Deploying RAG (cloud vs. GB10): WattBot 2025 case study
2026-02-17 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Chicago) | Orchard View Room, Discovery Building (Also offered online)
ML+X Forum.
CONTACT: endemann@wisc.edu
URL: https://forms.gle/Pjx18MUjReYTDLTd7
ONLINE: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/92639425571?pwd=[REDACTED]

CHTC Researcher Forum
2026-02-17 14:00 - 16:30 | 7th Floor Seminar Room, Morgridge Hall
Connect with the CHTC research computing community! Hear about what we’re working on, how other users are leveraging compute resources, and share your feedback and your research!. The CHTC Researcher Forum is an annual event to connect CHTC users, announce new and exciting updates, and hear from our users. You’ll hear about what we’re working on, how other users are leveraging compute resources, and have the opportunity to share your feedback and your research!
All CHTC users (undergraduate, graduate, postdoc, staff, PI) and those in the research computing community are invited to attend. Registration is encouraged.
CONTACT: chtc@cs.wisc.edu
URL: https://chtc.cs.wisc.edu/uw-research-computing/researcher-forum-2026

ML+Coffee: GB10/DGX-Spark, "OpenScholar" RAG, and more
2026-02-18 09:00 - 11:00 | 1145 Discovery Building
ML+X Networking & Coworking.
CONTACT: endemann@wisc.edu
URL: https://forms.gle/dHavKeyBTt5TgXKC8

Indigenous Language Table
2026-02-18 13:00 - 14:15, 2026-02-25 13:00 - 14:15, 2026-03-04 13:00 - 14:15, 2026-03-11 13:00 - 14:15, 2026-03-18 13:00 - 14:15, 2026-03-25 13:00 - 14:15 | 1145 Discovery Building
A safe place to practice indigneous languages. An Indigenous Language Table supports learners in developing spoken skills beyond the classroom, building community, strengthening purpose, and normalizing Indigenous languages through representation. It welcomes former students and ongoing learners, community members from classes or self study, and anyone interested in Indigenous languages and people.
CONTACT: 316-4325, lredeagle@wisc.edu
URL: https://illuminatingdiscovery.wisc.edu/indigenous-language-table/

Crossroads of Ideas: The Upside of AI Failure
2026-02-19 19:00 - 20:00 | Discovery Building, 330 North Orchard Street, De Luca Forum, Madison, WI, 53715, United States
What failure in AI can teach us, and how it can inspire innovation, critical thinking, and resilience.

Failure is part of progress, especially in the fast-moving field of artificial intelligence. This Crossroads of Ideas event, part of our three-part mini-series on “productive failure,” brings together David Fields (UW-Madison Department of East Asian Studies) and Rob Nowak (UW-Madison Computer, Data & Information Sciences) to explore what happens when AI technology falls short. From real-world research that didn’t go as planned to the broader implications for society, this conversation highlights how failures can deepen our understanding, shape future innovation, and help us navigate technology’s role in our lives. Together, they’ll discuss what failure in AI can teach us, and how it can inspire innovation, critical thinking, and resilience.

Crossroads of Ideas:
2026-02-19 19:00 - 20:00 | H.F. DeLuca Forum, Discovery Building
Upside of AI Failure. Part II in our Productive Failure Mini-Series
What failure in AI can teach us, and how it can inspire innovation, critical thinking, and resilience.
URL: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/crossroads-of-ideas-the-upside-of-ai-failure-tickets-1975825908480

WID Seminar Series:
2026-02-24 13:00 - 14:15 | Orchard View Room 3280, Discovery Building (Also offered online)
Rob Nowak.
CONTACT: media@wid.wisc.edu
URL: https://wid.wisc.edu/all-events/wid-seminar-series/
ONLINE: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/98293855424

