[Theory] 2022 Chicago Quarterly Junior Theorists Workshop [Thur, Jan 5 & Fri, Jan 6]

[Mary Marre]

2022 Chicago Quarterly Junior Theorists Workshop
Thursday. Jan. 5 & Friday. Jan 6, 2023
9:00 am - 5:00 pm Central Time

Dear Colleagues,

We are inviting you to attend the *2022 Chicago Quarterly Junior Theorists *
*Workshop*. The workshop will take place at *Northwestern University* on
Thursday, Jan 5, and *Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago* on Friday,
Jan 6. This workshop will be in person, please forward this announcement to
anyone who might be interested.


You can find more information about the workshop at the *workshop webpage
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SYNOPSIS

The 2022 Chicago Junior Theorists Workshop is being held jointly by
Northwestern University and Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago on
Jan 5-6, 2023. The focus of this workshop will be on junior researchers in
all areas of theoretical computer science.

SPEAKERS:

   - Maryam Aliakbarpour, BU and Northeastern University
   - Robert Andrews, UIUC
   - Bhaskar Ray Chaudhury, UIUC
   - Li Chen, Georgia Tech
   - Zongchen Chen, MIT
   - Yang Liu, Stanford
   - Tamalika Mukherjee, Purdue University
   - Mingda Qiao, Stanford
   - Jessica Sorrell, UPenn
   - Min Jae Song, NYU
   - Ewin Tang, University of Washington
   - Roei Tell, DIMACS/IAS
   - Clayton Thomas, Princeton University
   - Lydia Zakynthinou, Northeastern University


LOGISTICS

   - *Date: *Thursday, Jan 5 & Friday, Jan 6, 2023
   - *Organizers:* Ali Vakilian
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    and Suprovat Ghoshal
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   - *Location:*  Mudd 3514 <https://maps.northwestern.edu/facility/91>
   Northwestern University (Thursday); Toyota Technological Institute at
   Chicago
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   (Friday)
   - *Registration:* click here to register
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TENTATIVE SCHEDULE

All times are Central (CST), UTC -6.

Thursday (at NU):

   - 9:00-9:25 – Breakfast
   - 9:25-9:35 – Welcome Remarks
   - *9:35-10:05 – Maryam Aliakbarpour **Entropy estimation in constant
   space: an example of statistical inference in limited memory*
   - *10:05-10:35 – Clayton Thomas **Strategyproofness-Exposing Mechanism
   Descriptions*
   - 10:35-11:00 – Coffee Break
   - *11:00-11:30 – Ewin Tang **Query-optimal estimation of unitary
   channels in diamond distance*
   - *11:30-12:00 – Yang Liu **Discrepancy Minimization via a
   Self-Balancing Walk*
   - 12:00*–*1:00 – Lunch
   - *1:00-1:30 – Zongchen Chen **Revisiting Jerrum’s Metropolis Process
   for the Planted Clique Problem*
   - *1:30-2:00 – Robert Andrews **On Matrix Multiplication and Polynomial
   Identity Testing*
   - 2:00-2:30 – Coffee Break
   - *2:30-3:00 – Lydia Zakynthinou **Differentially Private Gaussian Mean
   Estimation with Connections to Robustness*
   - *3:00-3:30 – Min Jae Song **Continuous LWE*
   - 3:30-4:00 – Coffee Break
   - *4:00-5:00 – Local Talks *Sami Davies, Yiding Feng, Quanquan Liu,
   Liren Shan

Friday (at TTIC):

   - 9:00-9:25 – Breakfast
   - 9:25-9:35 – Welcome Remarks
   - *9:35-10:05 – Roei Tell **Non-black-box Derandomization: Avoiding
   Classical PRGs, Opening New Directions of Study*
   - *10:05-10:35 – Li Chen **Maximum Flow and Minimum-Cost Flow in
   Almost-Linear Time*
   - 10:35-11:00 – Coffee Break
   - *11:00-11:30 – Jessica Sorrell **Replicability in Learning*
   - *11:30-12:00 – Bhaskar Ray Chaudhury **On the Computation of
   Competitive Equilibrium with Chores*
   - 12:00-2:00 *–* Lunch
   - *2:00-2:30 – Tamalika Mukherjee **How to Make Your Approximation
   Algorithm Private: A Black-Box Differentially-Private Transformation for
   Tunable Approximation Algorithms of Functions with Low Sensitivity*
   - *2:30-3:00 – Mingda Qiao **Stronger Calibration Lower Bounds via
   Sidestepping*
   - 3:00-3:30 – Coffee Break
   - *3:30-4:30 – Local talks *Omar Montasser


ABOUT THE SERIES

The Quarterly Junior Theorists Workshop brings in theoretical computer
science experts to present their perspective and research on a common theme.



Mary C. Marre
Faculty Administrative Support
*Toyota Technological Institute*
*6045 S. Kenwood Avenue, Rm 517*
*Chicago, IL  60637*
*773-834-1757*
*mmarre at ttic.edu <mmarre at ttic.edu>*
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