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Events for 2021
JAN
13
2021
Dissertation Defense
Expanding Task Diversity in Explanation-Based Interactive Task Learning
Aaron Mininger
JAN
15
2021
Theory Seminar
Approximating the Diameter of a Graph
Nicole Wein, MIT
JAN
21
2021
Faculty Candidate Seminar
I Am Error: How Math Can Automatically Fix Mistakes
Dylan Quintana, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Chicago
JAN
21
2021
Computing CARES
Resume and Interview Tips
JAN
22
2021
Theory Seminar
Accidental Research: Scalable Algorithms for Graph Automorphism and Canonical Labeling
Karem Sakallah, University of Michigan
JAN
28
2021
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Introduction to Cache Organization
Kevin Leach, Postdoc, University of Michigan
JAN
28
2021
Theory Seminar
New algorithms and lower bounds for all-pairs max flow
Ohad Trabelsi, Weizmann Institute
JAN
29
2021
Distinguished Lecture
Resource-Efficient Quantum Computing by Breaking Abstractions
Fred Chong, Seymour Goodman Professor, University of Chicago
FEB
04
2021
Theory Seminar
Improved Analysis of Higher Order Random Walks
Vedat Levi Alev, University of Waterloo
FEB
11
2021
Computing CARES
Remote Learning & Time Management
FEB
12
2021
Theory Seminar
Fooling Constant-Depth Threshold Circuits
William Hoza, UT Austin
FEB
15
2021
Other Event
75th anniversary of the ENIAC
FEB
17
2021
Other Event
AI’s Impact on Research
Chad Jenkins, Oren Etzioni, Dan Huttenlocher, Maria Klawe
FEB
17
2021
Cultural
Graduate Town Hall Meeting
FEB
18
2021
Cultural
That Ain’t Right: AI Mistakes and Black Lives
Chad Jenkins, Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan
FEB
19
2021
Theory Seminar
Deterministic Mincut in Almost-Linear Time
Jason Li, Carnegie Mellon University
FEB
19
2021
Distinguished Lecture
The Open Virtual Assistant Initiative
Monica Lam, Professor, Stanford University
FEB
23
2021
Cultural
Alumni Round Table for Black History Month
7 COE Alumni
FEB
24
2021
Dissertation Defense
Improving the Generalization Performance of Deep Learning Models Applied to Clinical Time Series by Addressing Task Specific Structure
Jeeheh Oh
FEB
26
2021
Theory Seminar
Tight Bounds for Adversarially Robust Streams and Sliding Windows via Difference Estimators
Samson Zhou, CMU
MAR
04
2021
Theory Seminar
Prophet and Secretary Online Algorithms for Matching in General Graphs
Michal Feldman, Tel Aviv University
MAR
04
2021
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Learning Through Interaction in Cooperative Multi-Agent Systems
Kalesha Bullard, Postdoctoral Researcher, Facebook AI Research
MAR
04
2021
Dissertation Defense
Datacenter Architectures for the Microservices Era
Amirhossein Mirhosseini
MAR
04
2021
Dissertation Defense
Evaluating and Improving Internet Load Balancing with Large-Scale Latency Measurements
Yibo Pi
MAR
04
2021
Computing CARES
How To Be An EECS IA
MAR
10
2021
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Prioritizing Computation and Analyst Resources in Large-scale Data Analytics
Kexin Rong, Ph.D. Candidate, Stanford University
MAR
12
2021
Theory Seminar
Adversarial Streaming, Differential Privacy, and Adaptive Data Analysis
Uri Stemmer, Ben-Gurion University
MAR
15
2021
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Introduction to Red-Black Tree
Nasheen Nur, Ph.D. Candidate, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
MAR
16
2021
Faculty Candidate Seminar
AI for Population Health: Melding Data and Algorithms on Networks
Bryan Wilder, Ph.D. Candidate, Harvard University
MAR
17
2021
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Wireless Systems that See the Invisible with Machine Learning: Through-Wall Vision, Emotion Recognition, and Health Monitoring
Mingmin Zhao, Ph.D. Candidate, MIT
MAR
18
2021
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Physically Interactive Intelligence — A path towards autonomous embodied agents
Roberto Martin-Martin, Postdoctoral Scholar, Stanford University
