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Monday, February 3rd, 2020
4:00pm 5:00pm
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H.B. Keller Colloquium

Algorithms for Eliciting Machine Learning Metrics
Sanmi Koyejo, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
Tuesday, February 4th, 2020
12:00pm 1:00pm
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IST Lunch Bunch

Online Optimization with Preference Feedback, Structured Decision Spaces, and Safety Constraints
Yanan Sui, Assistant Professor, Tsinghua University,
Wednesday, February 5th, 2020
11:00am 12:00pm
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Special Seminar in Computing and Mathematical Sciences

Reliability, Equity, and Reproducibility in Modern Machine Learning
Yaniv Romano, Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Statistics, Stanford University,
3:00pm 4:00pm
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IQI Weekly Seminar

Fault-tolerant quantum error correction in bosonic systems
Kyungjoo Noh, Graduate Student, Yale University,
Thursday, February 6th, 2020
11:00am 12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

Snapping and Dancing Soft Structures
Francesco Dal Corso, Associate Professor, Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering, University of Trento, Italy,
Friday, February 7th, 2020
12:00pm 1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

Conformal field theories are magical
Christopher White, Postdoctoral Associate, University of Maryland Condensed Matter Theory Center,
Monday, February 10th, 2020
11:00am 12:00pm
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Special Seminar in Computing and Mathematical Sciences

The Blessings of Multiple Causes
Yixin Wang, Statistics, Columbia University,
11:00am 12:00pm
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Special Seminar in Computing and Mathematical Sciences

The Blessings of Multiple Causes
Yixin Wang, Statistics, Columbia University,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

Shock Compression of Molybdenum Single Crystals to High Stresses Tomoyuki Oniyama, Graduate Student, Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D. Thesis Defense
Tuesday, February 11th, 2020
3:00pm 4:00pm
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IQI Weekly Seminar

Classical Coding Approaches to Quantum Applications
Narayanan Rengaswamy, Graduate Student, Duke University,
4:15pm 5:15pm
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Caltech Young Investigator Lecture

Emergent Ferromagnetism in Twisted Bilayer Graphene
Aaron Sharpe, PhD Candidate, Applied Physics, Stanford University,
Wednesday, February 12th, 2020
10:00am 11:00am
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TCS+ Talk

Automating Resolution is NP-Hard
Albert Atserias, Professor, Department of Computer Science, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya,
11:00am 12:00pm
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Special Seminar in Computing and Mathematical Sciences

Do ImageNet Classifiers Generalize to ImageNet?
Ludwig Schmidt, Computer Science, UC Berkeley,
3:00pm 4:00pm
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IQI Weekly Seminar

Efficient Learning of Quantum Noise
Steve Flammia, Professor, University of Sydney,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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EE Systems Seminar

Graph Signal Processing for Machine Learning Applications: New Insights and Algorithms
Antonio Ortega, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Southern California,
Thursday, February 13th, 2020
11:00am 12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

Fluctuations in the Life of a Cell: Maintaining Order Amidst Disorder
Vikram Deshpande, Professor, Department of Materials Engineering, University of Cambridge,
11:00am 12:00pm
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Special Seminar in Computing and Mathematical Sciences

Topological Phase Transitions in Random Geometric Complexes
Omer Bobrowski, Electrical Engineering, Technion -- Israel Institute of Technology,
Friday, February 14th, 2020
12:00pm 1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

Creating Quantum Topological Materials with 3D Microwave Photons
Clai Owens, Research Scientist, Painter Group,
Monday, February 17th, 2020
Tuesday, February 18th, 2020
Wednesday, February 19th, 2020
4:00pm 5:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

Quantifying quantum speedups: improved classical simulation from tighter magic monotones
Earl Campbell, EPSRC Research Fellow, University of Sheffield,
Thursday, February 20th, 2020
11:00am 12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

Multistable Structures - from Energy Trapping to Morphing
Katia Bertoldi, Professor, Harvard John A.Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Smart Grid Seminar

Optimal Operation of Energy Systems via Structure Neural Networks
Baosen Zhang, Keith & Nancy Rattie Endowed Career Development Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Washington,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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DOLCIT Seminar

Probabilistic modeling in support of science and decision-making: from statistical physics to recommender systems
Jaan Altosaar, Physics, Princeton University,
Friday, February 21st, 2020
4:00pm 5:00pm
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EE Systems Seminar

What is the role of curvature in complexity of optimization on manifolds?
Nicolas Boumal, Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, Princeton University,
Monday, February 24th, 2020
11:00am 12:00pm
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Special Seminar in Computing and Mathematical Sciences

Deep Probabilistic Graphical Modeling
Adji Bousso Dieng, Statistics, Columbia University,
2:00pm 3:00pm
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Rigorous Systems Research Group (RSRG) Seminar

Distributed decision making in networked systems: from optimization to reinforcement learning
Guannan Qu, Resnick Sustainability Institute Postdoctoral Scholar, Computing & Mathematical Sciences, Caltech,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Special Seminar in CMS and HSS

Arrovian Aggregation of Convex Preferences (joint with F. Brandt)
Florian Brandl, Economics, Stanford University,
Tuesday, February 25th, 2020
3:00pm 4:00pm
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IQI Weekly Seminar

Quantum East model: localization, non-thermal eigenstates and slow dynamics
Nicola Pancotti, Graduate Student, Max Planck,
Wednesday, February 26th, 2020
10:00am 11:00am
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TCS+ Talk

MIP*=RE
Henry Yuen, Assistant Professor, University of Toronto,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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CMX Lunch Seminar

An Optimal Transport Perspective on Uncertainty Propagation
Amir Sagiv, Instructor, Applied Mathematics, Columbia University,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Special Seminar in CMS

Teaching Demonstration -- Variables in Java
Katherine Breeden, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Harvey Mudd College,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Special Seminar in CMS and HSS

Machine Learning Meets Societal Values
Steven Wu, Assistant Professor of Computer Science & Engineering, University of Minnesota--Twin Cities,
Thursday, February 27th, 2020
11:00am 12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

Meshfree Method after 20 Years and its New Application to Data-Driven Computational Mechanics
J.S. Chen, Professor, Department of Structural Engineering & Center for Extreme Events Research, University of California, San Diego,
Friday, February 28th, 2020
11:00am 12:00pm
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Special Seminar in Computing and Mathematical Sciences

Data science methods to reduce inequality and improve healthcare
Emma Pierson, Computer Science, Stanford University,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Center for Social Information Sciences (CSIS) Seminar

Multiple Imputation for Large Multiscale Data with Linear Constraints
Jian Cao, Postdoctoral Scholar in Data Science and Election Integrity, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Special Seminar in CMS

Teaching Demonstration -- On writing functions and passing parameters by reference
Kendra Walther, University of Southern California,