Presentations/Talks

2025

• Christou, A. (2025) Delivered a presentation: Sustainable Micromobility Infrastructure Usage and Challenges in the UAE. ITC – Transport Innovation Exhibition, Abu Dhabi, UAE. 
• Difallah, D. (2025) Delivered a presentation: Knowledge Discovery and Exploration with LLMs and Graph ML, The First International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Innovations (NYUAD), February, 2025. Abu Dhabi, UAE. 
• Goeckner-Wald, E. (2025) Delivered an internal seminar presentation: Residency Visas and the Real Estate Market in the UAE, Social Science Department, March 2025, NYUAD, Abu Dhabi, UAE. 
• Minsu, P. (2025) Delivered a keynote presentation: Cross-Cultural Mood Dynamics and the Evaluation of Detection Algorithms, Workshop on Scaling Up Multilingual and Multicultural Evaluation at the International Conference on Computational Linguistics (COLING 2025).
• Wasmer, E. (2025) Two papers accepted: CEPR DP19956 Housing Prices Propagation: A Theory of Spatial Interactions and CEPR DP19955 Fighting for Resources: A Unified Growth Model of the Great Divergence, Urban Economic Association, Berlin, Germany. 

2024

• Abouzied, A. (2024) Delivered an Invited presentation: Scalable In-Database Prescriptive Analytics, UC Berkeley,  Berkeley, CA, USA. July 2024. (30-40 attendees).
• Abouzied, A. (2024) Delivered an Invited presentation: Scalable Decision-Making over Uncertain Data, Qatar Computing Research Institute,  Doha, Qatar. May 2024. (50 attendees).
• Al-Memari, M., Al-Gergawi (2024) Presented their paper on the growing role of women in coral reef research at the European Coral Reef Symposium as part of the “Coral Reef Under a Socio-Economic Perspective” session, July 2024, Napoli, Italy.
• Al Memari, M., Burt, J. (2024) Coral Reef Under a Socio-economic Perspective, European Coral Reef Symposium (ECRS).
• Balsa-Barreiro, J. Hannoun, G.J., Batista, S. and Menéndez, M. (2024). Traffic congestion and travel-time accessibility to healthcare facilities across urban networks: A case study in Madrid, Spain. In: 103nd Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting, Washington DC, USA, Jan 08-12 (Urban Lectern Session “Urban Data Analysis Using GIS”).
• Bayew, H. (2024) Presented “Air Quality at New York University Abu Dhabi: Measuring the Effects of Information Provision on Knowledge, Behavior and Policy Preferences” at the 12th World Environmental Education Congress (WEEC), Abu Dhabi, UAE.
• Beasley, C. (2024) Delivered a presentation: Pipe(line) Dreams: Fully Automated End-to-End Analysis and Visualization. HILDA. Santiago Chile. June 2024 (~100 attendees).
• Bogomolov, Y., Bretsko, D., Sobolevsky, S. (2024) Delivered a presentation: Natural Language Querying for Spatio-Temporal Data Analytics. MadeAI’24, July 2024, Porto, Portugal. 
• Bogomolov, Y., Bretsko, D., Sobolevsky, S. (2024) Delivered a presentation: Natural Language Interface for Urban Network Analytics. 13th International Conference on Complex Networks and their Applications, December, 2024, Istanbul, Turkey.  
• Burt, J.A., Killilea, M. (2024) Delivered a presentation: Coastal urbanization and environmental change, World Environmental Education Congress, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
• Celik, K. (2024) Delivered a presentation: Advances in development and characterization of sustainable construction materials, Colloquium Seminar Series, November 8, 2024, Ozyegin University, Istanbul, Turkey.
• Celik, K. (2024) Delivered a presentation: Towards a carbon-neutral future: innovations in decarbonizing building materials for sustainable cities, 2024 NYUAD CITIES X Masdar City | CITIES Lecture Series, Apr 29, 2024, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
• Celik, K. (2024) Delivered a presentation: Synthesis and utilization of brucite for green construction from desalination reject brine: a comprehensive life cycle analysis, The International Conference on Desalination, Environment and Sustainability (IDEAS) 2024, January 22-23, 2024, Abu Dhabi, UAE. 
