[Theory] REMINDER: 2022 Chicago Quarterly Junior Theorists Workshop [Thur, Jan 5 & Fri, Jan 6]
Mary Marre
mmarre at ttic.edu
Wed Jan 4 21:49:32 CST 2023
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
<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://us20.mailchimp.com/mctx/clicks?url=https*3A*2F*2Ftheory.cs.northwestern.edu*2Fquarterly-theory-workshop-2022-junior-theorists-workshop*2F&xid=55fa87b603&uid=125117802&iid=a972f82a63&pool=cts&v=2&c=1671824588&h=8c180f322e2c3a49fdde04144c9db50824ed1c97b63b0e87d08881db7b85b366__;JSUlJSU!!Dq0X2DkFhyF93HkjWTBQKhk!V1vsMMz7gr2-0qe6cHcOWaIVj4Dw2qiC6Spp4VLCX3KWci2iFJKF9bw5RfsHUVY8yGwAncn0Zt2jbjX98m9B3UxzwpX5qDC3sg0$>.*
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
<https://www.google.com/maps/place/Toyota+Technological+Institute+at+Chicago/@41.7846982,-87.5925848,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x1ffc05b5f0c4e498!8m2!3d41.7846982!4d-87.5925848>
(Friday)
- *Registration:* *click here to register*
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe0KqqnbgEvg_BYzgNSA-4cyUUvqI0-D-nMyu6iu7IpfeU6JA/viewform>
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>*
On Sat, Dec 31, 2022 at 7:00 PM Mary Marre <mmarre at ttic.edu> wrote:
> 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
> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://us20.mailchimp.com/mctx/clicks?url=https*3A*2F*2Ftheory.cs.northwestern.edu*2Fquarterly-theory-workshop-2022-junior-theorists-workshop*2F&xid=55fa87b603&uid=125117802&iid=a972f82a63&pool=cts&v=2&c=1671824588&h=8c180f322e2c3a49fdde04144c9db50824ed1c97b63b0e87d08881db7b85b366__;JSUlJSU!!Dq0X2DkFhyF93HkjWTBQKhk!V1vsMMz7gr2-0qe6cHcOWaIVj4Dw2qiC6Spp4VLCX3KWci2iFJKF9bw5RfsHUVY8yGwAncn0Zt2jbjX98m9B3UxzwpX5qDC3sg0$>.*
>
>
> 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
> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://us20.mailchimp.com/mctx/clicks?url=http*3A*2F*2Fwww.mit.edu*2F*7Evakilian*2F&xid=55fa87b603&uid=125117802&iid=a972f82a63&pool=cts&v=2&c=1671824588&h=83f4b1c3bff5748a5ca6de35d96bb9d966fe2675fee99ff106943f0df8c0b0ca__;JSUlJSUl!!Dq0X2DkFhyF93HkjWTBQKhk!V1vsMMz7gr2-0qe6cHcOWaIVj4Dw2qiC6Spp4VLCX3KWci2iFJKF9bw5RfsHUVY8yGwAncn0Zt2jbjX98m9B3UxzwpX5otDeyTo$>
> and Suprovat Ghoshal
> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://us20.mailchimp.com/mctx/clicks?url=https*3A*2F*2Fsites.google.com*2Fview*2Fsuprovat&xid=55fa87b603&uid=125117802&iid=a972f82a63&pool=cts&v=2&c=1671824588&h=45e061f07bc179465a4428afb2534e2c0b37c2796bb148052d2a74883794ed67__;JSUlJSU!!Dq0X2DkFhyF93HkjWTBQKhk!V1vsMMz7gr2-0qe6cHcOWaIVj4Dw2qiC6Spp4VLCX3KWci2iFJKF9bw5RfsHUVY8yGwAncn0Zt2jbjX98m9B3UxzwpX53Uh3SDU$>
> - *Location:* Mudd 3514 <https://maps.northwestern.edu/facility/91> Northwestern
> University (Thursday); Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago
> <https://www.google.com/maps/place/Toyota+Technological+Institute+at+Chicago/@41.7846982,-87.5925848,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x1ffc05b5f0c4e498!8m2!3d41.7846982!4d-87.5925848>
> (Friday)
> - *Registration:* *click here to register*
> <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe0KqqnbgEvg_BYzgNSA-4cyUUvqI0-D-nMyu6iu7IpfeU6JA/viewform>
>
>
> 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>*
>
>
> On Sat, Dec 24, 2022 at 1:31 PM Mary Marre <mmarre at ttic.edu> wrote:
>
>>
>> 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
>> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://us20.mailchimp.com/mctx/clicks?url=https*3A*2F*2Ftheory.cs.northwestern.edu*2Fquarterly-theory-workshop-2022-junior-theorists-workshop*2F&xid=55fa87b603&uid=125117802&iid=a972f82a63&pool=cts&v=2&c=1671824588&h=8c180f322e2c3a49fdde04144c9db50824ed1c97b63b0e87d08881db7b85b366__;JSUlJSU!!Dq0X2DkFhyF93HkjWTBQKhk!V1vsMMz7gr2-0qe6cHcOWaIVj4Dw2qiC6Spp4VLCX3KWci2iFJKF9bw5RfsHUVY8yGwAncn0Zt2jbjX98m9B3UxzwpX5qDC3sg0$>.*
>>
>>
>> SYNOPSIS
>>
>> The 2022 Chicago Junior Theorists Workshop is being held jointly by
>> Northwestern University and Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago on
>> Jan 5-6, 2023. The focus of this workshop will be on junior researchers in
>> all areas of theoretical computer science.
