listhost.uchicago.edu (Chicago Media Initiatives Group) — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:38 -0500</p> Leaders from student support services and the University of Chicago discuss methods for reducing crime among high-risk students through education and programs designed to focus on students' social, emotional, and academic lives. Speakers include: Robin Jacob, Urban Education Lab affiliate Timothy Knowles, director of the University of Chicago Urban Education Institute Jean-Claude Brizard, CEO of Chicago Public Schools Evelyn Diaz, Chicago's commissioner of the Department of Family and Support Services Susana Vasquez, executive director of Local Initiatives Support Corporation in Chicago This talk was part of a forum titled "Reducing Urban Crime and Violence: What Works and What Is Promising," presented by The University of Chicago Crime Lab.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=Fs8gy4XdtzM:GWuFekrI7Vs:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=Fs8gy4XdtzM:GWuFekrI7Vs:dnMXMwOfBR0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=Fs8gy4XdtzM:GWuFekrI7Vs:JEwB19i1-c4"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=Fs8gy4XdtzM:GWuFekrI7Vs:wF9xT3WuBAs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=Fs8gy4XdtzM:GWuFekrI7Vs:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=Fs8gy4XdtzM:GWuFekrI7Vs:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=Fs8gy4XdtzM:GWuFekrI7Vs:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Law Enforcement Strategies for Reducing Crime and Violence</h1> <p>cmig@listhost.uchicago.edu (Chicago Media Initiatives Group) — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 17:04 -0500</p> Experts on law enforcement and public policy discuss the effect urban violence has on Chicago communities and methods for reducing crime among high-risk students through adjustments in law enforcement, police activity, and criminal justice. Frank Zimring, author of The City That Became Safe, details how New York was able to drastically reduce homicides, and how this can be applied to Chicago. Speakers include: Hon. Paul Biebel, Presiding Judge of the Criminal Division Circuit Court of Cook County Patrick Fitzgerald, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois Jens Ludwig, professor of social service administration, law, and public policy; director of the University of Chicago Crime Lab; and co-director of the Urban Education Lab Garry McCarthy, superintendent of the Chicago Police Department Frank Zimring, professor of law and chair of the Criminal Justice Research Program at the University of California, Berkeley This talk was part of a forum titled "Reducing Urban Crime and Violence: What Works and What Is Promising," presented by The University of Chicago Crime Lab.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=Ja8gFOqpteE:ZV0iRsr7-ds:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=Ja8gFOqpteE:ZV0iRsr7-ds:dnMXMwOfBR0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=Ja8gFOqpteE:ZV0iRsr7-ds:JEwB19i1-c4"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=Ja8gFOqpteE:ZV0iRsr7-ds:wF9xT3WuBAs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=Ja8gFOqpteE:ZV0iRsr7-ds:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=Ja8gFOqpteE:ZV0iRsr7-ds:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=Ja8gFOqpteE:ZV0iRsr7-ds:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Research Across Disciplines and Nations</h1> <p>cmig@listhost.uchicago.edu (Chicago Media Initiatives Group) — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:05 -0500</p> Faculty Director Dali Yang speaks about the University of Chicago Center in Beijing.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=YDKNdP6SNeQ:Uw_qZZxnq30:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=YDKNdP6SNeQ:Uw_qZZxnq30:dnMXMwOfBR0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=YDKNdP6SNeQ:Uw_qZZxnq30:JEwB19i1-c4"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=YDKNdP6SNeQ:Uw_qZZxnq30:wF9xT3WuBAs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=YDKNdP6SNeQ:Uw_qZZxnq30:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=YDKNdP6SNeQ:Uw_qZZxnq30:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=YDKNdP6SNeQ:Uw_qZZxnq30:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Dan Adelman on Managing a Portfolio of Supply Contracts</h1> <p>cmig@listhost.uchicago.edu (Chicago Media Initiatives Group) — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 15:26 -0500</p> Dan Adelman, Professor of Operations Management at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, speaks about research he recently published, "Optimal Mix: Managing a Portfolio of Supply Contracts."