Events Apr 27 Apr 27 1:30PM "Handling uncertainty in fisheries management: Developing tools in support of Management Strategy Evaluation" presented by Amanda R. Hart DFO PhD Dissertation Defense presented by Amanda R. Hart SMAST East 101-103 Apr 27 Apr 27 2:00PM Unsupervised Autoencoder-Based Anomaly Detection for Storm Formation Using Onboard Time-Series Data CIS Master’s Thesis Defense by Snehashish Srivastava Dion 311 Apr 27 Apr 27 3:30PM National Cybersecurity Center & ECE Seminar CSEC jointly with COE National Cybersecurity Center & ECE Seminar. Speaker: John Petrozzelli, Director, MassCyberCenter, Boston, MA Science & Engineering Building (SENG), Room 222 Apr 28 Apr 28 1:30PM EAS Doctoral Proposal Defense by Vrutant Vikasbhai Mehta The Astrophysics of Helium-Ignited Binary White Dwarf Merger Type Ia Supernovae TXT 105 Apr 29 Apr 29 10:30AM Data Science MS Thesis Defense by Adithi Madduluri Evaluating the impact of data drift on deep learning models for bitcoin price forecasting Virtual Apr 29 Apr 29 10:30AM "Evaluating the Impact of Data Drift on Deep Learning Models for Bitcoin Price Forecasting" Data Science MS Thesis Defense by Adithi Madduluri via Zoom: please contact Adithi Madduluri (amadduluri@umassd.edu) or Dr. Yan (dyan@umassd.edu) for the zoom link and passcode Apr 29 Apr 29 12:30PM SMAST DEOS Seminar: "Coastal Cities: Managing Urban Impacts Below the Waterline" by Katherine Dafforn April 29, 2026 - SMAST DEOS Seminar: "Coastal Cities: Managing Urban Impacts Below the Waterline" by Katherine Dafforn SMAST East 101-103 Apr 29 Apr 29 1:00PM ELEE Research Component of PhD Qualifier Exam by Temegni Ulrich Bertaud ELEE Research Component of PhD Qualifier Exam by Temegni Ulrich Bertaud Lester W. Cory Conference Room, Science & Engineering Building (SENG), Room 213A Apr 29 Apr 29 3:00PM SMAST Seminar - DFO "Novel Integrated Multitrophic Aquaculture Projects in the Gulf of Maine, Gulf of Mexico, and the Northern Mariana Islands" by Michael Chambers SMAST Seminar - DFO -April 29, 2026 by: Michael Chambers SMAST East 101-103 Apr 30 Apr 30 1:00PM DFO PhD Dissertation Defense: Beyond the observer's gaze DFO PhD Dissertation Defense: "Beyond the observer's gaze: an integrated approach to detection, estimation, and mitigation of observer and deployment effects in fisheries monitoring" presented by Debra Duarte. SMAST East 102-103 May 1 May 1 12:00PM "Optical Characterization of Particle Size Distributions and Their Relationship to Phytoplankton Pigment Composition in the Northern Gulf of Mexico" by Kara Falvey DEOS MS Thesis Defense by Kara Falvey SMAST 101-103 May 2 May 2 8:00PM Hirshfeld-Dowd Observatory Open House Hirshfeld-Dowd Observatory Open House Hirshfeld-Dowd Observatory Field 1 2 3 4 > >> Launch UMassD events calendar Take the next step Contact form Tell us more about how the Business Engagement Center can help your business grow. Complete this contact form, or contact one of our team members.