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JAN
07
2019
Other Event
Office of Tech Transfer (OTT) – Office Hours
Office of Tech Transfer (OTT)
JAN
14
2019
CSE Seminar
Coding Theory in the Big Data Era
Mahdi Cheraghchi, Assistant Professor, Imperial College London
JAN
14
2019
Dissertation Defense
Computational Linguistic Models for Personal Values and Human Activities
Steven Wilson
JAN
15
2019
AI Seminar
Teachable Cognitive Systems
Chris MacLellan, Research Scientist, Soar Technology, Inc.
JAN
16
2019
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Using JavaScript and Canvas to Create an Interactive Website (And the Accessibility Issues that May Arise)
Colleen van Lent, Lecturer IV, University of Michigan School of Information
JAN
18
2019
AI Seminar
Information Extraction from Online Text — from Opinions to Arguments to Persuasion
Claire Cardie, Professor, Cornell University
JAN
22
2019
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Context-Driven Implicit Interactions
Gierad Laput, Ph.D. Candidate, Carnegie Mellon University
JAN
22
2019
AI Seminar
Computational Modeling in Human-Computer Interaction
Nikola Banovic, Assistant Professor, University of Michigan
JAN
22
2019
Student Event
Bloomberg Resume Review Workshop
JAN
24
2019
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Solving Linear Equations
Rasmus Kyng, Postdoc, Harvard University
JAN
25
2019
Theory Seminar
On the Quantitative Hardness of the Closest Vector Problem
Huck Bennett, Postdoctoral Researcher, Northwestern University
JAN
28
2019
Computer Vision Seminar
Image Synthesis for Self-Supervised Visual Representation Learning
Richard Zhang, Research Scientist, Adobe Research
JAN
29
2019
Systems Seminar – CSE
Model-driven network management
Anees Shaikh, Google, Network Infrastructure Team
JAN
29
2019
Student Event
Fast Enterprises Interview Prep
JAN
30
2019
Student Event
Google PhD Workshop (for PhD students only)
JAN
30
2019
Student Event
Yelp Tech Talk
FEB
04
2019
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Towards Embodied Visual Intelligence
Dinesh Jayaraman, Postdoc, University of California, Berkeley
FEB
04
2019
Other Event
Office of Tech Transfer (OTT) – Office Hours
Office of Tech Transfer (OTT)
FEB
06
2019
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Caches: Beyond the Pipeline
Jon Beaumont, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Michigan
FEB
07
2019
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Democratizing Domain-Specific Accelerators for Next-Generation Computing
Sophia Shao, Senior Research Scientist, NVIDIA Research
FEB
13
2019
Computer Vision Seminar
Rethinking the relationship between data and robotics
Lerrel Pinto, PhD Candidate, Carnegie Mellon University
FEB
14
2019
Faculty Candidate Seminar
From Barriers to Bridges: Designing Infrastructures for Help in Online Programming Communities
Denae Ford, Ph.D. Candidate, North Carolina State University
FEB
18
2019
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Overcoming the Deep Learning Power Wall with Principled Unsafe Optimization
Brandon Reagen, Research Scientist, Facebook
FEB
19
2019
Dissertation Defense
Locality of Distributed Graph Problems
Yi-Jun Chang
FEB
22
2019
Theory Seminar
Revisionist Simulations: A New Technique for Proving Space Lower Bounds
Leqi (Jimmy) Zhu, University of Toronto
FEB
25
2019
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Towards a Unified Theory of Approximate Optimization
Euiwoong Lee, Postdoc, New York University
FEB
26
2019
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Protecting Privacy by Splitting Trust
Henry Corrigan-Gibbs, Ph.D. Candidate, Stanford University
FEB
28
2019
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Web Automation for Everyone: From PBD to PBX
Sarah Chasins, Ph.D. Candidate, University of California, Berkeley
FEB
28
2019
Security Seminar
Seven Things: Frank Zappa, T. Coraghasen Boyle, and Twenty-one Years in Security
Gary McGraw
MAR
01
2019
MIDAS Seminar
Matrix Completion in Network Analysis
Ji Zhu, Department of Statistics University of Michigan
MAR
04
2019
Other Event
Office of Tech Transfer (OTT) – Office Hours
Office of Tech Transfer (OTT)
MAR
08
2019
Systems Seminar – CSE
Scaling database systems to high-performance computers
Spyros Blanas, Assistant Professor, CSE, The Ohio State University
MAR
13
2019
AI Seminar
Towards Generalization and Efficiency in Reinforcement Learning
Wen Sun, Ph.D. Candidate, Carnegie Mellon University
MAR
14
2019
Dissertation Defense
Cross-Layer System Design for Autonomous Driving
Shih-Chieh Lin
MAR
15
2019
MIDAS Seminar
Infusing Structure into Machine Learning Algorithms
Animashree Anandkumar, PhD, Professor, Computing + Mathematical Sciences, California Institute of Technology
MAR
18
2019
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Designing Robust Defenses for Modern Payment Systems
Nolen Scaife, Research Assistant, University of Florida
MAR
18
2019
Dissertation Defense
Preventing Capability Abuse through Systematic Analysis of Exposed Interfaces
MAR
21
2019
AI Seminar
Understanding and Improving Deep Neural Networks
Jeff Clune, Associate Professor and Senior Research Manager, University of Wyoming and Uber AI Labs
MAR
22
2019
MIDAS Seminar
Scalable Bayesian Inference With Hamilton Monte Carlo
Michael Betancourt, PhD, Principal Research Scientist, Symplectomorphic, LLC
MAR
25
2019
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Computational Wireless Sensing at Scale
Rajalakshmi Nandakumar, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Washington
MAR
26
2019
AI Seminar
Efficient Training and Inference in Deep Learning
Ji Liu , Assistant Professor, University of Rochester
MAR
27
2019
Other Event
Less Metrics, More Rando: (Net) Art as Software Research
Ben Grosser, Assistant Professor of New Media, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
APR
01
2019
AI Seminar
Towards Human-Level Recognition via Contextual, Dynamic, and Predictive Representations
Fisher Yu, Postdoc, University of California, Berkeley
APR
01
2019
Other Event
Office of Tech Transfer (OTT) – Office Hours
Office of Tech Transfer (OTT)
APR
01
2019
Dissertation Defense
Classical Computation in the Quantum World
Cupjin Huang
APR
04
2019
AI Seminar
The Role of Context in Natural Language Processing
Soujanya Poria, Postdoc, School of Computer Science & Engineering, NTU, Singapore
APR
05
2019
Dissertation Defense
High Availability Localization and Mapping
Xipeng Wang
APR
05
2019
MIDAS Seminar
Making Connections: Data Science Approaches to Understanding Mood and Cognition in the Modern Er
Alex Leow, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Departments of Psychiatry, Bioengineering, and Computer Science University of Illinois at Chicago
APR
08
2019
AI Seminar
Bridging Data, Design, and Domain Knowledge to Build Human-Centered Systems that Support Wellbeing
Elizabeth Murnane, Postdoc, Stanford University
APR
11
2019
Other Event
Michigan Quantum Science and Technology Workshop
APR
11
2019
AI Seminar
Learning Hierarchical Control Programs
Roy Fox, Postdoc, University of California, Berkeley
APR
15
2019
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Solving Hard Problems Automatically
Marijn Heule, Research Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Austin
APR
15
2019
Student Event
Research Poster Session
APR
15
2019
MIDAS Seminar
Data Science at The New York Times
Chris Wiggins, PhD, Associate Professor, Columbia University
APR
15
2019
Student Event
research as Career Panel
APR
17
2019
AI Seminar
Why Do Neural Networks Learn?
Behnam Neyshabur, Postdoc, New York University
APR
18
2019
Systems Seminar – CSE
Supercharge analytics over large IoT data: an OS approach
Felix Xiaozhu Lin, Assistant Professor, Purdue University
APR
19
2019
Distinguished Lecture
Physics, Machine Learning, and Networks
Cris Moore, Professor, Santa Fe Institute
APR
23
2019
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Semantic Foundations for Live Programming Environments
Cyrus Omar, Postdoc, University of Chicago
APR
24
2019
Computer Engineering Seminar
System and Architecture Design for Safe and Reliable Smart Applications
Jishen Zhao, Assistant Professor, University of California, San Diego
APR
25
2019
Other Event
CSE Bring Your Child to Work Day
APR
30
2019
Dissertation Defense
Design of Sequential Stochastic Computing Systems
PaiShun Ting
MAY
07
2019
Dissertation Defense
Dynamics and Social Networks
Fang-Yi Yu
MAY
10
2019
Other Event
NABD 2019 (Not Another Big Data Conference)
MAY
15
2019
Dissertation Defense
Requirements Testing and Verification for Smart Systems through Systematic Software Analysis
MAY
20
2019
Dissertation Defense
Reducing Redundant Computation and Data in Non-deterministic Systems by Exploiting the Computation-data Duality
Xianzheng Dou
MAY
21
2019
AI Seminar
Efficient Algorithms for Learning Combinatorial Structures from Limited Data
Asish Ghoshal, PhD graduate, Purdue University
MAY
29
2019
Other Event
Precision Health Symposium
JUN
07
2019
Dissertation Defense
Its Data All the Way Down: Exploring the Relationship Between Machine Learning and Data Management
Michael Anderson
JUN
10
2019
Dissertation Defense
Building and Querying Structured Knowledge Sources from Natural Language Text
Nikita Bhutani
JUL
10
2019
Dissertation Defense
Towards a More Predictable Database System
Jiamin Huang
JUL
18
2019
Other Event
Dr. Hava Siegelmann's visit
Hava Siegelmann, Program Manager, I2O office, DARPA
AUG
02
2019
MIDAS Seminar
statistical Methods for Flexible Differential Analysis of Cross-Sample Single-Cell RNA-Seq Datasets
Mark Robinson, PhD, Associate Professor of Statistical Genomics Institute of Molecular Sciences, University ofn Zurich
AUG
06
2019
Dissertation Defense
Rethinking Context Management of Data Parallel Processors in an Era of Irregular Computing
Jonathan Beaumont
AUG
15
2019
Dissertation Defense
Energy Efficient Algorithms in Low-Energy Wireless Sensor Networks
Timothy Lewis
AUG
19
2019
Dissertation Defense
Designing and Evaluating Physical Adversarial Attacks and Defenses for Machine Learning Algorithms
Kevin Eykholt
AUG
29
2019
Dissertation Defense
Addressing Variability in Speech when Recognizing Emotion and Mood In-the-Wild
John Gideon
SEP
04
2019
Dissertation Defense
Efficient Deep Neural Network Computation on Processors
Jiecao Yu
SEP
09
2019
Student Event
New PhD Student Meeting
Led by Professor John Hayes
SEP
10
2019
Dissertation Defense
Demographic-Aware Natural Language Processing
Aparna Garimella
SEP
10
2019
Dissertation Defense
Learning Hierarchical Compositional Task Definitions through Online Situated Interactive Language Instruction
James Kirk
SEP
11
2019
Student Event
New MS Student Meeting
Led by Professor Quentin Stout
SEP
12
2019
Dissertation Defense
Multimodal Character Representation for Visual Story Understanding
Mahmoud Azab
SEP
13
2019
Theory Seminar
Expander Decompositions: Fast Algorithms and Applications
Thatchaphol Saranurak, Research Assistant Professor, TTI-Chicago
SEP
16
2019
MIDAS Seminar
Predictive Analytics in Healthcare: From Anomaly Detection to Development of Clinical Decision Systems
Elyas Sabeti, PhD, MIDAS Fellow, University of Michigan
SEP
16
2019
MIDAS Seminar
The Strength of Long-Range Ties
Patrick Park PhD, MIDAS Fellow
SEP
17
2019
Student Event
Getting an NSF GRF
Assistant Professor David Fouhey
SEP
23
2019
MIDAS Seminar
Benchmarking at Scale: Comparing Analysis Workflows for Single-Cell Genomic Data
Jun Li, Professor of Human Genetics, University of Michigan
SEP
24
2019
AI Seminar
Game Playing Meets Game Theory: Strategic Learning from Simulated Play
Michael P. Wellman, Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, University of Michigan
SEP
25
2019
Systems Seminar – CSE
Feedback-Driven Processors
Joseph Devietti, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer & Information Science at the University of Pennsylvania
SEP
27
2019
Other Event
Friday Night AI – AI, Personalized Technology, and Mental Health When
Prof. Emily Mower Provost and Prof. Melvin Mcinnis
SEP
30
2019
Rackham Faculty Allies Speaker Series
Rackham Faculty Allies Speaker Series: Nina Mishra
Nina Mishra, Principal Scientist, Amazon
SEP
30
2019
MIDAS Seminar
Are you a researcher looking for genetic and clinic data? Do you need assistance in data analysis?
