Distinguished Lecture Series

This annual series showcases outstanding researchers, scholars and thinkers in the field of computer science and related disciplines, and gives them a forum to present their views and ideas to students, faculty, and the interested public.

2022–2023 Distinguished Lecture Series

photo of Professor Pascal Van Hentenryck

Pascal Van Hentenryck
A. Russell Chandler III Chair and Professor
Milton Stewart School of Industrial and System Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology

Fusing AI and Optimization

Tuesday, November 15, 2022
11:00 a.m. • Hybrid: DC 1302 | Online lecture

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Sheila McIlraith
Professor
Department of Computer Science
University of Toronto
Canada CIFAR AI Chair
Vector Institute

Reward Machines: Formal
Languages and Automata for Reinforcement Learning

Wednesday, January 11, 2023
10:30 a.m. • DC 1302

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Tim Roughgarden
Professor, Computer Science Department
Columbia University
Head of Research, a16z crypto

The Long Arm of Theoretical Computer Science:
A Case Study in Blockchains/Web3

Wednesday, March 1, 2023
3:00 p.m. • Hybrid: DC 1302 | Online lecture

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Tanya Berger-Wolf
Director, Translational Data Analytics Institute
Professor, Computer Science and Engineering
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology
Director, Imageomics Institute
Ohio State University

Imageomics: Images as the Source of Information about Life

Monday, April 24, 2023
3:00 p.m. • Hybrid: DC 1302 | Online lecture

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