May 2020 - talks - lists.cs.princeton.edu

Arushi Gupta will present his General Exam on June 5, 2020 at 11:30am via Zoom
by Nicki Mahler 04 Jun '20

04 Jun '20

Arushi Gupta will present his General Exam on June 5, 2020 at 11:30am via Zoom. Zoom link: [ https://princeton.zoom.us/my/arushig | https://princeton.zoom.us/my/arushig ] The members of his committee are as follows: Sanjeev Arora (adviser), Jia Deng, and Yoram Singer Link to Abstract and Reading List: [ https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RqVbnNpZaIjJGQgEFyhgDJ3RHahAH_aQ3uf9cGz… | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RqVbnNpZaIjJGQgEFyhgDJ3RHahAH_aQ3uf9cGz… ] [ https://docs.google.com/document/d/10vi9PuoScggY-StK5nbewyHJFf1bwoOSRfWbTWe… | https://docs.google.com/document/d/10vi9PuoScggY-StK5nbewyHJFf1bwoOSRfWbTWe… ] Everyone is invited to attend the talk, and those faculty wishing to remain for the oral exam following are welcome to do so.

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Ksenia Sokolova will present her General Exam "Predicting effect of non-coding variations using deep learning and single-cell RNA sequencing" on June 5, 2020 at 1pm via Zoom
by Nicki Mahler 28 May '20

28 May '20

Ksenia Sokolova will present her General Exam "Predicting effect of non-coding variations using deep learning and single-cell RNA sequencing" on June 5, 2020 at 1pm via Zoom. Zoom link: [ https://princeton.zoom.us/j/91450881702 | https://princeton.zoom.us/j/91450881702 ] The members of her committee are as follows: Olga Troyanskaya (adviser), Ben Raphael, and Kai Li Abstract and Reading List: [ https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Y7454ZhXk5_HqXyLXpbykbVneuxuldEpbI7bk6j… | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Y7454ZhXk5_HqXyLXpbykbVneuxuldEpbI7bk6j… ] [ https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XDHcASXV7AZLdQ_s6N0_pGopruOjnYIy_nOn_B-… | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XDHcASXV7AZLdQ_s6N0_pGopruOjnYIy_nOn_B-… ] Everyone is invited to attend the talk, and those faculty wishing to remain for the oral exam following are welcome to do so.

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Wei Tang will present his General Exam on May 29, 2020 at 10am via Zoom
by Nicki Mahler 21 May '20

21 May '20

Wei Tang will present his General Exam on May 29, 2020 at 10am via Zoom. Zoom link: [ https://princeton.zoom.us/j/8365183468?pwd=NDdRSEMvQVdtd0NPczdQRGhJNS9nQT09 | https://princeton.zoom.us/j/8365183468?pwd=NDdRSEMvQVdtd0NPczdQRGhJNS9nQT09 ] The members of his committee are as follows: Margaret Martonosi (adviser), Fred Chong (U Chicago), and Steve Lyon (Princeton) Link to Abstract & Reading List: [ https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cfOanslHrrSw1cjb7rTS0P2EMiFMVGK-rXcxXCm… | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cfOanslHrrSw1cjb7rTS0P2EMiFMVGK-rXcxXCm… ] [ https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cq7_xIbmJVR5lx3N812Q1uVr5KpFHlouLERj0kL… | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cq7_xIbmJVR5lx3N812Q1uVr5KpFHlouLERj0kL… ] Everyone is invited to attend the talk, and those faculty wishing to remain for the oral exam following are welcome to do so. [ https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cfOanslHrrSw1cjb7rTS0P2EMiFMVGK-rXcxXCm… ]

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Clayton Thomas will present his General Exam "Tiered Random Matching Markets" on May 27, 2020 at 2pm via Zoom
by Nicki Mahler 21 May '20

21 May '20

Clayton Thomas will present his General Exam "Tiered Random Matching Markets" on May 27, 2020 at 2pm via Zoom. Zoom link: https://princeton.zoom.us/j/95015064825 The members of his committee are as follows: Matt Weinberg (adviser), Mark Braverman, and Ran Raz Links to Abstract and Reading list: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UAFmolOcbn1AgcNdP0v8wyyD895SPmvEgDCBACb… https://docs.google.com/document/d/1H9A-5oBCbf1YAajcsd74Z5kdVpR-5T5XzEAOHdS… Everyone is invited to attend the talk, and those faculty wishing to remain for the oral exam following are welcome to do so.

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Mary Hogan will present her General Exam on May 28, 2020 at 10am via Zoom
by Nicki Mahler 20 May '20

20 May '20

Mary Hogan will present her General Exam on May 28, 2020 at 10am via Zoom. Zoom link: [ https://princeton.zoom.us/j/3627976305 | https://princeton.zoom.us/j/3627976305 ] The members of her committee are as follows: Jennifer Rexford (adviser), David Walker, and Andrew Appel Link to Abstract & Reading List: [ https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EZdIApcsdwt_m7GVAoDwsCsQip-LrnN7GhQ8XA7… | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EZdIApcsdwt_m7GVAoDwsCsQip-LrnN7GhQ8XA7… ] Everyone is invited to attend the talk, and those faculty wishing to remain for the oral exam following are welcome to do so.