Data Story Slam!
2026-02-25 16:30 - 18:30 | DeLuca Forum, Discovery Building, 330 N. Orchard Street, Madison, United States
Let’s have some fun with the data in our lives. Join us for the Data Story Slam, an informal social event where storytellers will share observations, surprises, predictions, aspirations, and other anecdotes about the ever-increasing presence of data in the world around us. Share a story in a supportive, inclusive space, or come to listen and encourage.
Please RSVP (link below) to let us know that you are coming! You can also sign up now or at the event to share a story!
CONTACT: contact@datascience.wisc.edu
URL: https://bazaar.datascience.wisc.edu/data-story-slam/

SoundWaves: Macro Scale
2026-02-27 19:30 - 21:00 | Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
This academic year, SoundWaves is exploring scales. In this second edition, we will be zooming out to the macro scale!

Weak Supervision Facilitates Mapping Wealth and Population Using Historical Aerial Photographs
2026-03-10 12:00 - 13:00 | Orchard View Room, Discovery Building (Also offered online)
ML+X Forum.
CONTACT: endemann@wisc.edu
ONLINE: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/92639425571?pwd=[REDACTED]

ML+Coffee — Coding Agents and More
2026-03-11 09:00 - 11:00 | 1145 Discovery Building

NVIDIA GTC 2026 Keynote Watch Party
2026-03-16 12:30 - 15:30 | DeLuca Forum, Discovery Building, 330 N. Orchard Street, Madison, United States
ML+X Event.
CONTACT: endemann@wisc.edu
URL: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd9km7LWDCnRhjcLGsjlb-3fPC7NQFj3V5A9QV2MYRQtpviiw/viewform

WID Seminar Series:
2026-03-17 13:00 - 14:00 | Discovery Building, 330 North Orchard Street, De Luca Forum, Madison, WI, 53715, United States
University Driven Entrepreneurship

Remote option available

Crossroads of Ideas: When Antibiotics Fail
2026-03-18 19:00 - 20:00 | Discovery Building, 330 North Orchard Street, De Luca Forum, Madison, WI, 53715, United States
Part 3 in the productive failure miniseries!

How do we manage when bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites no longer respond to antimicrobial medicines? What are our options? WID’s Marc Chevrette and Tiny Earth’s Sarah Miller discuss lifesaving drugs: how they are discovered & what we can do to keep them potent.

2026 Data Science Research Bazaar
2026-03-19 09:00 - 16:30, 2026-03-23 09:00 - 10:30, 2026-03-23 14:00 - 17:00, 2026-04-06 09:00 - 12:00, 2026-04-06 13:00 - 16:00 | Discovery Building, 330 North Orchard Street, De Luca Forum, Madison, WI, 53715, United States
The Data Science Research Bazaar brings together researchers from diverse fields who use data, computing, and software in their work.

Running Pytorch on CHTC
2026-03-25 13:00 - 14:30 | 3610 Morgridge Hall
Transition your Pytorch workflow to CHTC systems. Pytorch is a growing, popular software for machine-learning based workflows. This training is aimed towards researchers who have experience running Pytorch, but need to scale up their workflow from their local computers to larger computing systems. A CHTC account is recommended.
Visit the event page for more details.
CONTACT: chtc@cs.wisc.edu
URL: https://chtc.cs.wisc.edu/events/2026/03/25/pytorch

Building Better Research Software in R
2026-03-30 09:00 - 13:00, 2026-03-31 09:00 - 13:00, 2026-04-01 09:00 - 13:00, 2026-04-02 09:00 - 13:00 | Orchard View Room, Discovery Building
Building Better Research Software in R is a pilot workshop. We will be teaching next steps for doing software development as a researcher, after learning R, the Unix shell, and git/GitHub. This workshop includes how to create a project, project reproducible environment, test your software, work with collaborators, write documentation, and more!
CONTACT: facilitator@datascience.wisc.edu
URL: https://uw-madison-datascience.github.io/2026-03-30-uwmadison-bbrsr/

ML+X Forum
2026-04-07 12:00 - 13:00 | Orchard View Room, Discovery Building (Also offered online)
