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Wednesday, May 20, 2026 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Seminar • Algorithms and Complexity • Computing GCD of Univariate Polynomials in Constant Parallel Time (over any characteristic)

Please note: This seminar will take place in DC 1304 and online.

Shanthanu Rai, PhD student
School of Technology and Computer Science, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

Tuesday, June 23, 2026 10:00 am - 1:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

PhD Defence • Programming Languages • Design and Implementation of Probabilistic Programming Languages for Sound and Scalable Inference

Please note: This PhD defence will take place in DC 2314 and online.

Jianlin Li, PhD candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: Professor Yizhou Zhang

Tuesday, May 26, 2026 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Master’s Thesis Presentation • Systems and Networking • Resource Allocation in Time-Varying Satellite QKD Networks

Please note: This master’s thesis presentation will take place in DC 2564 and online.

Sun Gyu Park, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: Professor Raouf Boutaba

Wednesday, May 20, 2026 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

PhD Seminar • Programming Languages • Type-Preserving, Dependence-Aware Guide Generation for Sound, Effective Amortized Probabilistic Inference

Please note: This PhD seminar will take place online.

Jianlin Li, PhD candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: Professor Yizhou Zhang

Friday, May 22, 2026 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Master’s Thesis Presentation • Systems and Networking • Fast Kubernetes Orchestration for Dynamic and Ephemeral Workloads

Please note: This master’s thesis presentation will take place in DC 1304.

Ali Abbasi Alaei, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: Professor Martin Karsten

Wednesday, May 13, 2026 10:00 am - 11:00 am EDT (GMT -04:00)

Master’s Thesis Presentation • Artificial Intelligence | Machine Learning • Pluralistic Alignment in Recursive Retraining of Generative Models

Please note: This master’s thesis presentation will take place online.

Ali Falahati, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: Professor Lukasz Golab

Thursday, May 28, 2026 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Master’s Thesis Presentation • Human–Computer Interaction • Investigating Osu!: Exploring a Community who Exhibit Extreme Input Performance

Please note: This master’s thesis presentation will take place in DC 3317.

Thomas Driscoll, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: Professor Daniel Vogel