>>
>> SPEAKERS:
>>
>> - Maryam Aliakbarpour, BU and Northeastern University
>> - Robert Andrews, UIUC
>> - Bhaskar Ray Chaudhury, UIUC
>> - Li Chen, Georgia Tech
>> - Zongchen Chen, MIT
>> - Yang Liu, Stanford
>> - Tamalika Mukherjee, Purdue University
>> - Mingda Qiao, Stanford
>> - Jessica Sorrell, UPenn
>> - Min Jae Song, NYU
>> - Ewin Tang, University of Washington
>> - Roei Tell, DIMACS/IAS
>> - Clayton Thomas, Princeton University
>> - Lydia Zakynthinou, Northeastern University
>>
>>
>> LOGISTICS
>>
>> - *Date: *Thursday, Jan 5 & Friday, Jan 6, 2023
>> - *Organizers:* Ali Vakilian
>> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://us20.mailchimp.com/mctx/clicks?url=http*3A*2F*2Fwww.mit.edu*2F*7Evakilian*2F&xid=55fa87b603&uid=125117802&iid=a972f82a63&pool=cts&v=2&c=1671824588&h=83f4b1c3bff5748a5ca6de35d96bb9d966fe2675fee99ff106943f0df8c0b0ca__;JSUlJSUl!!Dq0X2DkFhyF93HkjWTBQKhk!V1vsMMz7gr2-0qe6cHcOWaIVj4Dw2qiC6Spp4VLCX3KWci2iFJKF9bw5RfsHUVY8yGwAncn0Zt2jbjX98m9B3UxzwpX5otDeyTo$>
>> and Suprovat Ghoshal
>> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://us20.mailchimp.com/mctx/clicks?url=https*3A*2F*2Fsites.google.com*2Fview*2Fsuprovat&xid=55fa87b603&uid=125117802&iid=a972f82a63&pool=cts&v=2&c=1671824588&h=45e061f07bc179465a4428afb2534e2c0b37c2796bb148052d2a74883794ed67__;JSUlJSU!!Dq0X2DkFhyF93HkjWTBQKhk!V1vsMMz7gr2-0qe6cHcOWaIVj4Dw2qiC6Spp4VLCX3KWci2iFJKF9bw5RfsHUVY8yGwAncn0Zt2jbjX98m9B3UxzwpX53Uh3SDU$>
>> - *Location:* Mudd 3514 <https://maps.northwestern.edu/facility/91>
>> Northwestern University (Thursday); Toyota Technological Institute at
>> Chicago
>> <https://www.google.com/maps/place/Toyota+Technological+Institute+at+Chicago/@41.7846982,-87.5925848,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x1ffc05b5f0c4e498!8m2!3d41.7846982!4d-87.5925848>
>> (Friday)
>> - *Registration:* click here to register
>> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://us20.mailchimp.com/mctx/clicks?url=https*3A*2F*2Fdocs.google.com*2Fforms*2Fd*2Fe*2F1FAIpQLSe0KqqnbgEvg_BYzgNSA-4cyUUvqI0-D-nMyu6iu7IpfeU6JA*2Fviewform*3Fusp*3Dpp_url&xid=55fa87b603&uid=125117802&iid=a972f82a63&pool=cts&v=2&c=1671824588&h=7068496aac0a3b7f335aabd6354ded0a6a2f291d436813270375c33bcfa8b94e__;JSUlJSUlJSUlJQ!!Dq0X2DkFhyF93HkjWTBQKhk!V1vsMMz7gr2-0qe6cHcOWaIVj4Dw2qiC6Spp4VLCX3KWci2iFJKF9bw5RfsHUVY8yGwAncn0Zt2jbjX98m9B3UxzwpX57lnDRMc$>
>>
>>
>> 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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