Erin O’Brein Kaleba, MPH Director, Data Office for Clinic and Translational Research; Cinzia Villanucci Smothers, M. Bioethics Project Manager
SEP
30
2019
Computing CARES
Panel + Dinner: How to Become an EECS IA
OCT
01
2019
AI Seminar
Computational exercises of creative language
Carlo Strapparava, Senior Researcher, Fondazione Bruno Kessler – Istituto per la ricerca scientifica e Tecnologica
OCT
04
2019
Alumni | Distinguished Lecture | Women in Computing
Detection structure and patterns in big biomedical data
Smita Krishnaswamy
OCT
04
2019
Alumni
EECS Homecoming Luncheon
OCT
08
2019
AI Seminar
Friends Don’t Let Friends Deploy Black-Box Models: The Importance of Intelligibility in Machine Learning for HealthCare
Rich Caruana, Senior Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research
OCT
11
2019
Theory Seminar
The polymorphic gateway between structure and algorithms: Constraint Satisfaction and Beyond
Venkatesan Guruswami, Professor, Carnegie Mellon University
OCT
14
2019
MIDAS Seminar
PCS Framework, Interpretable Machine Learning, and Deep Neural Networks
Bin Yu, PHD, Chancellor’s Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science University of California, Berkeley
OCT
18
2019
Theory Seminar
Parallelizing Greedy for Submodular Set Function Maximization
Kent Quanrud, Asst. Professor, Purdue University
OCT
19
2019
Other Event | Symposium
Michigan AI Symposium – “AI for Society”
Prof. Doina Precup, McGill University, MILA, DeepMind
OCT
21
2019
CSE Seminar
Algorithms for Coping with Intractability and Uncertainty
Nikhil Bansal, Professor, Eindhoven University of Technology
OCT
21
2019
MIDAS Seminar
Learning & Exploiting Low-Dimensional Structure in High-Dimentional Data
David Dunson, PhD , Arts & Sciences Distinguished Professor of Statistical Science & Mathematics, Duke University
OCT
21
2019
Computing CARES
Panel + Dinner: Engineering Opportunities Abroad
OCT
22
2019
Distinguished Lecture | Women in Computing
AI for Intelligent Financial Services: Examples and Discussion
Manuela Veloso, Managing Director, Head of AI Research, J. P. Morgan
OCT
24
2019
Interactive Systems Seminar
Managing Stress: The Needs of Autistic Adults in Video Calling
Andy Begel, Senior Researcher, Ability Group, Microsoft Research
OCT
25
2019
Dissertation Defense
Estimation of Information Measures and Applications in Machine Learning
Morteza Noshad
OCT
28
2019
MIDAS Seminar
Constructing Tumor-Specific Gene Regulatory Networks Based on Samples with Tumor Purity Heterogeneity
Pei Wang, PhD – Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, Professor, Department of Genetics and Geomic Sciences
NOV
01
2019
Theory Seminar
Cup Emptying Games and I/O Scheduling
Michael A. Bender , Professor, Stony Brook University
NOV
01
2019
Dissertation Defense
Thermal and QoS-Aware Embedded Systems
Youngmoon Lee
NOV
05
2019
AI Seminar
Toward Human-Like AI: Cognitive Architecture, Common Model of Cognition & Interactive Task Learning
John E. Laird, John L. Tishman Professor of Engineering, University of Michigan
NOV
06
2019
CSE Seminar
Towards building Internet of Vehicles
Dr. Fan Bai, Lab Group Manager, Electrical & Control Systems Lab., Research & Development and Planning, General Motors Corporation
NOV
06
2019
Computer Engineering Seminar
Getting Computer Systems Ready for Visual Computing in Ten Years
Yuhao Zhu, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, University of Rochester
NOV
06
2019
Student Event
16th Annual CSE Graduate Honors Competition
NOV
06
2019
Student Event
16th Annual CSE Graduate Honors Competition Finalists
NOV
08
2019
Rackham Faculty Allies Speaker Series
Rackham Faculty Allies Speaker Series: Mohammad Irfan
Mohammad Irfan, Assistant Professor of Digital & Computational Studies and Computer Science, Bowdoin College
NOV
12
2019
AI Seminar
