Link Lab News Archive

  UVA Link Lab Research Day 2022

The Link Lab Research Day 2022 assembled UVA academic researchers, industry leaders, and government stakeholders who presented and spearheaded discussions of Leading-edge research in CPS and IoT.

CPS Rising Stars Workshop 2022

The inaugural CPS Rising Stars Workshop held at the University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA) on May 26, 2022. This workshop identifies and mentores outstanding PhD students and postdocs who are interested in pursuing academic careers in Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) related areas.

UVA Link Lab Grand Opening

Link Lab celebrated it's opening in style. Here is a look at some of the highlights of the Grand Opening:

Link Lab Grand Opening Facebook Album

Presentations and videos from Kick Off/Grand Opening Event

Friday 11/08/2023

Time: 12:30am - 1:30 pm
Place: Link Lab Arena, Olsson Hall
Speaker: Wix
Topic: Personal Website/Online Portfolio

 

Friday 11/03/2023

Time: 12:30am - 1:30 pm
Place: Link Lab Arena, Olsson Hall
Speaker: Link Lab Students
Topic: Tips, Tricks, & Tools

 

Friday 10/06/2023

Time: 12:30am - 1:30 pm
Place: Link Lab Arena, Olsson Hall
Speaker: Dan Quinn, UVA
Topic: Technical Figure Design Workshop

 

Friday 09/29/2023

Time: 12:30am - 1:30 pm
Place: Link Lab Arena, Olsson Hall
Speaker: Matthew Clark, Ayatollah Yehia, Lahiru Wijayasingha, John Chrosniak, Soroush Zare, Kamiar Khayambashi, John Kelly, Keshara Weersinghe, Viswajith Govinda Rajan, Afsara Benazir
Topic: Link Lab Student Flash Talks

 

Friday 09/15/2023

Time: 12:30am - 1:30 pm
Place: Link Lab Arena, Olsson Hall
Speaker: Priya Date, UVA
Topic: LinkedIn Best Practices

 

Friday 09/08/2023

Time: 12:30am - 1:30 pm
Place: Link Lab Arena, Olsson Hall
Speaker: Ben Calhoun, UVA
Topic: What I Wish I Knew About Research

Wednesday 07/19/2023

Time: 12:00am - 1:00 pm
Place: Link Lab Arena, Olsson Hall
Speaker: Madhur Behl, UVA
Topic: The Impact of AI, ChatGPT, etc. on the Workplace

 

Wednesday 07/19/2023

Time: 12:00am - 1:00 pm
Place: Link Lab Arena, Olsson Hall
Speaker: Madhur Behl, UVA
Topic: Finding the 'Why' of Your Research

 

Wednesday 07/12/2023

Time: 12:00am - 1:00 pm
Place: Link Lab Arena, Olsson Hall
Speaker: Laura Barnes, UVA
Topic: Managing Efficiency, Time, and Productivity

 

Wednesday 06/28/2023

Time: 12:00am - 1:00 pm
Place: Link Lab Arena, Olsson Hall
Speaker: Venkat Laksmi, UVA
Topic: Publishing

 

Wednesday 06/21/2023

Time: 12:00am - 1:00 pm
Place: Link Lab Arena, Olsson Hall
Speaker: Brian Park, UVA
Topic: Tips for Successful Life

 

Wednesday 06/14/2023

Time: 12:00am - 1:00 pm
Place: Link Lab Arena, Olsson Hall
Speaker: Jack Stankovic, UVA
Topic: Leadership

 

Wednesday 06/07/2023

Time: 12:00am - 1:00 pm
Place: Link Lab Arena, Olsson Hall
Speaker: Brad Campbell, UVA
Topic: Making the Most of Summer as Graduate Student

 

Friday 05/05/2023

Time: 11:00am - 12:00 pm
Place: Link Lab Arena, Olsson Hall
Speaker: Dr. James M. Ricles, Lehigh University
Topic: Link Lab Distinguished Seminar | Cyber-Physical Civil Infrastructural Systems: Enhancement of Performance-Based Engineered Structrual Systems for Multi-Natural Hazards

 

Wednesday 03/01/2023

Time: 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Place: Link Lab Arena, Olsson Hall
Speaker: Michael Bertsch, Luwei Zeng, Jeronimo Cox, Faisal Thebo, Yimin Gao, Binata Roy, Md Aashikur Rahman Azim, Zhiyuan Wang, Mehregan Gilani Nejad, Maral (Zahra) Zhiyanpour, Tahsin Mullick
Topic: Link Lab Student Flash Talks

