Our next IRES Seminar is in the Beaty Museum Allan Yap Theatre:

October 3, 2024: IRES Faculty Seminar with Dr. Qingshi Tu

Addressing Grand Challenges in Life Cycle Assessment Through AI

Location: Beaty Museum Allan Yap Theatre (Basement, 2212 Main Mall). Please check in at front desk on main floor before going downstairs.

No food or drinks allowed in the Theatre.

Time: 12:30pm to 1:20pm

Click here to register for Zoom link. Zoom will be terminated if we encounter tech problems 5 to 10 mins into the seminar.

Talk summary:

Life cycle assessment (LCA) is essential for evaluating the environmental performance of technologies and policies, but it faces challenges like missing data and inconsistent data matching. Traditional methods, including process simulations and existing machine learning approaches, have limitations in scalability and generalizability. Large language models (LLMs) offer a solution by leveraging their vast, diverse knowledge base for automating life cycle inventory (LCI) data curation and enabling multi-modal analysis. This presentation outlines how LLMs can address these challenges and discusses future research directions to enhance their use in LCI modeling.

  Dr. Qingshi Tu, Assistant Professor of Industrial Ecology, UBC Faculty of Forestry

Bio:

Dr. Qingshi Tu is an Assistant Professor of Industrial Ecology at Department of Wood Science at UBC. Dr. Tu has a strong record of life cycle assessment (LCA) and techno-economic analysis (TEA) research on a variety of topics. Dr. Tu’s research focuses on: 1) creating open-source databases and models for evaluating the environmental, economic and social impacts of emerging technologies, 2) transforming knowledge into user-friendly tools and educational materials, 3) engaging different stakeholders to collaborate on sustainable bioeconomy projects.

See you next Thursday!

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Bonnie Leung

RES Program Support (she/her/hers)

Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability (IRES)

University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus | Musqueam Traditional Territory

Aquatic Ecosystems Research Laboratory (AERL Building)

Room 429 – 2202 Main Mall | Vancouver, BC | V6T 1Z4 | Canada

 

Email: bonnie.leung@ubc.ca

Tel: 604-822-9249

The Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology (CTLT) will be offering a Graduate Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) on November 9, 16 & 23, 2024.

The Grad ISW is a 24-hour, fully participatory, and peer-based professional development workshop for graduate students that is beneficial to both new and experienced instructors.

Please note: You must attend all sessions and complete all independent work for the complete duration of the workshop, (i.e. the entire 24-hour workshop).

To apply for the waitlist for November 9, 16 & 23, 2024 ISW click here: https://events.ctlt.ubc.ca/events/graduate-instructional-skills-workshop-november-9-16-23-2024/

Application opens on September 27 at 9 am and closes on November 6 at 4:30 pm. By clicking this link, you are applying for the WAITLIST only and this DOES NOT register you for the workshop. Graduate ISWs at UBC are in high demand. To create an equitable registration process all graduate students who apply for an ISW will first be enrolled on a waitlist, from which participants are randomly selected. If a participant has applied for more than one ISW waitlist, their name will appear more frequently when generating the participant list, giving them a higher chance of being selected for an ISW. If you are accepted into the workshop, you will be contacted by our office to confirm your registration. For more information and a list of all upcoming sessions visit: http://ctlt.ubc.ca/gradisw

Workshop Eligibility:

Please read the application process and workshop eligibility prior to applying.

A participant who wishes to take the Grad ISW is eligible if they are:

• a full-time or part-time registered graduate student at UBC during the academic term when the ISW is offered
• a graduate student at UBC who has completed degree requirements but has not yet convocated
• a joint degree graduate student who is enrolled at UBC and another institution
• a graduate student at UBC pursuing non-degree studies
• a visiting graduate student that is eligible to take courses

A participant who wishes to take the Grad ISW is not eligible if they are:

• not a graduate student at UBC
• a graduate student at UBC who has on-leave status
• a visiting graduate student that is not eligible to take courses

 

Elisa Herman
Event Coordinator
Centre for Teaching, Learning, and Technology
The University of British Columbia

http://www.ctlt.ubc.ca

Attention: DOCTORAL students!

Note that applicants apply directly to the Trudeau Foundation; departments and UBC do not submit nominations.

Trudeau Foundation Doctoral Scholarships

The Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Scholarship Program offers a three-year leadership program designed to train Engaged Leaders, equipping doctoral candidates with the skills to translate their ideas into action, for the betterment of their communities, Canada, and the world.  At least 12 doctoral Scholars are selected each year and receive generous funding for their studies.

The Foundation welcomes applications from candidates across a wide range of disciplines in the humanities and social sciences, in business schools, public health and law. Candidates’ research must be related to one or more of the Foundation’s four central themes: Human Rights and Dignity; Responsible Citizenship; Canada and the World; and, People and their Natural Environment.

• Value: Up to $50,000 stipend plus up to $20,000 research and travel allowance per year for three years
• Application Deadline: November 25, 2024 at 1:00 pm PT (4:00 pm ET)

Reminder: As of the 2020 award competition year, interested applicants apply directly to the Trudeau Foundation to be considered in the national competition; all interested and eligible applicants may apply.  The University of British Columbia no longer nominates a subset of applicants to the national competition (there is no department-level or university-level adjudication).

For further information, such as detailed eligibility requirements, evaluation criteria, and application procedures, please visit our webpage: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/trudeau-foundation-doctoral-scholarship or the

Trudeau Foundation webpage: https://www.trudeaufoundation.ca/become-scholar.

Questions about this scholarship should be directed to the Trudeau Foundation at scholarships@trudeaufoundation.ca.