CS Colloquium Archive:

Thursday, January 21, 2010

CS DLS: Prof. Mary Vernon  Time: 3:30 PM - 5 PM Location: SSL 150 Talk Title: Quantitative System Design Speaker: Prof. Mary Vernon (University of Wisconsin) Hosts: Prof. Leana Golubchik and Prof. Ramesh Govindan Abstract: This talk will provide a 20-year perspective on the use o... (read more)

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

CS Colloq: Dr. Jelena Mirkovic  Time: 3:30 PM - 5 PM Location: SSL 150 Talk Title: Combatting spoofing in a realistic Internet Speaker: Dr. Jelena Mirkovic Host: Prof. John Heidemann ABSTRACT: IP spoofing - forging a sender's IP address - exacerbates many security threats, such as de... (read more)

Thursday, January 14, 2010

CS Colloq: Dr. Kenji Sagae  Time: 3:30 PM - 5 PM Location: SSL 150 Talk Title: Practical analysis of natural language syntax, semantic roles and discourse structure with shift-reduce algorithms Speaker: Dr. Kenji Sagae Host: Prof. Kevin Knight Abstract: Automatic analysis of the s... (read more)

Thursday, December 10, 2009

CS Colloq: Geoffrey Hollinger  Time: 4 PM - 6 PM Location: RTH 406 Talk Title: Efficient, Guaranteed Search with Multiple Robots Speaker: Geoffrey A. Hollinger Host: Prof. Gaurav Sukhatme Abstract: Consider the problem of coordinating a team of robots to locate a target in an envi... (read more)

Thursday, December 03, 2009

CS Colloq: Prof. Liang Huang  Time: 4 PM - 5:30 PM Location: SSL 150 Talk Title: Packed Forest for Parsing and Translation Speaker: Dr. Liang Huang Host: Prof. Paul Rosenbloom Abstract: A major challenge in natural language research is how to deal with ambiguity. This is because am... (read more)

Wednesday, December 02, 2009

CS Colloq: Dr. Sinisa Srbljic  Time: 4 PM - 5:30 PM Location: VHE 217 Talk Title: Event‐driven Consumer Programming Speakers: Dr. Sinisa Srbljic, Dejan Skvorc, Goran Delac Host: Prof. Nenad Medvidovic Abstract: An explosive increase in the need for personalization of consumer ... (read more)

Thursday, November 19, 2009

CS Colloq: Dr. Marco Papa  Time: 4 PM - 5:30 PM Location: SSL 150 Talk Title: The Radio for iPhone App ecosystem: A Case Study Speaker: Dr. Marco Papa (Intersect World LLC) Host: Prof. Ellis Horowitz Abstract: With over 100,000 apps, 50,000 independent developers and two billion ... (read more)

Thursday, November 12, 2009

CS Colloq: Prof. Vishal Misra  Time: 4 PM - 5:30 PM Location: SSL 150 Speaker: Prof. Vishal Misra, Columbia University Talk Title: A Shapley Value approach to Internet Economics Host: Prof. Leana Golubchik Abstract: Internet service providers (ISPs) depend on one another to... (read more)

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

CS Colloq: Matt Zucker  Time: 4 PM - 5:30 PM Location: SSL 150 Talk Title: Combining Planning and Optimization for Rough Terrain Locomotion Speaker: Matt Zucker Host: Prof. Stefan Schaal Abstract: Motion planning for rough-terrain legged robots is a difficult task, not only du... (read more)

Monday, November 09, 2009

CS Colloq: Geoffrey Challen  Time: 11 AM - 12 PM Location: SAL 222 Talk Title: Managing Sensor Network Resource Usage and Monitoring Active Volcanoes Speaker: Ph.D. candidate Geoffrey Challen Host: Prof. Ramesh Govindan Abstract: Sensor networks composed of large numbers of self-... (read more)

Friday, October 30, 2009

CS Colloq: Dr. Alan Levin  Time: 10 AM - 11:30 AM Location: PHE 333 Talk Title : Organization and Order Speaker: Dr. Alan Levin Host: Prof. Barry Boehm Abstract: Organization is a startling and spontaneous macroscopic characteristic. We observe it in nature, and w... (read more)

Thursday, October 29, 2009

CS DLS: Prof. Fan Chung Graham  Time: 4 PM - 5:30 PM Location: SSL 150 Talk title: Graph theory in the information age Speaker: Prof. Fan Chung Graham (UCSD) Host: Prof. David Kempe Abstract: Nowadays we are surrounded by numerous large information networks, such as the WWW graph... (read more)

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

CS Colloq: Dr. David Lomet  Time: 4 PM - 5:30 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: Deuteronomy - Rethinking Database Kernel Architectures Speaker: Dr. David Lomet Host: Prof. Shahram Ghandeharizadeh Abstract: Traditionally, a DBMS kernel has recovery, concurrency control and access me... (read more)

Thursday, October 22, 2009

CS DLS: Dr. Tony Derose  Time: 4 PM - 5:30 PM Location: SSL 150 Talk title: Math in the Movies Speaker: Dr. Tony DeRose (Pixar Animation Studios) Host: Prof. Jernej Barbic Abstract: Film making is undergoing a digital revolution brought on by advances in areas such as compu... (read more)

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

CS Colloq: Dr. Michal Pechoucek  Time: 2 PM - 3 PM Location: VKC 154 Title: AGENTFLY: Multi-agent UAV collision avoidance Abstract: Free-flight concept is a modern approach to flexible collision free air traffic control investigated mainly in the context of unmanned aerial assets.... (read more)

Friday, October 16, 2009

CS Colloq: Dr. Alex Slivkins  Time: 11 AM - 12 PM Location: PHE 333 Title: "Learning in a Pay-per-Click Auction: Characterizing Truthful Multi-Armed Bandit Mechanisms" Speaker: Dr. Alex Slivkins (Microsoft Research SVC) Host: Prof. David Kempe ABSTRACT: We consider a multi... (read more)

Tuesday, October 06, 2009

CS Colloq: Prof. Van Vu  Time: 11 AM - 12:30 PM Location: SGM 601 Talk title: The condition number of a random matrix. Speaker:Prof. Van Vu from Rutgers University Host: Prof. Shang-Hua Teng Abstract: The condition number plays a crucial role in all computational problems ... (read more)

Monday, September 28, 2009

CS Colloq: Dr. Hanumant Singh  Time: 2 PM - 3 PM Location: EEB 248 Title: Underwater Robotics and Imaging: Recent Advances in Imaging the Deep Seafloor Speaker: Hanumant Singh, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Host: Gaurav Sukhatme Abstract: This talk examines the rece... (read more)

Thursday, September 24, 2009

CS Colloq: Dr. K L. Bellman  Time: 4 PM - 5:30 PM Location: SSL 150 Talk title: Reflective Architectures for Complex Adaptive Systems Speaker: Dr. Kirstie L. Bellman, Principal Scientist, The Aerospace Corporation Host: Prof. Ari Requicha Abstract: The purpose of this talk is to st... (read more)

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

CS Colloq: Prof. Dellaert  Time: 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM Location: HNB 107 Talk title: Inference in Large-Scale Graphical Models and its application to SFM, SAM, and SLAM Speaker: Prof. Frank Dellaert (Georgia Tech) Host: Prof. Gaurav S. Sukhatme Abstract: Simultaneous Localization and M... (read more)

Thursday, September 17, 2009

CS Colloq:Dr.Anandan-CANCELLED  Time: 4 PM - 5 PM Location: SSL 150 THIS EVENT IS CANCELLED. Talk title: Inventing the Future from India: 5 Years of Microsoft Research India Speaker: Dr. P. Anandan(Managing Director, Microsoft Research India) Host: Prof. Gerard Medioni Abstract: ... (read more)

