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Columbia Engineering @columbiaseas.bsky.social · 8h

Researchers at Columbia Engineering have developed a compact light source generating dozens of high-power wavelengths—published in Nature Photonics—with potential to transform data centers and sensing technologies.

🔗 https://bit.ly/48jh7ql

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Columbia Engineering @columbiaseas.bsky.social · 5d

Our partners Columbia Business School and Columbia Climate School helped us kick off Climate Week NYC with a special Tech CEO Lecture — a fireside chat featuring alum Alexander Sarrigeorgiou BS'79, MS'80.

Read the recap:
https://bit.ly/475DZIN

Columbia Engineering @columbiaseas.bsky.social · 9d

The Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL) has awarded Kathleen McKeown with the ACL Lifetime Achievement Award for her research in natural language processing (NLP).

This honor celebrates McKeown’s pioneering research shaping the field of NLP. Congrats!
Read more: https://bit.ly/46PW7Fp

Columbia Engineering @columbiaseas.bsky.social · 13d

Arizona State Professor and Director of the Columbia Water Center, Upmanu Lall, is leading today’s 6th annual "Rethinking Water" Conference.

This event brings together experts to solve America's water crisis through sustainable solutions.

Learn more about the event: https://bit.ly/4njn7Ur

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Columbia Engineering @columbiaseas.bsky.social · 13d

On the first day of #ClimateWeek, we celebrated the launch of Gotham Foundry, a first-of-its-kind regenerative materials innovation hub. Thanks to our partners and to all the exhibitors who attended the kickoff!

Learn more: https://gothamfoundrynyc.org/

📸: Chris Taggart/Columbia Engineering

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Columbia Engineering @columbiaseas.bsky.social · 13d

Today’s event by @leapstc.bsky.social, led by director Pierre Gentine, will be full of rich discussions on Generative #AI's role in the future of climate modeling.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/45WQzJY

#ClimateWeek

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Columbia Engineering @columbiaseas.bsky.social · 14d

Fusion energy is a hot topic. 🔥
Today’s event, led by Associate Professor Carlos Paz-Soldan, will feature discussions from leaders in energy policy on how nations are cooperating -- and competing -- to commercialize this revolutionary clean energy source.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/45Vc1h3

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Columbia Engineering @columbiaseas.bsky.social · 14d

The Columbia Electrochemical Energy Center (CEEC) Annual Symposium will feature panels and keynotes exploring future challenges, opportunities, and emerging trends affecting energy storage.

CEEC is spearheaded by professors Dan Steingart and Alan West.

View the full agenda: https://bit.ly/4mHH47t

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Columbia Engineering @columbiaseas.bsky.social · 14d

This #ClimateWeek, we’re bringing back our first edition of The Lever. Read our exclusive insights from Columbia experts tackling everything from solar storage to AI-driven grid management.
https://bit.ly/3VRlVvT
Tomorrow’s CEEC symposium will feature many of the faculty highlighted in this issue.

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Columbia Engineering @columbiaseas.bsky.social · 16d

Chemical Engineering and Earth and Environmental Sciences Prof. @vfmcneill.bsky.social will be leading the #ClimateWeek event “Data and Partnerships for Global Clean Air and Climate."

Learn more: https://bit.ly/45ZFbgl
@climate.columbia.edu @climategroup.bsky.social‬ ‬‬‬@aqtoolbox.org‪

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Columbia Engineering @columbiaseas.bsky.social · 19d

We sat down with V. Faye McNeill to discuss her work co-leading the Clean Air Toolbox for Cities Initiative. Her upcoming event, happening during #ClimateWeek, will showcase pioneering work by researchers paving the way towards cleaner air and a sustainable climate.

https://bit.ly/46bc2iq

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Tim Roughgarden @timroughgarden.bsky.social · 20d

New research center focused on blockchain infrastructure @columbiaseas.bsky.social ! Made possible by @ethereumfoundation.bsky.social . Super-excited about this, more to
come!

cu-eth-research.bsky.social @cu-eth-research.bsky.social · 20d

Launch announcement here: www.engineering.columbia.edu/about/news/c...

