Department of Computer ScienceThis manual page lists the newest CS events to the oldest, beginning in Fall 2023.
2024
Computer Science 2024 Commencement
Special Event
May 11, 2024
9:30 am-12:30 pm
Hypergraph Unreliability in Quasi-Polynomial Time
Algorithms Seminar
April 25, 2024
12:00-1:00 pm
Speaker: Ruoxu Cen
On the Fourier Coefficients of High-Dimensional Random Geometric Graphs
Combinatorics Seminar
April 19, 2024
12:00-1:00 pm
Speaker: Guy Bresler
Finding and Securing a Computing Education Postdoc: This is How We Do It
Identity & Computing Lecture Series
April 16, 2024
5:00-6:00 pm
Speakers: Yerika Jimenez, Crystal Peoples, Brean Prefontaine
CS Alumna Genesis Bonds Shares Her Career Journey
Distinguished Computer Science Alumni Lecture
April 15, 2024
3:05-4:15 pm
Speaker: Genesis Bonds
Statistical-Computational Tradeoffs in Tensor Learning
Algorithms Seminar
April 11, 2024
12:00-1:00 pm
Speaker: Anru Zhang
Can One Model Rule Them All? Tailoring Large Language Models to Specialized Domains, Specific Populations, and Unique Individuals
Duke Computer Science Colloquium
April 8, 2024
12:00-1:00 pm
Speaker: Silvio Amir
Algorithmic Persuasion through Simulation
Data and Information Markets Seminar Series
March 29, 2024
12:00-1:00 pm
Speaker: Nicole Immorlica
Implementing Ethics in Emerging Technologies
ACM-W Distinguished Speaker
March 21, 2024
12:00-1:00 pm
Speaker: Carol Smith
Meet Duolingo Co-founder and reCAPTCHA Inventor Luis von Ahn
Distinguished Computer Science Alumni Lecture
March 20, 2024
3:05-4:15 pm
Speaker: Luis von Ahn
What’s DEI-A Got To Do With ABET?
Identity & Computing Lecture Series
March 19, 2024
5:00-6:00 pm
Speakers: Nicki Washington and panelists from CSAB (formerly the Computing Sciences Accreditation Board), ABET-DEI Council, and CSAB Subcommittee on IDE
Self-Consistency-Based Confidence Estimation for Large Language Models
Algorithms Seminar
March 7, 2024
12:00-1:00 pm
Speaker: Bhuwan Dhingra
Flow Models with Applications to Cell Trajectories and Protein Design
Duke Computer Science Colloquium
March 6, 2024
12:00-1:00 pm
Speaker: Alexander Tong
From Password Requirements to IoT Cybersecurity Labels: Informing Public Policy with Research
Triangle Computer Science Distinguished Lecturer Series
March 4, 2024
4:00-5:00 pm
Speaker: Lorrie Cranor
Discovering Hidden Capabilities and Limits in Large Language Models
Duke Computer Science Colloquium
March 4, 2024
12:00-1:00 pm
Speaker: Peter West
Technology Lawyer Isaac Peterson Takes on Disruptive Technologies
Distinguished Computer Science Alumni Lecture
February 28, 2024
3:05-4:15 pm
Speaker: Isaac Peterson
Network Verification: Lessons Learned and Outlook
Duke Computer Science Colloquium
February 23, 2024
12:00-1:00 pm
Speaker: Ratul Mahajan
Storytime with Greg Badros: Lessons Learned at Life, Google, and Facebook
Distinguished Computer Science Alumni Lecture
February 21, 2024
3:05-4:15 pm
Speaker: Greg Badros
Flexible Reasoning with Large Language Models as Informal Logic Programs
Duke Computer Science Colloquium
February 21, 2024
12:00-1:00 pm
Speaker: Hongyuan Mei
3C Fellows Spotlight: Experiences and Outcomes
Identity & Computing Lecture Series
February 20, 2024
5:00-6:00 pm
Speakers: Cecilé Sadler and 3C Fellows
Physics-Motivated and Inspired Probabilistic Learning
Duke Computer Science Colloquium
February 19, 2024
12:00-1:00 pm
Speaker: Shibo Li
SQLite: What is it and why did it do so well?