Monday, September 14, 2009

CS Colloq: Dr. Injong Rhee  Time: 2 PM - 3 PM Location: EEB 248 Injong Rhee Professor, Computer Science North Carolina State University Demystifying Levy Walk Patterns in Human Walks -- Why do humans walk like monkeys? Recent literatures report heavy-tail flight patterns i... (read more)

Friday, September 11, 2009

CS Colloq: Dr Anandan CANCELLED  Time: 4 PM - 5 PM CANCELLED - moved to 4pm-5pm Thursday, September 17, 2009 Location: SSL 150 Talk title: Inventing the Future from India: 5 Years of Microsoft Research India Speaker: Dr. P. Anandan(Managing Director, Microsoft Res... (read more)

Tuesday, September 01, 2009

CS Colloq: Dr. Sunil K. Agrawal  Time: 4 PM - 5 PM Location: SSL 150 Talk title: Robotic Exoskeletons for Gait Assistance and Training of the Motor Impaired Speaker: Prof. Sunil K. Agrawal (University of Delaware) Host: Prof. Gaurav S. Sukhatme Abstract: Robotics is emerging as a pr... (read more)

Monday, August 24, 2009

CS Colloq: Dr. Janusz Marecki  Time: 3 PM - 4 PM Location: VKC 150 Talk title: "A Quest for Intelligence: From Stochastic Optimization to Cortex Simulations" Speaker: Dr. Janusz Marecki (IBM T.J. Watson Research Center) Host: Prof. Milind Tambe Abstract: With the computational cap... (read more)

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

CS Colloq: Prof. Simon Lucey  Time: 11 AM - 12:30 PM Location: PHE 223 Talk title: Leveraging Convex Quadratics for Alignment and Classification in Vision Speaker: Prof. Simon Lucey (Robotics Institute, CMU) Host: Prof. Louis-Philippe Morency Abstract: Convex quadratic objective funct... (read more)

Wednesday, August 05, 2009

CS Colloq: Pascal Fua  Time: 10:30 AM - 12 PM Location: HNB 100 Title: Multi-People Tracking through Global Optimization Speaker: Prof. Pascal Fua Host: Prof. Ram Nevatia Website: http://cvlab.epfl.ch/~fua/ Description: Given three or four synchronized videos taken at eye le... (read more)

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

CS Colloq: Luis Sentis  Time: 3:30 PM - 5 PM Location: SSL 150 Talk title: Synthesis of Whole-Body Skills for Human Environments Speaker: Dr. Luis Sentis Host: Prof. Stefan Schaal Abstract: With the increasing expectation on autonomy for service and assistive robotics, the mod... (read more)

Thursday, June 11, 2009

CS Colloq: Diomidis Spinellis  Time: 3:30 PM - 5 PM Location: SSL 150 Talk title: Beyond Four Kernels: A Platform for Software Engineering Research Speaker: Prof. Diomidis Spinellis Host: Prof. Nenad Medvidovic Abstract: In a comparative study of the FreeBSD, GNU/Linux, Solaris, and... (read more)

Tuesday, June 09, 2009

CS Colloq: Volkan Isler  Time: 3:30 PM - 5 PM Location: SSL 150 Talk title: Sensing Limitations in Robotic Sensor Network Tasks Speaker: Volkan Isler (Univ. of Minnesota) Host: Prof. Gaurav Sukhatme Abstract: Often, the individual components of a sensor network have limited sen... (read more)

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

CS Colloq: Michael Wellman  Time: 10:30 AM - 12 PM Location: SSL 150 Talk title: Empirical Game-Theoretic Analysis for Practical Strategic Reasoning Speaker: Michael Wellman (University of Michigan) Host: Prof.Milind Tambe Abstract: The games agents play--in markets, conflicts, or m... (read more)

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

CS Colloq: Nirupama Bulusu  Time: 11 AM - 12:30 PM Location: SAL 222 Talk title: Resource-efficient Audiovisual Sensing Speaker: Prof. Nirupama Bulusu(Portland State University) Host: Prof. Ramesh Govindan Abstract: Animal calls, street signs, car honks, etc. The physical world is p... (read more)

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

CS Colloq: Prof. Larry Davis  Time: 3 PM - 4:30 PM Location: SSL150 Talk title: Beyond Nouns and Verbs: Learning Visually Grounded Stories of Images and Videos using Language and Vision Speaker: Prof. Larry S. Davis Host: Prof. Gerard Medioni Abstract: This talk describes recent ... (read more)

Monday, May 04, 2009

CS Colloq: Cousins and Gerkey  Time: 3 PM - 4 PM Location: SSL 150 Talk title: An Open Platform for Robotics Research Speakers: Steve Cousins and Brian Gerkey Host: Maja J Mataric Abstract: Personal Robotics research and development are accelerating. A growing community of Open S... (read more)

Thursday, April 16, 2009

CS DLS: Daphne Koller  Time: 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM Location: SSL 150 Talk title: Probabilistic Models for the Physical World Speaker: Prof. Daphne Koller (Stanford University) Host: Prof. Fei Sha Abstract: Over recent years, computer vision has made great strides towards annotating ... (read more)

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

CS Colloq: Lingxiao Jiang  Time: 4 PM - 5:30 PM Location: GFS 223 Talk title: Scalable Detection of Similar Code: Techniques and Applications Speaker: Lingxiao Jiang (UC Davis) Host: Prof. Nenad Medvidovic Abstract: Similar code, commonly known as code clones, often occur in lar... (read more)

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

CS Colloq: Jernej Barbic  Time: 4 PM - 5:30 PM Location: SSL 150 Talk title: Real-time Deformable Objects: Graphics, Haptics, Sound, Control Speaker: Jernej Barbic (MIT) Host: Prof. Michael Zyda Abstract: Real-time deformable objects are an exciting research area in computer gra... (read more)

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

CS Colloq: Guy Hoffmann  Time: 4 PM - 5 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: From Game Characters to Game Companions: Practice, Anticipation, and Embodiment Host: Prof. Gerard Medioni Abstract: Aiming to make computer game agents more engaging and longer-lasting, I propose the notion... (read more)

Monday, March 30, 2009

CS Colloq: Young Cho  Time: 10 AM - 11:30 AM Location: VKC 207 Title: Highly Stable Timing Source in Low-power Networked Embedded Systems Speaker: Young Cho, USC-Information Sciences Institute Abstract: Time synchronization is an important service for networked and embedded sy... (read more)

CS Colloq: Aram Galstyan  Time: 4 PM - 5:30 PM Location: VKC 210 Title: Modeling and Tracking Activities with Event-Coupled HMMs Speaker: Dr. Aram Galstyan, ISI, USC Host: Prof. Jonathan Gratch Abstract: Plan, activity, and intent recognition (PAIR) is concerned with inferring ... (read more)

Thursday, March 26, 2009

CS DLS: Prof. Tom Mitchell  Time: 4 PM - 5:30 PM Location: GER Auditorium **Third Annual George Bekey Keynote Lecture** Title: Brains, Meaning and Corpus Statistics Speaker: Prof. Tom Mitchell, CMU Host: Prof. Ellis Horowitz, Prof. Craig Knoblock Light Refreshments: 3:30 PM Abstract:... (read more)

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

CS Colloq: Steven Kleiman  Time: 3:30 PM - 5 PM Location: OHE 122 Title: An Introduction to NetApp Speaker: Steven Kleiman, Network Appliance Host: Prof. Shahram Ghandeharizadeh Abstract: NetApp is a $3B company you may not a have heard of, yet it stores the data of many of the ... (read more)

