UW CSE MSR Summer Institute 2015
Stochastic Processes, Learning, and Optimization
Schedule
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Dates of Institute @ Alderbrook Resort

Agenda

Locations

  • Technical meeting and late night sessions will be Mt. Washington B&C.
  • Breakfasts locations will be Mt. Washington A.
  • Lunches will be at the Waterfront Checkerboard.
  • Dinners will be in the Olympic Ballroom.

Printable version of the schedule available here.

Sunday, August 23

7:30-8:30 pm Welcome reception and dinner (Waterfront Checkerboard)
8:30 pm S'mores at the waterfront

Monday, August 24

8-9 am Breakfast (Mt. Washington A)
9-9:50 am Session: Negative Association — Robin Pemantle
9:50-10 am Short break
10-10:50 am Session topic: Negative Association — Robin Pemantle
10:50-11:20 am Coffee break
11:20 am-12 pm Session topic: Negative Association — Shayan Oveis Gharan
12-12:30 pm Session topic: Negative Association — Greg Valiant
12:30-2 pm Lunch (Waterfront Checkerboard)
2-2:30 pm Session topic: Bandits — Nicolo Cesa-Bianchi
2:30-4 pm Session topic: Bandits — Emilie Kaufmann, Tomer Koren, Laurent Massoullie, Lihong Li
4-7 pm Hike
7-8:30 pm Dinner (Olympic Ballroom)
8:30 pm-late Late session — Ohad Shamir, …

Tuesday, August 25

8-9 am Breakfast (Mt. Washington A)
9-9:50 am Session: Learning & games — Sergiu Hart (Video of talk)
9:50-10 am Short break
10-10:50 am Session topic: Learning & games — Sergiu Hart
10:50-11:20 am Coffee break
11:20 am-12 pm Session topic: Learning & games — Dean Foster (Video of talk)
12-12:30 pm Session topic: Learning & games — Elchanan Mossel (Video of talk)
12:30-2 pm Lunch (Waterfront Checkerboard)
2-2:30 pm Session topic: Optimization — Ben Recht
2:30-4 pm Session topic: Optimization — Sham Kakade, Rong Ge, Anima Anandkumar, Lorenzo Orecchia
4-7 pm Water activities
7-8:30 pm Dinner (Olympic Ballroom)
8:30 pm-late Late session — Kamalika Chaudhuri, Aaron Sidford, …

Wednesday, August 26

8-9 am Breakfast (Mt. Washington A)
9-9:50 am Session: Clustering — Laurent Massoulie (Video of talk)
9:50-10 am Short break
10-10:50 am Session topic: Clustering — Ravi Kannan (Video of talk)
10:50-11:20 am Coffee break
11:20 am-12:30 pm Session topic: Clustering — Emmanuel Abbe (Video of talk)
12:30-2 pm Lunch (Waterfront Checkerboard)

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Last updated: 23 August 2015