 

Friday 02/17/2023

Time: 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Place: Link Lab Arena, Olsson Hall
Speaker: Rosalyn Berne, UVA
Topic: Ethics in Engineering

 

Friday 02/10/2023

Time: 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Place: Link Lab Arena, Olsson Hall
Speaker: Jack Stankovic, UVA | Ben Calhoun, UVA
Topic: Writing for publications and grants

 

Thursday 01/19/2023

Time: 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Place: Link Lab Arena, Olsson Hall
Speaker: Dr. Long Wang, Stevens Institute of Technology
Topic: Robotic Manipulation in Challenging Applications and Environments: From Operating Room to Field, from Surgery to Aquaculture

 

Friday 11/11/2022

Time: 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Place: Link Lab Arena, Olsson Hall
Speaker: Geoffrey Schaefer, Booz Allen Hamilton | Ryder Foley, UVA | Steve Johnson, UVA
Topic: Ethics in Engineering Panel

 

Friday 11/04/2022

Time: 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Place: Link Lab Arena, Olsson Hall
Speaker: Link Lab Student Groups 
Topic: Interdisciplinary Research Proposal Initiative: Link Lab Student Research Proposal Pitches

 

Thursday 11/03/2022

Time: 5 pm - 7 pm
Place: Link Lab Arena, Olsson Hall
Speaker: Carl Showalter & Doug Garland
Topic: Tech Entrepreneurship in Action: Distinguished Speaker Series: Ride the Waves of Technology Innovation

 

Friday 10/28/2022

Time: 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Place: Link Lab Arena, Olsson Hall
Speaker: Lynn Mandeltort
Topic: Teaching Best Practices

 

Friday 10/21/2022

Time: 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Place: Link Lab Arena, Olsson Hall
Speaker: Matthew Bolton, UVA 
Topic: Research Tips, Tricks, Resources, and Hacks

 

Thursday 09/29/2022

Time: 3 pm - 4:30 pm
Place: Link Lab Arena, Olsson Hall
Speaker: Lauren Bramblett, Anjali Agrawal, Sudhir Shenoy, William Smith, Erzhen Hu, Yidi Wang, Leo Liu, Elisa Pantoja, Harsh Anand, Wonkyo Choe, Runze Yan
Topic: Link Lab Student Flash Talks

 

Friday 09/23/2022

Time: 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Place: Link Lab Arena, Olsson Hall
Speaker: Dan Quinn, UVA
Topic: Technical Figure Design 2.0

 

Friday 09/16/2022

Time: 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Place: Link Lab Arena, Olsson Hall
Speaker: Arsalan Heydarian, UVA
Topic: Presentation Best Practices

 

Friday 09/09/2022

Time: 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Place: Link Lab Arena, Olsson Hall
Speaker: Dan Quinn, Sara Riggs , Lu Feng, Jack Stankovic
Topic: Collaboration/Collaborative Research Faculty Panel

 

Friday 09/02/2022

Time: 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Place: Link Lab Arena, Olsson Hall
Speaker: Ben Calhoun, UVA
Topic: Research Best Practices

 

Friday 04/15/2022

Time: 4 pm - 5 pm
Place: Link Lab Arena, Olsson Hall
Speaker: Rob Tieman, VDOT | Alex Rudin, MITRE | Michelle Hamilton, GA-CCRi | Alex Bazhinov, Lumin | Charles Gibson, Leidos
Topic: Industry Technical Career Panel

 

Tuesday 04/12/2022

Time: 4 pm - 5 pm
Place: Link Lab Arena, Olsson Hall
Speaker: Priya Date
Topic: Effective Strategies to Follow-up with Connections from Conferences

 

Tuesday 03/15/2022

Time: 4 pm - 5 pm
Place: Link Lab Arena, Olsson Hall
Speaker: Priya Date
Topic: How to Network at Conferences

 

Tuesday 03/01/2022

Time: 4 pm - 5 pm
Place: Link Lab Arena, Olsson Hall
Speaker: Priya Date
Topic: How to Design and Review Research Posters

 

Friday 02/18/2022

Time: 12 pm - 1 pm
Place: Link Lab Arena, Olsson Hall
Speaker: Heather Palmer & Priya Date
Topic: LinkedIn Workshop

 