<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=dgjiwXMn5Ew:vnTP2k8YfMI:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=dgjiwXMn5Ew:vnTP2k8YfMI:dnMXMwOfBR0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=dgjiwXMn5Ew:vnTP2k8YfMI:JEwB19i1-c4"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=dgjiwXMn5Ew:vnTP2k8YfMI:wF9xT3WuBAs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=dgjiwXMn5Ew:vnTP2k8YfMI:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=dgjiwXMn5Ew:vnTP2k8YfMI:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=dgjiwXMn5Ew:vnTP2k8YfMI:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Burhaneddin Sandıkçı on The Price of Privacy</h1> <p>cmig@listhost.uchicago.edu (Chicago Media Initiatives Group) — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 15:42 -0500</p> Burhaneddin Sandıkçı, Assistant Professor of Operations Management at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, speaks about research recently published by him on "The Price of Privacy."<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=KQKX8qxCWUg:ngdQOiZogG0:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=KQKX8qxCWUg:ngdQOiZogG0:dnMXMwOfBR0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=KQKX8qxCWUg:ngdQOiZogG0:JEwB19i1-c4"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=KQKX8qxCWUg:ngdQOiZogG0:wF9xT3WuBAs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=KQKX8qxCWUg:ngdQOiZogG0:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=KQKX8qxCWUg:ngdQOiZogG0:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=KQKX8qxCWUg:ngdQOiZogG0:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Elizabeth Pontikes on the Evolution of Categories within Organizations</h1> <p>cmig@listhost.uchicago.edu (Chicago Media Initiatives Group) — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 16:07 -0500</p> Elizabeth G. Pontikes, Assistant Professor of Organizations and Strategy at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, speaks about her research on the evolution of categories and identity within organizations.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=_BXtu3XQhVM:7habug7851w:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=_BXtu3XQhVM:7habug7851w:dnMXMwOfBR0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=_BXtu3XQhVM:7habug7851w:JEwB19i1-c4"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=_BXtu3XQhVM:7habug7851w:wF9xT3WuBAs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=_BXtu3XQhVM:7habug7851w:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=_BXtu3XQhVM:7habug7851w:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=_BXtu3XQhVM:7habug7851w:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Researchers in neuroscience find that rodents show empathetic behavior toward each other</h1> <p>cmig@listhost.uchicago.edu (Chicago Media Initiatives Group) — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:48 -0500</p> In a series of experiments, University of Chicago researchers observed the first evidence of helping behavior triggered by empathy in laboratory rats. The researchers, psychology graduate student and first author Inbal Ben-Ami Bartal and co-authors Jean Decety, the Irving B. Harris Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry, and Peggy Mason, Professor of Neurobiology, published their observation today in Science. It places the origin of pro-social helping behavior earlier in the evolutionary tree than previously thought. Though empathetic behavior has been observed anecdotally in non-human primates and other wild species, the concept had not previously been observed in rodents in a laboratory setting.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=Fft9_xScvmU:oYZHi1vPpG0:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=Fft9_xScvmU:oYZHi1vPpG0:dnMXMwOfBR0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=Fft9_xScvmU:oYZHi1vPpG0:JEwB19i1-c4"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=Fft9_xScvmU:oYZHi1vPpG0:wF9xT3WuBAs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=Fft9_xScvmU:oYZHi1vPpG0:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=Fft9_xScvmU:oYZHi1vPpG0:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=Fft9_xScvmU:oYZHi1vPpG0:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Xtreme Research: Interesting Places and Unusual Challenges Panel Discussion</h1> <p>cmig@listhost.uchicago.edu (Chicago Media Initiatives Group) — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 11:34 -0500</p> University, Argonne and Fermilab scientists discuss their passion for science and why they go to far-flung and sometimes dangerous locations to reap the rewards of their research. Gabriel Spitzer, WBEZ science and health reporter, moderated the panel.