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• Apr

  10

  Seminar: Folding Heighway Dragon Curves (Shin-Cheng Mu)

  Department of Computer Science (CS)

  1:00 PM 3514, Mudd Hall ( formerly Seeley G. Mudd Library)

  EVENT DETAILS

  Thursday / CS Seminar
  April 10th / 1:00 PM
  Hybrid / Mudd 3514

  Speaker
  Shin-Cheng Mu, Research Fellow in Academia Sinica, Taiwan

  Talk Title
  Folding Heighway Dragon Curves
  

  Abstract
  The Heighway Dragon is one of the most known fractal curves. There are two ways to construct the curve: repeatedly make a copy of the current curve, rotate it by 90 degrees, and connect them; or repeatedly replace each straight segment in the curve by two segments with a right angle. A natural question is how do we know the two approaches are equivalent? We represent a dragon curve by a list, and generalize the construction of the curve to allow rotations to both sides. It turns out that the two approaches are respectively a "fold-right" and a "fold-left", and the task is to show that the two folds are equivalent.

  Biography
  As of Feb 2006 I have started working as an assistant research fellow in Academia Sinica, Taiwan.

  Before that I worked as a postdoc researcher in the Programmable StructuredDocument project in Information Processing Lab, University of Tokyo. I graduated from the Algebra of Programming group in Oxford University, working with Prof. Richard Bird.

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  TIME Thursday, April 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

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  CONTACT Wynante R Charles    wynante.charles@northwestern.edu EMAIL

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• Apr

  16

  Tech Talk: Y Combinator

  Department of Computer Science (CS)

  5:00 PM L361, Technological Institute

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  YC is coming to Northwestern!

  Want to build the next Stripe, Twitch, or Scale AI? Curious about startups but not sure where to begin?

  Join us Wednesday, April 16th, at Northwestern for an exclusive talk with Brad Flora, YC General Partner and Northwestern alum, and the founders of Coast, Spencer and Austin, who were Northwestern class of ‘22.

  Brad co-founded Perfect Audience (S11), and now helps fund and mentor the world’s top founders. He’ll share insider lessons from YC’s experience backing billion-dollar companies founded by college dropouts and new grads—like Stripe, Twitch, Reddit, and Scale AI.

  Spencer and Austin will talk about graduating Northwestern in ‘22 and immediately starting Coast, and what’s happened since then.

  What you’ll learn:

  How AI is reshaping startups and why YC is funding 4x more college founders than in 2022.
  What YC looks for in founders (you don’t need a startup idea yet!).
  Why CS, math, and engineering students have an edge—even if they’ve never considered doing a startup.
  After the talk, join us for a reception with food and drinks, where you can meet Brad, connect with fellow students, and explore what it takes to start something big.

  Don’t miss this chance to get a front-row seat to the future of startups!

  Register Now

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  TIME Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

  LOCATION L361, Technological Institute    map it

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  CONTACT Bella Barrios    marbella.barrios@northwestern.edu EMAIL

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• Apr

  24

  Bagel Thursday

  Department of Computer Science (CS)

  9:00 AM 3514, Mudd Hall ( formerly Seeley G. Mudd Library)

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  TBA

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  TIME Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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  CONTACT Wynante R Charles    wynante.charles@northwestern.edu EMAIL

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• May

  29

  Computer Science End of Year Awards

  Department of Computer Science (CS)

  3:00 PM

  EVENT DETAILS

  TBA

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  TIME Thursday, May 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

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  CONTACT Wynante R Charles    wynante.charles@northwestern.edu EMAIL

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• Jun

  15

  2024-2025 Commencement Ceremony

  University Academic Calendar

  All Day

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  2024-2025 Commencement Ceremony

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  TIME Sunday, June 15, 2025

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  CONTACT Office of the Registrar    nu-registrar@northwestern.edu EMAIL

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• Jun

  16

  Northwestern Engineering PhD Hooding and Master's Degree Recognition Ceremony

  McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science

  9:00 AM 2705 Ashland Ave

  EVENT DETAILS

  McCormick School of Engineering PhD Hooding and Master's Degree Recognition Ceremony. The most up to date information can be found on our graduation webpage.

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  TIME Monday, June 16, 2025 at 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM

  LOCATION 2705 Ashland Ave   

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  CONTACT Northwestern Engineering Events    northwestern-engineering-events@northwestern.edu EMAIL

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• Jun

  16

  Northwestern Engineering Undergraduate Convocation

  McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science

  2:00 PM 2705 Ashland Ave

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  McCormick School of Engineering Undergraduate Convocation. The most up to date information can be found on our graduation webpage.

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  TIME Monday, June 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

  LOCATION 2705 Ashland Ave   

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  CONTACT Northwestern Engineering Events    northwestern-engineering-events@northwestern.edu EMAIL

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