Public Lectures Breadcrumb Home Programs & Events Public Lectures All Public Lectures Upcoming Past There are no upcoming Public Lectures at this time. Theoretically Speaking — Can the Brain's Structure Reveal its Function, Theoretically Speaking? Wednesday, Apr. 4, 2018 | 6 – 7:30 p.m. Theoretically Speaking — Can the Brain's Structure Reveal its Function, Theoretically Speaking? David Brower Center, 2150 Allston Way, Berkeley Speakers: Jeff Lichtman (Harvard University) Reinforcement Learning: Hidden Theory and New Super-Fast Algorithms Friday, Mar. 9, 2018 | 10 – 11:30 a.m. Reinforcement Learning: Hidden Theory and New Super-Fast Algorithms Calvin Lab auditorium Speakers: Sean Meyn, University of Florida Reinforcement Learning: Hidden Theory and New Super-Fast Algorithms Wednesday, Mar. 7, 2018 | 2:30 – 4 p.m. Reinforcement Learning: Hidden Theory and New Super-Fast Algorithms Calvin Lab auditorium Speakers: Sean Meyn, University of Florida Open Lecture — Circuitry and Mathematical Codes for Navigation in the Brain Monday, Mar. 5, 2018 | 4 – 5 p.m. Open Lecture — Circuitry and Mathematical Codes for Navigation in the Brain Banatao Auditorium, Sutardja Dai Hall Speakers: Ila Fiete (University of Texas at Austin) The Bowen Lectures Friday, Feb. 9, 2018 | 4 – 5 p.m. The Bowen Lectures Calvin Lab auditorium Speakers: Avi Wigderson (Institute for Advanced Study) Words, Pictures, Programs: Communicating Computational Science Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018 | 2:30 – 3:30 p.m. Words, Pictures, Programs: Communicating Computational Science Calvin Lab auditorium Speakers: Brian Hayes, Open Lecture — Safety-Critical Autonomous Systems: What is Possible? What is Required? Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018 | 4 – 5 p.m. Open Lecture — Safety-Critical Autonomous Systems: What is Possible? What is Required? Banatao Auditorium, Sutardja Dai Hall Speakers: Richard Murray (California Institute of Technology) Open Lecture — Gradient Descent: The Mother of All Algorithms? Monday, Dec. 11, 2017 | 4 – 5 p.m. Open Lecture — Gradient Descent: The Mother of All Algorithms? Banatao Auditorium, Sutardja Dai Hall Speakers: Aleksander Mądry (MIT) Fireside Chat with Simons Institute Director Dick Karp Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2017 | 12:30 – 1:15 p.m. Fireside Chat with Simons Institute Director Dick Karp Calvin Lab auditorium Open Lecture — Finding Low-Rank Matrices: From Matrix Completion to Recent Trends Monday, Nov. 20, 2017 | 4 – 5 p.m. Open Lecture — Finding Low-Rank Matrices: From Matrix Completion to Recent Trends Banatao Auditorium, Sutardja Dai Hall Speakers: Maryam Fazel (University of Washington) Pagination First page First Previous page Previous Page 16 Page 17 Current page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Next page Next Last page Last Series Richard M. Karp Distinguished Lectures Theoretically Speaking Breakthroughs Quantum Colloquium