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

Learning-based Agricultural Management Subject to Climate Variability

Friday, March 1, 2024 3:30pm to 4:20pm
MacLean Hall

Speaker: Shaoping Xiao, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering

Two sample summary data Mendelian randomization analysis

Friday, February 23, 2024 3:30pm to 4:20pm
MacLean Hall

Speaker: Kai Wang, Dept. of Biostatistics

Cooperative Autonomous Systems: optimal control and graph theory for guaranteed safety and robustness

Friday, February 16, 2024 3:30pm to 4:20pm
MacLean Hall

Speaker: Venanzio Cichella, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering

Introduction to nonlinear PDE

Friday, February 9, 2024 3:30pm to 4:20pm
MacLean Hall

Speaker: Lihe Wang, Dept. of Mathematics

Number theory, medical imaging, and machine learning

Friday, February 2, 2024 3:30pm to 4:20pm
MacLean Hall

Speaker: Prof. Yangbo Ye, Dept. of Mathematics