Open educational resources (OER): OERs are starting to become more popular in higher education. They help make higher education more inclusive and accessible. According to a 2022 study by Bay View Analytics about half of US college faculty have now become aware of OERs. Interestingly, awareness was lowest among engineering faculty. OER includes freely available textbooks, problem sets, lectures, etc. For example, did you know that the pdf version of many machine learning and deep learning textbooks have been made available freely by authors and publishers? Did you know that you can easily find recorded lecture series on various topics with a simple search on Youtube or through websites like MIT OpenCourseWare or NPTEL? We have listed some of these lecture series (of interest to us) here. Below, we provide a comprehensive list of another valuable OER for researchers: seminar series.
Until recently, the opportunity to attend regular technical seminars and listen to talks by research leaders was limited to individuals enrolled at prestigious universities that hosted regular seminar series. These usually 1-hour seminars are very valuable as they provide detailed presentations about latest research developments. Seminar series provide faculty, students, and postdocs with the valuable opportunity to remain informed about the latest advancements in their field, stay up-to-date, and, most importantly, be inspired (after all we need inspiration for new ideas!!). Fortunately, in recent years, especially since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, numerous seminar series have transitioned to online platforms, offering free access to the general public.
Below, we have compiled a comprehensive list of such seminar series in the broad areas of interest to our lab (and many others): 1- Scientific machine learning, 2- Data science, 3- Fluid mechanics, 4- Solid mechanics, 5- Biomechanics and biomedical engineering, 6- Cardiovascular sciences, 7- Computational modeling, 8- Applied mathematics, and 9- general mechanical engineering.
You can subscribe to these seminar series and/or browse previous recorded talks that are available. Enjoy!!
If we missed something interesting, please let me know!!
The seminar series recommended by me (my favorites) are highlighted in red.
Scientific Machine Learning webinars
1- CRUNCH seminars (PINN and more)
Website: https://sites.brown.edu/crunch-group/
https://www.youtube.com/@CrunchGroup
2- Data-Driven Methods for Science and Engineering Seminar
Website: http://www.databookuw.com/seminars/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAjV5jJzAU8JE4wH7C12s6A
3- Data-driven Physical Simulations (DDPS) Seminar Series
Website: https://www.librom.net/ddps.html
4- e-Seminar on Scientific Machine Learning
Website: https://scientific-ml.org/
https://www.youtube.com/@benerichson2936
5- Machine Learning and Dynamical Systems Seminar
https://www.youtube.com/@mlds_seminar/videos
6- Chalmers AI4Science
https://www.youtube.com/@chalmersai4science609/videos
7- Oxford ML and Physics Seminars
https://www.youtube.com/@OxfordMLandPhysicsSeminars/videos
8- Physics meets machine learning
website: http://physicsmeetsml.org/
https://www.youtube.com/@physicsmeetsml6979/videos
9- Scientific Computing and Artificial Intelligence
https://www.youtube.com/@zabaras/videos
10- CMU Scientific Machine Learning Webinar Series
https://www.cmu.edu/aced/sciML.html
11- Physics-Informed Learning Machines for Multiscale and Multiphysics Problems
Website: https://www.pnnl.gov/projects/sea-crogs/webinars
https://www.youtube.com/@pnnlunplugged8739/videos
12- PREMIERE PREdictive Modelling with QuantIfication of UncERtainty for MultiphasE Systems
Website: https://cassyni.com/s/premiere
13- Combining AI and ML with Physics Sciences
https://www.youtube.com/@mlps-combiningaiandmlwithp2897/videos
14- Data-Driven Fluid Mechanics: Combining First Principles and Machine Learning (This was a one-time workshop that later turned into a nice book)
Lectures from the workshop: https://www.datadrivenfluidmechanics.com/index.php/lectures-videos
15- Physics-informed machine learning meets engineering seminar series
https://www.turing.ac.uk/events/phi-ml-meets-engineering
Machine Learning and Data Science webinars
1- DataLearning seminars (Data Assimilation and Machine Learning)
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/rossella-arcucci/home/calendar-datalearning
https://www.youtube.com/@datalearning1609/featured
2- Online Seminar on Mathematical Foundations of Data Science
https://sites.google.com/view/seminarmathdatascience/home
3- Michigan Institute for Data Science
https://www.youtube.com/@UM_MIDAS/videos
Older videos are available here:
https://www.youtube.com/@advancedresearchcomputinga4547/videos
4- Texas A&M Institute of Data Science
https://www.youtube.com/@TexasAMInstituteofDataScience/videos
5- One world theoretical machine learning
https://www.youtube.com/@oneworldtheoreticalmachine110/videos
6- Center for Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence seminars
Website: https://cmai.gmu.edu/index.php/events/#colloquium
7- Mathematical Methods for Arbitrary Data Sources
Website: http://www.nonlocal-methods.eu/oneworld/
https://www.youtube.com/@FAUAppliedMathematics/videos
8- DeepMath
https://www.youtube.com/@deepmath9408/videos
9- Center for Intelligent Systems CIS EPFL
https://www.youtube.com/@CIS_EPFL/videos
10- Utah DataScience
https://www.youtube.com/@utahdatascience6178/videos
11- NJIT Institute for Data Science
Website: https://datascience.njit.edu/events
https://www.youtube.com/@NJITInstituteforDataScience/videos
12- JHU Mathematical Institute for Data Science
https://www.youtube.com/@jhumathematicalinstitutefo685/videos
13- Foundations of Data Science Institute
https://www.youtube.com/@MIFODS/featured
14- Scientific Computing and Artificial Intelligence
https://www.youtube.com/@zabaras/videos
15- Reinforcement learning theory seminars
https://www.youtube.com/@RLtheory/videos
16- The two leading machine learning annual conferences can also be accessed online! Change the year in the links below to find the website for the other years. I suggest browsing the Workshops and Tutorials parts of these conferences:
NeurIPS:
ICML:
https://icml.cc/virtual/2023/index.html
Fluid Mechanics webinars
1- Journal of Fluid Mechanics (JFM) Webinar series
Website: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-fluid-mechanics/fluid-mechanics-webinar-series
2- UK Fluids Network Seminar Collection
https://cassyni.com/c/uk-fluids-network
3- LMFL Fluid Mechanics Webinar
https://www.youtube.com/@lmflfluidmechanicswebinar2801/videos
4- USACM Fluid-structure interaction (FSI) webinars
https://unsacm.memberclicks.net/tta–cfd-fsi
5- Aerodynamics & Control Seminars
https://cassyni.com/s/ic-aerodynamics-and-control
6- Experiments in Fluids Journal Seminar
7- Australasian Fluid Mechanics Society
https://www.youtube.com/@australasianfluidmechanics6391/videos
8- Leeds Institute for Fluid Dynamics
https://www.youtube.com/@leedsinstituteforfluiddyna8620/videos
9- Online Turbulence Seminar (OTS) series
https://www.youtube.com/@turbulenceseminar3970/videos
10- Intelligent and Bio-inspired Mechanics webinars
Website: http://ibim-conference.com/
https://www.youtube.com/@user-yt6wu6rl1s/videos
11- BioActive Fluids
https://www.youtube.com/@bioactiveukfluids8105/videos
12- Physics of Fluids seminars
https://cassyni.com/series/Gmu7gNbocT8yuZbUZjUjC6
13- Complex Fluids and Soft Matter seminars
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIUHz2fZcSa91G9ADiyvTBhwtp7uIwr8O
Solid Mechanics webinars
1- KTH Solid Mechanics seminar series
https://www.kth.se/en/sci/tekmek/solid-mechanics-seminars
2- USACM Large Scale Structural Systems and Optimal Design
https://unsacm.memberclicks.net/tta–large-scale-structural-systems
3- Extreme Mechanics Letters webinars
Website: https://imechanica.org/node/24098
https://www.youtube.com/@emlwebinar5109/streams
Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering webinars
1- Closer Look: An Open Journal Club in Biomechanics
https://www.youtube.com/@closerlookanopenjournalclu8797/videos
2- Computational Biomedicine
https://www.youtube.com/@computationalbiomedicine2363/videos
3- European Society of Biomechanics
https://www.youtube.com/@ESBiomech/videos
