Theory Seminar & talks
2009-2010
Academic Year



Date Event / Seminar
Thursday
May 20, 2010
Theory Seminar
Threshold Rules for Online Sample Selection
Seeun Umboh
2:00pm, 3310 CS
Wednesday
May 12, 2010
Theory Seminar
Bayesian multi-parameter mechanism design
David Malec
2:00pm, 3310 CS
Wednesday
May 5, 2010
Theory Seminar
Emergence of Cooperation in Social Networks
Nicole Immorlica, Northwestern University
2:15pm, 4310 CS(Cookies: 2pm)
Tuesday
April 27, 2010
Dissertation Defense
Deterministic Simulations and Hierarchy Theorems for Randomized Algorithms
Jeff Kinne
10am, 4310 CS
Monday
February 8, 2010
Theory Seminar
Multi-parameter Mechanism Design and Sequential Posted Pricing
Balasubramanian Sivan
4pm, 4310 CS
Monday
December 14, 2009
Preliminary Exam
Lower Bounds for Restricted Models
Matthew Anderson
2:30pm, 3310 CS
Wednesday
October 28, 2009
Theory Seminar
Satisfiability Allows No Nontrivial Sparsification Unless The Polynomial-Time Hierarchy Collapses
Dieter van Melkebeek
4pm, 3310 CS
Wednesday
October 14, 2009
Theory Seminar
Region growing for multi-route cuts
Siddharth Barman
4pm, 3310 CS
Wednesday
September 30, 2009
Theory Seminar
Satisfiability Allows No Nontrivial Sparsification Unless The Polynomial-Time Hierarchy Collapses
Dieter van Melkebeek
4pm, 3310 CS
Thursday
September 24, 2009
Theory Seminar
Multi-armed Bandits with Side Constraints
Kamesh Munagala, Duke University
4pm, 3310 CS (Cookies: 3:45pm)
Monday
September 14, 2009
Theory Seminar
Holant problems, CSP and graph homomorphisms---An overview
Jin-Yi Cai
4:00pm, 4310 CS
Wednesday
September 9, 2009
Theory Seminar
Simple vs. Optimal Auctions
Jason Hartline, Northwestern University
2:30pm, 3310 CS (Cookies: 2:15pm)
Monday
August 31, 2009
Theory Seminar
Differentially Private Approximation Algorithms
Kunal Talwar, Microsoft Research
4pm, 4310 CS (Cookies: 3:45pm)