Upcoming Seminars

CS Colloquium - "Approximation Algorithms: Some ancient, some new - the good, the bad and the ugly" promotional image

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

Mathematics Faculty Colloquium - Yangbo Ye promotional image

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...

Towards unlocking the mystery of adversarial fragility of neural networks

Friday, May 2, 2025 3:30pm to 4:20pm
MacLean Hall

Speaker: Weiyu Xu, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering

The Central Role of AMCS in Advancing the State-of-the-Art in Computer Science

Friday, April 25, 2025 3:30pm to 4:20pm
MacLean Hall

Speaker: Rahul Singh, Dept. of Computer Science

Mathematics Special Lecture - Isaac Goldbring; University of California, Irvine

Thursday, April 24, 2025 12:30pm to 1:30pm
MacLean Hall

Title: A model theorist’s perspective on the Connes Embedding Problem (and its resolution)

Abstract: In 2020, a group of computer scientists resolved the Connes Embedding Problem (CEP) from von Neumann algebra theory. In this informal talk, I’ll explain how basic ideas from mathematical logic can be used to simplify and strengthen the resolution of the CEP from the computer science result.

Professor Goldbring is giving a colloquium talk, Effective metric structure theory and operator algebras, at...

When Deep Learning Meets Polyhedral Theory

Friday, April 18, 2025 3:30pm to 4:20pm
MacLean Hall

Speaker: Thiago Serra Azevedo Silva, Dept. of Business Analytics