Joint Models for Social, Behavioral and Textual Information
Dan Goldwasser, Assistant Professor in Computer Science, Purdue University
NOV
13
2019
Symposium
MIDAS 2019 Annual Symposium – Embracing the Challenge: Data Science for the Next Ten Years
NOV
13
2019
Systems Seminar – CSE
Addressing challenges in real-time perception processing for automated driving
Dr. Shige Wang, Staff Researcher, GM Global R&D
NOV
13
2019
Computer Engineering Seminar
A Graph-Based Dataflow Architecture for Executing Neural Networks
Dave Fick, CTO and founder, Mythic
NOV
14
2019
Symposium
MIDAS 2019 Annual Symposium – Embracing the Challenge: Data Science for the Next Ten Years
NOV
15
2019
Symposium
MIDAS 2019 Annual Symposium – Embracing the Challenge: Data Science for the Next Ten Years
NOV
15
2019
Theory Seminar
An Adaptive Step Toward the Multiphase Conjecture
Omri Weinstein, Asst. Professor, Columbia University
NOV
18
2019
CSE Seminar
Using deep-learning methods to predict cancer patient survival
Lana Garmire, Associate Professor of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, University of Michigan Medical School
NOV
18
2019
MIDAS Seminar
How Powerful Are Graph Neural Networks?
Jure Leskovec, Associate Professor, Stanford University
NOV
18
2019
Computing CARES
Team Dynamics Workshop + Dinner
NOV
19
2019
MIDAS Seminar
Quantifying Cell Type-Specific Changes in Transcriptional State and Gene Co-Regulation Across Multiple Datasets Using SCRANA-SEQ
Gerald Quon, Assistant Professor, University of California
NOV
19
2019
AI Seminar
From Recognition to Reasoning
Justin Johnson, Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, University of Michigan
NOV
22
2019
Theory Seminar
Fine-grained hardness of CVP(P)— Everything that we can prove (and nothing else)
Huck Bennett, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Michigan
NOV
22
2019
Other Event
Friday Night AI – Teaching Robots through Natural Interactions
Prof. John Laird and Prof. Joyce Chai, U-M CSE
NOV
25
2019
MIDAS Seminar
Bias in Search and Recommenders Systems
Ricardo Baeza-Yates, CTO, NTENT Director, Data Science Programs,, Northeastern University, Silicon Valley Campus
NOV
26
2019
Other Event
Off-policy Estimation in Reinforcement Learning
Bo Dai, Research Scientist, Google Brain
NOV
26
2019
CSE Seminar
Building Multi-Language Tools
Jimmy Koppel, Ph. D. candidate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
DEC
02
2019
Dissertation Defense
Enabling Usable and Performant Trusted Execution
Ofir Weisse
DEC
02
2019
MIDAS Seminar
Word Embeddings: What Works, What Doesn’t, and How to Tell the Difference for Applied Research
Arthur Spirling, Deputy Director,, Center for Data Science, New York University
DEC
03
2019
Other Event
Giving Blueday 12.03.19
DEC
04
2019
Dissertation Defense
Runtime Systems for Persistent Memories
Vaibhav Gogte
DEC
04
2019
Dissertation Defense
Towards Seamless Human-Mobility Interaction
Dongyao Chen
DEC
05
2019
Computer Engineering Seminar
Principled Secure Processor Design
Chris Fletcher, Assistant Professor in Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
DEC
06
2019
Theory Seminar
The Complexity of Finding S-factors in Regular Graphs
Sanjana Kolisetty and Linh Le, University of Michigan
DEC
06
2019
Dissertation Defense
Using Sensor Redundancy in Vehicles and Smartphones for Driving Security and Safety
Arunkumaar Ganesan
DEC
09
2019
Dissertation Defense
Thwarting Advanced Code-reuse Attacks
Misiker Tadesse Aga
DEC
09
2019
Computing CARES
Study Session + Dinner
DEC
11
2019
Student Event
Computer Games Showcase
DEC
13
2019
Other Event | Student Event
EECS 545 Machine Learning Poster Session
DEC
16
2019
Rackham Faculty Allies Speaker Series
Supporting Efforts to Broaden Participation in Computer Science
Jeff Forbes, Program Director, National Science Foundation