Upcoming Seminars

A Data-Driven Framework for Flood Mitigation Using Transformers and Reinforcement Learning

Friday, February 6, 2026 3:30pm to 4:20pm
MacLean Hall

Speaker: Shaoping Xiao, Department of Mechanical Engineering

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Colloquium - A Hessian View of Fine-tuning, Task Attribution, and Reinforcement Learning: Three Vignettes in Modern Machine Learning

Friday, February 13, 2026 3:30pm to 4:30pm
Schaeffer Hall
We welcome Hongyang Zhang, Ph.D., from Northeastern University, whose research lies at the intersection of machine learning, optimization algorithms, and statistical learning.

Past Seminars

Formalizing mathematics in Isabelle/HOL

Friday, January 30, 2026 3:30pm to 4:20pm
MacLean Hall

Speaker: Katherine Kosaian, Department of Computer Science

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Colloquium - Supporting Ethical Design & Confronting the Threats of Dark Patterns

Friday, January 30, 2026 3:30pm to 4:30pm
Schaeffer Hall
We welcome Colin M. Gray, PhD, from Indiana University. Colin’s research and engagement activities cross multiple disciplines, including human-computer interaction, instructional design and technology, law and policy, design theory and education, and engineering and technology education.
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Colloquium - Bridging Public Health with Clinical Decisions from a Data Centric Perspective

Friday, October 31, 2025 3:30pm to 4:30pm
MacLean Hall
We welcome Jiaming Cui, PhD, from Virginia Tech who will speak on "Bridging Public Health with Clinical Decisions from a Data Centric Perspective."
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CS Colloquium - How to Detect a Line and Related Questions

Friday, September 26, 2025 3:30pm to 4:30pm
MacLean Hall
Learn a framework for testing whether a function is close to being linear using a limited number of queries, from our own Prof. Sourya Roy.
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Mathematics Faculty Colloquium - Yangbo Ye

Thursday, May 8, 2025 3:30pm to 4:20pm
MacLean Hall

Title: Number theory and cryptography

 

Abstract:  In this presentation Professor Ye will survey his work and progress in number theory since his last colloquium talk in the department. Topics include the Riemann zeta function, automorphic L-functions, their functoriality, upper bounds, and zero statistics, computational number theory, and its applications to cyberspace security or insecurity.

 

Short Bio: Professor Yangbo Ye is a professor of Mathematics with expertise in number theory and...