[Colloquium] Talks Next Week @ TTI-C: Minh Ha Quang, Picard, Raecke, Kerkyacharian

[Katherine Cumming]

TOYOTA TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE TALKS
 
 
Show and Tell Series-Lunch (1)
 
Speaker:  Minh Ha Quang; University of Chicago
Speaker's homepage:  http://www.cs.uchicago.edu/people/minh
 
 
Time:  Tuesday, May 3rd @ 12:15pm
Location:  TTI-C Conference Room 
 
 
Title: Learning with Polynomial and Gaussian Spaces
 
Abstract: This talk aims to illustrate the general results of learning
theory with Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Spaces (RKHS), as developed by
Steve Smale and collaborators, in specific settings. We will focus in
particular on the polynomial and Gaussian kernels in several special
domains. 
 
 
 
Guest Speaker (2)
 
Speaker:  Dominique Picard; University of Paris
Speaker's homepage:
http://www.cnis.fr/cnis/organigramme/PICARD_DOMINIQUE.HTM
 
 
Time:  Tuesday, May 3rd @ 3:00pm
Location:  TTI-C Conference Room 
 
 
Title: Learning Theory - Regression and Atomic Decompositions
 
Abstract: TBA
 
 
 
Guest Speaker (3)
 
Speaker:  Harald Raecke; Carnegie Mellon University
Speaker's homepage:  http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~harry/
 
 
Time:  Thursday, May 5th 10:00am
Location:  TTI-C Conference Room 
 
 
Title: Hierarchical Graph Decompositions for Minimizing Congestion in
Distributed Systems
 
Abstract: An oblivious routing protocol makes its routing decisions
independent of the traffic in the underlying network. This means that
the path chosen for a routing request may only depend on its source
node, its destination node, and on some random input.  In spite of these
serious limitations it has been shown that there are oblivious routing
algorithms that obtain a polylogarithmic competitive ratio w.r.t. the
congestion in the network (i.e., maximum load of a network link).  In
this talk I will present the hierarchical decomposition method that has
lead to this result, and that has proven to be a generic tool for
solving congestion-related problems in distributed systems.
 
 
 
Guest Speaker (4)
 
Speaker:  Gerard  <http://www.proba.jussieu.fr/perso.php?id=69>
Kerkyacharian; University of Paris
Speaker's homepage:  http://www.proba.jussieu.fr/perso.php?id=69
 
 
Time:  Thursday, May 5th @ 3:00pm
Location:  TTI-C Conference Room 
 
 
Title: How to Measure the Performance of Learning Algorithms
 
Abstract: TBA
 
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If you have questions, or would like to meet the speaker, please contact
Katherine at 773-834-1994 or kcumming at tti-c.org.   For information on
future TTI-C talks and events, please go to the TTI-C Events page:
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Chicago, IL  60637)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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