CS Colloq:William G. J. Halfond  Time: 4 PM - 5:30 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: Quality Assurance Techniques for Web Applications Speaker: William G. J. Halfond, Georgia Institute of Technology Host: Prof. Nenad Medvidovic Abstract: Over the past decade, web applications have become bi... (read more)

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

CS Colloq: Abhijeet Ghosh  Time: 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Location: SAL 222 (VTC to ISI 2nd floor CR) Title: Measurement, Modeling and Rendering for Realistic Computer Graphics Speaker: Abhijeet Ghosh Host: Shahram Ghandeharizadeh Abstract: Throughout its history, the field of computer graphics has been striving to... (read more)

Thursday, March 05, 2009

CS DLS: Anna Karlin  Time: 4 PM - 5:30 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: A Survey of Some Recent Research at the Border of Game Theory, Algorithms, and Economics Speaker: Prof. Anna Karlin, University of Washington Host: Prof. David Kempe Abstract: The design of protocols for re... (read more)

Wednesday, March 04, 2009

CS Colloq: Hartmut Schmeck  Time: 3:30 PM - 5 PM Location: SOS B46 (Social Sciences Building) Title: Organic Computing - a Generic Approach to Controlled Self-organization in Adaptive Systems Speaker: Prof. Hartmut Schmeck, University of Karlsruhe Host: Prof. Medvidovic Abstract: Organic Computing is a rec... (read more)

Tuesday, March 03, 2009

CS Colloq: Sam Gustman  Time: 4 PM - 5:30 PM Location: Note the new location SSL 150 Title: Collection, Cataloging, Preservation, Access and Education using Video testimonies of Holocaust and other genocide survivors at the USC Shoah Foundation Institute Speaker: Sam Gustman, USC Shoah Foundation Host:... (read more)

Thursday, February 26, 2009

CS Colloq: Dr. Louis-Philippe  Time: 4 PM - 5:30 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: Computational Study Of Nonverbal Social Communication Speaker: Dr. Louis-Philippe Morency, ICT, USC Host: Prof. Stefan Schaal Abstract: The goal of this emerging research field is to recognize, model and pr... (read more)

Thursday, January 29, 2009

CS DLS: Paul Mockapetris  Time: 4 PM - 5:30 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: What should we learn from 25 years of the Internet: A DNS case study Speaker: Dr. Paul Mockapetris, Chairman and Chief Scientist, Nominum Inc. Host: Prof. Ramesh Govindan Abstract: There are several "defin... (read more)

Thursday, January 22, 2009

CS Colloq: Bingcai Zhang  Time: 4 PM - 5:30 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: Geospatial Information Technology and Robotic Vision Speaker: Dr. Bingcai Zhang, BAE Systems, Engineering Fellow Host: Prof. Cyrus Shahabi Abstract: Geospatial information technology or 3D mapping is the te... (read more)

Thursday, January 15, 2009

CS Colloq: Victor Zordan  Time: 4 PM - 5:30 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: Animating Interactive Characters using Motion Capture and Simulation Speaker: Prof. Victor Zordan, University of Callifornia, Riverside Host: Prof. Gerard Medioni Abstract: Automatically creating humanlike ... (read more)

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

CS Colloq: Kamin Whitehouse  Time: 11 AM - 12:30 PM Location: SAL 222 Title: A Comprehensive Approach to Macroprogramming Speaker: Prof. Kamin Whitehouse, University of Virginia Host: Prof. Ramesh Govindan Abstract: Networks of wireless, embedded devices are increasingly useful for ... (read more)

Monday, January 05, 2009

CS Colloq: Chad Jenkins  Time: 2:30 PM - 4 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: Manifold Learning in Human-Robot Teams Speaker: Prof. Chad Jenkins, Brown University Host: Prof. Maja Mataric Abstract: A principal goal of robotics is to realize embodied systems that are effective collabo... (read more)

Thursday, December 11, 2008

CS Colloq: Kanna Rajan  Time: 4 PM - 5:30 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: Autonomy: From Outer to Inner Space Speaker: Dr. Kanna Rajan, Principal Researcher for Autonomy, MBARI Host: Prof. Gaurav Sukhatme Abstract: Ocean Sciences the world over is at a cusp, with a move from the ... (read more)

Tuesday, December 02, 2008

CS Colloq: Raquel Urtasun  Time: 11 AM - 12:30 PM Location: PHE 223 Title: Non-Parametric Latent Variable Models for Shape and Motion Analysis Speaker: Dr. Raquel Urtasun, MIT Host: Prof. Fei Sha, Prof. Ram Nevatia Abstract: Dimensionality reduction is a popular approach to dealin... (read more)

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

CS Colloq: Augustin Chaintreau  Time: 11 AM - 12:30 PM Location: KAP 163 Title: Forget him (or her) and keep on moving: Making mobile social networks navigable Speaker: Augustin Chaintreau, Thomson, Paris Host: Prof. Ramesh Govindan Abstract: A network is navigable if a simple decentr... (read more)

Monday, November 24, 2008

CS Colloq: Abdul Sattar  Time: 2 PM - 3:30 PM Location: KAP 144 Title: Stochastic Local Search for Propositional Satisfiability Speaker: Prof. Abdul Sattar, Griffith University, Australia Host: Prof. Milind Tambe Abstract: The problem of finding a consistent truth assignment t... (read more)

CS DLS: Grady Booch  Time: 4 PM - 5:30 PM Location: OHE 132 Title: The Promise, the Limits, and the Beauty of Software Speaker: Dr. Grady Booch, IBM Research Host: Prof. Barry Boehm Abstract: Within this generation, software has changed the way that individuals collaborate... (read more)

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

CS Colloq: Cristian Estan  Time: 11 AM - 12:30 PM Location: PHE 223 Title: Improving deep packet inspection through extended automata Speaker: Prof. Cristian Estan, University of Wisconsin Host: Prof. Ramesh Govindan Abstract: Deep packet inspection is playing an increasingly imp... (read more)

CS Colloq: Samir Khuller  Time: 4 PM - 5:30 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: On Broadcast Scheduling Speaker: Prof. Samir Khuller, University of Maryland Host: Prof. Leana Golubchik Abstract: Broadcasting over a wireless channel is a standard mechanism to disseminate information to... (read more)

Friday, November 14, 2008

CS Colloq: Russ Tedrake  Time: 2 PM - 3:30 PM Location: RTH 406 Title: Optimizing Locomotion: Learning Control at Intermediate Reynolds Number Speaker: Prof. Russ Tedrake, MIT Host: Prof. Gaurav Sukhatme Abstract: In this talk I'll describe our efforts in using computational t... (read more)

Thursday, November 13, 2008

CS Colloq: Melinda Snodgrass  Time: 12:30 PM - 2 PM Location: MHP 101 Title: Robot Babies Speaker: Melinda Snodgrass Host: Prof. Milind Tambe Abstract: This talk is designed to raise several questions. The first is to examine the purpose of the robot in fiction. Aliens can also ... (read more)

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

CS Colloq: Andrew Y. Ng  Time: 4 PM - 5:30 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: STAIR: The STanford Artificial Intelligence Robot project Speaker: Prof. Andrew Y. Ng, Stanford University Host: Prof. Fei Sha Abstract: This talk will describe the STAIR home assistant robot project, and t... (read more)

