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JAN
10
2022
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Teaching Faculty Candidate Seminar–Elba Garza
Elba Garza, Ph.D. Candidate, Texas A&M University
JAN
13
2022
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Teaching Faculty Candidate Seminar–Gina Bai
Gina Bai, Ph.D. Candidate, North Carolina State University
JAN
14
2022
Theory Seminar
Vera Traub: Better-Than-2 Approximations for Weighted Tree Augmentation
Vera Traub, ETH Zurich
JAN
18
2022
Dissertation Defense
Improving Mobile Internet Performance with Cross-Device Network Transport and Cross-Layer Application Adaptation
Xiao Zhu, Ph.D. Student
JAN
19
2022
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Teaching Faculty Candidate Seminar: Gerald Soosai Raj
Gerald Soosai Raj, Assistant Teaching Professor, University of California, San Diego
JAN
19
2022
Computing CARES | Student Event
Resume & Interview Workshop
JAN
21
2022
Theory Seminar
Arun Jambulapati: Ultrasparse Ultrasparsifiers and Faster Laplacian System Solvers
JAN
25
2022
AI Seminar
Defining cellular identity from single-cell genomic data with machine learning
Joshua Welch, Assistant Professor, Umich Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
JAN
28
2022
Dissertation Defense
In-Memory Acceleration for General Data Parallel Applications
Daichi Fujiki
JAN
31
2022
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Computing Using Time
George Tzimpragos, Ph.D. Candidate, University of California, Santa Barbara
FEB
01
2022
AI Seminar
Algorithmic Gaussianization in Machine Learning
Michał Dereziński, Assistant Professor, U-M CSE
FEB
08
2022
AI Seminar
Human-Centered Explainable AI (XAI): From Algorithms to User Experiences
Vera Liao, Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research Montréal
FEB
09
2022
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Quantum Computation and Cryptography: a changing landscape
Andrea Coladangelo, Postdoc, Simons Institute
FEB
10
2022
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Theoretical Foundations for Emerging Multiprocessor Hardware
Naama Ben-David, Postdoc, VMware
FEB
14
2022
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Advancing Sound Accessibility
Dhruv Jain, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Washington
FEB
16
2022
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Architecting Emerging Quantum Technologies
Jonathan Baker, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Chicago
FEB
16
2022
Computing CARES | Student Event
Study Tips and Social with GEECS
FEB
17
2022
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Matching in Evolving Environments
David Wajc, Postdoc, Stanford University
FEB
18
2022
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Introduction to Data Science
Ruby Tahboub, Visiting Assistant Professor, Purdue University
FEB
18
2022
Theory Seminar
Ce Jin: Fast Low-Space Algorithms for Subset Sum
Ce Jin, MIT
FEB
21
2022
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Empowering People to Have Secure and Private Interactions with Digital Technologies
Pardis Emami-Naeini, Postdoc, University of Washington
FEB
21
2022
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Learning to address novel situations through human-robot collaboration
Tesca Fitzgerald, Postdoc, Carnegie Mellon University
FEB
23
2022
Faculty Candidate Seminar
The Complexity of Near-Term Quantum Computers
Daniel Grier, Postdoc, University of Waterloo
FEB
23
2022
Dissertation Defense
Incorporating Expert Interpretation and Reasoning to Guide Model Selection in Machine Learning
Jiaxuan Wang
FEB
24
2022
Dissertation Defense
Towards Free, Open, and Ubiquitous Hardware Design
Austin Rovinski
FEB
24
2022
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Processor Microarchitecture Security
Shuwen Deng, Ph.D. Candidate, Yale University
FEB
25
2022
Theory Seminar
Michael Dinitz: Faster Matchings via Learned Duals
Michael Dinitz, Johns Hopkins University
MAR
07
2022
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Co-designing Distributed Systems and Storage Stacks for Improved Reliability
Ram Alagappan, Postdoc, VMware
MAR
08
2022
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Verifiable Machine Learning for Security
Yizheng Chen, Postdoc, University of California, Berkeley
MAR
09
2022