MAR
19
2021
Theory Seminar
Approximation Algorithms and Hardness for Strong Unique Games
Suprovat Ghoshal, University of Michigan
MAR
22
2021
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Opening the Black Box: Towards Theoretical Understanding of Deep Learning
Wei Hu, Ph.D. Candidate, Princeton University
MAR
24
2021
Cultural
Picture a Scientist: Screening, Panel and Discussion
MAR
24
2021
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Defining and Ensuring Algorithmic Fairness in Artificial Intelligence
Ben Fish, Postdoc, Mila
MAR
25
2021
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Probabilistic proofs: theory, hardware, and everything in between
Riad Wahby, Ph.D. Candidate, Stanford University
MAR
25
2021
Student Event
DEI and Wellness
MAR
25
2021
Computing CARES
Undergraduate Research Panel
MAR
26
2021
Theory Seminar
(a biased selection of) Recent Developments in Combinatorial Auctions
Matthew S. Weinberg, Princeton University
MAR
29
2021
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Diversity and Fairness in Data Summarization Algorithms
Sepideh Mahabadi, Research Assistant Professor, Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago
MAR
30
2021
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Perception and Decision-Making Systems for Human-Robot Teaming in Safety-Critical Environments
Angelique Taylor, Ph.D. Candidate, University of California, San Diego
MAR
30
2021
AI Seminar
Toward Broad and Deep Language Processing for Intelligent Systems
Marjorie McShane, Associate Professor, Cognitive Science Department Co-Director LEIA, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
MAR
31
2021
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Sample-Efficient Nonconvex Optimization Algorithms for Machine Learning
Pan Xu, Ph.D. Candidate, UCLA
APR
01
2021
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Eliminating Bugs in Real Systems
Fraser Brown, Ph.D. Candidate, Stanford University
APR
05
2021
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Architecting Quantum Computing Systems in the Presence of Noise
Yongshan Ding, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Chicago
APR
06
2021
Faculty Candidate Seminar
SAUL: Towards Effective Data Science
Lei Cao, Postdoc, MIT
APR
09
2021
Theory Seminar
An Improved Exponential-Time Approximation Algorithm for Fully-Alternating Games Against Nature
Andrew Drucker, University of Chicago
APR
12
2021
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Enabling Hyperscale Web Services
Akshitha Sriraman, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Michigan
APR
13
2021
Dissertation Defense
On Learning Neural End-to-End Goal-Oriented Dialog Systems
Janarthanan Rajendran
APR
14
2021
Faculty Candidate Seminar
IDEs for Ideas
Andrew Head, Postdoc, University of California, Berkeley
APR
15
2021
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Bridging Algorithmic and Statistical Randomness in Machine Learning
Michal Derezinski, Postdoc, University of California, Berkeley
APR
16
2021
Theory Seminar
Adaptive gradient descent methods for constrained optimization
Alina Ene, Boston University
APR
23
2021
Theory Seminar
Approximation Algorithms for Fair Clustering
Ali Vakilian, TTIC
APR
26
2021
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Compositional Reasoning in Robot Learning
Danfei Xu, Ph.D. Candidate, Stanford University
APR
26
2021
Dissertation Defense
Sample efficient learning and generalization with text representations
Lajanugen Logeswaran
APR
27
2021
AI Seminar | Natural Language Processing Seminar
Empathy in peer-to-peer mental health support
Tim Althoff , Assistant Professor, Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington
APR
29
2021
Dissertation Defense
Developing Trustworthy Hardware with Security-Driven Design & Verification
Timothy Trippel
APR
30
2021
Theory Seminar
Information theoretic limits of cardinality estimation: Fisher meets Shannon
Dingyu Wang, University of Michigan
MAY
01
