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Sunday, February 19, 2023
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	A Celebration in Music and Dance Location: > See description for location Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Join the Bethel 200 Concert Committee in a celebration in Music and Dance. Contact: Marjorie Waite, marjoriewaite@comcast.net or 508-292-2240 Sponsored by Bethel 200 Concert Committee & BH4S Topical Areas: Alumni, General Public, University Community, Black History 4 Seasons
Monday, February 20, 2023
8:00 AM - 11:00 PM	Presidents' Day no classes Location: UMass Dartmouth , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: N/A Contact: Registrar's Office Description: Presidents' Day holiday, no classes today. Link: http://www.umassd.edu/academiccalendar/ Topical Areas: Academic Calendar, Academic Calendar - Spring
Tuesday, February 21, 2023
8:00 AM - 11:00 PM	Follow Monday's class schedule Location: UMass Dartmouth , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: N/A Contact: Registrar's Office Description: Follow Monday's schedule. Link: http://www.umassd.edu/academiccalendar/ Topical Areas: Academic Calendar, Academic Calendar - Spring
4:00 PM - 8:00 PM	Mardi Gras Dinner Location: The Grove Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Join us in The Grove for a Mardi Gras dinner! Questions? Email us at dining@umassd.edu, follow us on social @UMassDEats or visit our website: dineoncampus.com/umassd. Link: https://dineoncampus.com/umassd/events Topical Areas: Alumni, Faculty, Law Alumni, SMAST, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, University Marketing
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM	Corsair Career Series: Share Your Story (Lunch and Learn) Location: MacLean Campus Center, Blue & Gold Welcome Center Contact: Career Center Description: Interested in learning about how to share your story in an interview? This workshop will provide you with basic interviewing skills. You will listen to a short presentation on the types of interviews often used as well as common professional practices to use during interviewing. You can utilize the Big Interview application to record 2-3 practice interview questions. These will then be reviewed by a career advisor for feedback. This series is a lunch and learn series. Pizza will be served. Registration is required for an accurate lunch count. Link: https://app.joinhandshake.com/events/1214417/share_preview Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Students, Career Center, Student Affairs
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM	Human Resources-New Employee Orientation Location: > See description for location Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: This is an orientation for new employees. Topical Areas: Staff and Administrators, Human Resources
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	Virtual Drop-in Study Abroad Advising Location: > See description for location Contact: International Programs Office Description: Have a quick question for a study abroad advisor? Would you like to start planning your study abroad experience? Join the IPO in zoom between 2:00 to 3:00. Please email intl_programs@umassd.edu for the zoom link. Students will be seen on a first-come, first-served basis. Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Students, University Community, Study Abroad
Wednesday, February 22, 2023
8:00 AM - 11:00 PM	Pass/Fail Deadline Location: UMass Dartmouth , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: N/A Contact: Registrar's Office Description: Today is the last day to file Pass/Fail. Link: http://www.umassd.edu/academiccalendar/ Topical Areas: Academic Calendar, Academic Calendar - Spring
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM	Qualtrics Branching Location: > See description for location Cost: Free! Contact: CITS Instructional Development Description: This is an intermediate Qualtrics workshop that explores different means of skipping or repeating questions in a survey. Topics covered include skip logic, display logic, blocks and block branching, as well as loop and merge. Previous survey experience equivalent to the Getting Started with Qualtrics workshop is required. This workshop will take place via Zoom teleconference. The Zoom meeting link will be sent to registered participants via email the morning of the workshop. For more information about Zoom, visit http://instructionaldev.umassd.edu/zoom . For more information about this workshop, contact Rich Legault at 508-999-8799 or email rlegault@umassd.edu. Topical Areas: Faculty Development, Training, Workshop, audience: Everyone
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM	Knitting Night Location: Center for Women, Gender & Sexuality Cost: N/A Contact: Center for Women, Gender & Sexuality Description: Learn to knit - free supplies provided. Beginners and experienced crafters welcome. If you already know to knit, you can bring your work in progress or Topical Areas: Staff and Administrators, Students, University Community, Center for Religious and Spiritual Life, Center for Women, Gender, and Sexuality, Counseling Center, Fredrick Douglass Unity House, Student Affairs
