A Markov Chain Approximation for Choice Modeling Seminar Speaker: Vineet GoyalOrganisers: Sandeep K JunejaTime: Tuesday, 20 August 2013, 14:30 to 15:30 Venue: AG-69 Webpage: http://www.columbia.edu/~vg2277/ Read more about A Markov Chain Approximation for Choice Modeling
A Statistical View to Boosting Student Seminar Speaker: Tapan Shah, TIFR Organisers: Anantha Karthik RTime: Friday, 16 August 2013, 16:00 to 17:30 Venue: D-405 (D-Block Seminar Room) Webpage: http://www.tcs.tifr.res.in/~tapan/ Read more about A Statistical View to Boosting
Fundamental Limits on Communication Energy Via "Information-friction" Seminar Speaker: Pulkit GroverOrganisers: Vinod M. PrabhakaranTime: Friday, 16 August 2013, 14:00 to 15:00 Venue: AG-69 Webpage: http://users.ece.cmu.edu/~pgrover/index.html Read more about Fundamental Limits on Communication Energy Via "Information-friction"
Complex Online Decision Making Seminar Speaker: Aditya GopalanOrganisers: Rahul VazeTime: Wednesday, 7 August 2013, 11:00 to 12:00 Venue: A-212 (STCS Seminar Room) Webpage: http://webee.technion.ac.il/people/aditya/ Read more about Complex Online Decision Making
Some Mathematical Problems Arising in the Study of Chemical Reaction Networks Seminar Speaker: Murad BanajiOrganisers: Manoj GopalkrishnanTime: Tuesday, 6 August 2013, 16:00 to 17:00 Venue: A-212 (STCS Seminar Room) Webpage: http://banajim.myweb.port.ac.uk/ Read more about Some Mathematical Problems Arising in the Study of Chemical Reaction Networks
On Testing Bent Functions Seminar Speaker: Abhishek BhrushundiOrganisers: Prahladh HarshaTime: Monday, 5 August 2013, 16:00 to 17:00 Venue: A-212 (STCS Seminar Room) Read more about On Testing Bent Functions
Deterministic Communication Protocol for Functions with Bounded Rank Student Seminar Speaker: Girish Varma, TIFR Organisers: Shidhesh SupekarTime: Friday, 2 August 2013, 14:30 to 16:00 Venue: A-212 (STCS Seminar Room) Webpage: http://geevi.in/ Read more about Deterministic Communication Protocol for Functions with Bounded Rank
Non-asymptotic Bounds for Various Information Theoretic Problems Using Smooth Renyi Quantities Student Seminar Speaker: Naqueeb Ahmad Warsi, TIFR Organisers: Anantha Karthik RTime: Friday, 26 July 2013, 14:30 to 16:00 Venue: A-212 (STCS Seminar Room) Webpage: https://www.tcs.tifr.res.in/people/naqueeb-ahmad-warsi Read more about Non-asymptotic Bounds for Various Information Theoretic Problems Using Smooth Renyi Quantities
Unbalanced Random Matching Markets Seminar Speaker: Yashodhan KanoriaOrganisers: Jaikumar RadhakrishnanTime: Wednesday, 24 July 2013, 14:30 to 15:30 Venue: A-212 (STCS Seminar Room) Webpage: http://www.columbia.edu/~yk2577/ Read more about Unbalanced Random Matching Markets
Expansion of Random Graphs: New Proofs, New Results Special Mathematics Colloquium Speaker: Doron PuderOrganisers: Jaikumar RadhakrishnanTime: Tuesday, 23 July 2013, 11:00 to 12:00 Venue: AG-77 We present a new approach to showing that random graphs are nearly optimal expanders. This approach is based on deep results from combinatorial group theory. It applies both to regular and irregular random graphs. Read more about Expansion of Random Graphs: New Proofs, New Results