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Cyril Zhang will present his Pre FPO "Optimization and Regret Minimization in Stateful Environments" on May 19, 2020 at 2pm via Zoom
by Nicki Mahler 19 May '20

19 May '20

Cyril Zhang will present his Pre FPO "Optimization and Regret Minimization in Stateful Environments" on May 19, 2020 at 2pm. Zoom link: [ https://princeton.zoom.us/j/5554928263?pwd=Zys1NUY5RldIWjZVZVhJYVJCVHcydz09 | https://princeton.zoom.us/j/5554928263?pwd=Zys1NUY5RldIWjZVZVhJYVJCVHcydz09 ] The members of his committee are as follows: Advisor: Elad Hazan Examiners: Sanjeev Arora, Mark Braverman Readers: Yoram Singer, Karthik Narasimhan Abstract follows below. Temporally correlated data and non-convex programs are two core challenges at the frontier of reconciling theory and practice in machine learning. I will present varied perspectives on algorithms and provable learning guarantees in stateful environments, such as those encountered in reinforcement learning, control theory, and time-series analysis. Unified by the framework of online convex optimization, this thesis will consist of two main sections: - Learning dynamical systems: a line of theoretical work on learning to predict, control, and plan in the presence of time-invariant state transitions, beyond the linear-quadratic-Gaussian assumptions of classical control theory. The regret framework gives us robust algorithms which bypass the usual distributional assumptions and system identification pipelines. - Optimization in deep learning: a line of empirical work on understanding the behavior of adaptive gradient methods in state-of-the-art deep learning. These poorly-understood heuristics were borne from the online convex world; I will discuss some of the intuitions we can carry over, as well as some of the challenges and insufficiencies. Finally, I will tie these together with some recent work applying these ideas to my favorite non-convex time series problem: statistical language modeling with deep neural networks.

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David Hao Liu will present his General Exam on May 20, 2020 at 1pm via Zoom.
by Nicki Mahler 13 May '20

13 May '20

David Hao Liu will present his General Exam on May 20, 2020 at 1pm via Zoom. Link to Zoom: [ https://princeton.zoom.us/j/6253807290 | https://princeton.zoom.us/j/6253807290 ] The members of his committee are as follows: Amit Levy (adviser), Michael Freedman (adviser), and Kai Li. Link to Abstract and Reading List: [ https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ICa4vmlRiiuPndG0jr0hPQU_aTZ4JjAUjn73t9X… | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ICa4vmlRiiuPndG0jr0hPQU_aTZ4JjAUjn73t9X… ] Everyone is invited to attend the talk, and those faculty wishing to remain for the oral exam following are welcome to do so.

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Bhargav Reddy Godala will present his General Exam on May 21, 2020 at 9am via Zoom.
by Nicki Mahler 13 May '20

13 May '20

Bhargav Reddy Godala will present his General Exam on May 21, 2020 at 9am via Zoom. Link to Zoom: [ https://princeton.zoom.us/j/453949227 | https://princeton.zoom.us/j/453949227 ] The members of his committee are as follows: David August (adviser), David Wentzlaff, and Amit Levy Link to Abstract and Reading List: [ https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qry-uBCLOiix_0ztBKihxvyMcIb0N0sK4BHZoT9… | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qry-uBCLOiix_0ztBKihxvyMcIb0N0sK4BHZoT9… ] Everyone is invited to attend the talk, and those faculty wishing to remain for the oral exam following are welcome to do so.

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Yue Tan will present her General Exam on May 21, 2020 at 1pm via Zoom.
by Nicki Mahler 13 May '20

13 May '20

Yue Tan will present her General Exam on May 21, 2020 at 1pm via Zoom. Link to Zoom: [ https://princeton.zoom.us/j/97675915148 | https://princeton.zoom.us/j/97675915148 ] The members of her committee are as follows: Amit Levy (adviser), Jennifer Rexford, and Wyatt Lloyd Link to Abstract and Reading List: [ https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AyabJ6GdMwj5Yc2eud0vv6SMOFl62qmN8uXA1Vc… | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AyabJ6GdMwj5Yc2eud0vv6SMOFl62qmN8uXA1Vc… ] [ https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mpeyBzdfts2mHEjZpUK78TnOYvh1Sb90mygki65… | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mpeyBzdfts2mHEjZpUK78TnOYvh1Sb90mygki65… ] Everyone is invited to attend the talk, and those faculty wishing to remain for the oral exam following are welcome to do so.

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Jimmy Wu will present his General Exam "Spatial Action Maps for Mobile Manipulation" on May 20, 2020 at 2pm via Zoom.
by Nicki Mahler 13 May '20

13 May '20

Jimmy Wu will present his General Exam "Spatial Action Maps for Mobile Manipulation" on May 20, 2020 at 2pm via Zoom. Link to Zoom: [ https://princeton.zoom.us/j/97661742176 | https://princeton.zoom.us/j/97661742176 ] The members of his committee are as follows: Szymon Rusinkiewicz (adviser) Thomas Funkhouser (adviser), and Anirudha Majumdar Link to Abstract & Reading List: [ https://docs.google.com/document/d/10JcXTS4eBEbXcb9CxMxNVUV2JZJGML4U6wzLiAg… | https://docs.google.com/document/d/10JcXTS4eBEbXcb9CxMxNVUV2JZJGML4U6wzLiAg… ] Everyone is invited to attend the talk, and those faculty wishing to remain for the oral exam following are welcome to do so.

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