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  • Feb
    14

    CS Seminar: Modeling Uncertainty for Designing Efficient Algorithms for Machine Learning (Abhishek Shetty)

    Department of Computer Science (CS)

    12:00 PM 3514, Mudd Hall ( formerly Seeley G. Mudd Library)

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    Wednesday / CS Seminar
    February 14th / 12:00 PM
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    Speaker
    Abhishek Shetty, University of California at Berkeley

    Talk Title
    Modeling Uncertainty for Designing Efficient Algorithms for Machine Learning

    Abstract

    Though modern machine learning has been highly successful, as we move towards more critical applications, many challenges towards ensuring robustness, privacy, and fairness, arise. Ad hoc and empirical approaches have often led to unintended consequences for these objectives, thus necessitating a principled approach. Traditional solutions often require redesigning entire pipelines or come with a significant loss in quality. In this talk, we will look at principles for modeling data towards can incorporating these important desiderata into existing pipelines without significant computational and statistical overhead.

    We will see two vignettes of this line of research. First, the smoothed adversary model for sequential decision making, leading to statistically and computationally efficient algorithms for decision making under uncertainty. Second, we will see a nearly linear-time algorithm for distribution compression leading to improved computational efficiency in diverse downstream statistical tasks.

    Biography
    Abhishek Shetty is currently a PhD student in the Department of Computer Science at the University of California at Berkeley advised by Nika Haghtalab. His research focuses on designing mathematical frameworks bringing together the theory and practice of machine learning and using these to developing simple algorithms with provable guarantees on real-world data. His research has been awarded a American Statistical Association SCSG best student paper award and also the Apple AI/ML fellowship.

    Research Interests/Area
    Theory/Machine Learning

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    TIME Wednesday, February 14, 2024 at 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

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  • Sep
    16

    Computer Science Incoming MS Placement Exam

    Department of Computer Science (CS)

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    TIME Monday, September 16, 2024

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  • Sep
    16

    Computer Science PhD Orientation

    Department of Computer Science (CS)

    8:00 AM Mudd Hall (Mudd Hall ( formerly Seeley G. Mudd Library))3514, Mudd Hall ( formerly Seeley G. Mudd Library)

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    TIME Monday, September 16, 2024 at 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

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  • Sep
    16

    Welcome & Breakfast for New McCormick PhD Students

    McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science

    9:00 AM LR2, Technological Institute

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    TIME Monday, September 16, 2024 at 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

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  • Sep
    23

    Welcome & Luncheon for New Full-time Graduate Students

    McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science

    11:00 AM Ryan Auditorium, Technological Institute

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    TIME Monday, September 23, 2024 at 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

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  • Sep
    24

    Fall 2024 Classes Begin (No Northwestern Monday in Fall)

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    TIME Tuesday, September 24, 2024

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  • Sep
    25

    CS Seminar: Miklos Racz

    Department of Computer Science (CS)

    12:00 PM 3514, Mudd Hall ( formerly Seeley G. Mudd Library)

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    TIME Wednesday, September 25, 2024 at 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

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  • Sep
    30

    Last day to add a class or change a section for Fall (Last day for tuition adjustment related to enrollment changes (to or from full-time). No reductions are made to bills for dropped or swapped classes after this date)

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    TIME Monday, September 30, 2024

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  • Sep
    30

    CS Seminar

    Department of Computer Science (CS)

    12:00 PM 3514, Mudd Hall ( formerly Seeley G. Mudd Library)

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    TIME Monday, September 30, 2024 at 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

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  • Oct
    2

    CS Seminar: Joyce Wang

    Department of Computer Science (CS)

    12:00 PM 3514, Mudd Hall ( formerly Seeley G. Mudd Library)

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    TIME Wednesday, October 2, 2024 at 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

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  • Oct
    7

    CS Seminar

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    12:00 PM 3514, Mudd Hall ( formerly Seeley G. Mudd Library)

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    TIME Monday, October 7, 2024 at 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

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  • Oct
    7

    2024 Fall Tech Career Fair

    Department of Computer Science (CS)

    1:00 PM Norris University Center

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    TIME Monday, October 7, 2024 at 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

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  • Oct
    9

    CS Seminar

    Department of Computer Science (CS)

    12:00 PM 3514, Mudd Hall ( formerly Seeley G. Mudd Library)

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    TIME Wednesday, October 9, 2024 at 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

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  • Oct
    14

    CS Seminar: Xiao Wang

    Department of Computer Science (CS)

    12:00 PM 3514, Mudd Hall ( formerly Seeley G. Mudd Library)

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    TIME Monday, October 14, 2024 at 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

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  • Oct
    15

    IEEE EMBS Body Sensor Networks (BSN) 2024

    Department of Computer Science (CS)

    All Day 300 E Ohio St

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    TIME Tuesday, October 15, 2024

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  • Oct
    16

    IEEE EMBS Body Sensor Networks (BSN) 2024

    Department of Computer Science (CS)

    All Day 300 E Ohio St

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    TIME Wednesday, October 16, 2024

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  • Oct
    16

    CS Seminar: Christos Dimoulas

    Department of Computer Science (CS)

    12:00 PM 3514, Mudd Hall ( formerly Seeley G. Mudd Library)

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    TIME Wednesday, October 16, 2024 at 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

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  • Oct
    17

    IEEE EMBS Body Sensor Networks (BSN) 2024

    Department of Computer Science (CS)

    All Day 300 E Ohio St

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    TIME Thursday, October 17, 2024

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  • Oct
    21

    CS Seminar

    Department of Computer Science (CS)

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    TIME Monday, October 21, 2024 at 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

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  • Oct
    23

    CS Seminar:

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    TIME Wednesday, October 23, 2024 at 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

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  • Oct
    28

    CS Seminar

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    12:00 PM 3514, Mudd Hall ( formerly Seeley G. Mudd Library)

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    TIME Monday, October 28, 2024 at 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

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  • Oct
    30

    CS Seminar: Lars Bergstrom

    Department of Computer Science (CS)

    12:00 PM 3514, Mudd Hall ( formerly Seeley G. Mudd Library)

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    TIME Wednesday, October 30, 2024 at 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

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