Please join the Division of Research & Innovation and Computing & Information Technology at Wayne State University for a briefing and training session with experts from Google. The session will be held on January 21, 2026 from 9 to 11:30 p.m. at IBio. The presenters for AI in the Researcher's journey: From hypothesis to experiment, and beyond,  will include Chris Daugherty, Mark Epolito and Alex Markley from Google. 

The event is free for all Wayne State University faculty, researchers, and research staff and administrators. Registration is required and seating is limited. 

The agenda for the event is as follows: 

9:00 – 9:45 PM - Google Briefing [Chris Daugherty & Mark Epolito]

• AI hypercomputer + full stack offering + Google's history in research
• VertexAI
• Grantflow
• Training and Support: Google Skills, Career Launchpad

9:45 - 11:30 PM - Google AI Research Training [Alex Markley]

• GCP Storage and Compute 101
• Demystifying CPUs vs. GPUs vs. TPUs
• Colab Demo
• Big Query 101
• Q&A

We hope you are able to join us for this interesting session!