• Ezzeddine, A. (2024) Delivered a presentation: Developing Simulation Models for Modular Construction using Game Engine Technology, Creative Construction Conference 2024 (CCC 2024), June 29 – July 2, 2024, Prague, Czech Republic.  
• Garcia, J. (2024)  Delivered a presentation: Data Void Exploits: Tracking & Mitigation Strategies. CIKM. Boise, Idaho, USA. October 2024 (~100 attendees).
• Goeckner-Wald, E. (2024) Delivered an internal seminar presentation: Residency Visas and the Real Estate Market in the UAE, Economics Department, November 2024, NYU Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
• Hannoun, G. J. (2024) Presented Modular Vehicle Technology for Emergency Medical Services at the Transportation Innovations Exhibition, Abu Dhabi, UAE. 
• Hu, R. (2024) Delivered a presentation: Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities in Assistive and Robotic Kitchen Technologies for Aging Society: A Scoping Review, 41st International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction (ISARC), June 3-5, 2024, Lille, France.  
• Imbs, J. (2024) Sanctions: Theory, Evidence, and Policy Implications, Philadelphia, USA.
• Imbs, J. (2024) 31st NBER-TCER-CEPR TRIO Conference, Tokyo, Japan.
• Imbs, J. (2024) Networks, Markets, State and Conflict Conference, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
• Imbs, J. (2024) Delivered a presentation: Approximating the cost of trade sanctions at the Eurosystem Working Group on Econometric Modelling Frankfurt, March 2024. 
• Imbs, J. (2024) Delivered a keynote presentation: The collateral channel of monetary policy at the Global Spillovers of Monetary Policy, Banque de France, Paris, September 2024.
• Jabari, S. (2024) On cybersecurity in traffic. Dagstuhl Seminar 24281: Dynamic Traffic Models in Transportation Science, Leibniz Center for Informatics, Wadern, Germany.
• Balsa-Barreiro, J., Hannoun, G.J., Batista S. and M. Menéndez (2024). Traffic congestion and travel-time accessibility to healthcare facilities across urban networks: A case study in Madrid, Spain. In: 103nd Transportation Research Board (TRB) (Urban Lectern Session “Urban Data Analysis Using GIS”) Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., USA.
• Kantheepan, Y. (2024) Delivered a presentation: Virtual Reality Training for Panelized Construction Assembly, ASCE International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering (i3CE 2024), July 28-31, 2024, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.  
• Lalropuia, KC. (2024) Presented a Poster titled “Game theoretic modeling of insider threats to an organization” at 22nd International Conference on Applied Cryptography and Network Security (ACNS 2024) NYUAD, Abu Dhabi, UAE. 
• Mai, A. (2024) Delivered a presentation: Scaling Package Queries to a Billion Tuples via Hierarchical Partitioning and Customized Optimization. VLDB. Hangzhou, China. August (2024) (VLDB has ~2000 attendees).
• Makovi, K. (2024) Gave an invited talk: Network Segregation Amplifies Inequality, November 2024,  University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA.
• Menendez, M. (2024) Is mobility (as we know it) a thing of the past?, Invited presentation, University of Miami, Miami, USA.
• Menendez, M. (2024) A data-driven analysis of urban traffic networks, Invited presentation, The Inaugural NYC Intelligent Transportation System Workshop: Network Designs in the Era of Digital Mobility.
• Minsu, P. (2024) Delivered a keynote on “Diverse Data Types: Catalyst for Theory Building and Testing in Analytical Sociology” at the Annual Conference of the International Network of Analytical Sociology (INAS).
• Minsu, P. (2024) Delivered a presentation on “Sequence-Dependence in the Global Diffusion of Cultural Interests” at the Annual Conference of the International Network of Analytical Sociology (INAS).
• Minsu, P. (2024) Delivered a seminar on “Interdisciplinary Papers Supported by Disciplinary Grants Garner Deep and Broad Impact” at the Institute for Analytical Sociology at Linköping University.
• Minsu, P. (2024) Delivered a seminar on “Interdisciplinary Papers Supported by Disciplinary Grants Garner Deep and Broad Impact” at the School of AI Convergence at Soongsil University.
