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Thursday, June 10, 2021 3:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Seminar • Scientific Computing — Sympiler: Transforming Sparse Computations

Please note: This seminar will be given online.

Kazem Cheshmi, Department of Computer Science
University of Toronto

Sparse matrix computations are an important class of algorithms frequently used in scientific simulations such as computer graphics and weather modeling as well as in data analytics codes and machine learning computations. The performance of these simulations relies heavily on the high-efficient implementations of sparse computations. 

Monday, June 14, 2021 9:30 am - 9:30 am EDT (GMT -04:00)

DSG Seminar Series • Efficient Network Embeddings for Large Graphs

Please note: This seminar will be given online.

Xiaokui Xiao, School of Computing
National University of Singapore

Given a graph G, network embedding maps each node in G into a compact, fixed-dimensional feature vector, which can be used in downstream machine learning tasks. Most of the existing methods for network embedding fail to scale to large graphs with millions of nodes, as they either incur significant computation cost or generate low-quality embeddings on such graphs.

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Tuesday, June 1, 2021

The Waterloo AI Institute: Reflecting on past successes and charting a new course

From self-driving cars to intelligent voice assistants to smart factories, artificial intelligence — or AI — is transforming every sector of the economy and the very fabric of society in fundamental ways. The University of Waterloo, a long-time leader in innovation, has been at the forefront of this transformation for decades, but especially so since the 2018 launch of the Waterloo Artificial Intelligence Institute — Waterloo.AI.

Tuesday, June 1, 2021 3:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

PhD Seminar • Cryptography, Security, and Privacy (CrySP) — Practical Adversarial Attacks on Automatic Speaker Verification and Spoofing Countermeasures Systems

Please note: This PhD seminar will be given online.

Andre Kassis, PhD candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: Professor Urs Hengartner

Friday, June 4, 2021 2:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

PhD Seminar • Systems and Networking — SKQ: Event Scheduling for Optimizing Tail Latency in a Traditional OS Kernel

Please note: This PhD seminar will be given online.

Oscar Zhao, PhD candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: Professor Ali Mashtizadeh

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Tuesday, May 25, 2021

Nicholas Vadivelu receives 2021 Jessie W.H. Zou Memorial Award

Nicholas Vadivelu, an undergraduate student majoring in computer science and statistics, has received the 2021 Jessie W.H. Zou Memorial Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research. Established in 2012, this prestigious annual award recognizes excellence in research conducted by an undergraduate student in the Faculty of Mathematics.