4- VPH Institute
https://www.youtube.com/@VPHINST/videos
5- Ansys Healthcare Industry Webinar Series:
https://www.ansys.com/events/healthcare-industry-webcast-series
6- Auckland Bioengineering Institute
https://cassyni.com/series/SeqaVR2QzFGw9XDyyJpSmY
7- Translational Biomedical Engineering Seminars
https://www.youtube.com/@translationalbiomedicaleng8305/videos
Cardiovascular Sciences webinars
1- Stanford Frontiers in Cardiovascular Science (some talks available)
https://med.stanford.edu/cvi/events/frontiers-in-cv-science/seminar-videos-2023.html
2- Utah Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute (CVRTI)
https://www.youtube.com/@cvrti1532/videos
3- Journal of Vascular Surgery journal clubs
https://www.youtube.com/@journalofvascularsurgery9910/videos
4- Cerebral Blood flow Virtual seminars
https://www.youtube.com/@carolinerickards7617/videos
5- Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC) journal clubs, webinars, cardiology hour, etc.:
6- IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS) Technical Committee (TC) on Biomedical Imaging and Image Processing
https://www.youtube.com/@ieeeembstechnicalcommunity4462/videos
7- Cardiovascular magnetic resonance journal club
https://www.youtube.com/@cmrjournalclub7470/videos
Computational Modeling webinars
1- Journal of Computational Physics Seminar Series
2- MIT Center for Computational Science and Engineering
Website: https://cse.mit.edu/event_category/seminar/
https://www.youtube.com/@mitccse9715/videos
3- Harvard Institute for Applied Computational Science
https://www.youtube.com/@harvardinstituteforapplied2907/videos
4- Modelling and Scientific Computing at Politecnico di Milano
https://www.youtube.com/@laboratorioMOX/videos
5- USACM Uncertainty Quantification and Probabilistic Modeling
https://unsacm.memberclicks.net/tta-uq
6- Scientific Computing and Imaging (SCI) Institute
https://www.youtube.com/@TheSCIInstitute/videos
7- Hariri Institute for Computing, Boston University
https://www.youtube.com/@HaririInstitute/videos
8- KAIST Applied and Computational Mathematics (ACM)
https://www.youtube.com/@KAIST_ACM/videos
9- NASA Advanced Modeling and Simulation (AMS) Seminars
https://www.nas.nasa.gov/pubs/ams.html
Applied Mathematics webinars
1- Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (check out an amazing collection of prior workshops!)
Website: www.ipam.ucla.edu/programs/workshops/
https://www.youtube.com/@IPAMUCLA
2- Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences (most current and some of the more recent prior workshops available):
Website: www.newton.ac.uk/events/programmes-workshops/
3- Discrete Optimization Talks (DOTs)
Website: https://talks.discreteopt.com/
https://www.youtube.com/@DiscreteOptimizationTalks/videos
4- University of Washington Applied Math seminars:
https://www.youtube.com/@UWAppliedMathematics/videos
5- Applied and Computational Math at Cardiff
https://www.youtube.com/@appliedandcomputationalmat5606/videos
6- Journal of Engineering Mathematics Seminar Series
https://cassyni.com/s/j-eng-math
7- Harvard Center of Mathematical Sciences and Applications
https://www.youtube.com/@harvardcmsa7486/featured
8- SIAM
https://www.youtube.com/@SIAMConnect/videos
9- SIAM conferences
https://www.youtube.com/@siamconferences6132/videos
10- Banff International Research Station for Mathematical Innovation and Discovery (mathematical, computational and statistical sciences talks)
https://www.birs.ca/videos/#gsc.tab=0
General Mechanical Engineering and Other webinars
1- MIT MechE Alliance
Website: https://meche.mit.edu/meche-alliance-seminar-series
https://www.youtube.com/@mitmechealliance8650/videos
2- University of Michigan Mechanical Engineering seminar series
Website: me.engin.umich.edu/news-events/events/seminars/
3- University of Minnesota ME seminars
https://cse.umn.edu/me/events/deptseminar
4- NCSU MAE seminars
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_nFVoKTIPQgb08MeJNbIo0NSFUc8FMsb
5- APS Physical Review Journal Webinars
www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgxD9DiwxLGoy2GrLuEpiamnqfkwVpucs
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