The Purdue Life and Health Sciences Summit took place Thursday (Oct. 19). Next, the Institute for Physical Artificial Intelligence will host a town hall-style meeting Oct. 30 to present early organizing principles and solicit ideas and questions on additional work, partnerships and funding the research group may wish to consider. All faculty and staff are welcome but
must pregister to attend. IPAI is also soliciting feedback and suggestions on research topics, partnerships and funding opportunities through a survey.
A Purdue mechanical engineer and his international collaborators have developed a patent-pending method and algorithm to predict the recurrence of prostate cancer in patients treated by radiation therapy. Hector Gomez, a professor in the School of Mechanical Engineering, said data indicates the model-based predictors can identify relapsing patients a median of 14.8 months earlier than the current clinical practice.
Featuring a soundtrack that blends symphonic orchestral music with hip-hop, “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Live in Concert” pairs a screening of the Academy Award-winning animated film with a full orchestra, band and turntables live on stage. The concert takes place on Sunday (Oct. 22) at Elliott Hall of Music.