Thursday, November 06, 2008

CS Colloq: Vincent Conitzer  Time: 4 PM - 5:30 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: Computing Game-Theoretic Solutions Speaker: Prof. Vincent Conitzer, Duke University Host: Prof. Milind Tambe Abstract: Computer scientists are increasingly confronted with settings where multiple self-inter... (read more)

Wednesday, November 05, 2008

CS Colloq: Sinisa Srbljic  Time: 10:30 AM - 12 PM Location: WPH B27 Title: Geppeto: Consumer's Approach to Programming Speaker: Prof. Sinisa Srbljic, University of Zagreb, Croatia Host: Prof. Nenad Medvidovic Abstract: Contemporary society is experiencing a steady stream of new el... (read more)

Thursday, October 30, 2008

CS DLS: Jitendra Malik  Time: 4 PM - 5:30 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: Parsing Images Speaker: Prof. Jitendra Malik, UC Berkeley Host: Prof. Ram Nevatia Abstract: When humans look at an image or a video clip, they start from the raw input, a collection of pixels, and infer co... (read more)

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

CS Colloq: Mike Shlesinger  Time: 4 PM - 5:30 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: Pitfalls and Paradoxes in the History of Probability Theory Speaker: Dr. Mike Shlesinger, Office of Naval Research Host: Prof. Ram Nevatia Abstract: We trace the history of probability theory from the thro... (read more)

Monday, October 06, 2008

CS Colloq: Alex Slivkins  Time: 11 AM - 12:30 PM Location: ZHS 163 Title: Multi-Armed Bandits in Metric Spaces Speaker: Alex Slivkins, Microsoft Research - SVC Host: Prof. David Kempe Abstract: In a multi-armed bandit problem, an online algorithm chooses from a set of strategies... (read more)

Thursday, October 02, 2008

CS Colloq: Shripad Thite  Time: 4 PM - 5:30 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: Walking Your Dog in the Woods in Polynomial Time Speaker: Shripad Thite, CalTech Host: Prof. David Kempe Abstract: The Frechet distance between two curves in the plane is the minimum length of a leash that ... (read more)

Wednesday, October 01, 2008

CS Colloq: Timothy Bickmore  Time: 1:30 PM - 3 PM Location: VKC 150 Title: Relational Agents: Social and Communicative Competencies for Maintaining Engagement with Users Over Multiple Interactions Speaker: Prof. Timothy Bickmore, Northeastern University Host: Prof. Maja Mataric Ab... (read more)

Friday, September 12, 2008

CS Colloq: Pradeep Varakantham  Time: 11 AM - 12:30 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: Linear Relaxation Techniques for Task Management in Uncertain Settings Speaker: Dr. Pradeep Varakantham, Robotics Institute, CMU Host: Prof. Milind Tambe Abstract: In this work, we consider the problem of ... (read more)

Thursday, May 01, 2008

CS Colloq: Radu Marinescu  Time: 3:30 PM - 5 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: AND/OR Search Strategies for Combinatorial Optimization in Graphical Models Speaker: Radu Marinescu(UCI) Host: Prof. Milind Tambe Abstract: The AND/OR search space for graphical models is a new framework fo... (read more)

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

CS Colloq: Sanjoy Dasgupta  Time: 3:30 PM - 5 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: Random Projection Trees and Low Dimensional Manifolds Speaker: Prof. Sanjoy Dasgupta(UCSD) Host: Prof. David Kempe Abstract: The curse of dimensionality has traditionally been the bane of nonparametric stat... (read more)

Thursday, April 24, 2008

CS DLS: Avrim Blum  Time: 3:30 PM - 5 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: Semi-Supervised Learning Speaker: Prof. Avrim Blum(CMU) Host: Prof. David Kempe Abstract: Automatic methods for collecting data have in many domains far outstripped the pace of human annotation. In machine ... (read more)

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

CS Colloq: Hoeteck Wee  Time: 3:30 PM - 5 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: Simple Encryption Schemes Against Sophisticated Attacks Speaker: Dr. Hoeteck Wee(Columbia) Host: Prof. David Kempe Abstract: Along with the increasing reliance on computers and the Internet for myriad tasks... (read more)

Friday, April 18, 2008

CS Colloq: Carlos Guestrin  Time: 4 PM - 5:30 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: Efficient, Adaptive Inference for Distributions on Permutations Speaker: Prof. Carlos Guestrin(CMU) Host: Prof. Milind Tambe Abstract: Permutations are ubiquitous in many real world problems, such as voting... (read more)

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

CS Colloq: Fei Sha  Time: 3:30 PM - 5 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: Learning Low Dimensional Representations of High Dimensional Data Speaker: Dr. Fei Sha(UC Berkeley) Host: Prof. Stefan Schaal Abstract: Statistical modeling of high-dimensional and complex data is a challen... (read more)

Thursday, April 10, 2008

CS Colloq: Jure Leskovec  Time: 3:30 PM - 5 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: Dynamics of Real-World Networks Speaker: Jure Leskovec(CMU) Host: Prof. Stefan Schaal Abstract: Emergence of the web and cyberspace gave rise to detailed traces of human social activity. This offers great o... (read more)

Wednesday, April 09, 2008

CS Colloq: Yu-Han Chang  Time: 3:30 PM - 5 PM Location: SAL 322 Title: Learning^3: Multi-Agent, Teacher-Agent, and Tutor-Student Speaker: Dr. Yu-Han Chang(ISI) Host: Prof. Ramesh Govindan Abstract: Learning is crucial aspect of any intelligent agent. The bulk of this talk with... (read more)

Tuesday, April 08, 2008

CS Colloq: ByungMoon Kim  Time: 3:30 PM - 5 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: Fluid Simulation With Reduced Diffusion, Dissipation, and Volume Loss Speaker: Dr. ByungMoon Kim(GATECH) Host: Prof. Ulrich Neumann Abstract: Recent advances in simulation methods for three-dimensional comp... (read more)

Thursday, April 03, 2008

CS Colloq: Jan Allbeck  Time: 3:30 PM - 5 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: Places Everyone: Creating an Animated Tapestry of Human Activity for Virtual Worlds Speaker: Jan Allbeck(UPENN) Host: Prof. Ulrich Neumann Abstract: As we journey through our day, our lives intersect with o... (read more)

Wednesday, April 02, 2008

CS Colloq: Pieter Peers  Time: 3:30 PM - 5 PM Location: SAL 322 Title: Acquisition, Compression, and Transfer of Reflectance Fields Speaker: Dr. Pieter Peers(ICT) Host: Prof. Ramesh Govindan Abstract: A reflectance field describes the light transport through a scene in terms o... (read more)

Tuesday, April 01, 2008

CS Colloq: Maxwell Krohn  Time: 3:30 PM - 5 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: Securing the Web With Decentralized Information Flow Control Speaker: Maxwell Krohn(MIT) Host: Prof. Ramesh Govindan Abstract: The recent successes of server-side applications (e.g. Google and Facebook appl... (read more)

Monday, March 31, 2008

CS Colloq: H. Chad Lane  Time: 3:30 PM - 5 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: Intelligent Tutoring for Planning and Reflection Speaker: Dr. H. Chad Lane(ICT) Host: Prof. Ramesh Govindan Abstract: Computer tutors have made significant progress since they made their first appearance in... (read more)

Thursday, March 27, 2008

CS Colloq: Srinivas Akella  Time: 11 AM - 12:30 PM Location: RTH 406 Title: Coordinating Multiple Moving Objects: From Robots to Microdroplets Speaker: Prof. Srinivas Akella(RPI) Host: Prof. Gaurav Sukhatme Abstract: Coordinating the collision-free motions of multiple moving object... (read more)

