BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Drupal iCal API//EN X-WR-CALNAME:Events items teaser X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Toronto BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Toronto X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Toronto BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69aa9470b6796 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260311T103000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260311T113000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/computer-science/events/seminar-ai-ml-from-heurist ics-to-principles-in-machine-learning-optimization LOCATION:DC - William G. Davis Computer Research Centre 200 University Aven ue West DC 1304 Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada SUMMARY:Seminar • Artificial Intelligence | Machine Learning • From\nHe uristics to Principles in Machine Learning Optimization CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:PLEASE NOTE: THIS SEMINAR WILL TAKE PLACE IN DC 1304.\n\nFREDER IK KUNSTNER\, MARIE SKŁODOWSKA-CURIE POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW\n_National Insti tute for Research in Digital Science and Technology\n(Inria)_ DTSTAMP:20260306T084640Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69aa9470ba020 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260311T120000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260311T130000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/computer-science/events/phd-seminar-nlp-ir-resourc es-for-automated-evaluation-of-assistive-rag-systems-help-readers-news-tru stworthiness-assessment LOCATION:DC - William G. Davis Computer Research Centre 200 University Aven ue West DC 3301 Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada SUMMARY:PhD Seminar • Natural Language Processing | Information Retrieval \n• Resources for Automated Evaluation of Assistive RAG Systems that\nHe lp Readers with News Trustworthiness Assessment CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:PLEASE NOTE: THIS PHD SEMINAR WILL TAKE PLACE IN DC 3301.\n\nDA KE ZHANG\, PHD CANDIDATE\n_David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science_\n \nSUPERVISOR: Professor Mark D. Smucker DTSTAMP:20260306T084640Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69aa9470baef3 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260312T103000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260312T113000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/computer-science/events/seminar-algorithms-and-com plexity-new-quantitative-frontiers-in-structure-vs-randomness LOCATION:DC - William G. Davis Computer Research Centre 200 University Aven ue West DC 1304 Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada SUMMARY:Seminar • Algorithms and Complexity • New Quantitative Frontier s\nin Structure vs. Randomness CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:PLEASE NOTE: THIS SEMINAR WILL TAKE PLACE IN DC 1304.\n\nZANDER KELLEY\, POSTDOCTORAL MEMBER\n_School of Mathematics\, Institute for Adva nced Study_ DTSTAMP:20260306T084640Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69aa9470bbc44 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260406T103000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260406T133000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/computer-science/events/phd-defence-artificial-int elligence-machine-learning-efficient-Inference-time-control-alignment LOCATION:DC - William G. Davis Computer Research Centre 200 University Aven ue West Hybrid: DC 2310 | Online PhD defence Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada SUMMARY:PhD Defence • Artificial Intelligence | Machine Learning •\nEff icient Inference-time Control and Alignment CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:PLEASE NOTE: THIS PHD DEFENCE WILL TAKE PLACE IN DC 2310 AND ON LINE.\n\nAHMAD RASHID\, PHD CANDIDATE\n_David R. Cheriton School of Comput er Science_\n\nSUPERVISOR: Professor Pascal Poupart DTSTAMP:20260306T084640Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69aa9470bd1a1 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260309T150000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260309T160000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/computer-science/events/phd-seminar-algorithms-and -complexity-classes-of-graphs-with-sub-linear-twin-width LOCATION:MC - Mathematics & Computer Building 200 University Avenue West MC 5479 Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada SUMMARY:PhD Seminar • Algorithms and Complexity • Classes of Graphs wit h\nSub-linear Twin-width CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:PLEASE NOTE: THIS PHD SEMINAR WILL TAKE PLACE IN MC 5479.\n\nTA ITE LAGRANGE\, PHD CANDIDATE\n_David R. Cheriton School of Computer Scienc e_\n\nSUPERVISORS: Professors Therese Biedl\, Sophie Spirkl DTSTAMP:20260306T084640Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69aa9470be153 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260310T140000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260310T150000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/computer-science/events/phd-seminar-hci-ai-leverag ing-interactive-humam-ai-collaboration-methods-to-enhance-key-stages-of-pr ogramming-workflows LOCATION:DC - William G. Davis Computer Research Centre 200 University Aven ue West Online PhD seminar Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada SUMMARY:PhD Seminar • Human–Computer Interaction | Artificial Intellige nce\n• Leveraging Interactive Human–AI Collaboration Methods to Enhanc e\nKey Stages of Programming Workflows CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:PLEASE NOTE: THIS PHD SEMINAR WILL TAKE PLACE ONLINE.\n\nXUYE L IU\, PHD CANDIDATE\n_David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science_\n\nSUPE RVISOR: Professor Jian Zhao DTSTAMP:20260306T084640Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69aa9470bee76 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260319T130000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260319T140000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/computer-science/events/masters-thesis-presentatio n-hci-dscode-comparator-interactive-interface-for-comparing-models-and-eva luating-code-for-data-science-tasks LOCATION:DC - William G. Davis Computer Research Centre 200 University Aven ue West DC 3317 Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada SUMMARY:Master’s Thesis Presentation • Human–Computer Interaction • \nDSCode Comparator: An Interactive Interface for Comparing Models and\nEv aluating Code for Data Science Tasks CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:PLEASE NOTE: THIS MASTER’S THESIS PRESENTATION WILL TAKE PLAC E IN DC\n3317.\n\nXINXIN YU\, MASTER’S CANDIDATE\n_David R. Cheriton Sch ool of Computer Science_\n\nSUPERVISOR: Professor Anamaria Crisan DTSTAMP:20260306T084640Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69aa9470bfbd9 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260318T120000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260318T130000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/computer-science/events/phd-seminar-data-systems-g raph-data-management-empirical-analysis-of-locality-for-graph-ordering-tec hniques LOCATION:DC - William G. Davis Computer Research Centre 200 University Aven ue West DC 3301 Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada SUMMARY:PhD Seminar • Data Systems | Graph Data Management • Empirical\ nAnalysis of Locality for Graph Ordering Techniques CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:PLEASE NOTE: THIS PHD SEMINAR WILL TAKE PLACE IN DC 3301.\n\nZE YNEP KORKMAZ\, PHD CANDIDATE\n_David R. Cheriton School of Computer Scienc e_\n\nSUPERVISORS: Professors M. Tamer Özsu\, Khuzaima Daudjee DTSTAMP:20260306T084640Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69aa9470c08ff DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260316T103000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260316T113000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/computer-science/events/data-systems-seminar-serie s-eliminating-spurious-dependencies-in-data-from-cleaning-to-private-data- generation LOCATION:DC - William G. Davis Computer Research Centre 200 University Aven ue West DC 1302 Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada SUMMARY:Data Systems Seminar Series • Eliminating Spurious Dependencies i n\nData: From Cleaning to Private Data Generation CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:PLEASE NOTE: THIS SEMINAR WILL TAKE PLACE IN DC 1302.\n\nMOSTAF A MILANI\, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR\n_Department of Computer Science\, Western University_ DTSTAMP:20260306T084640Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69aa9470c154f DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260311T120000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260311T130000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/computer-science/events/seminar-se-why-large-langu age-models-appear-to-be-intelligent-and-creative-because-they-generate-bs LOCATION:DC - William G. Davis Computer Research Centre 200 University Aven ue West DC 2564 Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada SUMMARY:Seminar • Software Engineering • Why Large Language Models Appe ar\nto Be Intelligent and Creative: Because They Generate Bullshit! CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:PLEASE NOTE: THIS SEMINAR WILL TAKE PLACE IN DC 2564.\n\nDANIEL M. BERRY\, PROFESSOR\n_Cheriton School of Computer Science_ DTSTAMP:20260306T084640Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR