Events - Colloquia & Seminars Archive
Fall 2005
Dec. 14, 2005 - 366 WVH (1:00 p.m.)
Speaker: Dr. Rama Ramakrishnan, Ph.D. (Chief Scientist, Oracle Retail and Vice President, Analytics)
Title/Abstract: Math and the Merchant: The Application of Econometrics, Machine
Learning and Optimization Technologies to Retail Decision-Making
Dec. 7, 2005 - 366 WVH (12:00 p.m.)
Speaker: Rachid Guerraoui (EPFL/MIT)
Title/Abstract: What is "hard" in distributed computing?
Nov. 29, 2005 - 366 WVH (12:00 p.m.)
Speaker: Mohammad Mahdian (Microsoft Research, Redmond)
Title/Abstract: Random popular matchings
Nov. 16, 2005 - 108 WVH (12:00 p.m.)
Speaker: P Krishna (Reva Systems)
Title/Abstract: RFID Network Infrastructure
Nov. 10, 2005 - 10 Behrakis Health Sciences Center
(3:00 p.m.)
Speaker: Dr. Earl Steinberg (President & CEO, Resolution Health Inc.)
Title/Abstract: Use of Health Insurance Claims Data
to Improve Quality and Reduce Cost of Health Care
Nov. 2, 2005 - 366 WVH (12:00 p.m.)
Speaker: Xinping Zhu (ECE Notheastern University)
Title/Abstract: Design and Simulation of Multi-core System-on-Chips
Nov. 2, 2005 - 366 WVH (3:30 p.m.)
Speaker: Andy Bernat (Computing Research Association)
Title/Abstract: What's Going On With Federal Funding for Computing Research and Words from My Sponsor
Oct. 19, 2005 - 366 WVH (12:00 p.m.)
Speaker: Dr. Eynat Rafalin (Tufts University)
Title/Abstract: Algorithms and Analysis of Depth Functions using Computational Geometry
Oct. 11, 2005 - 10 Behrakis
(3:25 p.m.)
Speaker: Scott Berkun
Title/Abstract: Why Software Sucks and What to Do About It
Sept. 29, 2005 - 366 WVH (10:30 a.m.)
Speaker: Dr. Fernando C. Colon Osorio
Title/Abstract: An Initial Analysis and Presentation of Malware Exhibiting
Swarm-Like Behavior
Summer 2005
July 11, 2005 - 366 WVH (1:00 p.m.)
Speaker: John Day
Title/Abstract: A Primer on Naming and Addressing
Spring 2005
May 25, 2005 - 366 WVH (12:00 p.m.)
Speaker: Neeraj Sangal (Lattix Inc.)
Title/Abstract: Dependency Models to Manage Software Architecture
May 5, 2005 - 366 WVH (11:30 a.m.)
Speaker: Howard Karloff (AT&T Labs Research)
Title/Abstract: Optimization and Approximation at AT&T Labs and Beyond
April 29, 2005 - 206 Egan Center (11:00 a.m.)
Speaker: Fernando C. Colon Osorio and Zachi Klopman
(WPI System Security Research Laboratory)
Title/Abstract: "And you thought you were safe after SLAMMER, not so, Swarms not Zombies present the greatest risk to Our National Internet Infrastructure"
April 25, 2005 - 366 WVH (2:00 p.m.)
Speaker: Guanling Chen (Dartmouth University)
Title/Abstract: Wireless LAN: Measurement and Analysis
April 14, 2005 - 366 WVH (10:30 a.m.)
Speaker: Hridesh Rajan (University of Virginia)
Title/Abstract: Unifying Aspect and Object-Oriented Program Design
April 13, 2005 - 366 WVH (11:00 a.m.)
Speaker: Tim Bickmore (Boston University School of Medicine)
Title/Abstract: Relational Agents: Effecting Change through Human-Computer Relationships
April 11, 2005 - 366 WVH (10:45 a.m.)
Speaker: Brian Demsky (MIT)
Title/Abstract: Data Structure Repair
April 8, 2005 - 366 WVH (2:00 p.m.)
Speaker: Alberto Cerpa (UCLA)
Title/Abstract: Low-Power Wireless Links Properties: Modeling and Applications in Sensor Networks
April 4, 2005
Speaker: Tian He (University of Virginia)
Title/Abstract: An Integrated Sensor Network System for Energy Efficient Surveillance
March 28, 2005 - 366 WVH (2:00 p.m.)
Speaker: Riccardo Pucella
Title/Abstract: Reasoning about Security
March 25, 2005 - 366 WVH (11:00 a.m.)
Speaker: Vicky Weissman (Cornell University)
Title/Abstract: Reasoning about Security Policies
March 21, 2005 - 366 WVH (10:30 a.m.)
Speaker: Patrick Eugster (SUN Microsystems, Switzerland)
Title/Abstract: Abstractions and Algorithms for Pervasive Programming
March 18, 2005 - 164 WVH (3:15 p.m.)
Speaker: April Rasala Lehman (MIT)
Title/Abstract: Network Capacity
March 15, 2005 - 366 WVH (11:00 a.m.)
Speaker: Robert Kleinberg (MIT)
Title/Abstract: Adaptive Algorithms for Price-Setting and Overlay Routing
March 8, 2005 - 450 Dodge Hall (12:00 - 5:00 p.m.)
Speakers:
Kevin Sullivan (University of Virginia)
Mario Sudholt (INRIA and Ecole des Mines de Nantes)
Daniel Jackson (MIT)
Robert Filman (NASA Ames Research Center)
Title/Abstract: Brown-Northeastern Aspects Day
March 7, 2005 - 366 WVH (10:30 a.m.)
Speaker: Carlos Jensen (Georgia Institute of Technology)
Title/Abstract: Challenges and Directions in Privacy-Aware Design
Feb 22, 2005 - 366 WVH (11:00 a.m.)
Speaker: Eli Tilevich (Georgia Institute of Technology)
Title/Abstract: Enhancing Programs Behind the Scenes
Feb 07, 2005 - 366 WVH (12:00 p.m.)
Speaker: Tandy Warnow (UT Austin)
Title/Abstract: New techniques for large-scale phylogeny
Jan 31, 2005 - 366 WVH (10:30 a.m.)
Speaker: Patrick Widener (Georgia Tech)
Title/Abstract: Dynamic Differential Data Protection in High-Performance Middleware
Jan 28, 2005 - 366 WVH (10:00 a.m.)
Speaker: Winslow Burleson (MIT Media Lab)
Title/Abstract: Affective Computing: transforming the relationships between products, environments, and user experience.
Jan 12, 2005 - 366 WVH (12:00 p.m.)
Speaker: Simson Garfinkel (MIT)
Title/Abstract: Used Disk Drive
Jan 7, 2005 - 366 WVH (12:00 p.m.)
Speaker: Shubu Mukherjee (Intel)
Title/Abstract: Computing Architectural Vulnerability Factors
Fall 2004
Dec 02, 2004 - 200 Richards Hall (12:00 p.m.)
Speaker: Shivkumar Kalyanaraman (RPI)
Title/Abstract: Building Blocks for Engineering QoS Expectations over Best-Effort Networks
Nov 19, 2004 - 366 WVH (11:00 a.m.)
Speaker: S. Muthukrishnan (Rutgers)
Title/Abstract: Data Stream Algorithms and Applications
Nov 03, 2004 - 366 WVH (12:00 p.m.)
Speaker: Gary Miller (CMU)
Title/Abstract: TUMBLE a software package for the simulation of soft tissues in 2D
Oct 27, 2004 - 366 WVH (12:00 p.m.)
Speaker: Hari Balakrishnan (MIT)
Title/Abstract: The Cricket Indoor Location System
Oct 22, 2004 - 366 WVH (11:30 a.m.)
Speaker: Muriel Medard (MIT)
Title/Abstract: Towards a Random and Distributed Operation of Multicast Networks
Oct 13, 2004 - 366 WVH (11:00 a.m.)
Speaker: Madhu Sudan (MIT)
Title/Abstract: List Decoding of Error-correcting Codes
Oct 01, 2004 - 366 WVH (3:30 p.m.)
Speaker: Mirek Kutylowski (Wroclaw, Univ of Technology)
Title/Abstract: Adversary Immune Communications in Ad Hoc Networks
Aug 25, 2004 - 366 WVH (11:00 a.m.)
Speaker: T.S. Jayram (IBM)
Title/Abstract: Massive Data Set Computations - Algorithms and Complexity
Spring 2004
Apr 20, 2004 - 149 CN (11:00 a.m.)
Speaker: Michael Bender
Title/Abstract: Cache-Oblivious Searching
April 14, 2004 - 149 CN (2:00 p.m.)
Speaker: Homer Pien
Title/Abstract: Biological Computing Challenges
April 7, 2004 - 149 CN (12:00 p.m.)
Speaker: Ram Ramanathan
Title/Abstract: Ad Hoc Networking with Directional Antennas
March 23, 2004 - 149 CN (2:00 p.m.)
Speaker: Leon Peshkin
Title/Abstract: Reinforcement Learning by Policy Search
Feb. 25, 2004 - 149 CN (12:30 p.m.)
Speaker: Ramesh Raskar
Title/Abstract: Research at Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs (MERL)
Feb. 18, 2004 - 458 RI (12:00 p.m.)
Speaker: Paul Nikolich
Title/Abstract: An Overview of the IEEE-SA Project 802: LAN/MAN Standards Committee
Jan. 13, 2004 - 149 CN (12:00 p.m.)
Speaker: Boaz Patt-Shamir
Title/Abstract: Effective Collaboration Without Trust in Peer-to-Peer Systems
Fall 2003
Nov. 24, 2003 - 149 CN (11:00 a.m.)
Speaker: Bruce Maggs
Title/Abstract: Designing Overlay Multicast Networks for Streaming
Nov. 14, 2003 - 129 Hurtig (2:00 p.m.)
Speaker: Ian Holland
Title/Abstract: Computer Science in Perspective: Thoughts from a PhD Alumnus
Oct. 31, 2003 - 149 CN (11:30 a.m.)
Speaker: Alex Russell
Title/Abstract: Elementary Tools for Quantum Computation: Fourier Transforms and Hidden Subgroups
Oct. 20, 2003 - 150 Dodge (12:00 p.m.)
Speaker: John Kingston
Title/Abstract: Techniques and Technology to Support Criminal Justice: The Work of the Joseph Bell Centre
Oct. 15, 2003 - 149 CN (12:00 p.m.)
Speaker: Daniela Rus
Title/Abstract: Challenges and Successes in Self-reconfiguring Robots