CS Colloq: Brighten Godfrey  Time: 3:30 PM - 5 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: Stabilizing Internet Routing: or, A Story of Heterogeneity Speaker: Brighten Godfrey(UC Berkeley) Host: Prof. Ramesh Govindan Abstract: A significant cause of the unreliability of end-to-end communications ... (read more)

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

CS DLS: Sebastian Thrun  Time: 3:30 PM - 5 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: Changing the World with Robotics Cars Speaker: Prof. Sebastian Thrun(Stanford) Host: Prof. Gaurav Sukhatme Abstract: Biography: Sebastian Thrun is a Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineeri... (read more)

Friday, March 21, 2008

CS Colloq: Chris Kiekintveld  Time: 11 AM - 12:30 PM Location: VHE 217 Title: Strategy Selection for Noisy Empirical Game Models Speaker: Chris Kiekintveld(UMICH) Host: Prof. Milind Tambe Abstract: Game theory offers tools for principled analysis of multi-agent systems. However, many... (read more)

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

CS Colloq: Nanayakkara  Time: 3 PM - 4:30 PM Location: PHE 223 Title: Biomimetic Legged Locomotion and Odor Guided Behavior for Humanitarian Landmine Detection Speaker: Dr. Thrishantha Nanayakkara(Harvard) Host: Prof. Milind Tambe Abstract: Humanitarian demining is a pre-requ... (read more)

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

CS Colloq: Kalashnikov  Time: 11 AM - 12:30 PM Location: EEB 248 Title: Disambiguation of Textual and Web Data Speaker: Dr. Dmitri V. Kalashnikov(UCI) Host: Prof. Cyrus Shahabi Abstract: Effectiveness of decision support, data exploration and scientific discovery tools is close... (read more)

Thursday, March 13, 2008

CS Colloq: David Brumley  Time: 3:30 PM - 5 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: Analysis and Defense of Vulnerabilities in Binary Code Speaker: David Brumley(CMU) Host: Prof. Ramesh Govindan Abstract: New vulnerabilities are constantly discovered and exploited by attackers. A major foc... (read more)

CS Colloq: Prasun Sinha  Time: 11 AM - 12:30 PM Location: SAL 222 Title: Rethinking Network Protocol Design for Large Scale Sensor Networks Speaker: Prof. Prasun Sinha(Ohio State) Host: Prof. Ramesh Govindan Abstract: Designing large-scale, unattended and long-lasting sensor net... (read more)

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

CS Colloq: Adam Bargteil  Time: 3:30 PM - 5 PM Location: EEB 248 Title: Modeling Materials and Visual Detail for Computer Animation Speaker: Dr. Adam Bargteil(CMU) Host: Prof. Ulrich Neumann Abstract: Physical simulation has proved to be an important tool for creating extremely... (read more)

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

CS Colloq: Andreas Krause  Time: 3:30 PM - 5 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: Optimizing Sensing from Water to the Web Speaker: Andreas Krause(CMU) Host: Prof. Stefan Schaal Abstract: Where should we place sensors to quickly detect contaminations in drinking water distribution networ... (read more)

Monday, March 10, 2008

CS Colloq: Yevgeniy Vorobeychik  Time: 11 AM - 12:30 PM Location: VHE 217 Title: Mechanism Design and Analysis Using Simulation-Based Game Models Speaker: Yevgeniy Vorobeychik (UMICH) Host: Prof. Milind Tambe Abstract: I present a general framework for automated mechanism design on cons... (read more)

Thursday, March 06, 2008

CS Colloq: Tsz-Chiu Au  Time: 1 PM - 3:30 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: Synthesis of Strategies for Noisy and Non-Noisy Multi-Agent Environments Speaker: Tsz-Chiu Au(UMD) Host: Prof. Milind Tambe Abstract: To create new and better agents in multi-agent environments, we may want... (read more)

CS Colloq: Maria-Florina Balcan  Time: 3:30 PM - 5 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: A Theory of Similarity Functions for Learning and Clustering Speaker: Maria-Florina Balcan(CMU) Host: Prof. David Kempe Abstract: Machine Learning has become a highly successful discipline with applications... (read more)

Wednesday, March 05, 2008

CS Colloq: Anton Leuski  Time: 3:30 PM - 5 PM Location: EEB 248 Title: Information Retrieval for Virtual Worlds Speaker: Dr. Anton Leuski(ICT) Host: Prof. Ramesh Govindan Abstract: Computer simulated virtual worlds have become increasingly important in recent years. These worl... (read more)

Tuesday, March 04, 2008

CS Colloq: Ozgur Simsek  Time: 3:30 PM - 5 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: Autonomous Development of Skill Hierarchies Speaker: Ozgur Simsek(UMASS) Host: Prof. Stefan Schaal Abstract: The broad problem I will address in this talk is design of autonomous agents that are able to eff... (read more)

Monday, March 03, 2008

CS Colloq: Fabio Pellacini  Time: 3:30 PM - 5 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: Interactive and Intuitive Appearance Design Speaker: Prof. Fabio Pellacini(Dartmouth) Host: Prof. Ulrich Neumann Abstract: The appearance of objects comes from the interaction of scene lighting and surface ... (read more)

Thursday, February 28, 2008

CS Colloq: Y.C. Tay  Time: 11 AM - 12:30 PM Location: EEB 248 Title: Internet Equilibrium Analysis Through Separation of User and Network Behavior Speaker: Prof. Y.C. Tay(NUS) Host: Prof. Leana Golubchik Abstract: Internet complexity makes reasoning about traffic equilibrium... (read more)

CS Colloq: Parikshit Gopalan  Time: 3:30 PM - 5 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: Fitting Polynomials to Noisy Data Speaker: Dr. Parikshit Gopalan(Washington) Host: Prof. David Kempe Abstract: The problem of finding the polynomial that best fits a noisy data-set (or polynomial reconstruc... (read more)

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

CS Colloq: Jelena Mirkovic  Time: 3:30 PM - 5 PM Location: EEB 248 Title: Modeling Human Behavior for Defense against Flash-Crowd Attacks Speaker: Dr. Jelena Mirkovic(ISI) Host: Prof. Ramesh Govindan Abstract: Flash-crowd attacks are the most vicious form of distributed denial of... (read more)

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

CS Colloq: Pieter Abbeel  Time: 3:30 PM - 5 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: Apprenticeship Learning Speaker: Pieter Abbeel(Stanford) Host: Prof. Stefan Schaal Abstract: Machine learning is a powerful paradigm which enables autonomous decision making by learning from examples. Despi... (read more)

CS Colloq: Nancy Pollard  Time: 11 AM - 12:30 PM Location: GFS 220 Title: Data-Driven Grasping and Manipulation Speaker: Prof. Nancy Pollard(CMU) Host: Prof. Maja Mataric Abstract: Data captured from human performances of activities ranging from the everyday through the extraordi... (read more)

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

CS Colloq: Byung-Gon Chun  Time: 3:30 PM - 5 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: New Primitives and Metrics for Distributed Systems Speaker: Dr. Byung-Gon Chun(ICSI) Host: Prof. Ramesh Govindan Abstract: With the advent of data centers and "cloud computing", distributed systems are beco... (read more)

Thursday, February 14, 2008

CS Colloq: Wolfgang Emmerich  Time: 11 AM - 12:30 PM Location: SGM 123 Title: The Impact of Research on the Development of Middleware Technology Speaker: Prof. Wolfgang Emmerich(UCL) Host: Prof. Nenad Medvidovic Abstract: The middleware market represents a sizable segment of the over... (read more)