2021
Student Event
2021 EECS Virtual Commencement
MAY
06
2021
Computing CARES
How to Make the Most of Your Summer Plans
MAY
20
2021
Student Event
CSE International Student Information Session
MAY
25
2021
Precision Health Seminar
U-M Precision Health Seminar, May 2021
Arun Subramaniyan and Alyse Krausz
MAY
28
2021
e-HAIL Event
Virtual e-HAIL Launch Event
JUN
02
2021
Dissertation Defense
Multi-task Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning for Compositional Tasks
Sungryull Sohn, Ph.D. Candidate
JUN
03
2021
Dissertation Defense
A Comprehensive Computational Model of PRIMs Theory for Task-Independent Procedural Learning
Bryan Stearns
JUN
08
2021
Dissertation Defense
Ride-Sharing Optimization Algorithms for Urban Commuting
Mohd Hafiz Hasan, Ph.D. Candidate
JUN
17
2021
Dissertation Defense
Understanding User Cognition: from Spatial Ability to Code Writing and Review
Yu Huang, Ph.D. Candidate
JUN
18
2021
Cultural | Student Event
EECS Juneteenth Celebration
JUL
16
2021
Dissertation Defense
Enabling Hyperscale Web Services
Akshitha Sriraman, Ph.D. Candidate
JUL
19
2021
Dissertation Defense
Towards Learning the Foundations of Manipulation Actions with Unguided Exploration
Jon Juett, Ph.D. Candidate
JUL
21
2021
Dissertation Defense
Towards Closing the Programmability-Efficiency Gap using Software-Defined Hardware
Subhankar Pal, Ph.D. Candidate
JUL
22
2021
Dissertation Defense
Architectural Enhancements for Data Transport in Datacenter Systems
Hossein Golestani, Ph.D. Candidate
JUL
27
2021
Dissertation Defense
Enforcing Realism and Temporal Consistency for Large-Scale Video Inpainting
Ryan Szeto, Ph.D. Candidate
JUL
28
2021
Dissertation Defense
Cautiously Optimistic Program Analyses for Secure and Reliable Software
Subarno Banerjee, Ph.D. Candidate
AUG
02
2021
Dissertation Defense
Efficient Resource Management for Deep Learning Clusters
Juncheng Gu, Ph.D. Candidate
AUG
05
2021
Dissertation Defense
Provably Efficient Reinforcement Learning: From Single-Agent MDPs to Markov Games
Shuang Qiu, Ph.D. Candidate
AUG
10
2021
Dissertation Defense
Optimizing Spare Linear Algebra on Reconfigurable Architecture
Dong-Hyeon Park, Ph.D. Candidate
AUG
31
2021
Student Event
CSE New PhD Student Orientation
SEP
01
2021
Student Event
CSE New MS Student Orientation
SEP
09
2021
Dissertation Defense
Data-Centric Execution Inspection
Andrew Quinn
SEP
10
2021
Dissertation Defense
Compiler Auto-tuning For Code Optimization
Sunghyun Park
SEP
10
2021
Theory Seminar
Reversing Color Coding
Karthik C. S., Rutgers University
SEP
14
2021
Student Event
Making the Most of EECS on Campus
SEP
17
2021
Other Event
Racial Disparities in Legal Enforcement: The promises (and perils) of AI?
Prof. Nicholas Camp and Prof. David Jurgens, University of Michigan
SEP
23
2021
Other Event
Stereotyping, implicit bias and the experiences of women and underrepresented minorities in STEM
Denise Sekaquaptewa, University Diversity and Social Transformation Professor of Psychology, LSA, University of Michigan
SEP
24
2021
Other Event
Picture A Scientist: Watch Party and Panel
SEP
24
2021
Theory Seminar
The zero-rate threshold of adversarial bit-deletions is less than 1/2
Ray Li, Stanford University
SEP
24
2021
Alumni | Distinguished Lecture
Homecoming lecture: Building successful technology products, companies, and cultures in a cloud world
Bob Muglia, Alumni Merit Award Winner in CSE
SEP
27
2021
MIDAS Seminar
AI for Sustainable Development
Stefano Ermon, Assistant Professor, Computer Science, Stanford University
SEP
28
2021
AI Seminar
Machine Learning and Causality: Building Efficient, Reliable Models for Decision-Making
Maggie Makar, Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow, U-M CSE
SEP
30
2021
Precision Health Seminar
How Data Science, Learning Health Systems, and Precision Health Can Enhance Clinical Practice
Rachel Richesson and Gretchen A. Piatt, Medical School, University of Michigan
OCT
01
2021
Theory Seminar
Negative probabilities: what are they for?