Thursday 02/17/2022

Time: 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Place: Link Lab Aena, Olsson Hall
Speaker: Zack Landsman, Siddharth Singh, Jiechao Gao, Anika Kao, Haley Green, Bingxu Li, Zongyu Li, Shan Xu, Vaibhav Verma
Topic: Link Lab Student Flash Talks Spring 2022

 

Tuesday 02/15/2022

Time: 4 pm - 5 pm
Place: Link Lab Arena, Olsson Hall
Speaker: SEAS Graduate Programs
Topic: Resume/CV Workshop

 

Friday 02/15/2022

Time: 12 pm - 1 pm
Place: Link Lab Arena, Olsson Hall
Topic: Preparation for Flash Talks - Tips, Tricks, Practice, and Real-Time Feedback

 

Friday 02/04/2022

Time: 12 pm - 1 pm
Place: Link Lab Arena, Olsson Hall
Speaker: Elizabeth Mather, Executive Director of UVA Engineering Communications
Topic: Creating a Personal Brand and Leveraging Tools to Market Yourself for Success

 

Friday 12/10/2021

Time: 1 pm - 2 pm
Place: Link Lab Arena, Olsson Hall
Speaker: Julia Lapan, UVA Director of Engineering and Career Development
Topic: Career Competencies Employers Want and How to Plan Now

 

Friday 12/03/2021

Time: 1 pm - 2 pm
Place: Link Lab Arena, Olsson Hall
Speaker: Brad Campbell, UVA Computer Science/Computer Engineering | Brian Park, UVA Civil Engineering | Mircea Stan, UVA Electrical Engineering/Computer Engineering | Sarah Sun, UVA Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering | Laura Barnes, UVA Systems Engineering 
Topic: The Peer Review Process Panel

 

Friday, 11/19/2021

Time: 1 pm - 2 pm
Place: Link Lab Arena, Olsson Hall
Speaker: Marc Oettinger, UVA Licensing & Ventures Group
Topic: Intellectual Property Primer (IP) for UVA Link Lab

 

Friday, 11/12/2021

Time: 1 pm - 2 pm
Place: Link Lab Arena, Olsson Hall
Speaker: Professor Jon Goodall, UVA
Topic: Demystifying Funding

 

Friday, 11/05/2021

Time: 1 pm - 2 pm
Place: Link Lab Arena, Olsson Hall
Speaker: Professor Cady Garey, UVA Department of Drama
Topic: Presentations & Public Speaking Skills

 

Friday, 10/29/2021

Time: 1 pm - 2 pm
Place: Link Lab Arena, Olsson Hall
Speaker: Professor Dan Quinn, UVA
Topic: Technical Figure Design

 

Friday, 10/22/2021

Time: 1 pm - 2 pm
Place: Link Lab Arena, Olsson Hall
Speaker: Kelley Cunningham, UVA Graduate Writing Lab Director
Topic: Planning for Productive Writing

 

Friday, 10/15/2021

Time: 1 pm - 2 pm
Place: Link Lab Arena, Olsson Hall
Speaker: Professor Homa Alemzadeh, UVA
Topic: Dissecting a Research Paper

 

Friday, 10/08/2021

Time: 1 pm - 2 pm
Place: Link Lab Arena, Olsson Hall
Speaker: Professor Jack Stankovic, UVA
Topic: Invention - You Can Do It

 

Friday, 10/01/2021

Time: 1 pm - 2 pm
Place: Link Lab Arena, Olsson Hall
Speaker: Link Lab Graduate Students (Md Mofijul Islam, Victor Ariel Leal Sobral, Jessica Besnier, Xugui Zhou, Wenpeng Wang, Mohammad Samin Yasar, Adil Rahman, Hyunglok Kim, Kay Hutchinson, Jacon D. Nelson, Nicholas Gardella, Debajyoti Datta, Xiang Guo, George Ochieze, Alan Wang) 
Topic: Student Flash Talks & Poster Session

 

Friday, 9/24/2021

Time: 1 pm - 2 pm
Place: Link Lab Arena, Olsson Hall
Speaker: Link Lab Faculty Members: Yuan Tian | Mircea Stan | Homa Alemzadeh | Brian Park | Seongkook Heo | Sarah Sun | Tariq Iqbal | Lu Feng | Dan Quinn
Topic: Faculty Flash Talks

 

Friday, 09/17/2021

Time: 1 pm - 2 pm
Place: Link Lab Arena, Olsson Hall
Speaker: Professor Arsalan Heydarian, UVA
Topic: Strategies for Effective Flash Talks

 