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=EO0OQFgkjj0:c4DzKj2GBQ8:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=EO0OQFgkjj0:c4DzKj2GBQ8:dnMXMwOfBR0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=EO0OQFgkjj0:c4DzKj2GBQ8:JEwB19i1-c4"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=EO0OQFgkjj0:c4DzKj2GBQ8:wF9xT3WuBAs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=EO0OQFgkjj0:c4DzKj2GBQ8:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=EO0OQFgkjj0:c4DzKj2GBQ8:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=EO0OQFgkjj0:c4DzKj2GBQ8:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Xtreme Research: “Interesting Places and Unusual Challenges”</h1> <p>cmig@listhost.uchicago.edu (Chicago Media Initiatives Group) — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 12:00 -0500</p> From building a lab half a mile underground in Northern Minnesota to installing $10 million worth of sophisticated instruments to measure climate change, University, Argonne and Fermilab scientists’ research has led them to sites around the world.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=tcA5EUaGDJg:n_-FiXCfPJw:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=tcA5EUaGDJg:n_-FiXCfPJw:dnMXMwOfBR0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=tcA5EUaGDJg:n_-FiXCfPJw:JEwB19i1-c4"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=tcA5EUaGDJg:n_-FiXCfPJw:wF9xT3WuBAs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=tcA5EUaGDJg:n_-FiXCfPJw:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=tcA5EUaGDJg:n_-FiXCfPJw:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=tcA5EUaGDJg:n_-FiXCfPJw:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Public Systems: Responding to Students Affected by Trauma</h1> <p>cmig@listhost.uchicago.edu (Chicago Media Initiatives Group) — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 11:40 -0500</p> Children and youth who experience trauma such as maltreatment are often involved with multiple systems in the public sector, including foster care, education, and juvenile justice. Effective interventions for this vulnerable population require a perspective that is grounded in the understanding of trauma and its effects; comprehensive information about the medical, social, developmental, mental health, and educational status of the child and the adults who figure prominently in the child's life; and collaboration across public systems. Panelists Cheryl Smithgall, Ph.D., is a Research Fellow at Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago. Her research interests include child and family services, children's mental health, foster care and education, and kinship care. Gene Griffin, Ph.D., J.D., is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University. His research focuses on child trauma, mental health, juvenile justice, and child welfare. Margaret Porter, M.H.S., is the Program Administrator for Youth & Justice Programs which serve vulnerable youth in Rochester, N.Y. Matthew Stagner, Ph.D., is the Executive Director of Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago (Moderator). Part of the Chapin Hall Child & Family Policy Forum series.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=XLkdeO-ersA:CZC8rfuSjgA:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=XLkdeO-ersA:CZC8rfuSjgA:dnMXMwOfBR0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=XLkdeO-ersA:CZC8rfuSjgA:JEwB19i1-c4"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=XLkdeO-ersA:CZC8rfuSjgA:wF9xT3WuBAs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=XLkdeO-ersA:CZC8rfuSjgA:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=XLkdeO-ersA:CZC8rfuSjgA:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=XLkdeO-ersA:CZC8rfuSjgA:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Tyler Keillor - Paleoart</h1> <p>cmig@listhost.uchicago.edu (Chicago Media Initiatives Group) — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 16:52 -0500</p> Tyler Keillor talks about his work as a paleoartist.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=3_ctCWogrfc:7WP1kPQdcnA:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=3_ctCWogrfc:7WP1kPQdcnA:dnMXMwOfBR0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=3_ctCWogrfc:7WP1kPQdcnA:JEwB19i1-c4"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=3_ctCWogrfc:7WP1kPQdcnA:wF9xT3WuBAs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=3_ctCWogrfc:7WP1kPQdcnA:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=3_ctCWogrfc:7WP1kPQdcnA:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/researchaudio?a=3_ctCWogrfc:7WP1kPQdcnA:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Children’s Spatial Thinking: Does Talk About the Spatial World Matter?</h1> <p>cmig@listhost.uchicago.edu (Chicago Media Initiatives Group) — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 14:47 -0500</p> Preschool children who hear their parents describe the size and shape of objects and then use those words themselves perform better on tests of their spatial skills, researchers at the University of Chicago research find. 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