Yuri Gurevich, University of Michigan
OCT
01
2021
Distinguished Lecture
Natural Language Processing with People, for People, by People
Rada Mihalcea, Janice M. Jenkins Collegiate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Michigan
OCT
04
2021
Other Seminar
Censored Planet Webinar
OCT
04
2021
Systems Seminar – CSE
Addressing challenges in real-time perception processing for automated driving
Shige Wang, Staff Researcher, Global Research & Development, General Motors Corporation
OCT
04
2021
MIDAS Seminar | Women in Computing
Supervised Machine Learning: Applications, Opportunities, and Challenges in Banking with a Focus on Interpretability
Jie Chen & Linwei Hu, Wells Fargo
OCT
04
2021
Computing CARES
How To Be An EECS IA (virtual event)
OCT
05
2021
AI Seminar | Natural Language Processing Seminar
Continual Language Learning through Collaborative Interaction with Users
Yoav Artzi , Associate Professor, Cornell Tech and Computer Science Department at Cornell University
OCT
06
2021
Theory Seminar
k-Forrelation Optimally Separates Quantum and Classical Query Complexity
Makrand Sinha, UC Berkeley
OCT
08
2021
Theory Seminar
The Complexity of Gradient Descent: CLS = PPAD∩PLS
Alexandros Hollender, University of Oxford
OCT
11
2021
Systems Seminar – CSE
Towards Building Internet of Vehicles
Fan Bai, Lab Group Manager, Vehicle Systems Research Lab., Global Research & Development, General Motors Corporation
OCT
11
2021
MIDAS Seminar
Lecture by Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta
Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta, Head of Public Policy, Open Data Institute
OCT
12
2021
AI Seminar
The facebook files at training time: incentivizing discrimination in machine learning
Benjamin Fish, Assistant Professor, U-M CSE
OCT
13
2021
Dissertation Defense
From Finite to Infinite: Scalable Automatic Verification of Hardware Designs and Distributed Protocols
Aman Goel, Ph.D. Candidate
OCT
15
2021
Theory Seminar
Accelerating Sampling Algorithms via Domain Sparsification
Michal Derezinski, University of Michigan
OCT
18
2021
Women in Computing
Unleashing African Talent in the Era of the 4th Industrial Revolution
Lindiwe Matlali, Founder and CEO, Africa Teen Geeks
OCT
19
2021
AI Seminar | Natural Language Processing Seminar
Knowledge-enhanced Text Generation: The Curious Case of Figurative Language and Argumentation
Smaranda Muresan , Research Scientist and Adjunct Associate Professor, Columbia Univ.
OCT
22
2021
Dissertation Defense
Accelerated Systems for Pattern Matching
Arun Subramaniyan, Ph.D. Candidate
OCT
22
2021
Theory Seminar
On the Complexity of Consensus-Halving and Necklace Splitting
Aris Filos-Ratsikas, University of Liverpool
OCT
25
2021
Women in Computing
Building Cryptography for Big Data
Shweta Agrawal, Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Technology
OCT
25
2021
Systems Seminar – CSE
The Challenge of Autonomy
Stan Schneider, PhD, CEO, Real-Time Innovations (RTI)
OCT
25
2021
MIDAS Seminar
Explainability for Neural Text Classifiers
Tarun Joshi, Financial Services Director, Wells Fargo
OCT
26
2021
AI Seminar
Inference and the “Racial Drama” of AI
Dr. Ramon Amaro, Lecturer (Assistant Professor equiv.) in Art & Visual Cultures of the Global South, University College London (UCL)
OCT
29
2021
Theory Seminar
Fully Dynamic Electrical Flows: Sparse Maxflow Faster Than Goldberg-Rao
Yang P. Liu, Stanford University
NOV
01
2021
Dissertation Defense
Graph Summarization Meets Representation Learning for Scalable Feature Summarization: Methods & Applications
Di Jin, Ph.D. Candidate
NOV
01
2021
MIDAS Seminar | Women in Computing
Towards robust, interpretable, and fair social and public health interventions
Phebe Vayanos, WiSE Gabilan Assistant Professor of Industrial & Systems Engineering and Computer Science, University of Southern California
NOV
02
2021
AI Seminar
Approaches to Grounded Language Acquisition from Human Interaction
Cynthia Matuszek, Assistant Professor, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
NOV
04
2021
Dissertation Defense
Provably Efficient Reinforcement Learning under Linear Model Structures: From Tabular to Feature based Exploration
Aditya Modi, Ph.D. Candidate
NOV
05
2021
Theory Seminar
Breaking the 2^n barrier for 5-coloring and 6-coloring
Or Zamir, Institute for Advanced Studies
NOV
09
2021
AI Seminar
Neural Architecture
Matias del Campo, Associate Professor, University of Michigan
NOV
10
2021
CSE Seminar | Women in Computing
Virtual Campus Visit with NSF CISE AD Dr. Margaret Martonosi
Margaret Martonosi, Assistant Director for Computer and information Science and Engineering (CISE), National Science Foundation (NSF)
NOV
10
2021
Division Event | Student Event
18th Annual CSE Graduate Honors Competition
NOV
12
2021
Theory Seminar
Optimization-friendly generic mechanisms without money.
