Theory of Computation (TOC) Seminar
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Nike Sun: Phase transitions in random constraint satisfaction problems Tuesday, December 8, 2020 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm Abstract: I will survey recent progress in determination of asymptotic behavior for random constraint satisfaction problems, including phase transitions and some understanding of solution geometry. |
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Toniann Pitassi: Lifting with Sunflowers Tuesday, December 1, 2020 - 4:00pm to 5:30pm Abstract: In this talk I will first motivate lifting theorems where lower bounds on communication complexity for composed functions are obtained by a general simulation theorem, essentially showing that no protoco |
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Huijia (Rachel) Lin: Indistinguishability Obfuscation from Well-Founded Assumptions Tuesday, November 17, 2020 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
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Ashish Goel: Beyond Voting: Mechanisms and Platforms for Societal Decision Making Tuesday, November 10, 2020 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm Abstract: YouTube competes with Hollywood as an entertainment channel, and also supplements Hollywood by acting as a distribution mechanism. Twitter has a similar relationship to news media, and Coursera to |
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Nathan Klein: A (Slightly) Improved Approximation Algorithm for Metric TSP Tuesday, October 27, 2020 - 4:00pm to 5:15pm |
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James Aspnes: Population Protocols Tuesday, October 20, 2020 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm Abstract: |
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Alexandr Andoni: Approximating Edit Distance in Near-Linear Time Tuesday, October 13, 2020 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm Abstract: |
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Adi Shamir, Weizmann Institute of Tech: A Simple Explanation for the Mysterious Existence of Adversarial Examples with Small Hamming Distance Tuesday, February 18, 2020 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm Abstract:
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Rediet Abebe: Subsidy Allocations in the Presence of Income Shocks Tuesday, October 22, 2019 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm Abstract: |
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Anindya De: Junta correlation is testable. Tuesday, November 5, 2019 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm Abstract: A Boolean function f on the n-dimensional hypercube is said |
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