• Minsu, P. (2024) Delivered a seminar on “Interdisciplinary Papers Supported by Disciplinary Grants Garner Deep and Broad Impact” at the Complexity in Social System Lab at POSTECH.
• Minsu, P. (2024) Delivered a seminar on “Interdisciplinary Papers Supported by Disciplinary Grants Garner Deep and Broad Impact” at the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics.
• Menendez, M. (2024) Can we leverage new vehicle technologies to create better public transportation systems?, Keynote presentation, CARNET Symposium on Urban Mobility Challenges, Barcelona, Spain.
• Menendez, M. (2024) Increasing the reliability, speed, and convenience of public buses using modular vehicles, Invited presentation, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.
• Menendez, M. (2024) The use of automated modular vehicles in public transport systems, Invited presentation, Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark.
• Prieto, S.A. (2024) Delivered a presentation: Large Language Models for Robot Task Allocation, 3rd Workshop on Future of Construction: Lifelong Learning Robots in Changing Construction Sites (ICRA), May 13, 2024, Yokohama, Japan.  
• Prieto, S.A. (2024) Delivered a presentation: Current State and Trends of Point Cloud Segmentation in Construction Research, 41st International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction (ISARC), June 3-5, 2024, Lille, France.  
• Sonkor, M. (2024) Delivered a presentation: Survey Findings on Cybercrime and Cybersecurity Practices in the MENA Construction Industry, Creative Construction Conference 2024 (CCC), June 29 – July 2, 2024, Prague, Czech Republic.  
• Vega-Torres, M. A. (2024) Delivered a presentation: BIMCaP: BIM-based AI-supported LiDAR-Camera Pose Refinement, 31st International Conference on Intelligent Computing in Engineering (EG-ICE), July 1-5, 2024, Vigo, Spain. 
• Velusamy Bharathi, V. (2024) Delivered a presentation: Automating Construction Safety Inspections using Robots and Unsupervised Deep Domain Adaptation by Backpropagation, 41st International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction (ISARC), June 3-5, 2024, Lille, France.  
• Wasmer, E. (2024) Delivered a presentation: Growth workshop: CEPR DP19955 Fighting for Resources: A Unified Growth Model of the Great Divergence, May 2024, Brown University, USA.
• Wasmer, E. (2024) Delivered a presentation: Fighting for Resources: A Unified Growth Model of the Great Divergence, October 2024, Department of Economics at Nazarbayev University in Astana, Kazakhstan.
• Wasmer, E. (2024) Delivered a presentation: Fighting for Resources: A Unified Growth Model of the Great Divergence, June 2024, University Essex Economic Dpt., UK. 
• Wasmer, E. (2024) Delivered a presentation as part of Economic Seminar series: Housing Prices Propagation: A Theory of Spatial Interactions, February 2024, University, Haifa, Israel. 
• Yao, D. (2024) Delivered a presentation: Integrating Machine Learning for Cyber Risk Analysis in Construction 4.0, International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering (ICCCBE2024), August 25-28, 2024, Montréal, Québec, Canada.  
• Yu, J. (2024) Delivered a presentation: Human-Robot Partnership: An Overarching Consideration for Interaction and Collaboration, 41st International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction (ISARC), June 3-5, 2024, Lille, France.  

2023

• Al Gergawi, A., Al Memari, M., Vaughan, G., Burt, J. A. (2023) Delivered a  presentation: The growing role of women in coral reef science within the Gulf Cooperation Council: Trends, themes, challenges, and opportunities for better inclusion. Gender Studies Seminar Series, NYUAD, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
• Burt, J.A., (2023) Was part of a Panel discussion: From local to global extreme environments as a proxy for the future. Mubadala ACCESS Panel Discussion, COP28, Dubai, UAE.
• Burt, J.A., (2023) Delivered presentation: Coral Cross Breeding and Potential Impact. OceanX, Dubai, UAE.
• Filgueiras, Batista, S., Balsa-Barreiro, J., Menéndez, M., Ferreira, S. and Tavares, J.P.  (2023). Car-less cities, then what? A case study for the City of Porto. CITTA 15th Annual Conference on Planning Research, Coimbra, Portugal.