Mark Braverman, Princeton University
NOV
12
2021
Other Event
Friday Night AI – “AI in Advanced Air Mobility: Drones and More“
Prof. Ella Atkins, University of Michigan’s Aerospace Engineering Department
NOV
12
2021
Other Event
Friday Night AI | “AI in Advanced Air Mobility: Drones and More”
Prof. Ella Atkins, Aerospace Engineering Department, Autonomous Aerospace Systems (A2SYS) Lab; Associate Director of the Robotics Institute
NOV
17
2021
Theory Seminar
Arnold Filtser: Clan Embeddings into Trees, and Low Treewidth Graphs
Arnold Filtser, Bar-Ilan University
NOV
19
2021
Interactive Systems Seminar
Improving Argumentation Skill Learning Through Artificial Intelligence
Thiemo Wambsganss, Research Associate, Institute of Information Systems at the University of St. Gallen (Switzerland)
NOV
19
2021
Theory Seminar
Linear Probing Revisited: Tombstones Mark the Demise of Primary Clustering
William Kuszmaul, MIT
NOV
22
2021
Distinguished Lecture | MIDAS Seminar | Women in Computing
Towards Usability, Transparency, and Trust for Data-Driven Discovery
Juliana Freire, Professor, Computer Science and Data Science, New York University
NOV
29
2021
MIDAS Seminar
Lecture by Yong Chen
Yong Chen, Associate Professor, Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania
NOV
30
2021
Systems Seminar – CSE | Women in Computing
The Demikernel Datapath Architecture for Microsecond-scale Datacenter Systems
Irene Zhang, Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research
DEC
03
2021
Theory Seminar
APMF < APSP? Gomory-Hu Tree for Unweighted Graphs in Almost-Quadratic Time
Ohad Trabelsi, University of Michigan
DEC
06
2021
MIDAS Seminar | Women in Computing
Race-Aware Algorithms: Fairness, Nondiscrimination, and Affirmative Action
Pauline Kim, Daniel Noyes Professor of Law, Washington University in St. Louis, School of Law
DEC
07
2021
AI Seminar
Expanding the frontiers of AI – Applications in Environmental Conservation and Health
Ciira wa Maina , Senior Lecturer , Dedan Kimathi University of Technology (Kenya)
DEC
08
2021
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Teaching Faculty Candidate Seminar: Saquib Razak
Saquib Razak, Associate Teaching Professor, Carnegie Mellon University, Qatar
DEC
09
2021
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Teaching Faculty Candidate Seminar: Alan Weide
Alan Weide, Ph.D. Candidate, Ohio State University
DEC
09
2021
Precision Health Seminar
Webinar: What Clinicians Need To Know when Using Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning–Driven Technologies in Medical Decision Making
DEC
10
2021
Theory Seminar
A Characterization of Approximability for Biased CSPs
Suprovat Ghoshal, University of Michigan
DEC
13
2021
Alumni | MIDAS Seminar | Women in Computing
Beyond the First Portrait of a Black Hole
Katie Bouman, Assistant Professor, Computing and Mathematical Sciences, Caltech
DEC
16
2021
Interactive Systems Seminar
Portable Laser Cutting
Thijs Roumen, PhD candidate in Human Computer Interaction, Hasso Plattner Institute