Informatics Seminar (Perspective in Informatics 4B) 2011 - 2012

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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