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
Imaging-based Cluster-Informed Lung Assessment and Modeling
Friday, January 26, 2024 3:30pm to 4:20pm
MacLean Hall
Speaker: Ching-Long Lin, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
Mathematical biology
Friday, January 19, 2024 3:30pm to 4:20pm
MacLean Hall
Speaker: Prof. Colleen Mitchell, Dept. of Mathematics
CS Colloquium - Tracking the Spread and Sway of Misinformation Narratives at Scale
Friday, December 8, 2023 3:30pm to 4:30pm
MacLean Hall
Speaker
Zakir Durumeric
AbstractWhile a significant amount of research has shed light on how inauthentic news and misinformation spreads on social media platforms like Twitter, inauthentic narratives are increasingly spread on alternative platforms, messaging apps like Telegram and WhatsApp, niche forums, and on the broader web. In this talk, I will discuss how technologists can provide visibility into the spread of information on the broader Internet. I will present some of the recent work...
Stochastic Analysis: Theory and Applications
Friday, April 28, 2023 3:30pm to 4:20pm
MacLean Hall
Speaker: Palle Jorgensen, Dept. of Mathematics
Modeling seizure activity in flies
Friday, April 21, 2023 3:30pm to 4:20pm
MacLean Hall
Speaker: John Manak, Depts. of Biology and Pediatrics and the Roy J. Carver Center for Genomics