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Towards Scalable Representation Learning for Visual Recognition
Saining Xie, Research Scientist, Facebook
MAR
09
2022
Computing CARES | Student Event
How To Be An EECS IA
MAR
10
2022
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Consistency and Performance in Distributed Storage Systems
Aishwarya Ganesan, Postdoc, VMware
MAR
11
2022
Theory Seminar
Deeksha Adil: Fast Algorithms for l_p-Regression and Other Problems
Deeksha Adil, University of Toronto
MAR
14
2022
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Grounding Language by Seeing, Hearing, and Interacting
Rowan Zellers, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Washington
MAR
15
2022
Faculty Candidate Seminar
From Specialists to Generalists: Inductive Biases of Deep Learning for Higher Level Cognition
Anirudh Goyal, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Montreal
MAR
15
2022
CSE Undergraduate Town Hall
MAR
16
2022
CSE Seminar
Advancing Health Equity and Access using Responsible AI
Ehsan Hoque, Associate Professor, University of Rochester
MAR
17
2022
Dissertation Defense
Constructing Meaning, Piece by Piece: A Computational Cognitive Model of Human Sentence Comprehension
Peter Lindes
MAR
17
2022
CSE Seminar
Unlocking the Next Level of Dependable Cloud Systems
Ryan Huang, Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins University
MAR
18
2022
Theory Seminar
Robert Robere: Pseudorandom Self-Reductions for NP-Complete Problems
Robert Robere, Prof., McGill University
MAR
21
2022
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Translating AI to Impact: Uncertainty and Human-agent Interactions in Multi-agent Systems for Public Health and Conservation
Elizabeth Bondi, Ph.D. Candidate, Harvard University
MAR
22
2022
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Putting Your Database on Autopilot: Self-driving Database Management Systems
Lin Ma, Postdoc, Carnegie Mellon University
MAR
22
2022
AI Seminar
Bringing Ethics and Justice into CS Courses: The Social and Political Factors at Play in Entry-Level CS Concepts
Johanna Okerlund, Postdoctoral Fellow , University of Michigan
MAR
23
2022
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Efficient and Accurate Systems for Querying Unstructured Data
Daniel Kang, Ph.D. Candidate, Stanford University
MAR
24
2022
CSE Seminar
Secure Multi-Party Computation: from Theory to Practice
Peihan Miao, Assistant Professor, University of Illinois Chicago
MAR
24
2022
Theory Seminar
Santhoshini Velusamy: Approximating CSPs in the streaming setting
Santhoshini Velusamy, Harvard University
MAR
24
2022
CSE Graduate Town Hall
MAR
25
2022
Dissertation Defense
Predictable Performance and Low Cost for Geo-Distributed Applications
Muhammed Uluyol
MAR
28
2022
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Formal Verification of a Concurrent File System
Tej Chajed, Ph.D. Candidate, MIT
MAR
30
2022
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Optimizing CPU Efficiency and Tail Latency in Datacenters
Amy Ousterhout, Postdoc, University of California, Berkeley
MAR
30
2022
Computing CARES | Student Event
Different Avenues in Tech
MAR
31
2022
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Machine Learning Powered Query Optimization
Ryan Marcus, Postdoc, MIT
APR
01
2022
Theory Seminar
Ryan Williams: Constructive Separations and Their Consequences
Ryan Williams, Prof., MIT
APR
04
2022
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Towards a Foundation for Reinforcement Learning
Ruosong Wang, Ph.D. Candidate, Carnegie Mellon University
APR
04
2022
Computer Engineering Seminar
Generalizing the ISA to the ILA: A Software/Hardware Interface for Accelerator-rich Platforms
Sharad Malik, Professor, Princeton University
APR
04
2022
Distinguished Lecture
Algorithms: A Random Walk
Nikhil Bansal, Patrick C. Fischer Professor of Theoretical Computer Science, University of Michigan
APR
05
2022
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Unleashing the Potential of In-Network Computing
Daehyeok Kim, Senior Researcher, Microsoft
APR
08
2022
Theory Seminar
Max Hopkins: Hypercontractivity on High Dimensional Expanders: a Local-to-Global Approach for Higher Moments
Max Hopkins, UCSD
APR
08
2022
Other Event
Friday Night AI | Faster than COVID: Can AI Predict a Disease’s Next Move?
Jenna Wiens, Associate Professor ,
U-M CSE, Michigan AI
U-M CSE, Michigan AI
Karandeep Singh, Assistant Professor ,
Michigan Medicine
Michigan Medicine
APR
11
2022
CSE Seminar
Fighting Vulnerabilities With Process, Insight, and Automation
Zhiyun Qian, Associate Professor, University of California, Riverside
APR
11
2022
Dissertation Defense
Augmenting Structure with Text for Improved Graph Learning
Tara Safavi
APR
12
2022
Dissertation Defense
On Addressing the Problem of Discovery for Reinforcement Learning
Vivek Veeriah
APR
12
2022
Dissertation Defense
Context-Aware Detection and Resolution of Data Anomalies for Semi-Autonomous Cyber-Physical Systems
Chun-Yu Chen
APR
14
2022
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Beyond ISAs: Striking a Balance between Generality and Specialization for AI/ML
Divya Mahajan, Senior Researcher, Microsoft
APR
15
2022
Theory Seminar
Huacheng Yu: TBD
Huacheng Yu, Princeton University
APR
18
2022
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Learning to Generate Data by Estimating Gradients of the Data Distribution
Yang Song, Ph.D. Candidate, Stanford University
APR
19
2022
CSE Seminar
Responsible Design of Information Access Systems
Fernando Diaz, Research Scientist, Google
APR
20
2022
CSE Seminar
Scalable and Provably Robust Algorithms for Machine Learning
Yu Cheng, Assistant Professor, University of Illinois Chicago
APR
20
2022
Theory Seminar
Parth Mittal: Brooks’ Theorem in Graph Streams
Parth Mittal, Rutgers University
APR
22
2022
Theory Seminar
Mitali Bafna: Playing Unique Games on Certifiable Small-Set Expanders and High-Dimensional Expanders
Mitali Bafna, Harvard University
APR
25
2022
Learning Mid-Level Vision from Natural Data
Stella Yu, Director of Vision Group, International Computer Science Institute
APR
26
2022
Dissertation Defense
The Value Equivalence Principle for Model-Based Reinforcement Learning
Christopher Grimm
APR
27
2022
Dissertation Defense
Advancing Digital Safety for High-Risk Communities
Allison McDonald
APR
28
2022
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Faster, smarter, and greener systems for data-center scale AI
Udit Gupta, Ph.D. Candidate, Harvard University
APR
29
2022
Dissertation Defense
Dynamic Connectivity, Hopsets, and Byzantine Agreement
Shang-En Huang
MAY
05
2022
Dissertation Defense
Application-Aware Scheduling in Deep Learning Software Stacks
Peifeng Yu
MAY
06
2022
Theory Seminar
Haotian Jiang: Minimizing Convex Functions with Integral/Rational Minimizers
MAY
17
2022
Dissertation Defense
Assessment of Privacy Risks in Mobile and Web Applications
Duc Bui
MAY
31
2022
Dissertation Defense
Improving Application Connectivity with Network-conscious Systems
Hyun Jong Lee
JUN
16
2022
Dissertation Defense
Advances in Deep Reinforcement Learning: Intrinsic Rewards, Temporal Credit Assignment, State Representations, and Value-equivalent Models
Zeyu Zheng
JUN
16
2022
Cultural | Division Event | Student Event
EECS Juneteenth Celebration
JUN
27
2022
Dissertation Defense
Modeling Trading Strategies in Financial Markets with Data, Simulation, and Deep Reinforcement Learning
Megan Shearer
JUN
28
2022
Dissertation Defense
Toward Practical Application-Aware Big Data Systems
Jie You
JUL
01
2022
Dissertation Defense
Integrating visualization grammars with the task language of data analysts
Xiaoying Pu
JUL
01
2022
Other Event
Friday Night AI | “Language is everywhere — and AI models of language are not far behind“
Steve Abney, Associate Professor of Linguistics,
U-M Computer Science and Engineering and the Michigan Institute for Data Science (MIDAS)
U-M Computer Science and Engineering and the Michigan Institute for Data Science (MIDAS)
Ian Stewart, Postdoctoral researcher,
U-M Computer Science and Engineering and the Michigan Institute for Data Science (MIDAS)
U-M Computer Science and Engineering and the Michigan Institute for Data Science (MIDAS)
JUL
05
2022
Dissertation Defense
Learning General and Correct Procedural Knowledge in a Cognitive Architecture
Mazin Assanie
JUL
06
2022
Dissertation Defense
Sample-Efficient Algorithms for Hard-Exploration Problems in Reinforcement Learning
Yijie Guo
JUL
28
2022
Dissertation Defense
Towards Human Action Understanding in Social Media Videos using Multimodal Models
Oana Ignat
AUG
02
2022
Dissertation Defense
Efficient utilization of heterogeneous compute and memory systems
Hiwot Kassa
AUG
02
2022
Dissertation Defense
A Cognitive Architecture Realization of Event Cognition Capabilities
Steven Jones
AUG
05
2022
Dissertation Defense
Bringing Practical Security to Vehicles
Mert Pesé
AUG
08
2022
Dissertation Defense
Automating the Verification of Distributed Systems
Haojun Ma
AUG
16
2022
Student Event
#TuesdayTalks: CSE UAO
AUG
23
2022
Student Event
#TuesdayTalks: CSE GPO
AUG
23
2022
Alumni | Division Event | Interactive Systems Seminar
LEAP 10 Years Post-Ph.D.: Lessons, Experiences, and Action Planning
Kyla McMullen, Associate Professor, Computer & Information Sciences & Engineering Department, University of Florida
AUG
29
2022
Dissertation Defense
In-SRAM Computing for Neural Network Acceleration
Charles Eckert
AUG
30
2022
Student Event
#TuesdayTalks – Engineering Career Resource Center
SEP
01
2022
Dissertation Defense
Securing Connected and Automated Vehicle through Proactive Vulnerability Analysis and Security Enhancement
Shengtuo Hu
SEP
06
2022
Student Event
#TuesdayTalks – International Programs in Engineering
SEP
06
2022
Division Event
OUTdoors @ CSE
SEP
08
2022
Dissertation Defense
Compiler Support for Robust and High Performance Autonomous Driving Environments
Ze Zhang
SEP
08
2022
Dissertation Defense
Efficient, Reconfigurable, and QoS-Aware Systems for Deep Neural Networks
Xiaowei Wang
SEP
08
2022
Computing CARES | Student Event
Resume & Interview Workshop
SEP
16
2022
e-HAIL Event
e-HAIL Symposium: Artificial Intelligence and Health
Keynote 1: Geoffrey Siwo, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine,
Michigan Medicine
Michigan Medicine
Keynote 2: John Guttag, Dugald C. Jackson Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
SEP
20
2022
Student Event
#TuesdayTalks – Engineering Honors Program
SEP
23
2022
Alumni | Distinguished Lecture
The Story Behind Intel Virtualization Technology (VT)
Rich Uhlig, Intel Senior Fellow and Corporate VP, Intel Labs
SEP
23
2022
Theory Seminar
Fernando Granha Jeronimo: Almost Ramanujan Expanders from Arbitrary Expanders via Operator Amplification
Fernando Granha Jeronimo, IAS
SEP
23
2022
Alumni | Other Event
A conversation with Aftin Ross
Aftin Ross, Senior Special Advisor for Emerging Initiatives, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, US Food and Drug Administration
SEP
23
2022
Other Seminar
Friday Night AI | “The school year has just started. Can AI help?”
SEP
27
2022
Dissertation Defense
Optimizing Emerging Graph Applications Using Hardware-Software Co-Design
Nishil Talati
SEP
27
2022
Student Event
#TuesdaysTalks – Multidisciplinary Design Program
SEP
27
2022
AI Seminar
AI Seminar: Rada Mihalcea – The Ups and Downs of Word Embeddings
Rada Mihacea, Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, University of Michigan
SEP
30
2022
Theory Seminar
Zeyu Guo: Fast Multivariate Multipoint Evaluation over All Finite Fields
Zeyu Guo, Ohio State University
OCT
04
2022
Student Event
#TuesdayTalks – RENEW-CS
OCT
04
2022
AI Seminar
AI Seminar: Benjamin Kuipers – AI, Ethics, Trust, Cooperation & Society
Benjamin Kuipers, Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, University of Michigan
OCT
05
2022
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Prediction, Causality and the Great In-between
Maggie Makar, Presidential Postdoc, University of Michigan
OCT
06
2022
Other Seminar
How (Not) to Run a Forecasting Competition: Incentives and Efficiency
Rafael Frongillo, Assistant Professor, University of Colorado Boulder
OCT
11
2022
AI Seminar
AI Seminar: Con Slobodchikoff – Decoding Animal Languages: Possibilities and Challenges
Con Slobodchikoff, Professor Emeritus, Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University
OCT
12
2022
Computing CARES | Student Event
Undergraduate Research Panel
OCT
13
2022
Dissertation Defense
Building User-Driven Edge Devices
Vidushi Goyal
OCT
13
2022
Distinguished Lecture
Private frequency estimation via projective geometry (and a little bit on K-12 math education)
Jelani Nelson, Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of California Berkeley
OCT
14
2022
Theory Seminar
Haotian Jiang: Resolving Matrix Spencer Conjecture Up to Polylogarithmic Rank
Haotian Jiang, University of Washington
OCT
19
2022
Division Event
What’s new in CSE? An open forum for undergrads with the Chair
OCT
21
2022
Theory Seminar
Vincent Cohen-Addad: Sublinear time algorithms for Euclidean clustering coresets and correlation clustering
OCT
21
2022
Theory Seminar
Sorrachai Yingchareonthawornchai: Deterministic Small Vertex Connectivity in Almost Linear Time
Sorrachai Yingchareonthawornchai, Aalto University
OCT
25
2022
Student Event
#TuesdayTalks – 1st Gen Engin
OCT
27
2022
Dissertation Defense
Acceleration Techniques of Sparse Linear Algebra on Emerging Architectures
Siying Feng
OCT
31
2022
Systems Seminar – CSE
The End of Testing? The Promise of Verification-Driven Software Engineering
Jon Howell, Principal Researcher, VMware Research Group
NOV
02
2022
Division Event | Other Seminar
Artificial Intelligence and Human Values, U-M Obert C. Tanner Lecture
Eric Horvitz, Chief Scientific Officer, Microsoft
NOV
02
2022
Computing CARES | Student Event
How To Be An EECS IA – Panel
NOV
04
2022
Theory Seminar
Aaron Bernstein: Negative-Weight Single-Source Shortest Paths in Near-linear Time
Aaron Berstein, Rutgers University
NOV
05
2022
Symposium
Michigan AI Symposium – AI & Accessibility
NOV
07
2022
Dissertation Defense
Towards Generalizable Neural Networks for Graph Applications
Yujun Yan
NOV
08
2022
AI Seminar
AI Seminar: David Jurgens – Does chocolate really cure cancer? Modeling Information Change in Science Communication
David Jurgens, Assistant Professor, School of Information, University of Michigan
NOV
09
2022
Division Event
19th Annual CSE Honors Competition
NOV
11
2022
Theory Seminar
Yang Liu: Lessons on Algorithmic Graph Theory from Maxflow
Yang P. Liu, Stanford University
NOV
11
2022
Other Seminar
Friday Night AI | “Is AI Robust Enough to Withstand Attacks?”
NOV
16
2022
Faculty Candidate Seminar
First Look at Binary Search Trees
Jule Schatz, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Michigan
NOV
18
2022
Theory Seminar
Jessica Sorrell: Replicability in Learning
Jessical Sorrell, University of Pennsylvania
NOV
21
2022
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Introduction to Dynamic Programming
Kevin Sun, Instructor, Elon University
NOV
28
2022
Dissertation Defense
Theory of Mind in Collaborative Tasks between Embodied Agents
Paul Bara
NOV
28
2022
Distinguished Lecture
Democratizing Computer Hardware Design
Valeria Bertacco, Mary Lou Dorf Collegiate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Michigan
NOV
29
2022
AI Seminar
AI Seminar: Iryna Gurevych – Comment – Link – Revise: Towards a General Framework for Modelling Interconnected Texts
Iryna Gurevich, Professor, Computer Science, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany
NOV
30
2022
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Teaching Demonstration (Hashtables)
Daniel Anderson, Ph.D. Candidate, Carnegie Mellon University
DEC
02
2022
Theory Seminar
William Hoza: Recent Progress on Derandomizing Space-Bounded Computation
William Hoza, UC Berkeley
DEC
06
2022
AI Seminar
AI Seminar: Stella Yu – Unsupervised Data-Driven Learning of Visual Hierarchy
Stella Yu, Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, University of Michigan
DEC
07
2022
Other Seminar
CS Undergrad Honors Thesis: Meshing Parametric Surfaces to Follow Lines of Curvature
Taras Palczynski
DEC
07
2022
CSE Seminar
Data, the Fundamental Particle of Economics
Nicole Immorlica, Senior Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research New England
DEC
07
2022
Dissertation Defense
Efficient and Dependable Deep Learning Systems
Salar Latifi
DEC
07
2022
Computing CARES | Student Event
How to Make the Most of CSE on Campus
DEC
08
2022
CSE Seminar
DNA Punch-Cards: Implementations and Coding-Theoretic Questions
Olgica Milenkovic, Franklin W. Woeltge Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
DEC
12
2022
Dissertation Defense
Sequential Decision Making for Large Scale Machine Learning
Rui Liu
DEC
15
2022
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Database Concepts
Ugochi Okengwu, Senior Lecturer, University of Port Harcourt
DEC
19
2022
Dissertation Defense
Enabling Practical Deployments of Privacy-Preserving Technologies
Deepika Natarajan