Computer Science Research Seminar, Spring 2022

Schedule is updated dynamically throughout the semester

DATE TOPIC / PRESENTER READING LOCATION OUT/DUE
Jan 18 Intro & overview How to read papers 1, 2
How to write papers 1, 2
Zoom Hw1 out
Jan 25 Discussion paper
Brendan & Levi
Guest: Dr. Piotr Sapiezynski
Ali et al, Discrimination through optimization: how Facebook’s ad delivery can lead to biased outcomes, HCI 2019 Zoom Hw2 out
Hw1 due
Feb 1 Guest lecture:
Dr. Megan Hofmann
Hoffmann et al., The right to help and the right help: fostering and regulating collective action in a medical making reaction to COVID-19, CHI 2021 366 WVH
& Zoom
Hw3 out
Hw2 due
Proj group due
Feb 8 Discussion paper
Sam
Guest: Mr. Dat Huynh
H. Wolfson, Geometric hashing: An overview, IEEE Computational Science & Engineering, 1997 Zoom Hw3 due
Hw4 out
Feb 15 Discussion paper
Nate
Guest: Mr. Kevin Esslinger
V. Mnih et al. Human-level control through deep reinforcement learning Nature, 518:529, 2015 Zoom Hw4 due
Hw5 out
Feb 22 Guest lecture:
Dr. Irene Chen
I. Chen et al, Ethical machine learning in healthcare, Annual Review of Biomedical Data Science, 4:123, 2021 366 WVH
& Zoom
Hw5 due
Hw6 out
Mar 1 Guest lecture:
Dr. Nai-Hui Chia
N.-H. Chia et al., On the need for large Quantum depth, ACM SIGACT, 902, 2020
Optional background reading: Sec in [1], Sec18 in [2]
366 WVH
& Zoom
Hw6 due
Mar 8 Project pitches Zoom Proj proposal due 3/11
Hw7 out
Mar 15 No class, Spring break
Mar 22 Discussion paper
Xuyang
C. Glymour et al. Review of causal discovery methods based on graphical models Frontiers in Genetics, 10:524, 2019. Zoom Hw7 due
Hw8 out
Mar 29 Guest lecture:
Dr. Elizabeth Bondi
E. Bondi et al., Role of human-AI interaction in selective prediction, AAAI, 2022 Zoom Hw8 due
Hw9 out
Apr 5 Discussion paper
Noah & Mateusz
Guest: Mrs. Vartika Tewari
I. Goodfellow et al., Generative adversarial nets, NeurIPS, 2014. Zoom Hw9 due
Hw10 out
Apr 12 Discussion paper
Nithin & Arman
Guest: Mr. Harshad Sathaye
N. Zahan et al.,What are Weak Links in the npm Supply Chain?, ICSE 2022 Zoom Hw10 due
Apr 19 No class
Project presentations following week
Zoom
Apr 26 Project presentations Zoom Proj report due Apr 29
May 4 Finals week Proj review due