CIS Seminar: “Reducing Errors in Quantum Computation via Program Transformation”
Abstract: Quantum computing promises exponential speedups for an important class of problems. While quantum computers with few dozens of qubits have been demonstrated, these machines suffer from high rate of […]
CIS: Grace Hopper Distinguished Lecture: “A 2020 Vision of U.S. Election Security”
Abstract: Despite the provision of a $380M federal grant to enhance technology and improve security in the 2018 midterm elections, machine failures and computer malfunctions again plagued polling places (in […]
CIS Seminar: “Achieving CSforALL through the Beauty and Joy of Computing (BJC)”
Abstract: At a time when computing is so much a part of all of our lives, has incredible job opportunities, and is so empowering, most students graduate high school without having had […]
CIS Seminar: “Contesting Secure Development to Understand Security Mistakes”
Abstract: With the ongoing, frequent disclosure of the existence and exploitation of security vulnerabilities, one might wonder: How can we can build software that is more secure? In an attempt […]
PRiML Seminar: “Nonconvex Optimization Meets Statistics: A Few Recent Stories”
Recent years have seen a flurry of activity in solving statistical estimation and learning problems via nonconvex optimization. While conventional wisdom often takes a dim view of nonconvex optimization algorithms […]
CIS Seminar: “Learning in dynamic environments”
Abstract: In many online systems participants use data and algorithms to experiment and learn how to best use the system. Examples include traffic routing as well as online auctions. Game […]
CIS Seminar: “A Geometric Perspective on Computing Motion”
Abstract: The connections between geometry and mechanics have been explored for centuries. How these connections shape computation is a question we are just beginning to explore. If computers can predict how materials […]
Tedori-Callinan Lecture: “Isogeometric Analysis”
The vision of Isogeometric Analysis was first presented in a paper published October 1, 2005 [1]. Since then it has become a focus of research within both the fields of […]
CIS Seminar: “What Society Must Require from AI”
Abstract: Artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms, especially machine learning (ML) programs, are now being employed or proposed for use in: a) scanning résumés to weed out job applicants; b) evaluating risks […]
PRiML Seminar: “Building Algorithms by Playing Games”
A very popular trick for solving certain types of optimization problems is this: write your objective as the solution of a two-player zero-sum game, endow both players with an appropriate learning […]