Seminars
Upcoming Seminars
CS Colloquium - "Approximation Algorithms: Some ancient, some new - the good, the bad and the ugly"
Friday, September 25, 2026 3:30pm to 4:30pm
Schaeffer Hall
Northwestern University's Peter and Adrienne Barris Chair of Computer Science will speak on the use of greedy algorithms for a basic graph problem called connected dominating set, and the development of LP based algorithms for a basic scheduling problem in the context of data center scheduling.
Past Seminars
Dynamical Systems in Medicine from Biochemistry to Physiology
Friday, April 17, 2026 3:30pm to 4:20pm
MacLean Hall
Speaker: Colleen Mitchell, Department of Mathematics
Differential finite element for analysis, inference, and design optimization
Friday, April 10, 2026 3:30pm to 4:20pm
MacLean Hall
Speaker: Jia Lu, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Rising Stars! - CS Colloquium
Friday, March 27, 2026 3:30pm to 4:30pm
Schaeffer Hall
We welcome visiting PhD students from across the country to share their important Computer Science research.
Interplay between topics from math with such neighboring areas as physics, statistics, finance, and engineering.
Friday, March 27, 2026 3:30pm to 4:20pm
MacLean Hall
Speaker: Palle Jorgensen, Dept. of Mathematics
Beyond the Mean: Risk Sensitivity, Safety and Reliability in Reinforcement Learning
Friday, March 13, 2026 3:30pm to 4:20pm
MacLean Hall
Speaker: Mehrdad Moharrani, Department of Computer Science