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
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
Formalizing mathematics in Isabelle/HOL
Friday, January 30, 2026 3:30pm to 4:20pm
MacLean Hall
Speaker: Katherine Kosaian, Department of Computer Science
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.
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."
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.