Day 1: Sunday, January 8, 2023 

• WORKSHOP | Security of Power Grid Edge Devices (Day 1)
Building 9, Lecture Hall 2322, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Learn more about the threat of load-altering attacks (LAAs) in power grids and
explore their future development – for WEP2023 students only.

 

• COURSE | Machine Learning for Beginners Group A (1/4)
Virtual, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
The Machine learning (ML) field connects computer science and statistics and allows
the computers to use collected data or past experience to solve unseen problems. It's
a must-have skill for every analyst and data scientist, and an important skill for
anyone who wants to draw conclusions and make scientific suggestions based on
collected raw data – for WEP2023 students only.

 

• COURSE | Machine Learning for Intermediate Group A (1/4)
Virtual, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Students will learn how to write and train Machine Learning models that can help in
their field of study– for WEP2023 students only.

 

• WORKSHOP | Reaching the Edge Through Improvisation (Day 1)
Building 19, Level 3, Halls 1 & 2.
Group A: 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Group B: 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Get armed with improv tools to become bolder in your personal and professional life!
– for WEP2023 students only.

 

• WORKSHOP | Entrepreneurship For All (Day 1)
Building 19, Halls 1 & 2, 1:00 p.m. - 15:00 p.m.
Be innovative and build an entrepreneurial mindset, take initiative, adapt to changes,
learn from failure, develop self-awareness, and be comfortable with risks! – for
WEP2023 students only.

 

• OPENING NIGHT | The New Era of Extreme Bionics | Keynote from Hugh Herr
and Live performance from VR artist Colleen Flanigan
Building 20 Auditorium, join in person or watch online, 5:00 p.m.- 6.45 p.m.
Celebrate the opening of WEP 2023 with a virtual keynote lecture from the man TIME
Magazine calls ‘The Leader of the Bionic Age’, Hugh Herr and a live performance by
socio-ecological artist Colleen Flanigan. Followed by a Reception and Beyond Arts
Hub opening at the University Library.

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