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM	Department of Fisheries Oceanography Weekly Seminar - Dr. Gavin Fay Location: > See description for location Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: School for Marine Science and Technology Department of Fisheries Oceanography Seminar Announcement “Social and economic benefits for whom? Including state-level outcomes when comparing performance of management alternatives for the US summer flounder recreational fishery” Dr. Gavin Fay School for Marine Science and Technology UMASS-D Wednesday, February 22, 2023 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm SMAST East 101-103 and via Zoom Abstract: Ecosystem approaches to fisheries management recognize people as part of a socio-ecological system and consider links among environmental, economic, and societal goals for sustainability. Fisheries systems are challenged by change due to the climate crisis, increasing human use of the oceans, and regulatory complexity, which coupled with geographic variation in human populations and economies means impacts of policy choices will continue to not be felt the same across coastal communities. Decision support tools that recognize and provide insight into this variation are needed. In 2022, the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council completed a management strategy evaluation (MSE) to compare options designed to reduce discarding in the recreational summer flounder fishery, with a goal of increasing both harvest and recreational opportunities. Reducing regulatory discards within the recreational sector of the summer flounder fishery has been challenging: 90% of the recreational catch is released and 1 out of every 10 fish released ends up dying. Through a collaborative, stakeholder-driven, and science-based process, a modeling framework was developed that integrates a full summer flounder population dynamics model with an angler economic behavior model to understand how recreational behavior at the state level responds to changing regulations and flounder availability. Eight management procedures were tested under three different states of the world. The benefits of each management procedure were assessed using a suite of biological, social, and economic performance metrics across four management objectives. Results showed there are management procedures that outperform status quo management at reducing discards and converting those discards into harvest while limiting risk to the summer flounder population. However, the relative performance of a management procedure was highly variable at the state or regional level, with negative recreational satisfaction outcomes for some states compared to status quo even when overall performance improved. These models and results can be used to directly inform recreational management, and provide both strategic and tactical advice for a variety of potential management priorities. The ability to compute likely outcomes of management options at the state or regional level provides a pathway for explicitly considering distribution of benefits when making management choices. ********************* Bio: Dr. Gavin Fay (he/him) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Fisheries Oceanography at University of Massachusetts Dartmouth’s School for Marine Science and Technology (SMAST). Gavin’s work focuses using statistical and mathematical models for better ecosystem-based decision making for our oceans and the people who depend on them. He is interested in both developing new methods for statistical modeling, fisheries assessment, and ecosystem-based management; and also how open data science tools enable better co-creation, communication, and use of scientific results for application to management and policy. Gavin received his BSc (Hons) in Marine Biology from the University of Stirling (Scotland), and his MS & PhD in Aquatic and Fishery Sciences from the University of Washington, Seattle. At SMAST, Gavin teaches courses in statistics, ecological population modeling, science communication, and Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management. Gavin has worked on assessment and management of fisheries and marine mammal populations in Alaska, the US west coast, the Northeast and US Mid-Atlantic, and in Australia. He’s also advised on fisheries management in Europe. He currently serves on the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's Scientific and Statistical Committee, as well as the New England Fishery Management Council's Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management Plan Development Team. **************** Zoom Link https://umassd.zoom.us/j/93758230260?pwd=OHJ5UDloQkZZaCtXcTlBNlR6Qm0rQT09https://umassd.zoom.us/u/acosTPRs4V Meeting ID: 937 5823 0260 Passcode: 426839 One tap mobile +13017158592,,93758230260#,,,,426839# US (Washington DC) +13126266799,,93758230260#,,,,426839# US (Chicago) ****** For more information, please contact Sue Silva at s1silva@umassd.edu Topical Areas: School for Marine Sciences and Technology, SMAST Seminar Series
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	The Washington Center Information Session Location: MacLean Campus Center, Blue & Gold Welcome Center Contact: Career Center Description: Interested in doing an internship in Washington, DC? Did you know you could also earn academic credit during that time? The Washington Center (TWC) provides immersive internships and academic seminars to help students pursue their interests and establish a path towards their professional career. Your internship could be with government agencies, public and private organizations of all types and sizes. Come to this information session to learn how you can spend a semester interning in DC and earning academic credit. Link: https://app.joinhandshake.com/events/1251666/share_preview Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Students, Career Center, Student Affairs
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	Department of Estuarine and Ocean Sciences Weekly Seminar - John Ramsey Location: > See description for location Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: "This seminar is dedicated to Dr. Brian Howes in honor of his substantial research and achievements as Chancellor Professor and Director of the Coastal Systems Program" The School for Marine Science and Technology Department of Estuarine and Ocean Sciences Seminar Announcement "Coastal and Tidal Inlet Processes" John Ramsey Principal Coastal Engineer Sustainable Coastal Solutions, Inc. Wednesday, February 22, 2023 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm SMAST East, Rooms 101/102 836 S. Rodney French Blvd, New Bedford and via Zoom *************************************************************************** Join Zoom Meeting https://umassd.zoom.us/j/97440069270?pwd=L2Z1bDZESTFCKzJYZWduYVhWenYvZz09 Meeting ID: 974 4006 9270 Passcode: 428029 One tap mobile +13017158592,,97440069270#,,,,428029# US (Washington DC) +13126266799,,97440069270#,,,,428029# US (Chicago) Dial by your location +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) +1 646 876 9923 US (New York) +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) Meeting ID: 974 4006 9270 Passcode: 428029 Find your local number: https://umassd.zoom.us/u/adtxYu9NMO Join by SIP 97440069270@zoomcrc.com Join by H.323 162.255.37.11 (US West) 162.255.36.11 (US East) 115.114.131.7 (India Mumbai) 115.114.115.7 (India Hyderabad) 213.19.144.110 (Amsterdam Netherlands) 213.244.140.110 (Germany) 103.122.166.55 (Australia Sydney) 103.122.167.55 (Australia Melbourne) 149.137.40.110 (Singapore) 64.211.144.160 (Brazil) 149.137.68.253 (Mexico) 69.174.57.160 (Canada Toronto) 65.39.152.160 (Canada Vancouver) 207.226.132.110 (Japan Tokyo) 149.137.24.110 (Japan Osaka) Meeting ID: 974 4006 9270 Passcode: 428029 **************************************************************************** For additional information, please contact Sue Silva at s1silva@umassd.edu Topical Areas: School for Marine Sciences and Technology, SMAST Seminar Series
Thursday, February 23, 2023
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM	ELEC Research Component of PhD Qualifier Exam by Priscila de Paula Silva Location: Science & Engineering Building, Lester W. Cory Conference Room: Room 213A Cost: Free Contact: ECE: Electrical & Computer Engineering Department Description: Topic: NON-EQUIDISTANT CHECKPOINTING AND QUANTITATIVE RESILIENCE MODELING Location: Lester W. Cory Conference Room Science & Engineering Building (SENG), Room 213A Zoom Conference Link: https://umassd.zoom.us/j/95685219450 Meeting ID: 956 8521 9450 Passcode: 681791 Abstract: Software intensive systems rely on checkpointing to prevent loss of computation, by performing periodic backups. Non-equidistant checkpointing strategies have been proposed for specialized hardware and software applications as well as specific failure distributions. However, a general method to identify a non-equidistant checkpointing strategy for an arbitrary combination of application and failure distribution would be beneficial. This thesis proposes an approach to identify a near optimal non-equidistant checkpointing strategy with a genetic algorithm, which only requires knowledge of the failure distribution. Experiments suggest that the approach consistently outperforms the traditional strategy of equidistant checkpoints under (i) a range of total processing times and (ii) different values of distributions exhibiting increasing, constant, and decreasing failure rates. Although many systems and processes are amenable to reliability modeling, researchers have also demonstrated interest in bringing a system back to its original performance after a deterioration, which is known as resilience engineering: the ability of a system to respond, absorb, adapt, and recover from a disruptive event. Several metrics to quantify resilience have been proposed in the literature. However, fewer studies have proposed models to predict the metrics. Hence, this thesis presents two alternative approaches to model and predict performance and resilience metrics, including (i) bathtub-shaped hazard functions and (ii) mixture distributions with techniques from reliability engineering. Historical data on job loss during recessions in the United States are used to assess the predictive accuracy of these approaches. The results suggest that both approaches can produce accurate predictions for several of the data sets well, but that data sets that experience a sudden drop in performance or deviate from the assumption of a single decrease and subsequent increase cannot be fit to either class of proposed models, necessitating additional modeling efforts that can effectively characterize these more general scenarios. Advisor(s): Dr. Lance Fiondella, Associate Professor, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, UMASS Dartmouth Committee Members: Dr. Hong Liu, Professor, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, UMASS Dartmouth Dr. Ruolin Zhou, Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, UMASS Dartmouth NOTE: All ECE Graduate Students are ENCOURAGED to attend. All interested parties are invited to attend. Open to the public. *For further information, please contact Dr. Yifei Li via email at yifei.li@umassd.edu Topical Areas: General Public, University Community, College of Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering
12:00 PM - 3:00 PM	Health and Nursing Career Fair Location: The Marketplace Contact: Career Center Description: Come network and speak with recruiters from more than 40 organizations looking to hire students for full-time positions and internships. Students in healthcare-related majors (including nursing, med lab science, business/healthcare/organizational management, human resources, psychology, biology, chemistry, health & society, sociology & anthropology) are encouraged to attend. This targeted fair is the perfect opportunity to begin networking professionally and to position yourself for future success in your field! Come dressed professionally with copies of your resumes. Student registration for this event starts late January 2023. Link: https://bit.ly/2023NursingHealthFair Topical Areas: Alumni, Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Career Center, Student Affairs
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	Walk-in Study Abroad Advising Location: International Programs Office LARTS 016 Contact: International Programs Office Description: Have a quick question for a study abroad advisor? Would you like to start planning your study abroad experience? Drop by the IPO (LARTS 016) between 2:00 to 3:00. Students will be seen on a first-come, first-served basis. Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Students, University Community, Study Abroad
12:00 PM - 3:00 PM	Frederick Douglass Unity House 34th Annual National African American Read-In Location: > See description for location Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Join the UMass Dartmouth community in reading or listening to your favorite African American authors, poets, and spoken word artists. Contact: Donna Moore, dmoore@umassd.edu or 508-999-9222 Sponsored by the Frederick Douglass Unity House & BH4S Topical Areas: Alumni, General Public, University Community, Black History 4 Seasons
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Excel Charts Location: > See description for location Cost: Free! Contact: CITS Instructional Development Description: This workshop provides a thorough exploration of charting with Excel. Participants create pie, line, stacked column, stock and scatter charts, and learn the proper uses of each. Custom axis formatting and trend lines are also covered. Previous Excel experience is required. This workshop will take place in the Library, room 128. Contact Rich Legault for more information at 508-999-8799, or email RLegault@umassd.edu. Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Everyone
4:00 PM - 8:00 PM	International Cuisine Series: Haiti with HASA Location: The Grove Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Thank you to the Haitian American Student Association for partnering with Dining Services and planning the menu for our Haitian Dinner! Questions? Email us at dining@umassd.edu, follow us on social @UMassDEats or visit our website: dineoncampus.com/umassd. Link: https://dineoncampus.com/umassd/events Topical Areas: Alumni, Faculty, Law Alumni, SMAST, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, University Marketing
Friday, February 24, 2023
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Financial Aid FAFSA Help Labs LARTS 202 Location: > See description for location Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Financial Aid Services wants to remind all students to file their FAFSA! Join Financial Aid Services for FAFSA Help Labs in LARTS 202 on Wednesdays and Fridays from 3-4pm for help filing your FAFSA and learning more about financial aid. Contact Mark Yanni myanni@umassd.edu Topical Areas: Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, Financial Aid
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	Virtual Drop-in Study Abroad Advising Location: > See description for location Contact: International Programs Office Description: Have a quick question for a study abroad advisor? Would you like to start planning your study abroad experience? Join the IPO in zoom between 2:00 to 3:00. Please email intl_programs@umassd.edu for the zoom link. Students will be seen on a first-come, first-served basis. Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Students, University Community, Study Abroad
Saturday, February 25, 2023
2:00 AM - 3:30 AM	Black Entrepreneurship Then and Now Location: > See description for location Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Join us as we highlight 21st century Black Entrepreneurship in New Bedford. Corson Maritime Theater 33 William Street, New Bedford Samia Walker, soco@eforall.org or 1-833-336-7255 x7202 Sponsored by the Entrepreneurship For All, Southcoast Link: https://www.nps.gov/nebe/bhm2023.htm Topical Areas: Alumni, General Public, University Community, Black History 4 Seasons

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