<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><div class="gmail_default"><div class="gmail_default"><div class="gmail_default"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div><font color="#000000" face="georgia, serif"><b>When:</b>          <b> Friday, May 13th at <span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)">12:30pm CT</span></b></font></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font color="#000000" face="georgia, serif"> <br><b>Where:</b><b>  </b>       Talk will be given <font style="font-weight:bold"><u>live, in-person</u></font><font style="font-weight:bold"> </font>at</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font color="#000000" face="georgia, serif">                         TTIC, 6045 S. Kenwood Avenue</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font color="#000000" face="georgia, serif">                         5th Floor, Room 530<b>              </b>   </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font color="#000000" face="georgia, serif"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font color="#000000" face="georgia, serif"><b>Virtually:</b>     </font><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> via Panopto (</span><a href="https://uchicago.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=5fcfc3ad-b681-4355-b6f9-ae910113a3fd" style="font-family:georgia,serif" target="_blank">Live Stream</a><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">) - <b>UPDATED</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font color="#000000" face="georgia, serif"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font color="#000000" face="georgia, serif"><b>Who:</b><b> </b>            Ali Vakilian, TTIC</font></p><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="0" style="width:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0in"></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font color="#000000" face="georgia, serif"> <span class="gmail_default"></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font color="#000000" face="georgia, serif"><b>Title:</b><b> </b>            </font><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Algorithm Design in the Machine Learning Era</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font color="#000000" face="georgia, serif"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font color="#000000" face="georgia, serif"><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Abstract:</font>    </b></font><font face="georgia, serif">I will discuss two directions in the design of algorithms: "learning-based algorithms" and "fairness in algorithms".  </font></p><div><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif">First, I will describe the framework of “learning-based” algorithms. This framework is inspired by the success of machine learning approaches and has the following promise: when the input has "learnable" patterns, the algorithm beats the performance of classical algorithms; otherwise, it provides almost the same worst-case guarantees as the best existing classical algorithms. </font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif">In the second part of my talk, I will overview my research on algorithmic fairness. In particular, I will discuss recent developments and interesting open questions in the study of fair clustering.</font></div><font color="#000000" face="georgia, serif" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:georgia,serif"> </span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><font color="#000000" face="georgia, serif">*********************************************************************************************</font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:15.6933px"><b><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">Presence at TTIC requires being fully vaccinated for COVID-19 or having a TTIC or UChicago-approved exemption. Masks are optional in all common areas. Full visitor guidance available at <a href="http://ttic.edu/visitors" target="_blank">ttic.edu/visitors</a>.</font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 12pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:15.6933px"><b><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">*********************************************************************************************</font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><i><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">Research at TTIC Seminar Series</font></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><font color="#000000">TTIC is hosting a weekly seminar series presenting the research currently underway at the Institute. Every week a different TTIC faculty member will present their research.  The lectures are intended both for students seeking research topics and advisors, and for the general TTIC and University of Chicago communities interested in hearing what their colleagues are up to.</font><font color="#500050"> </font></font></p></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div></div></div></div></div><div><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><b style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#3d85c6">Brandie Jones </font></b><div><div><i><b style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#3d85c6">Administrative Assistant</font></b></i></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#3d85c6">Toyota Technological Institute</font></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#3d85c6">6045 S. Kenwood Avenue</font></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#3d85c6">Chicago, IL  60637</font></span></div></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#3d85c6"><a href="http://www.ttic.edu" target="_blank">www.ttic.edu</a> </font></span></div></div></div></div></div>