Events

Eitan Grinspun, Associate Professor of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics
Columbia University

Blockbuster films depend on computational physics. The focus is on models that capture the qualitative, characteristic behavior of a mechanical system. Visual effects employ mathematical and computational models of hair, fur, skin, cloth, fire, granular media, and liquids. This is scientific computing with a twist. But techniques developed originally for film can also advance consumer products, biomedical research, and basic physical understanding.

Brandon Alcox, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

This thesis investigates the application of various fields of artificial intelligence to the domain of sports management and analysis. The research in this thesis is primarily focused on the entry draft for the National Hockey League, though many of the models proposed may be applied to other sports and leagues with minimal adjustments. 

Eunsol Choi, Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science
University of Washington

Real world entities such as people, organizations and countries play a critical role in text. Reading offers rich explicit and implicit information about these entities, such as the categories they belong to, relationships they have with other entities, and events they participate in. 

Xiao-Ping Zhang, Department of Electrical, Computer & Biomedical Engineering
Ryerson University

Matthew Amy, PhD candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

The design and compilation of correct, efficient quantum circuits is integral to the future operation of quantum computers. This thesis makes contributions to the problems of optimizing and verifying quantum circuits, with an emphasis on the development of formal models for such purposes. We also present software implementations of these methods, which together form a full stack of tools for the design of optimized, formally verified quantum oracles.

Ana Klimovic, Electrical Engineering Department
Stanford University

Linguan Yang, PhD candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Ke Nian, PhD candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Francis Poulin, Department of Applied Mathematics
University of Waterloo

Years ago I co-designed a course called Environmental Informatics, AMATH/EARTH 310, which has since disappeared. The idea of this course was to bring applied math and earth science students together to learn about problems that overlap these two fields. One topic that I taught was chaos. 

Lili Mou, Postdoctoral fellow
University of Waterloo