• D’Agostino, D., Paparella, F., Vaughan, G. O., Mitchell, M., Burt, J. A. (2023). Delivered presentation: Do brines and increased water salinity present a risk for the Arabian Gulf’s fauna? Water Research Centre Annual Meeting, NYUAD, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
• D’Agostino, D., Hayden, T., Gastoldi, L., Burt, J. A. (2023). The role of nutrients in coral bleaching during heat stress. Atlantis the Palm, Dubai, UAE.
• D’Agostino, D., Al-Memari, M., Al-Gergawi, A., Burt, J. A. (2023) Desalination in the Arabian region: A comprehensive synthesis of historical trends, technological advancements, and the nexus between research and industrial applications. International Conference on Water Resources Management and Sustainability: Solutions for Arid Regions. Al Ain, UAE.
• D’Agostino, D., Mitchell, M., Vaughan, G., Ripley, D., Burt, J. A. (2023). Delivered a poster presentation: The impact of changing salinities on coral reef fish physiology and behavior. SEB Centenary Conference 2023, Edinburgh, UK.
• Garcia de Soto, B. (2023) Moderator of the panel for Digital Twins – A paradigm shift setting a global technology example for Abu Dhabi part of the 3rd Abu Dhabi Smart City Summit, Conrad Etihad Towers, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
• Garcia de Soto, B. (2023) Invited speaker at the FIEC’s (European Construction Industry Federation) Construction 4.0 Workshop.
• Garcia de Soto, B. (2023) Keynote speaker at the Creative Construction Conference, 20-23 June 2023, Keszthely, Lake Balaton, Hungary.
• Garcia de Soto, B. (2023) Guest speaker at the Seminar Organized by the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the National University of Singapore (NUS). Cybersecurity Implications of Construction 4.0, Singapore, Singapore.
• Garcia de Soto, B. (2023) Keynote speaker at the “Digital Construction and Innovation Days”. Circular Economy and Digital Twins for a More Sustainable Built Environment, Rome, Italy
• Garcia de Soto, B. (2023) Invited speaker for Seminar organized by the School of Architects in Spain. Use of Point Clouds in Architecture/Automated data collection on site (Utilización de Nubes de Puntos en Arquitectura / Obtención automatizada de datos en obra). 
• Gastoldi, L., D’Agostino, D., Haydon, T. D., Burt, J. A. (2023) Delivered a poster presentation: Wastewater impacts in the Arabian Gulf. NYUAD-Water Research Center Workshop, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
• Gastoldi, L., Burt, J. A. (2023) Hypoxia in the Arabian Gulf:  A consequence of wastewater-driven nutrient loads? International Conference on Water Resources Management and Sustainability: Solutions for Arid Regions, Al Ain, UAE.
• Haydon, T., Burt, J. A. (2023) Understanding the impact of microbial communities within the gastric cavity of Arabian Gulf corals. Unisense Microsensor Workshop, Aarhus, Denmark.
• Haydon, T., Burt, J. A. (2023) Unveiling the vital connection between microbiomes and the future persistence of coral reefs. SeaWorld, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
• Hanif, M. A. (2023) Presented FAQ: Mitigating the Impact of Faults in the Weight Memory of DNN Accelerators through Fault-Aware Quantization In 2023 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN) . 
• Imbs, J (2023) 77th Economic Policy Panel Meeting, Stockholm, Sweden.
• Imbs, J (2023) Program Meeting of CEPR’s International Macro and Finance, London, UK.
• Imbs, J (2023) Second CEPR Paris Forum, Paris, France.
• Krueger, Q., Ketchum, R., Smith, E., Burt, J. A., Rietzel, A. (2023) Genomic variation of the pearl oyster Pinctada radiata from the Arabian Peninsula. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Conference, Seattle, USA.
• Marchisio, Al. (2023) Presented RobCaps: Evaluating the Robustness of Capsule Networks against Affine Transformations and Adversarial Attacks, 2023 in International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN).
• Menendez, M. (2023) Sustainable living and working spaces: How urban design can contribute to the Paris Agreement, at COP28 – The clean energy capital: Abu Dhabi’s Transformation Special Edition” at COP 28, Dubai, UAE.
• Menendez, M. (2023) Sustainable mobility: We need more than a silver bullet, Invited presentation, ITC Abu Dhabi Green Mobility Forum, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
• Menendez, M. (2023) Green mobility forum, Panel member, ITC Abu Dhabi, November 2023.
• Menendez, M. (2023) A network-level analysis of urban traffic, Invited seminar, Northwestern University, Evanston, USA.
• Menendez, M. (2023) Rethinking mobility: How the future of movement will shape cities of the future, Panel moderator, The Middle East Rail, Mobility Live ME and Roads & Traffic Expo, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
• Menendez, M. (2023) COP28 and beyond: NYUAD research to achieve net zero, Panel member, NYUAD Net Zero week, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
• Menendez, M. (2023) CITIES and urban transformations, Opening remarks, Workshop Urban Transformations in Asia, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
• Menendez, M. (2023) Rethinking sustainability and peace through a spiritual lens program, Panel member, Abrahamic Family House, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
• Menendez, M. (2023) Traffic and urban networks, Invited presentation, Workshop on Co-creating the future: Participatory cities and digital governance, Vienna, Austria.
• Menendez, M. (2023) Traffic congestion in urban networks: Reproducible? Predictable? Avoidable? Keynote presentation, 11^th Symposium of the European Association for Research in Transportation (hEART), Zurich, Switzerland.
• Menendez, M. (2023) The capacity of urban traffic networks: Multiple perspectives, Invited presentation, University of South Florida (USF), Tampa, USA.
• Menendez, M. (2023) Enhancing our future lives: Capturing a snapshot of mobility in future smart cities, Panel member, The Middle East Rail, Mobility Live ME and Roads & Traffic Expo, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
• Menendez, M. (2023) The way we move: Can information and technology change it?, Invited presentation, NYUAD Institute, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
• Menendez, M. (2023) Women in STEM: past, present, and future, Closing remarks, weSTEM High school conference, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
• Menendez, M. (2023) Traffic behavior in cities: A macroscopic approach, Invited seminar, National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore, Singapore.
• Minsu, P. (2023) Delivered a talk on “Impact of social traces on user behaviors” at the International Conference for Computational Social Science (IC2S2). 
• Minsu, P. (2023) Delivered a talk on “Impact of social traces on user behaviors” at the Tech Talk Series by NAVER, the largest online platform in Korea.
• Minsu, P. (2023) Delivered a talk on “Impact of social traces on user behaviors” at the KDI School of Public Policy and Management.
• Minsu, P. (2023) Delivered a talk on “Impact of social traces on user behaviors” at the Institute for Basic Science, Korea.
• Minsu, P. (2023) Delivered a talk on “Interdisciplinary Papers Supported by Disciplinary Grants Garner Deep and Broad Impact” at the International Conference for Computational Social Science (IC2S2).
• Minsu, P. (2023) Delivered a talk on “Interdisciplinary Papers Supported by Disciplinary Grants Garner Deep and Broad Impact” at the Summer Institute of Computational Social Science (SICSS), Korea.
• Minsu, P. (2023) Delivered a talk on “Interdisciplinary Papers Supported by Disciplinary Grants Garner Deep and Broad Impact” at the research seminar hosted by Computational Sociology x Culture Working Groups, Department of Sociology, UCLA, Los Angeles, USA.
• Minsu, P. (2023) Delivered a talk on “Interdisciplinary Papers Supported by Disciplinary Grants Garner Deep and Broad Impact” at the Danish Institute for Advanced Study (DIAS), University of Southern Denmark, Denmark.
• Minsu, P. (2023) Delivered a talk on “Decoding Cultural Consumption Using Digital Traces” at the Summer Institute of Computational Social Science (SICSS), Shanghai, China.
• Minsu, P. (2023) Delivered a guest lecture on “Decoding Cultural Consumption Using Digital Traces” for Introduction to Computational Social Science (M1304.003000) at the Department of Sociology, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.
• Minsu, P. (2023) Delivered a guest lecture on “Decoding Cultural Consumption Using Digital Traces” for Computational Social Science (CS-UH2219E) at the Computer Science Program, NYUAD, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
• Norris, J. J. (2023) Delivered a seminar on “Geography and Networks,” organized by the Economics Department at Monash University.
• Paparella, F., de Verneil, A., Cho, A., Burt, J. A., Lachkar, Z. (2023) Connectivity of coral reefs in the Arabian (Persian) Gulf. Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography Conference, Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
• Ripley, D.M., D’Agostino, D., Burt, J. A. (2023). The Metabolic Costs of Hypoxia in a Cryptobenthic Coral Reef Fish. The University of Manchester, UK.
• Shafique, M. (2023) Acted as a keynote speaker at the ITICS 2023 “Machine Learning Security for Autonomous Systems” at International Conference on IT Infrastructure and Computational Security, at Lahore Garrison University (LGU), Lahore, Pakistan. 
• Shafique, M. (2023) Presentation at ITC innovation event Think Tank.
• Schmidt, C., Morard, R., Rapp, S.K., Amao, A.O., Rahman, S.N., Vaughan, G., Farrell, O.M., Burt, J. A. (2023). Local biodiversity of recent foraminifera in three coral reefs in the extremely warm Persian/Arabian Gulf. FORAM Conference, Perugia, Italy.
• Vaughan, G., Johansen, J., Mitchell, M., Shiels, H., Burt, J. A. (2023) Surviving the world’s hottest reefs; An ecophysiological approach to assess the acclamatory capacity of coral reef fishes, 4th Ecology and Evolution Ireland Conference, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
• Yao, D. (2023), one of the co-authors of the paper with Prof. Borja Garcia de Soto,  presented a Poster titled “Game theoretic modeling of malicious insider threat to common data environment in the AEC industry” at the 7th Annual Graduate and Postdoctoral Research Showcase, 22 May, 2023.
• Wang, D. (2023) Delivered a poster presentation on “RIS-Enabled Integrated Sensing and Communication for 6G Systems”, ABU DHABI 6G SUMMIT 2023, Abu Dhabi, UAE. 
• Wasmer, E., Belete, M. (2023) Delivered a presentation at  Big Historical Data Conference, Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology, Jena, Germany. 

2022

• Menendez, M. (2022) Presented “Mobility lab and other research and educational opportunities at NYUAD” at the NYU Transportation Joint Campus Research Summit.
• Menendez, M. (2022) Delivered an invited presentation “Automated modular vehicles. Are they the future of public transport systems?” at the Seminar From Traffic Modeling to Smart Cities and Digital Democracies Seminar, Zurich, Switzerland.
• Menendez, M. (2022) Delivered an invited presentation “Adding flexibility, reliability, and speed to our public transport systems. The use of automated modular vehicle technology” at the hEAT Lab Seminar Series, Delft, Netherlands.
• Menendez, M. (2022) Delivered an invited presentation “Sustainable mobility?” at the Fundamental Research and Sustainability Conference, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
• Beck, F. H. (2022) Presented and showcased two projects: “The Evolution of the Majlis” and “The Future of the Majlis” at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival 2022 in Washington, D.C., USA.
• Celik, K. (2022) Delivered a presentation as an invited speaker: “Advances in development and characterization of sustainable construction materials” at the ACI Concrete Conference on Innovation, March 9-10, 2022, Dubai, UAE.
• Makovi, K. (2022) Delivered an invited talk: “Segregated mobility patterns amplify neighborhood disparities in the spread of COVID-19” at the ANET Lab (Agglomeration & Social Networks Research Lab; affiliated with the Hungarian National Science Academy).
• Marlow, T. (2022) Delivered an invited talk: “Future Flooding Increases Unequal Exposure Risks to Relic Industrial Pollution” at an online seminar series hosted by the First Street Foundation. 
• Menendez, M. (2022) Was invited as a panel member “Celebrating the Power of Connection” at the 2022 Milken Institute Middle East and Africa Summit. 
• Shafique, M. (2022) Was featured at TinyML Talks (Virtual – YouTube) discussing “Energy-Efficiency and Security” for TinyML and “EdgeAI: A Cross-Layer Approach”.