Thursday, February 07, 2008

CS Colloq: Stephen Chong  Time: 3:30 PM - 5 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: Secure Web Applications and Expressive Security Policies Speaker: Stephen Chong(Cornell) Host: Prof. Ramesh Govindan Abstract: Information-flow control promises strong, end-to-end security. In this talk, I'... (read more)

Tuesday, February 05, 2008

CS Colloq: Daskalakis  Time: 3:30 PM - 5 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: Computing Equilibria in Games Speaker: Constantinos Daskalakis (UC Berkeley) Host: Prof. David Kempe Abstract: Game Theory is important for the study of large competitive environments, such as the Internet,... (read more)

CS Colloq: John K. Tsotsos  Time: 1:30 PM - 3 PM Location: EEB 248 Title: Towards a Visually-Guided Semi-Autonomous Wheelchair for the Disabled Speaker: Prof. John K. Tsotsos(York) Host: Prof. Maja Mataric Abstract: An intelligent, autonomous wheelchair for the disabled has been ... (read more)

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

CS Colloq: Jan Vondrak  Time: 3:30 PM - 5 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: Approximation algorithms for combinatorial allocation problems Speaker: Dr. Jan Vondrak(Princeton) Host: Prof. David Kempe Abstract: Combinatorial allocation problems arise in situations where a set of item... (read more)

Thursday, January 24, 2008

CS Colloq: Shang-Hua Teng  Time: 3:30 PM - 5 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: Game and Market Equilibria Speaker: Prof. Shang-Hua Teng(Boston) Host: Prof. David Kempe Abstract: I will present some recent advances in Algorithmic Game Theory and particularly in computing and approximat... (read more)

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

CS Colloq: Reid Simmons  Time: 3:30 PM - 5 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: Social Robots Speaker: Prof. Reid Simmons(CMU) Host: Prof. Sven Koenig Abstract: As robots become more ubiquitous in society, they will have to learn to interact with people in socially acceptable ways. For... (read more)

Thursday, January 17, 2008

CS Colloq: Dan Rubenstein  Time: 3:30 PM - 5 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: Network Resilience to Attack and Disaster Speaker: Prof. Dan Rubenstein(Columbia) Host: Prof. Leana Golubchik Abstract: Traditional network design can compensate for a small number of node and link failures... (read more)

CS Colloq: Shuchi Chawla  Time: 11 AM - 12:30 PM Location: EEB 248 Title: Bertrand Competition in Networks Speaker: Prof. Shuchi Chawla(Wisconsin) Host: Prof. David Kempe Abstract: The Internet is a unique modern artifact given its sheer size and the number of its users. Given it... (read more)

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

CS Colloq: Haym Hirsh  Time: 3:30 PM - 5 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: Bridging the Gap between Problems and Solutions in Machine Learning and Data Mining Speaker: Prof. Haym Hirsh(Rutgers) Host: Prof. Ramesh Govindan Abstract: Much of the art of machine learning and data mini... (read more)

Monday, January 14, 2008

CS Colloq: Haym Hirsh  Time: 10 AM - 11:30 AM Location: PHE 223 Title: Leading and Growing a Successful Computer Science Department Speaker: Prof. Haym Hirsh(Rutgers) Host: Prof. Ramesh Govindan Abstract: Serving as a Department Chair requires managing a broad range of day-to-... (read more)

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

CS Colloq: Fabio Pellacini  Time: 11 AM - 12:30 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: Interactive and Intuitive Appearance Design Speaker: Prof. Fabio Pellacini(Dartmouth) Host: Prof. Ulrich Neumann Abstract: The appearance of objects comes from the interaction of scene lighting and surface ... (read more)

CS Colloq: Maria-Florina Balcan  Time: 4 PM - 5:30 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: Mechanism Design, Machine Learning, and Pricing Problems Speaker: Maria-Florina Balcan(CMU) Host: Prof. David Kempe Abstract: In this work, we make an explicit connection between machine learning and mechan... (read more)

Thursday, December 06, 2007

CS Colloq: Heather Zheng  Time: 11 AM - 12:30 PM Location: EEB 248 Title: Next Generation Dynamic Spectrum Systems Speaker: Prof. Heather Zheng(UCSB) Host: Prof. Ramesh Govindan Abstract: Today’s static spectrum assignment policy has led to a critical spectrum shortage. While inn... (read more)

Tuesday, December 04, 2007

CS Colloq: Raj Acharya  Time: 4 PM - 5:30 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: Aspects of Information Fusion and Computational Discovery for Bioinformatics Speaker: Dr. Raj Acharya(PSU) Host: Prof. Ramesh Govindan Abstract: Information fusion involves combining information from severa... (read more)

Thursday, November 29, 2007

CS Colloq: Seth Hutchinson  Time: 4 PM - 5:30 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: Partitioned and Hybrid Methods for Visual Servo Control Speaker: Prof. Seth Hutchinson(UIUC) Host: Prof. Gaurav Sukhatme Abstract: Visual servo control concerns the problem of controlling robots using real-... (read more)

Tuesday, November 20, 2007

CS DLS: Raj Reddy  Time: 4 PM - 5:30 PM Location: GER Auditorium **Annual George Bekey Keynote Lecture** Title: Technology and Society Speaker: Prof. Raj Reddy(CMU) Abstract: This talk will present several examples of how Technology, in particular Information Technology, can co... (read more)

Thursday, November 15, 2007

CS Colloq: Ashley Stroupe  Time: 4 PM - 5:30 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: Robotic Planetary Science: the Mars Exploration Rovers and Beyond Speaker: Dr. Ashley Stroupe(JPL) Host: Prof. Gaurav Sukhatme Abstract: This talk will present the present and future of robotic Mars explora... (read more)

Tuesday, November 06, 2007

CS Colloq: Chris Umans  Time: 4 PM - 5:30 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: Expanders and Extractors from Parvaresh-Vardy Codes Speaker: Prof. Chris Umans(CALTECH) Host: Prof. David Kempe Abstract: Expanders and extractors are fundamental combinatorial objects with a wide variety o... (read more)

Monday, November 05, 2007

CS Colloq: Radhika Nagpal  Time: 4 PM - 5:30 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: Engineering Self-Organizing Systems Speaker: Prof. Radhika Nagpal(HARVARD) Host: Prof. Gaurav Sukhatme Abstract: Biological systems, from embryos to ant colonies, achieve tremendous mileage by using vast nu... (read more)

Thursday, October 25, 2007

CS Colloq: Ioannis Rekleitis  Time: 4 PM - 5:30 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: Autonomous Planetary Exploration using Irregular Triangular Mesh Speaker: Dr. Ioannis Rekleitis(CSA) Host: Prof. Gaurav Sukhatme Abstract: In this talk, I am going to present work done at the Canadian Space... (read more)

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

CS Colloq: Nick Feamster  Time: 4 PM - 5:30 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: Filtering Spam with Behavioral Blacklisting Speaker: Prof. Nick Feamster(GATECH) Host: Prof. Ramesh Govindan Abstract: Spam filters often use the reputation of an IP address (or IP address range) to classif... (read more)

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

CS Colloq: Elliot Anshelevich  Time: 4 PM - 5:30 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: The Price of Stability for Network Design Speaker: Prof. Elliot Anshelevich(RPI) Host: Prof. David Kempe Abstract: Network design is a fundamental problem for which it is important to understand the effects... (read more)

Thursday, October 11, 2007

CS DLS: Michael Carey  Time: 4 PM - 5:30 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: Declarative Data Services: This Is Your Data on SOA Speaker: Dr. Michael Carey(BEA) Host: Prof. Shahram Ghandeharizadeh Abstract: With the current push towards service-oriented architectures (SOA) and proce... (read more)

