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:6a2ea9cb5c682 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260617T120000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260617T130000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/computer-science/events/seminar-algorithms-and-com plexity-strong-linear-programming-relaxation-for-weighted-tree-augmentatio n LOCATION:DC - William G. Davis Computer Research Centre 200 University Aven ue West Hybrid: DC 1304 | Online seminar Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada SUMMARY:Seminar • Algorithms and Complexity • A Strong Linear Programmi ng\nRelaxation for Weighted Tree Augmentation CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:PLEASE NOTE: THIS SEMINAR WILL TAKE PLACE IN DC 1304 AND ONLINE .\n\nNATHAN KLEIN\, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR\n_Department of Computer Science\, Boston University_ DTSTAMP:20260614T131659Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a2ea9cb60a4a DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260624T120000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260624T130000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/computer-science/events/phd-seminar-data-systems-q uery-expansion-era-large-language-models 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 • Query Expansion in the Era of Larg e\nLanguage Models CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:PLEASE NOTE: THIS PHD SEMINAR WILL TAKE PLACE IN DC 3301.\n\nAM IN BIGDELI\, PHD CANDIDATE\n_David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science_ \n\nSUPERVISORS: Professors Charles Clarke\, Ebrahim Bagheri DTSTAMP:20260614T131659Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a2ea9cb618f0 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260624T140000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260624T150000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/computer-science/events/masters-thesis-presentatio n-algorithms-and-complexity-multistroke-character-recognition-using-orthog onal-polynomial-representations LOCATION:DC - William G. Davis Computer Research Centre 200 University Aven ue West Online master’s thesis presentation Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada SUMMARY:Master’s Thesis Presentation • Algorithms and Complexity •\nM ultistroke Character Recognition Using Orthogonal Polynomial\nRepresentati ons CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:PLEASE NOTE: THIS MASTER’S THESIS PRESENTATION WILL TAKE PLAC E\nONLINE.\n\nARUN CHERIAKARA JOSEPH\, MASTER’S CANDIDATE\n_David R. Che riton School of Computer Science_\n\nSUPERVISOR: Professor Stephen Watt DTSTAMP:20260614T131659Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a2ea9cb625fa DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260615T120000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260615T130000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/computer-science/events/phd-seminar-ai-ml-basis-tr ansformer-foundation-model-multimodal-tabular-representation-learning LOCATION:DC - William G. Davis Computer Research Centre 200 University Aven ue West Hybrid: DC 2314 | Online PhD seminar Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada SUMMARY:PhD Seminar • Artificial Intelligence | Machine Learning • Basi s\nTransformer as a Foundation Model for Multimodal Tabular\nRepresentatio n Learning CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:PLEASE NOTE: THIS PHD SEMINAR WILL TAKE PLACE IN DC 2314 AND ON LINE.\n\nWILLIAM LOH\, PHD CANDIDATE\n_David R. Cheriton School of Compute r Science_\n\nSUPERVISOR: Professor Pascal Poupart DTSTAMP:20260614T131659Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a2ea9cb63241 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260611T163000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260611T173000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/computer-science/events/phd-seminar-quantum-comput ing-quantum-colorings-of-spheres- LOCATION:QNC - Quantum Nano Centre 200 University Avenue West QNC 1201 Wate rloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada SUMMARY:PhD Seminar • Quantum Computing • Quantum Colorings of Spheres CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:PLEASE NOTE: THIS PHD SEMINAR WILL TAKE PLACE IN QNC 1201.\n\nO LIVIER LALONDE\, PHD CANDIDATE\n_David R. Cheriton School of Computer Scie nce_\n\nSUPERVISOR: Professor Richard Cleve DTSTAMP:20260614T131659Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a2ea9cb63d12 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260618T160000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260618T170000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/computer-science/events/phd-seminar-programming-la nguages-tensor-probabilistic-model-checking-of-finite-horizon-markov-chain s LOCATION:DC - William G. Davis Computer Research Centre 200 University Aven ue West Hybrid: DC 2314 | Online PhD seminar Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada SUMMARY:PhD Seminar • Programming Languages • Tensor Probabilistic Mode l\nChecking of Finite-Horizon Markov Chains CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:PLEASE NOTE: THIS PHD SEMINAR WILL TAKE PLACE IN DC 2314 AND ON LINE.\n\nJIANLIN LI\, PHD CANDIDATE\n_David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science_\n\nSUPERVISOR: Professor Yizhou Zhang DTSTAMP:20260614T131659Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a2ea9cb647e3 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260624T100000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260624T110000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/computer-science/events/masters-thesis-presentatio n-se-trade-offs-in-generic-programming-cross-language-performance-study LOCATION:DC - William G. Davis Computer Research Centre 200 University Aven ue West Online master’s thesis presentation Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada SUMMARY:Master’s Thesis Presentation • Software Engineering • Trade-o ffs\nin Generic Programming: A Cross-Language Performance Study CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:PLEASE NOTE: THIS MASTER’S THESIS PRESENTATION WILL TAKE PLAC E\nONLINE.\n\nDANIEL PANG\, MASTER’S CANDIDATE\n_David R. Cheriton Schoo l of Computer Science_\n\nSUPERVISOR: Professor Stephen Watt DTSTAMP:20260614T131659Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a2ea9cb654c2 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260617T120000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260617T130000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/computer-science/events/phd-seminar-ai-explainable -ai-atomic-explanations-for-retrieval-augmented-llm-systems LOCATION:DC - William G. Davis Computer Research Centre 200 University Aven ue West DC 3301 Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada SUMMARY:PhD Seminar • Artificial Intelligence | Explainable AI • Atomic \nExplanations for Retrieval-Augmented LLM Systems CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:PLEASE NOTE: THIS PHD SEMINAR WILL TAKE PLACE IN DC 3301.\n\nJO EL RORSETH\, PHD CANDIDATE\n_David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science_ \n\nSUPERVISOR: Professor Lukasz Golab DTSTAMP:20260614T131659Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a2ea9cb66149 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260610T120000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260610T130000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/computer-science/events/sseminar-algorithms-and-co mplexity-follow-the-perturbed-leader-with-between-action-dependence LOCATION:MC - Mathematics & Computer Building 200 University Avenue West MC 2034 | Online seminar Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada SUMMARY:Seminar • Algorithms and Complexity • Follow-the-Perturbed-Lead er\nwith Between-Action Dependence CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:PLEASE NOTE: THIS SEMINAR WILL TAKE PLACE IN MC 2034 AND ONLINE .\n\nJEFFREY NEGREA\, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR\n_Department of Statistics and A ctuarial Science_ DTSTAMP:20260614T131659Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a2ea9cb6706d DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260625T130000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260625T140000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/computer-science/events/masters-thesis-presentatio n-ai-ml-unimaia-steering-chess-policies-with-language-for-human-like-play LOCATION:DC - William G. Davis Computer Research Centre 200 University Aven ue West Hybrid: DC 2314 | Online master’s thesis presentation Waterloo O N N2L 3G1 Canada SUMMARY:Master’s Thesis Presentation • Artificial Intelligence | Machin e\nLearning • UniMaia: Steering Chess Policies with Language for\nHuman- like Play CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:PLEASE NOTE: THIS MASTER’S THESIS PRESENTATION WILL TAKE PLAC E IN DC\n2314 AND ONLINE.\n\nSHERMAN SIU\, MASTER’S CANDIDATE\n_David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science_\n\nSUPERVISORS: Professors Lesley Is tead\, Jeff Orchard DTSTAMP:20260614T131659Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR