Informatics Seminar (Perspective in Informatics 4B)

Contact: David Avis (avis@i.kyoto-u.ac.jp), Kazuo Iwama (iwama@kuis.kyoto-u.ac.jp)

Important Notice:

In order to obtain the credit of this course, each student has to submit at least five reports, each two pages using the designated format (see below), on five lectures excluding the overview talks on October 1st. Each report is due on the first Thursday following the seminar. You can hand it in at the end of the seminar, or drop it in the box at the entrance to Building No. 10. The box will be emptied at 4pm on Thursdays. The December 22 report may be handed in on January 12. Each report will be given max 20 points and he/she will pass if his/her total points of the five reports (best five if submitted more) is 60.

Past Seminars

• 2010 - 2011 [Spring Semester | Fall Semester]

• 2011 - 2012 [Spring Semester | Fall Semester]

Current Seminar Schedule (Fall Semester)

October 6 (Thu), 14:45 - 16:15

Place: Lecture Hall 1, Faculty of Engineering Bldg. No.10, Main Campus
Title: G30 Project Research Overview Part 1
Speaker: Adam Jatowt, David Kinny and Xuefeng Liang (Kyoto University)
Abstract: (click here)
Party: Join us for a chat at meeting room #341 (3F) from 16:15. Light refreshments will be served.

October 13 (Thu), 14:45 - 16:15

Place: Lecture Hall 1, Faculty of Engineering Bldg. No.10, Main Campus
Title: Designing Algorithms with Limited Work Space
Speaker: Tetsuo Asano (JAIST)
Abstract: (click here)

October 20 (Thu), 14:45 - 16:15

Place: Lecture Hall 1, Faculty of Engineering Bldg. No.10, Main Campus
Title: G30 Project Research Overview Part 2
Speaker: Marco Cuturi, Stanko Trifkovic and David Avis (Kyoto University)
Abstract: (click here)

October 27 (Thu), 14:45 - 16:15

Place: Lecture Hall 1, Faculty of Engineering Bldg. No.10, Main Campus
Title: Combinatorial algorithms for constructing phylogenetic trees
Speaker: Jesper Jansson (Ochanomizu University)
Abstract: (click here)

November 7 (Mon), 16:30 - 18:00 (Note: Irregular slot. No talks on November 3)

Place: Lecture Hall 1, Faculty of Engineering Bldg. No.10, Main Campus
Title: IBM Watson and the Jeopardy! Challenge
Speaker: J. William Murdock (IBM Watson Research Center)
Abstract: (click here)

November 17 (Thu), 14:45 - 16:15

Place: Lecture Hall 1, Faculty of Engineering Bldg. No.10, Main Campus
Title: Agent-Based Models
Speaker: Alexis Drogoul (Kyoto University)
Abstract: (click here)

November 24 (Thu), 14:45 - 16:15

Place: Lecture Hall 1, Faculty of Engineering Bldg. No.10, Main Campus
Title: Large-scale classification with sparse matrix regularization
Speaker: Zaid Harchaoui (INRIA Grenoble)
Abstract: (click here)

December 1 (Thu), 14:45 - 16:15

Place: Lecture Hall 1, Faculty of Engineering Bldg. No.10, Main Campus
Title: How to Draw a Graph, Revisited
Speaker: Peter D Eades (University of Sydney)
Abstract: (click here)

December 8 (Thu), 14:45 - 16:15

Place: Lecture Hall 1, Faculty of Engineering Bldg. No.10, Main Campus
Title: Algorithm Engineering for Route Planning
Speaker: Dorothea Wagner (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
Abstract: (click here)

December 15 (Thu), 14:45 - 16:15

Place: Lecture Hall 1, Faculty of Engineering Bldg. No.10, Main Campus
Title: Digital Isolation in the Developed World: Extending Internet Innovation to Rural and Mountain Communities
Speaker: Mike P. Wittie (Montana State University)
Abstract: (click here)

December 22 (Thu), 14:45 - 16:15

Place: Lecture Hall 1, Faculty of Engineering Bldg. No.10, Main Campus
Title: Mechanism Design without Money via Stable Matching
Speaker: Chen Ning (Nanyang Technological University)
Abstract: (click here)

January 12 (Thu), 14:45 - 18:00 (Note: Irregular slot, two talks)

Place: Lecture Hall 1, Faculty of Engineering Bldg. No.10, Main Campus

First Talk: 14:45 - 16:15

Title: Game Theory and Its applications in Computer Science
Speaker: Long-Wen CHANG (National Tsing Hua University)
Abstract: (click here)

Second Talk: 16:30 - 18:00

Title: Life is like a game and a game is like life between virtual and real
Speaker: Von-Wun SOO (National Tsing Hua University)
Abstract: (click here)

January 20 (Fri), 14:45 - 16:45 (Special seminar, 2 talks)

Place: Lecture Hall 1, Faculty of Engineering Bldg. No.10, Main Campus

First Talk: 14:45 - 15:45

Title: Bin Packing: From Theory to Experiment and Back Again
Speaker: David S. Johnson (AT&T Labs Research)
Abstract: (click here)

Second Talk: 15:45 - 16:45

Title: Algorithms for Circuits and Circuits for Algorithms
Speaker: Ryan Williams (Stanford University)
Abstract: (click here)

January 26 (Thu), 14:45 - 16:15

Place: Lecture Hall 1, Faculty of Engineering Bldg. No.10, Main Campus
Title: Statistical Performance of Convex Tensor Decomposition
Speaker: Ryota Tomioka (University of Tokyo)
Abstract: (click here)

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