Public Lectures Breadcrumb Home Programs & Events Public Lectures All Public Lectures Upcoming Past There are no upcoming Public Lectures at this time. Fireside Chats Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017 | 1 – 3 p.m. Fireside Chats Calvin Lab auditorium Speakers: Christoph Drösser Open Lecture — Lower Bounds on the Size of Linear Programs Monday, Oct. 30, 2017 | 4 – 5 p.m. Open Lecture — Lower Bounds on the Size of Linear Programs Calvin Lab auditorium Speakers: Thomas Rothvoß (University of Washington) Theoretically Speaking — Black Holes, Firewalls, and the Limits of Quantum Computers Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017 | 6 – 7:30 p.m. Theoretically Speaking — Black Holes, Firewalls, and the Limits of Quantum Computers David Brower Center, 2150 Allston Way, Berkeley Speakers: Scott Aaronson (University of Texas at Austin) The Media Crisis and New Hopes for Science Journalism Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017 | 3 – 4 p.m. The Media Crisis and New Hopes for Science Journalism Calvin Lab auditorium Speakers: Christoph Drösser, Simons Institute Journalist in Residence Open Lecture — Across the Watershed: Unifying Perspectives on Optimization Monday, Sept. 18, 2017 | 4 – 5 p.m. Open Lecture — Across the Watershed: Unifying Perspectives on Optimization Banatao Auditorium, Sutardja Dai Hall Speakers: Pablo Parrilo (MIT) Open Lecture — Does Computational Complexity Restrict Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning? Wednesday, May 3, 2017 | 4 – 5 p.m. Open Lecture — Does Computational Complexity Restrict Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning? Banatao Auditorium, Sutardja Dai Hall Speakers: Sanjeev Arora (Princeton University) How the Web Has Transformed Science and Technology Reporting Wednesday, Apr. 26, 2017 | 4 – 5 p.m. How the Web Has Transformed Science and Technology Reporting Calvin Lab auditorium Speakers: John Markoff, Simons Institute Journalist in Residence , Christoph Drösser, independent science writer and editor Machine Learning Today and Tomorrow: A Panel Discussion Saturday, Apr. 22, 2017 | 10 – 11 a.m. Machine Learning Today and Tomorrow: A Panel Discussion Calvin Lab auditorium Open Lecture — In Pursuit of Structure: Why a Little Randomness (Almost) Always Helps Monday, Apr. 3, 2017 | 4 – 5 p.m. Open Lecture — In Pursuit of Structure: Why a Little Randomness (Almost) Always Helps Banatao Auditorium, Sutardja Dai Hall Speakers: Julia Wolf (University of Bristol) Open Lecture — The Contextual Bandits Problem Monday, Mar. 13, 2017 | 4 – 5 p.m. Open Lecture — The Contextual Bandits Problem Banatao Auditorium, Sutardja Dai Hall Speakers: Robert Schapire (Microsoft Research) Pagination First page First Previous page Previous Page 17 Page 18 Current page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Next page Next Last page Last Series Richard M. Karp Distinguished Lectures Theoretically Speaking Breakthroughs Quantum Colloquium