Columbia Engineering and Ethereum Foundation Launch Research Center to Advance Blockchain Infrastructure | Columbia Engineering

The Center will support research and education to advance the development and understanding of blockchain protocols and their applications.

www.engineering.columbia.edu

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Columbia Engineering @columbiaseas.bsky.social · 20d

Led by Tim Roughgarden, the new Center will be dedicated to advancing the core infrastructure of blockchain technology. @datascicolumbia.bsky.social @cu-eth-research.bsky.social

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Columbia Engineering @columbiaseas.bsky.social · 20d

Excited to announce the launch of the Columbia-Ethereum Research Center for Blockchain Protocol Design — a new interdisciplinary hub created in partnership with the Ethereum Foundation.

Read the announcement: https://bit.ly/46nGYuE

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Columbia Engineering @columbiaseas.bsky.social · 22d

This event, led by Professor Ali Hirsa and Gary Kazantsev, is in partnership with The Center for Artificial Intelligence in Business Analytics and Financial Technology,
@bloomberglp.bsky.social, and @datascicolumbia.bsky.social.

Columbia Engineering @columbiaseas.bsky.social · 22d

Join us for the 11th Annual @bloomberglp.bsky.social -Columbia Machine Learning in Finance Conference on Sept. 25! The conference will bring together leading practitioners and academics to share cutting-edge applications of machine learning in finance.

Register today: bit.ly/4mz7vw4

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Columbia Engineering @columbiaseas.bsky.social · 23d

Earth and Environmental Engineering Professor Pierre Gentine discusses the future of climate modeling for Columbia Engineering News, noting the innovations paving the way for more accurate, long-term prediction models.

Read more: https://bit.ly/4mhqwSu
@datascicolumbia.bsky.social

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Columbia Engineering @columbiaseas.bsky.social · 26d

Columbia's Center of Advanced Electrification will host their inaugural Fall Symposium as a part of #ClimateWeek at Columbia Engineering. ⚡️Explore cutting-edge electrification through sessions on power systems, decentralized grids, and transportation. Register here: https://bit.ly/4ma2etH

Columbia Engineering @columbiaseas.bsky.social · 26d

In his contribution to our limited-series newsletter, The Lever, Eugene Wu reveals how sandboxed environments, forkable infrastructure, and built-in safeguards can create the guardrails needed for AI to move beyond suggestions and start taking meaningful action.

Subscribe: https://bit.ly/3Jq2dEm

Columbia Engineering @columbiaseas.bsky.social · 26d

The Sports AI Innovation Forum has kicked off this morning with remarks from Dean Shih-Fu Chang, Vice Dean of Computing and AI Prof. Vishal Misra, and Managing Director of the Sports AI Innovation Center Eddie Mandhry. Opening remarks by Priya Narasimhan, Professor at Carnegie Mellon University.

Columbia Engineering @columbiaseas.bsky.social · 28d

Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering Christine Hendon has been awarded the EQT Foundation Women’s Health Breakthrough Science grant, a funding initiative that aims to accelerate bold solutions in women’s health.

Congrats to Hendon on this achievement!⚒️
Read more: https://bit.ly/3JQ34yv

Columbia Engineering @columbiaseas.bsky.social · 28d

🌎 How can Generative AI transform climate science? Join LEAP during #ClimateWeek at Columbia Engineering for an expert panel discussion on how AI is innovating climate modeling. Register today: https://bit.ly/45WQzJY
@climate.columbia.edu ‪@climategroup.bsky.social‬ ‬‬‬@leapstc.bsky.social

Columbia Engineering @columbiaseas.bsky.social · 29d

The Computer Science Department’s MS Bridge program has awarded Justyn Chang and Ryan Puterbaugh as the next cohort of Lustgarten-Whitney Fellows.

Congratulations! Read more: https://bit.ly/4gdKw7b

Columbia Engineering @columbiaseas.bsky.social · 29d

Columbia Engineering Professors Lydia Chilton, Yunzhu Li and Sunil Agrawal will be featured speakers at this week’s Columbia-Dream Sports AI Innovation Symposium, happening Sept. 12.
This event explores AI innovations that are building the future of sports.
Register today: https://bit.ly/3HQzJDv

Columbia Engineering @columbiaseas.bsky.social · Sep 8

🌊 The 6th annual "Rethinking Water" Conference unites experts to solve America's water crisis through sustainable solutions. Don't miss this key event during #ClimateWeek at Columbia Engineering! https://bit.ly/4njn7Ur
@climate.columbia.edu ‪@climategroup.bsky.social

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