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+layout: talk
+icon: graduation-cap
+title: "Scale: Making Sense of Complex Systems from Infrastructure to Foundation Models"
+when: Thursday, August 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM EST
+where: 4231 Lurie Engineering Center
+zoom:
+    id: 957 2260 0299
+    passcode: 310884
+    link: https://umich.zoom.us/j/95722600299
+---
+
+Please join us for {% person awadell 's %} Ph.D. defense on {{ page.when }} in {{ page.where }} or via [Zoom]!
+
+[Read the Abstract](https://xjbrtgrab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001tXmrzPU_-NeSGBbvf1UF0lHM-gubUZ94oUnu8nKWXTxbD3xdQUHa0usA3TtDIe9pAKEG0ealMFGtDXXdcjKLD-1Vcv39JpzWjGNGn70YwFBXZfl9TPr7x5OsZZEBUd4FJB0c2_QmMDc1AJUIdhq57m2bL-HxCNTLM6IAeTU_iNbeNOS5HKxtsF1xBTI_wTP87ml3HSNTNxgZw5VciZie6KMC2t61p2_J9ggMpB9W0yo=&c=Ddk0RvfJMG7QzEGmSoVWmkuCp5bVPf7WCqGQzeP3dqxSdwDvhKPgUQ==&ch=GMmR-59OlBVdzKr3gvJkFmxEhOnsMmQUt4PVC5c-dwhKVeMMTXPnCA==)
+
+[Zoom]: {{ page.zoom.link }}