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Tuesday, November 1st, 2016
12:00pm 1:00pm
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IST LUNCH BUNCH

Data-driven methods for sparse network estimation
Somayeh Sojoud, Assistant Project Scientist at University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Berkeley,
3:00pm 4:00pm
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IQI Weekly Seminar

Interactive Proofs for Quantum Computations
Urmila Mahadev, UC Berkeley,
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2016
Thursday, November 3rd, 2016
10:00am 11:00am
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CD3 Seminar

Deep Learning: the promise and the pitfalls
Ashish Mahabal, California Institute of Technology,
1:30pm 2:30pm
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Theory of Computing Seminar

Computational Efficiency and Robust Statistics
Ilias Diakonikolas, USC,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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EE Systems Seminar

High-Dimensional Analysis of Stochastic Optimization Algorithms: Limiting Dynamics and Phase Transitions
Yue Lu, Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering, Harvard University,
Friday, November 4th, 2016
9:30am 10:30am
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Computing and Mathematical Sciences Colloquium

Unsupervised Learning: the Next Frontier in AI
Silver Professor of Computer Science Yann LeCun, The Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences New York University,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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CANCELLED Linde Institute/SISL Seminar: Jörgen Kratz, Lund University

Kidney Exchange over the Blood Group Barrier
Jörgen Kratz, Graduate Student, Department of Economics, Lund University,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

Rare-earth ions in crystals for integrating quantum resources
John Bartholomew, Postdoctoral Scholar, Faraon Group,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Special Seminar in Computing & Mathematical Sciences

Model checking and strategy synthesis for mobile autonomy: from theory to practice
Marta Kwiatkowska, Trinity College, Unversity of Oxford,
Monday, November 7th, 2016
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Computing and Mathematical Sciences Colloquium

Graph Structure in Polynomial Systems: Chordal Networks
Professor Pablo Parrilo, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Tuesday, November 8th, 2016
12:00pm 1:00pm
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IST LUNCH BUNCH

"The Intelligent Search and Mapping of Shipwrecks in the Coastal Waters of Malta"
Zoe Wood, Professor of Computer Science, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo,
2:00pm 3:00pm
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Special Seminar in Computing and Mathematical Sciences

Brain-Computer Interface Systems and Emerging Directions
Brendan Allison, Cognitive Science, UC San Diego,
Wednesday, November 9th, 2016
10:00am 11:00am
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TCS+ Talk

TBD
Bo Waggoner, UPenn,
Thursday, November 10th, 2016
11:00am 12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

"Design under Uncertainty through Integration of Stochastic Simulation and Surrogate Modeling Principles"
Alexandros Taflanidis, Associate Professor and Frank M. Freimann Collegiate Chair in Structural Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Norte Dame,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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DOLCIT/RSRG Seminar

Power of Ensemble Control for Demand Response
Michael (Misha) Chertkov, Los Alamos National Laboratory,
Friday, November 11th, 2016
12:00pm 1:00pm
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CANCELLED Linde Institute/SISL Seminar: Juba Ziani, Caltech

Efficiently characterizing games consistent with perturbed equilibrium observations
Juba Ziani, Graduate Student, Computer Science, Caltech,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

Classification and simulation of quantum phases by symmetric tensor networks
Shenghan Jiang, Graduate Student, Boston College,
Monday, November 14th, 2016
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Computing and Mathematical Sciences Colloquium

Extrapolation Bias and Financial Markets
Assistant Professor Lawrence Jin, Humanities and Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology,
Tuesday, November 15th, 2016
12:00pm 1:00pm
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IST LUNCH BUNCH

From Genetics to CRISPR Gene Editing with Machine Learning
Jennifer Listgarten, Senior Researcher at Microsoft Research New England,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar in Political Economy

The Marginal Voter's Curse
Aniol Llorente-Saguer, Reader of Economics, Queen Mary University of London,
Wednesday, November 16th, 2016
Thursday, November 17th, 2016
11:00am 12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

"Adaptive coupling between damaged mechanics and peridynamics: A route for objective simulation of material degradation up to complete failure"
Gilles Lubineau, Professor/Chair, Mechanical Engineering, KAUST,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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DOLCIT/RSRG Seminar

Harnessing reviews to build richer models of opinions
Julian McAuley, Assistant Professor, Computer Science, UC San Diego,
1:30pm 2:30pm
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3:00pm 4:00pm
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CMS Partner Tech Talk

Google Brain Team Talk
Dumitru Erhan, Google,
Friday, November 18th, 2016
2:00pm 3:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

Measurement protocols for entanglement entropies and entanglement spectra of cold atoms
Hannes Pichler, AMP, Harvard-Smithsonian, Center for Astrophysics,
Monday, November 21st, 2016
2:00pm 3:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

Entanglement Spectroscopy of Quantum Many-body Systems
Guanyu Zhu, Joint Quantum Institute (NIST-University of Maryland),
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Special Seminar in Applied and Computational Mathematics

Multisymplectic HDG methods
Ari Stern, Assistant Professor, Mathematics, Washington University in St. Louis,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Special Seminar in Computing & Mathematical Sciences

Exploring chemical reaction spaces using a graph grammar approach.
Christoph Flamm, Professor, Theoretical Chemistry, University of Vienna,
Tuesday, November 22nd, 2016
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Oringer Seminar Series

Making software for rockets and spacecraft
Josh Sulkin, Lead Flight Software Engineer - Dragon Spacecraft, SpaceX,
3:00pm 4:00pm
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IQI Weekly Seminar

Separating quantum communication complexity and approximate log-rank
Ankit Garg, Postdoctoral Scholar, Microsoft Research, New England,
Wednesday, November 23rd, 2016
10:00am 11:00am
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TCS+ Talk

TBD
Mark Zhandry, Princeton University,
Thursday, November 24th, 2016
Monday, November 28th, 2016
12:00pm 1:00pm
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RSRG/DOLCIT SEMINAR

How We Can Use Optimization to Design Electric Power Markets to Support Socially Optimal Decisions
Benjamin F. Hobbs, Theodore M. and Kay W. Schad Chair of Environmental Management, Johns Hopkins University,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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RSRG/DOLCIT SEMINAR

Opting Into Optimal Matchings
Nika Haghtalab, Graduate-Research Assistant, Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University,
Tuesday, November 29th, 2016
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar in Political Economy

Discovery of Treatments from Text Corpora
Justin Grimmer, Associate Professor of Political Science, Stanford University,
Wednesday, November 30th, 2016
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Linde Institute/SISL Seminar: Aviad Rubenstein, UC Berkeley

Hardness of Approximation between P and NP
Aviad Rubenstein, Computer Science PhD Candidate, UC Berkeley,