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Research Events

At Dakota State University, we nurture an environment that celebrates and rewards innovation. This includes numerous events that take place throughout the year aimed at fostering an environment that supports and propels our research forward. 

Research Rising

Join us for Research Rising, a series where speakers from outside of DSU join us to share their insights and experiences to inspire DSU's researchers to reach new hights. 

Entanglement Microscopy

Friday, February 28
3 p.m. - 4 p.m.
MadLabs® Briefing Room 112

Dr. Gerardo Ortiz

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In 2022, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences recognized groundbreaking experiments demonstrating quantum entanglement’s role in secure information transfer, quantum computing, and sensing. This talk explores “spooky action at a distance,” a phenomenon that intrigued Einstein and led to John Bell’s inequality. We will then delve into Quantum Entanglement Microscopy, a novel approach using entangled particles like neutrons to probe the entanglement of matter itself. By tuning the entanglement properties of these probes, we can access the quantum nature of materials, offering new opportunities to advance our understanding and manipulation of the physical world.

NSF LogoThis talk is open to all audiences who seek to learn more about Quantum Information Science and Technology. DSU is grateful for support for this guest lecture from NSF Award #2418937.

Research Week

Data Analytics Competition

The Data Analytics Competition at DSU has returned for the third year, and is again sponsored by Sanford Health.

This free event allows collegiate teams to evaluate big data sets and make data forecasts for real-world business needs while helping students grow their critical thinking, collaboration, and presentation skills.

Participants in the Data Analytics competition

Teams will receive the data by Monday, Jan. 20 and results for the first round are due by 5 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 22. The top five scoring teams will travel to DSU to present their results during Dakota State’s annual research week on Monday, March 17.  Each team will have 15-20 minutes to present their results to the audience. Each finalist team will receive $500.

Learn More about the Data Analytics Competition

DSU Research Symposium

Schedule Preview

Thursday March 20

Beacom Collaboration Center and Beacom Institute of Technology Classrooms
(Details forthcoming from Research and Economic Dev.)

Basic timeline:

  • 12:30 - 2:30 p.m. posters and presentations with hors d'oevres, concurrent with talks in classrooms around the building

Break/refreshments

  • 3 - 4 p.m. keynote speaker, Beacom Collaboration Center

Other Research Events

The Undergraduate Research Seminar is a forum for undergraduate students to present their research, gaining valuable presentation and professional communication experience in the process.  Faculty who work with undergraduates on research projects, or who have research projects for undergraduate students to work on, will also present in the undergraduate research seminar. 

The seminar is held on Mondays from 4 to 5 pm in Beacom 213 for the Spring 2025 semester. 

Spring 2025 Seminar Dates and Speakers

January 27th: Kanthi Narukonda - How to find a research question
February 10th: Justin Schroeder – Ranking College Football Teams
February 24th:  Richard Wicklein
March 3rd: Bill Bendix
March 17th:
March 24th: Emme Josko (there is time in this session for one more student)
March 31st: Basbo Ayelazono and Vanessa Ocansey – session full
April 7th:
April 14th: Kylie Borchert (there is time in this session for one more student)
April 28th: Amélie Steins and Kierra Miller – session full

If you would like to speak on any of the dates without a speaker listed please contact Tom Halverson or Rich Avery.

Join us for three full days of talks and trainings from the finest peeps in the security world! Come enjoy the benefits of a small conference where you won't get lost in the crowd and you get time to interact directly with the speakers and your security peers.

Attending the talks on Friday is FREE!

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Spring schedule coming soon!

Upcoming Sessions

Poster Session – Feb. 11th at 12PM, MadLabs® Briefing Room (112) 

In this session, RED staff will introduce a new template for presenters of research posters to use as they prepare for DSU’s annual Research Symposium during Research Week in March and/or for other external research events. Student participation encouraged. Audience: Basic 

Fourth AI in Research Session – Feb. 25th at 12PM, MadLabs ® Briefing Room (112) 

Librarian Abbie Steuhm continues this series of sessions on how to effectively use AI in your research with our Integrating AI into Research Series! Session 4 will explain new journal submission requirements regarding AI and what to do when you have used AI in your research process. Audience: intermediate 

Wildcard Proposal Development Session – April 10th at 2:30PM, location TBA 

Associate VP for Research & Economic Development Pete Hoesing will facilitate a proposal development session on a topic crowdsourced from faculty in consultation with the VPR and the RED team. Audience: Intermediate