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Foundations of Data Science Boot Camp
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Foundations of Data Science
Location
Calvin Lab
Date
Monday, Aug. 27
–
Friday, Aug. 31, 2018
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Monday, Aug. 27, 2018
9
–
9:20 a.m.
Coffee and Check-In
9:20
–
9:30 a.m.
Opening Remarks
9:30
–
10:30 a.m.
Foundations of Data Science I
Ravi Kannan (Simons Institute, UC Berkeley)
10:30
–
11 a.m.
Break
11 a.m.
–
12 p.m.
Foundations of Data Science II
Ravi Kannan (Simons Institute, UC Berkeley)
12
–
2 p.m.
Lunch
2
–
3 p.m.
Sketching for Linear Algebra: Basics of Dimensionality Reduction and CountSketch I
David Woodruff (Carnegie Mellon University)
3
–
3:30 p.m.
Break
3:30
–
4:30 p.m.
Sketching for Linear Algebra: Basics of Dimensionality Reduction and CountSketch II
David Woodruff (Carnegie Mellon University)
4:30
–
6 p.m.
Welcome Reception
Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2018
9
–
9:30 a.m.
Coffee and Check-In
9:30
–
10:30 a.m.
Sketching for Linear Algebra III: Randomized Hadamard, Kernel Methods
Ken Clarkson (IBM Almaden)
10:30
–
11 a.m.
Break
11 a.m.
–
12 p.m.
First-Order Stochastic Optimization
Rachel Ward, University of Texas at Austin
12
–
2 p.m.
Lunch
2
–
3 p.m.
Sampling for Linear Algebra, Statistics, and Optimization I
Michael Mahoney, International Computer Science Institute and UC Berkeley
3
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3:30 p.m.
Break
3:30
–
4:30 p.m.
Sampling for Linear Algebra, Statistics, and Optimization II
Michael Mahoney, International Computer Science Institute and UC Berkeley
Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018
9
–
9:30 a.m.
Coffee and Check-In
9:30
–
10:30 a.m.
Stochastic Second Order Optimization Methods I
Fred Roosta, University of Queensland
10:30
–
11 a.m.
Break
11 a.m.
–
12 p.m.
Stochastic Second Order Optimization Methods II
Fred Roosta, University of Queensland
12
–
2 p.m.
Lunch
2
–
3 p.m.
Statistical Inference I
Will Fithian, UC Berkeley
3
–
3:30 p.m.
Break
3:30
–
4:30 p.m.
Statistical Inference II
Will Fithian, UC Berkeley
Thursday, Aug. 30, 2018
9
–
9:30 a.m.
Coffee and Check-In
9:30
–
10:30 a.m.
High Dimensional Geometry and Concentration I
Santosh Vempala (Georgia Institute of Technology)
10:30
–
11 a.m.
Break
11 a.m.
–
12 p.m.
High Dimensional Geometry and Concentration II
Santosh Vempala (Georgia Institute of Technology)
12
–
2 p.m.
Lunch
2
–
3 p.m.
Algorithmic High Dimensional Robust Statistics I
Ilias Diakonikolas (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
3
–
3:30 p.m.
Break
3:30
–
4:30 p.m.
Algorithmic High Dimensional Robust Statistics II
Ilias Diakonikolas (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Friday, Aug. 31, 2018
9
–
9:30 a.m.
Coffee and Check-In
9:30
–
10:30 a.m.
Nearest Neighbor Methods I
Ilya Razenshteyn, Microsoft Research
10:30
–
11 a.m.
Break
11 a.m.
–
12 p.m.
Nearest Neighbor Methods II
Ilya Razenshteyn, Microsoft Research
12
–
2 p.m.
Lunch
2
–
3 p.m.
Data Streams I
Michael Kapralov, EPFL
3
–
3:30 p.m.
Break
3:30
–
4:30 p.m.
Data Streams II
Michael Kapralov, EPFL
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