Illinois Computer Science Speaker Series - Public
Illinois Computer Science Speaker Series - Public
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From cs-speakerseries
2 plays 0Abstract: The Internet-of-Things holds the promise of realizing ubiquitous computing in its full potential. Sensors have become an integral part of our everyday lives,… -
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3 plays 0Abstract: Research and development in computer science and statistics have produced increasingly sophisticated software interfaces for interactive visual data analysis,… -
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8 plays 0Abstract: What is the theory of computation outside digital computers?An answer comes from the field of mechanism design which studies how algorithms to design good… -
From Charity Freeman
41 playsMany computer scientists spend their entire careers in large tech companies. Do you wonder what it would be like to do that long term? Might you get stuck on a… -
From cs-speakerseries
8 plays 0Abstract: Exponential growth in users, requests, and data poses ever-increasing demands on the performance of today's data centers. To meet these demands, data… -
From Charity Freeman
26 playsComputing is pervasive in all areas of society and impacts virtually every aspect of our lives. As computing professionals, it is imperative that consider this in our… -
From Charity Freeman
29 playsThis session will address the dos and don'ts of building a professional image. Topics will include using various resources to highlight your brand, auditing your… -
From cs-speakerseries
17 plays 0Abstract: A core aspect of our social lives is often embedded in the communities we are situated in. Our shared experiences and social ties intertwine our situated… -
From cs-speakerseries
22 plays 0Abstract: The training data that modern machine learning models ingest has a major impact on these models’ performance (as well as failures). Yet, this impact… -
From cs-speakerseries
14 plays 0Abstract: We are rapidly moving towards a world with a trillion internet-connected devices, from smartwatches to industrial sensors. However, computing has yet to… -
From Charity Freeman
21 playsDo you wonder what you might do with your computing degree if you don't work in a traditional tech company? Actually, there are a ton of options where you can use… -
From cs-speakerseries
15 plays 0Abstract: Scaling applications with distributed execution has become the norm. With the rise of big data and machine learning, more and more developers must build… -
From cs-speakerseries
8 plays 0Bio: Director of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National LaboratoryBS, Mathematics/Computer Science, University of Santa Clara, 1982 MS,… -
From Charity Freeman
18 plays 0Now you've accepted your offer that great job or internship, and the start date is creeping up on you. What should you do now to ensure you have a smooth start?… -
From cs-speakerseries
4 plays 0Abstract: Recent advances in Reinforcement Learning (RL) have enabled data-driven controller design for autonomous systems such as robotic arms and self-driving cars.… -
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12 plays 0Abstract: Online courses with large enrollment numbers open exciting new frontiers for teaching topics in the Systems area. They allow flexibility, accessibility, and… -
From Charity Freeman
19 playsDo you dream of having your own startup? Are you curious to know what it would be like to work on a startup and wonder what you can do as a student to prepare? This… -
From cs-speakerseries
8 plays 0Abstract: Minimum cuts are among the most well-studied objects in combinatorial optimization. In this talk, I introduce an elegant but powerful new tool, the minimum… -
From cs-speakerseries
9 plays 0Abstract: While the intelligence of everyday smart devices (e.g., smartphones and wearables) continues to evolve, they can already capture basic health behaviors such as… -
From cs-speakerseries
17 plays 0Abstract: Deep learning has led to significant progress in speech recognition, computer vision, natural language processing, and protein structure prediction by… -
From Charity Freeman
19 plays 0So now you've got an offer from someplace you'd like to work. But you're not sure how to evaluate the offer.... Can, or even should, you ask for more?… -
From cs-speakerseries
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13 plays 0Abstract: As natural language processing now permeates many different applications, its practical use is unquestionable. However, at the same time NLP is still… -
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22 plays 0Abstract:How can we adapt language to improve communication online? Adapting language to different people enriches and empowers our communication—think of how… -
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7 plays 0Abstract: Unlike current visual question answering (VQA), elementary school (K-5) teaching of reading comprehension has a graded approach based on a hierarchy of skills… -
From Charity Freeman
20 plays 0You completed your graduate degree - congrats! Now what? Are there opportunities that are open to those with a masters that you cannot do with a bachelors? What about… -
From Charity Freeman
30 playsYou've landed an interview - congrats! But now you're wondering what you can do to prepare. There are many types of interviews... They come at different stages… -
From cs-speakerseries
6 plays 0Abstract: Many barriers to higher education, such as admissions and finances, are largely outside the control of individual course instructors. However, within their… -
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15 plays 0Abstract: Ever-increasing access to data and computational power allows us to make decisions that are personalized to users by taking their behaviors and contexts into…
