2020-2021 Distinguished Lecture Series

This annual series showcases a handful of outstanding thinkers in the field of computer science, giving them a forum to present their views and ideas to students, faculty, and the interested public.

2020-2021 Distinguished Lecture Series

Moshe Y. Vardi
University Professor
Karen Ostrum George Distinguished Service Professor
in Computational Engineering
Rice University

An Ethical Crisis in Computing?

Thursday, Sep 24, 2020
2:00 p.m. • Online presentation

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Oren Etzioni
Chief Executive Officer
Allen Institute for AI
Professor of Computer Science
University of Washington

Semantic Scholar, NLP, and the Fight Against COVID-19

Thursday, Nov 5, 2020
3:30 p.m. • Online presentation

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Mary Czerwinski
Partner Research Manager
Human Understanding and Empathy (HUE) Research Group
Microsoft Research

Using Technology for Health, Wellbeing and Empathy

Thursday, Jan 14, 2021
1:00 p.m. • Online presentation

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Laurie Williams
Distinguished University Professor
Department of Computer Science
North Carolina State University

Solving Software Security Challenges with Artificial Intelligence

Friday, Apr 9, 2021
1:30 p.m. • Online presentation

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Leonard Kleinrock
Distinguished Professor of Computer Science
University of California, Los Angeles

Origins of the Internet

Monday, May 17, 2021
1:30 p.m. • Online presentation

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