Theoretically Speaking is a lecture series highlighting exciting advances in theoretical computer science for a broad general audience. Events are held at the David Brower Center in Downtown Berkeley, and are free and open to the public. No special background is assumed.

Spring 2018

• Can the Brain's Structure Reveal Its Function, Theoretically Speaking?
  Jeff Lichtman (Harvard University)

• AI Aspirations and Advances
  Eric Horvitz (Microsoft)

Fall 2017

• Black Holes, Firewalls, and the Limits of Quantum Computers
  Scott Aaronson (University of Texas at Austin)

Spring 2017

• Finding Hay in Haystacks: The Power and Limits of Randomness
  

  Avi Wigderson (Institue for Advanced Study, Princeton) 

Fall 2016

• "Error error error correcting correcting correcting codes codes codes"
  

  Mary Wootters (Stanford University) 

Spring 2016

• Mapping the Online World: Social Connectedness in the Digital Age

  Jon Kleinberg (Cornell University) 

Spring 2015

• Cryptography: From Mathematical Magic to Secure Communication
  Dan Boneh (Stanford University)