• Shafique, M. (2022) Gave a talk “Embedded Machine Learning for the Edge: From Algorithms to Architectures,” at the CPS&IoT Summer School in Budva, Montenegro.
• Shafique, M. (2022) Gave a talk “Energy-Efficient Deep Learning at the Edge: A Cross-Layer Approach” at the CPS&IoT Summer School in Budva, Montenegro (online).
• Shafique, M. (2022) Delivered an invited talk: Energy-Efficiency for TinyML & EdgeAI: A Cross-Layer Framework with Hardware and Software Techniques,” at SysInt 2022, International Conference on System-Integrated Intelligence.
• Shafique, M. (2022) Was featured at TinyML Talks (Virtual – YouTube) discussing “Energy-Efficiency and Robustness” for TinyML and EdgeAI: A Cross-Layer Approach, AI Track, IBCAST.
• Shafique, M. (2022) Gave a talk “Energy-Efficiency and Robustness” for TinyML and EdgeAI: A Cross-Layer Approach, AI Track at the International Nathiagali Summer Colleges (INSC) on Physics and Contemporary Needs (4 parts).
• Shafique, M. (2022) Gave a presentation “Dependability and Security of Advanced AI Systems: Hardware and Software Techniques,” at the Test Summer School (TSS) at the European Test Symposium (ETS).
• Shafique, M. (2022) Delivered a presentation “Energy-Efficiency and Security for TinyML and EdgeAI: A Cross-Layer Framework with Hardware and Software Techniques,” at the DSRC Seminar Series at Technology Innovation Institute (TII).

2021

• Jabari, S. E. (2021) Delivered a presentation: “Incorporating kinematic wave theory into a deep learning method for traffic speed estimation” at the INFORMS Annual Meeting, Anaheim, USA. 
• Marlow, T. (2021) Delivered an invited talk “Neighborhood Isolation During the COVID‑19 Pandemic” to the Safegraph community. 
• Menendez, M. (2021) Delivered an invited presentation: “Automated modular pods: Applications in public transportation and emergency medical services” at World Conference on Transport Research Society (WCTRS) Committee on Intelligent Transport Systems (SIG-C3) Webinar Series.
• Menendez, M. (2021) Delivered an invited presentation: “Automated modular vehicles: Some future applications” at the Special Transportation Seminar, University of South Florida (USF), Tampa, USA.
• Menendez, M. (2021) Delivered a presentation as a keynote speaker: “Large-scale traffic datasets: Challenges and opportunities of open data platforms in the traffic community” at the International Pre-Conference (HKSTS) Workshop.
• Menendez, M. (2021) Delivered an invited presentation, “The Future City: Harnessing Technology to Improve Urban Life” at the U.S. Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai, UAE.
• Menendez, M. (2021) Delivered an invited presentation: “Is it too soon to bid farewell to driving our cars? The future of driverless travel” at the NYU Alumni Weekend.
• Menendez, M. (2021) Was invited as a panel member: “Future of cities” at the NYU President’s Global Council.
• Menendez, M. (2021) Delivered an invited presentation: “Future cities and transportation” at the ASCE@NYUAD & CITIES Faculty Talk Series.
• Shafique, M. (2021) Gave a talk focusing on: “The Security of AI Functions in Autonomous Vehicles: Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies such as Machine Learning (ML)” at the 2nd Abu Dhabi Smart City Summit, Abu Dhabi, UAE. 
• Shafique, M. (2021) Gave a special session talk “The Status, Challenges and Future of TinyML,” at the IEEE/ACM 58th Design Automation Conference (DAC).
• Shafique, M. (2021) Delivered a presentation “Towards Energy-Efficient and Secure Edge AI: A Cross-Layer Framework,” at the IEEE/ACM 40th International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD), Germany.
• Shafique, M. (2021) Gave a special session talk “Energy-Efficient Edge AI: From Algorithms to Hardware Architectures,” at the CODES/ISSS Conference at Embedded Systems Week (ESWeek).
• Shafique, M. (2021) Gave Special Session Talk “Energy-Efficient EdgeAI: A Cross-Layer Perspective” at the International Symposium on Highly Efficient Accelerators and Reconfigurable Technologies (HEART).