Monday, October 08, 2007

CS Colloq: Oliver Brock  Time: 4 PM - 5:30 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: Robots and Proteins: Two Unlikely Journeys Through High-Dimensional Spaces Speaker: Prof. Oliver Brock(UMASS) Host: Prof. Gaurav Sukhatme Abstract: Intelligent, dexterous, and autonomous robots will profoun... (read more)

Thursday, September 27, 2007

CS Colloq: Tina Dam  Time: 4 PM - 5:30 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: The Beyond-ASCII Internet Speaker: Tina Dam(ICANN) Abstract: For much of its history the Internet has been based on the Latin alphabet and its ASCII digital representation. Tina Dam of the Internet Corpora... (read more)

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

CS Colloq: Auke Ijspeert  Time: 4 PM - 5:30 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: Central pattern generators for locomotion control in animals and robots Speaker: Dr. Auke Ijspeert(EPFL and USC) Host: Prof. Stefan Schaal Abstract: Animal locomotion control is in a large part based on cen... (read more)

Tuesday, September 04, 2007

CS Colloq: David Pynadath  Time: 4 PM - 5:30 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: Decision-Theoretic Reasoning About Other Agents Speaker: Dr. David Pynadath(ISI) Host: Prof. Milind Tambe Abstract: As autonomous software agents enter into real-world domains, they must often interact with... (read more)

Thursday, May 03, 2007

CS Colloq: Yongdae Kim  Time: 3:30 PM - 5 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: Securing Peer-to-peer Systems Speaker: Yongdae Kim Host: Prof. Ramesh Govindan Abstract: The emergence of peer-to-peer (P2P) systems and applications signifies a revolutionary paradigm shift in building lar... (read more)

Thursday, April 26, 2007

CS Colloq: Kevin Lynch  Time: 3:30 PM - 5 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: Multi-Agent Coordination by Decentralized Estimation and Control Speaker: Kevin Lynch Host: Prof. Gaurav Sukhatme Abstract: I will describe a framework for compiling desired collective behaviors into local ... (read more)

Tuesday, April 24, 2007

CS Colloq: Jana Kosecka  Time: 3:30 PM - 5 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: Vision Based Localization Speaker: Jana Kosecka Host: Prof. Gaurav Sukhatme Abstract: The localization capability is central to basic navigation tasks and motivates development of various navigation systems... (read more)

Thursday, April 19, 2007

CS Colloq: Dan Rubenstein  Time: 3:30 PM - 5 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: Network Resilience: Improving Survivability, Security, and Robustness of Emerging Network Systems Speaker: Dan Rubenstein Host: Prof. Leana Golubchik Abstract: Computer networks of today and tomorrow need t... (read more)

Thursday, April 12, 2007

CS DLS: Robert Lucas  Time: 3:30 PM - 5 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: Parallel Multifrontal Sparse Solvers Speaker: Robert Lucas (ISI/USC) Host: Aiichiro Nakano Abstract: Solving large sparse systems of linear equations is the computational bottleneck in many applications. Th... (read more)

CS DLS: Jim Gray  Time: 3:30 PM - 5 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: eScience -- Bringing all the world's science data and literature online and cross-indexing it. Speaker: Jim Gray (Microsoft) Host: Prof. Shahram Ghandeharizadeh Abstract: I have been working for the last d... (read more)

Friday, April 06, 2007

CS Colloq: Eyal Even-Dar  Time: 3:30 PM - 5 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: Limitations and Challenges in No Regret Algorithms Speaker: Eyal Even-Dar Host: Prof. David Kempe Abstract: No regret algorithms have been studied extensively since the pioneering works of Blackwell, Hanna... (read more)

Thursday, April 05, 2007

CS DLS: Ed Lazowska  Time: 3:30 PM - 5 PM Location: GER Auditorium **Annual George Bekey Keynote Lecture** Title: Computer Science: Past, Present, and Future Speaker: Ed Lazowska Abstract: The National Science Foundation has created the Computing Community Consortium to engage co... (read more)

Thursday, March 29, 2007

CS Colloq: Rachid Alami  Time: 3:30 PM - 5 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: A robot that aims to serve humans and be accepted by them Speaker: Prof. Rachid Alami (LAAS-CNRS, France) Host: Dr. Adriana Tapus Abstract: We are conducting research toward the construction of a cognitive... (read more)

Monday, March 26, 2007

CS Colloq: David Woodruff  Time: 3:30 PM - 5 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: Efficient and Private Distance Approximation Speaker: David Woodruff Host: Prof. David Kempe Abstract: I will cover two of my results in distance approximation. Consider the setting in which two parties wan... (read more)

Thursday, March 22, 2007

CS DLS: Martha Pollack  Time: 3:30 PM - 5 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: Intelligent Assistive Technology: The Present and the Future Speaker: Martha Pollack (U. of Michigan) Host: Prof. Maja Mataric Abstract: Recent advances in two areas of computer science wireless sensor netw... (read more)

Tuesday, March 20, 2007

CS Colloq: Michael Goodrich  Time: 3:30 PM - 5 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: Blood on the Computer: How Algorithms for Testing Blood Samples can be Used for DNA Sequencing, Wireless Broadcasting, and Network Security Speaker: Michael Goodrich Host: Prof. Leana Golubchik Abstract: Th... (read more)

Tuesday, March 06, 2007

CS Colloq: Alice Zheng  Time: 3:30 PM - 5 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: Statistical Failure Diagnosis in Software and Systems Speaker: Alice Zheng Host: Prof. Stefan Schaal Abstract: As software and systems become increasingly complex, the task of debugging also becomes increas... (read more)

Monday, March 05, 2007

CS Colloq: Michael Walfish  Time: 3:30 PM - 5 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: Defending Networked Resources Against Unwelcome Request Floods Speaker: Michael Walfish Host: Prof. Ramesh Govindan Abstract: The Internet is afflicted by unwelcome "requests", defined broadly as claims on ... (read more)

Friday, March 02, 2007

CS Colloq: Alex Orso  Time: 3:30 PM - 5 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: Protecting Web Applications Using Positive Tainting and Syntax- Aware Evaluation Speaker: Alex Orso Host: Prof. Neno Medvidovic Abstract: Many software systems have evolved to include a Web-based component ... (read more)

Wednesday, February 28, 2007

CS Colloq: Marek J. Druzdzel  Time: 12 PM - 1:30 PM Location: KAP 163 Title: Graphical Probabilistic Models in Strategic Planning Speaker: Marek J. Druzdzel(Univ. of Pittsburgh) Host: Prof. Sven Koenig Abstract: While immensely complex in its nature, strategic planning can be aided ... (read more)

Tuesday, February 27, 2007

CS Colloq: Mark Riedl  Time: 3:30 PM - 5 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: Narrative Generation and Interactive Storytelling Speaker: Mark Riedl Abstract: Storytelling is a pervasive part of the human experience; it is a common element in entertainment including modern computer g... (read more)

Monday, February 26, 2007

CS Colloq: Richard Stallman  Time: 3:30 PM - 5 PM Location: SAL 101 Title: The Free Software Movement and the GNU/Linux Operating System Speaker: Richard Stallman Host: Prof. Ramesh Govindan Abstract: Richard Stallman will speak about the goals and philosophy of the Free Software ... (read more)

Thursday, February 22, 2007

CS Colloq: Julia Chuzhoy  Time: 3:30 PM - 5 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: Cuts and Flows in Directed Graphs Speaker: Julia Chuzhoy Abstract: Cuts and flows are among the most basic graph theoretic notions. Applications that require solving graph cut or flow problems arise in almos... (read more)

Tuesday, February 06, 2007

CS DLS: David Salesin  Time: 3:30 PM - 5 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: Unleashing the Computer's Potential for Communication Speaker: David Salesin (U. of Washington) Host: Prof. Karen Liu Abstract: In this talk, David Salesin claims that the real market for PCs lies in their ... (read more)

Thursday, January 25, 2007

CS Colloq: Magy Seif El-Nasr  Time: 3:30 PM - 5 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: Developing Tools that Enhance Interactive Experiences and Their Development Process Speaker: Dr. Magy Seif El-Nasr(Penn State Univ.) Abstract: The game industry is becoming a multi-billion dollar industry wi... (read more)

Thursday, January 18, 2007

CS Colloq: Paul Rothemund  Time: 3:30 PM - 5 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: DNA Origami Speaker: Dr. Paul Rothemund(Caltech) Abstract: A key goal for bottom-up nanofabrication has been to generate structures whose complexity matches that achieved by top-down methods. Towards this go... (read more)

Thursday, January 11, 2007

CS Colloq: Caitlin Kelleher  Time: 3:30 PM - 5 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: Storytelling Alice: Presenting Programming as a Means to the End of Storytelling Speaker: Dr. Caitlin Kelleher(CMU) Abstract: The Higher Education Research Institute (HERI) estimates that the number of incom... (read more)

Tuesday, December 05, 2006

CS Colloq: An Zhu  Time: 3:30 PM - 5 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: Towards Achieving Anonymity Speaker: An Zhu (Google) Host: Prof. David Kempe Abstract: We study the problem of publishing data from a table containing personal data, in a privacy preserving manner. In parti... (read more)

Sunday, November 26, 2006

CS DLS: David Johnson  Time: 3:30 PM - 5 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: Compressing Rectilinear Pictures and Minimizing Access Control Lists Speaker: David Johnson (AT&T Labs) Host: Prof. David Kempe Abstract: We consider a geometric model for the problem of minimizing access c... (read more)

Tuesday, November 21, 2006

CS Colloq: Leonid Perlovsky  Time: 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM Location: HNB 15 Title: Joint evolution of Language and cognition Speaker: Leonid Perlovsky(AFOSR, Hanscom Field, Massachusetts) Host: Prof. Michael Arbib Abstract: During the last decades computational intelligence methods have b... (read more)

CS Colloq: David Chiang  Time: 3:30 PM - 5 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: Finding Structure in Statistical Machine Translation Speaker: David Chiang(ISI) Host: Prof. Neno Medvidovic Abstract: The introduction of data-driven methods into machine translation (MT) in the 1990s creat... (read more)

Friday, November 17, 2006

CS Colloq: Rina Dechter  Time: 2 PM - 3:30 PM Location: GFS116 Title: Advanced Reasoning in Graphical models Speaker: Rina Dechter (UC-Irvine) Host: Prof. Milind Tambe Abstract: Graphical models, including constraint networks, belief networks, Markov random fields and influen... (read more)

Thursday, November 16, 2006

CS DLS : Peter Norvig  Time: 3:30 PM - 5 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: Theorizing from Data: Avoiding the Capital Mistake Speaker: Peter Norvig (Google) Host: Prof. Ram Nevatia Abstract: "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's words ... (read more)

Tuesday, November 14, 2006

CS Colloq: John P. Wilson  Time: 3:30 PM - 5 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: "Fusing Computer Science and Geography: Research Advances and Opportunities in Geographic Information Science" Speaker: Prof. John P. Wilson(USC) Host: Prof. Cyrus Shahabi Abstract: This talk will start fro... (read more)

Thursday, November 09, 2006

CS Colloq: Brad Karp  Time: 3:30 PM - 5 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: Evolution in Action: Worms and Worm Defenses Speaker: Brad Karp Host: Prof. Ramesh Govidan Abstract: Secure systems are interesting to design and build because they face an adaptive, adversarially construct... (read more)

Monday, November 06, 2006

CS Colloq: Jose Luis Ambite  Time: 3:30 PM - 5 PM Location: HNB 107 Title: Data Integration and Planning Techniques for Automatic Web Service Speaker: Dr. Jose Luis Ambite(ISI) Abstract: In this talk, I will present three approaches to web service composition. The first approach us... (read more)

Thursday, November 02, 2006

CS Colloq: Ahmed Elgammal  Time: 3:30 PM - 5 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: The role of Manifold learning in Human Motion Analysis Speaker: Prof. Ahmed Elgammal(Rutgers University) Host: Prof. Gerard Medioni Abstract: Human body is an articulated object with high degrees of freedom... (read more)

Thursday, October 12, 2006

CS Colloq: Trevor Darrell  Time: 3:30 PM - 5 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: Visual Recognition and Tracking for Perceptive Interfaces Speaker: Prof. Trevor Darrell (MIT) Host: Prof. Gerard Medioni Abstract: Devices should be perceptive, and respond directly to their human user and/... (read more)

Tuesday, October 10, 2006

CS Colloq: Victor Zordan  Time: 3:30 PM - 5 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: Animating characters using motion capture and simulation Speaker: Victor Zordan (UC, Riverside) Host: Prof. Karen Liu Abstract: Automatically creating humanlike animation for characters is difficult, especi... (read more)

Thursday, October 05, 2006

CS Colloq: Tanya Berger-Wolf  Time: 3:30 PM - 5 PM Location: SSL 150 Title:A Framework for Analysis of Dynamic Social Networks Speaker: Tanya Berger-Wolf (UI, Chicago) Host: Prof. David Kempe Abstract: Finding patterns of social interaction within a population has wide-ranging appl... (read more)

Friday, September 29, 2006

CS Colloq: Christophe Diot  Time: 11 AM - 12:30 PM Location: EEB 248 Title: Packet forwarding in Pocket Switched networks: an empirical characterization of human mobility Speaker: Christophe Diot (Thomson) Host: Prof. Ramesh Govindan Abstract: Pocket switched networks (PSNs) make u... (read more)

Tuesday, September 26, 2006

CS Colloq: Sumana Srinivasan  Time: 3:30 PM - 5 PM Location: SSL 150 Title:Contour Estimation Using Mobile Sensors Speaker: Sumana Srinivasan Host: Prof. Gaurav Sukhatme Abstract: A mobile wireless sensor network may be deployed to detect and track a large-scale physical phenomenon ... (read more)

Tuesday, September 19, 2006

CS Colloq: Bobby Kleinberg  Time: 3:30 PM - 5 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: Competitive Collaborative Learning Speaker: Prof. Bobby Kleinberg (UC Berkeley/Cornell) Host: Prof. David Kempe Abstract: Systems in which users must make a sequence of decisions guided by information from p... (read more)

Thursday, September 14, 2006

CS Colloq: Jerome A. Feldman  Time: 3:30 PM - 5 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: From Molecule to Metaphor: Towards an Integrated Cognitive Science Speaker: Prof. Jerome A. Feldman (UC, Berkeley) Host: Prof. Michael Arbib Abstract: The neural revolution in cognitive science, which was al... (read more)

Tuesday, August 22, 2006

CS Colloq: Makoto Yokoo  Time: 2 PM - 3:30 PM Location: SSL 150 Title: Theory of Internet Auctions Speaker: Prof. Makoto Yokoo (Kyushu University) Host: Prof. Milind Tambe Abstract: Internet auctions have become an integral part of Electronic Commerce (EC) and a promising fiel... (read more)

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