Friday, 09/10/2021

Time: 1 pm - 2 pm
Place: Link Lab Arena, Olsson Hall
Speaker: Professor Ben Calhoun, UVA
Topic: What I wish I knew earlier about research

 

Thursday, 09/13/2018

Time: 11am-12pm
Place: Link Lab Arena, Olsson Hall
Speaker: Professor Cynthia Chen, University of Washington
Topic: Postponed

 

Friday, 08/31/2018

Time: 11am-12pm
Place: Link Lab Arena, Olsson Hall
Speaker: Professor Li Ping, Graduate School at Shenzhen & Centre of Science, Technology, and Society at Tsinghua University
Topic: From Fishing Village to Smart City: Future Mobility and Governance in Shenzhen, China

• Community IoT network launches in Charlottesville, Va. - StateScoop, (April 4, 2019)
   
• Smart Cville, UVA Team Up to Launch Internet of Things Network - NBC29, (April 4, 2019)
   
• UVA’s Link Lab Teams with Smart Cville to Help Launch Network to Inspire Smart-city Innovation - UVA Engineering News, (April 6, 2019)

• Engineer's, Physician Collaborating to Detect Impending Asthma Attacks - UVA Today Article by, Fariss Samarrai (Sept. 4, 2018)

• Racing for an A: Students in Unique Course Put Self-Driving Cars to Final Test - UVA Today Article by, Fariss Samarrai (May 14, 2018)

• Listen to Madhur Behl talk about the future of Autonomous Vehicles on the radio! May 9, 2018 

• Safer Surgery: Engineer Seeks to Refine Robot-Assisted Operations - UVA Today Article by, Nick Matthews on Homa Alemzadeh

• Tesla, Uber fatal accidents didn't scare me away from self-driving cars - Mashable, April 12, 2018

• UVA Link Lab focuses on tech that connects cyber, physical worlds - Daily Progress Article, April 7, 2018

• "In Driverless Cars, Communications Failures Could Be Disastrous" - UVA Today article, March 05, 2018 Charlie Feigenoff

• April 10th, 2018: Medical Cyber Physical Systems Workshop 2018 (Porto, Portugal)

• WVIR NBC29's report on UVA Engineering's new Link Lab highlights the interdisciplinary research that is already flourishing in the space. Watch the video here: http://bit.ly/2t4b0nE

• WINA's interview with Prof. Jack Stankovic (Computer Science)

• WVTF interview with Prof. Jon Goodall (Civil Engineering)

• "What's in UVA's New Link Lab? The Future" - UVA Today article by, Elizabeth Thiel Mather

• INTO THE DARKNESS: UVA ROBOT MAPS HISTORIC TUNNEL - UVA Today article on Prof. Nicola Bezzo

• NBC 29 News report -  Prof. Nicola Bezzo uses robots to map historic tunnel.

• With Research in Autonomous Systems, Smart Cities and Smart Health, the Link Lab Will Catalyze the Cyber Age - Elizabeth Thiel Mather

• Official Opening Announcement - Business Insider (February 22, 2018)

• "Robot Take the Wheel" - Virginia Magazine article, Winter 2017     

• Multidisciplicary research team explores smart stormwater management - The Cavalier Daily, October 6, 2017     

• Driverless Cars Are Coming. How Will They Affect Charlottesville? UVA Today, Sept. 12, 2017    

• NSF Grants Support Smart Stormwater Management Research, August 29, 2017

• Turning a Terrible Tide, July 24, 2017

• Floods and Droughts Inspire UVA's Husband and Wife Engineer's - UVA Today, July 14, 2017     

• NIST Awards $38.5 Million to Accelerate Public Safety Communications Technologies - June 13, 2017     

• With the Rise of Autonomous Vehicles, Hackers Pose a New Threat  - UVA Today article, April 2017     

• Mood and Food: Some things to think about when raiding the fridge - USC News, MARCH 15, 2017    

• Engineering Smart Houses, Driverless Cars - Cavalier Daily article (Kate Lewis) - January 25, 2017

2016

• IMPROVING THE HUMAN CONDITION - Virginia Business (Jan. 28, 2016)     

• UVA NURSING PROFESSOR TO STUDY LINK BETWEEN ALZHEIMER'S, INCONTINENCE - UVA Today (July 5, 2012)

2015

• Fighting Obesity with Data - UVA Today, November 11, 2015     

• Major UVA Engineering Initiative to Focus on Intersection of Cyber Physical Systems - UVA Today article by, Elizabeth Thiel Mather (October 1, 2015)