• Shafique, M. (2021) Presented “Reliability and Security for Machine Learning Systems,” at the Workshop on AI Hardware: Test, Reliability and Security (AI-TREATS).
• Shafique, M. (2021) Delivered a Special Session “Dependability for AI Hardware Architectures,” at the European Test Symposium (ETS), Special Session on Emerging Computing Devices: Challenges and Opportunities for Test and Reliability.
• Shafique, M. (2021) Gave a presentation “Energy-Efficiency and Security for EdgeAI: Challenges and Opportunities,” at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST).
• Shafique, M. (2021) Presented “Efficient Deep Learning for Healthcare and Bioinformatics: Trends, Challenges and Opportunities,” at COMSTECH – ICCBS International Workshop on “Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning in Life Sciences”.
• Shafique, M. (2021) Gave a speech “Resistive Crossbar-Aware Neural Network Design: A Hardware-Software Co-Design Methodology,” at the Roundtable @ PIMT 2021: NSF Workshop on Processing-In-Memory Technology.
• Shafique, M. (2021) Gave a talk “Energy Efficiency and Security for Edge-AI: From Algorithms to Hardware Architectures,” at the 18th IEEE International Bhurban Conference on Applied Sciences and Technology, Artificial Intelligence and Software Technologies (AI &ST) track.
• Singh, S. (2021) Presented a paper based on the Pilot Project on Use of ICT and extending digital citizenship at the MS Gore Conference.

2020

• Abouzied, A. (2020) Presented a video: “Supporting Decision-Makers in Uncertain Environments” at Future Data.
• Celik, K. (2020) Delivered Oral & Booth representation at the Emirates Steel Innovation Week, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
• Diabat, A. (2020) Delivered an invited presentation: “Design of blood supply chains under risk of disruptions.” at International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, Dubai, UAE.
• Jabari, S. (2020) Delivered a virtual workshop: “Decentralized network control using continuum traffic models: Large scale autonomy connectivity and mobility networks” at the Institute of Pure and Applied Mathematics (IPAM).
• Menendez, M. (2020) Delivered an Invited masterclass: “Road network capacity: Are we there yet? at TU Delft.
• Menendez, M. (2020). Invited presentation Automated modular vehicle technology. From public transportation to emergency medical services. Workshop III, Large Scale Autonomy: Connectivity and Mobility Networks, for the Long Program: Mathematical Challenges and Opportunities for Autonomous Vehicles. UCLA’s Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (IPAM), Los Angeles, USA.
• Brucato, M. (2020) Gave a talk focusing on: “Stochastic Package Queries in Probabilistic Databases” at SIGMOD.
• Brucato, M., Mannino, M. (2020) Presented a video for a demo concerning sPaQLTools at VLDB.

2019

• Beck, F. (2019) Delivered a talk at Sustainability in Art and Design, Sharjah Museums Authority, Dubai, UAE.
• Beck, F. (2019) Delivered a talk at NYU Shanghai, Interactive Media Program, Shanghai, China.
• Beck, F. (2019) Delivered a talk at Donghua University, Shanghai International College of Fashion and Innovation, Shanghai, China.
• Beck, F. (2019) Delivered a talk and innovation Workshop II & III at the First Abu Dhabi Bank, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
• Beck, F. (2019) Delivered a talk at Parsons School of Design, New York, USA.
• Diabat, A. (2019) Delivered an invited presentation: “Hub-and-spoke network systems with economies-of-scale and congestion,” at the 26th World Road Congress, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
• Diabat, A. (2019) Delivered an invited presentation: “Fixed-partition policies for the inventory routing problem,” at the 49th International Conference on Computers & Industrial Engineering, Beijing, China.
• Jabari, S. (2019) Delivered an invited presentation: “Node modeling for congested urban networks,” at the 26th World Road Congress, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
• Jabari, S. (2019) Delivered an invited presentation: “On data analytics for traffic operation,” at the 5th NYUAD Transportation Symposium, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
• Menendez, M. (2019) Delivered an invited presentation: “Macroscopic modeling of multimodal transportation networks,” at the 26th World Road Congress, Abu Dhabi, UAE.