Public Lectures Breadcrumb Home Programs & Events Public Lectures All Public Lectures Upcoming Past How the Brain Understands the World: Implications for AI and Robotics Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026 | 6 – 8 p.m. How the Brain Understands the World: Implications for AI and Robotics Calvin Lab auditorium Speakers: Jeff Hawkins (Thousand Brains Project) What is Intelligence? Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2026 | 6 – 8 p.m. What is Intelligence? Calvin Lab auditorium Speakers: Blaise Agüera y Arcas (VP/Fellow, CTO of Technology & Society, Google) The Computer in the Sky | Theoretically Speaking Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026 | 5:30 – 7 p.m. The Computer in the Sky | Theoretically Speaking Calvin Lab auditorium Speakers: Tim Roughgarden (Columbia University) Optimal Spectral Gaps | Richard M. Karp Distinguished Lecture Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026 | 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. Optimal Spectral Gaps | Richard M. Karp Distinguished Lecture Calvin Lab auditorium Speakers: Ramon van Handel (Princeton University) My Favorite Expanders | Richard M. Karp Distinguished Lecture Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2026 | 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. My Favorite Expanders | Richard M. Karp Distinguished Lecture Calvin Lab auditorium and livestream Speakers: Ryan O'Donnell (Carnegie Mellon University) Encrypting to a Mathematical Fact | Theoretically Speaking Tuesday, July 14, 2026 | 5:30 – 7 p.m. Encrypting to a Mathematical Fact | Theoretically Speaking Calvin Lab auditorium Speakers: Sanjam Garg (UC Berkeley) CANCELLED: Theoretically Speaking | Umesh Vazirani Thursday, Apr. 23, 2026 | 5:30 – 7 p.m. CANCELLED: Theoretically Speaking | Umesh Vazirani Calvin Lab auditorium Speakers: Umesh Vazirani (Simons Institute, UC Berkeley) Responsibly Improving AI with Privacy-Sensitive Data: Principles, Theory, and Practice | Richard M. Karp Distinguished Lecture Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026 | 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. Responsibly Improving AI with Privacy-Sensitive Data: Principles, Theory, and Practice | Richard M. Karp Distinguished Lecture Calvin Lab auditorium and livestream Speakers: Brendan McMahan (Google) Alignment Problems in AI Governance Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026 | 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. Alignment Problems in AI Governance Calvin Lab auditorium Speakers: Rui-Jie Yew (Brown University) , Greg Demirchyan (Fairlogic) Let’s Stop Leaving Money on the Table | Richard M. Karp Distinguished Lecture Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026 | 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. Let’s Stop Leaving Money on the Table | Richard M. Karp Distinguished Lecture Calvin Lab auditorium and livestream Speakers: Katrina Ligett (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) AI’s Models of the World, and Ours | Theoretically Speaking Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025 | 5:30 – 7 p.m. AI’s Models of the World, and Ours | Theoretically Speaking Calvin Lab auditorium Speakers: Jon Kleinberg (Cornell University) Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Next page Next Last page Last Series Richard M. Karp Distinguished Lectures Theoretically Speaking Breakthroughs Quantum Colloquium