Distinguished Computer Science Alumni Lecture
February 14, 2024
3:05-4:15 pm
Speaker: Richard Hipp
CANCELLED: CS Student Union Graduate School Panel
Special Event
February 14, 2024
2:00-3:00 pm
Speakers: Duke CS Masters & PhD student panelists
Bridging the Modern Language Modeling with the Complex Open World
Duke Computer Science Colloquium
February 14, 2024
12:00-1:00 pm
Speaker: Lifu Huang
Hardware-Efficient Primitives for Machine Learning
Duke Computer Science Colloquium
February 13, 2024
12:00-1:00
Speaker: Dan Fu
Accessible Foundation Models: Systems, Algorithms, and Science
Duke Computer Science Colloquium
February 12, 2024
12:00-1:00 pm
Speaker: Tim Dettmers
The SCION Inter-Domain Routing Architecture
Duke Computer Science Colloquium
February 9, 2024
12:00-1:00 pm
Speaker: Adrian Perrig
Open In A Regulated Age: Open Source, AI, and the Law in 2024
Distinguished Computer Science Alumni Lecture
February 7, 2024
3:05-4:15 pm
Speaker: Luis Villa
Solving Real-World Tasks with AI Agents
Duke Computer Science Colloquium
February 7, 2024
12:00-1:00 pm
Speaker: Shuyan Zhou
Neural PDE: Towards AI-Enhanced Physics Simulation
Duke Computer Science Colloquium
February 5, 2024
12:00-1:00 pm
Speaker: Peter Yichen Chen
Foundations of Multisensory Artificial Intelligence
Duke Computer Science/Electrical Computer Engineering Colloquium
February 1, 2024
1:30-2:30 pm
Speaker: Paul Liang
Communication Complexity for Byzantine Fault Tolerant Consensus Protocols
Algorithms Seminar
February 1, 2024
12:00-1:00 pm
Speaker: Kartik Nayak
Duke CS Alumni Panel
Distinguished Computer Science Alumni Lecture
January 31, 2024
1:30-2:30 pm
Speakers: Lenore Hill, Kasper Kubica, Jennifer Bedell
The Mathematics of the Computer in the Sky
Triangle Computer Science Distinguished Lecturer Series
January 29, 2029
4:00-5:00 pm
Speaker: Tim Roughgarden
Connecting People with Generative AI
Computer Science/Electrical and Computer Engineering Colloquium
January 26, 2024
2:00-3:00 pm
Speaker: Xuedong Huang
Machine Learning for Precise Diagnostics and Therapeutics
Duke Computer Science Colloquium
January 24, 2024
10:30-11:30 am
Speaker: Rohit Singh
A Conversation with the AiiCE Student Advisory Board: Considering Identity & Inclusion in Computing Spaces
Identity & Computing Lecture Series
January 23, 2024
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Speaker(s): AiiCE Student Advisory Board
Data Mining Will Be Reborn with Large Language Models
Triangle Computer Science Distinguished Lecturer Series
January 22, 2024
4:00-5:00 pm
Speaker: Jiawei Han
2023
SODA Practice Talks
Algorithms Seminar
December 14, 2023
11:50 pm - 1:30 pm
Speaker: Anish Hebbar, Yiheng Shen, and Keegan Yao
CS Holiday Party and Annual Meeting
Special Event
December 1, 2023
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Speaker(s): Jian Pei, Chair
Optimal Auction Design with Deferred Inspection
Algorithms Seminar
November 30, 2023
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Speaker: Ali Makhdoumi
The Power of Public Spirit in Voting
Algorithms Seminar
November 16, 2023
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Speaker: Bailey Flanigan
From Policy to Practice: Impacts on K-12 Computer Science Education
Identity & Computing Lecture Series
November 14, 2023
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Speaker(s): Shaina Glass, Moderator
Machine Learning Overview and Teaching Pedagogy for Computing Education
Duke Computer Science Colloquium
November 10, 2023
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Speaker: Trevor Bonjour
Data structures for density estimation
Algorithms Seminar
November 9, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Speaker: Sandeep Silwal
TLS Basics - Understanding How Transport Layer Security Protects You Online
Duke Computer Science Colloquium
November 7, 2023
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Speaker: Melva T. James
Prediction-driven Surge Planning with Application in the Emergency Department
Duke Computer Science Seminar
November 6, 2023
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Speaker: Jing Dong
Some New Frontiers of Algorithmic Information Design
Algorithms Seminar
November 2, 2023
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Speaker: Haifeng Xu
Improving Privacy Communication
Duke Computer Science Colloquium
November 2, 2023
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Speaker: Mary Anne Smart
Binary Heaps and AP CS A Outreach Program
Duke Computer Science Colloquium
November 1, 2023
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Speaker: Eric Fouh
Introduction to Hash Table and Undergraduate Research for Promoting Diversity in Computing
Duke Computer Science Colloquium
October 30, 2023
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Speaker: Tahiya Chowdhury
Last-Iterate Convergence in Min-Max Optimization: SOS to the Rescue
Algorithms Seminar
October 26, 2023
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Speaker: Yang Cai
Teaching Abstract Ideas with Concrete Applications in Mind
Duke CS Colloquium
October 24, 2023
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Speaker: Lorenzo Luzi
The Secret Lives of Optimizers: How Optimization Algorithms Implicitly Shape the Loss Landscape
Algorithms Seminar
October 19, 2023
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Speaker: Alex Damian
Experience of Computing Students with Disabilities
Identity & Computing Lecture Series
October 17, 2023
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Speaker(s): Brianna Blaser, Ph.D., Moderator
On (1+\eps)-Approximate Flow Sparsifiers
Algorithms Seminar
October 12, 2023
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Speaker: Zihan Tan
CANCELLED: From snapping fixtures to multi-robot coordination: Geometry at the service of robotics
Algorithms Seminar
October 10, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Speaker: Dan Halperin
Core Stability in Participatory Budgeting
Algorithms Seminar
October 5, 2023
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Speaker: Yiheng Shen
Graph Learning for Intelligent and Efficient Reasoning
Duke Computer Science Colloquium
October 2, 2023
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Speaker: Rex Ying
Duke Computer Science 50th Anniversary Celebration
Special Event
September 29, 2023
5:00pm - September 30, 1:00pm
Speaker(s): Gary Bennett, Susan Athey, Dan Clancy, Meka Egwuekwe, David Kotz, Rachel Pottinger, Kelly Shaw, Owen Astrachan, Amy Hutchins, Chini Krishnan, Mollie Breen, Bruce Maggs
Enumerating Patterns in Social Networks - A Distribution-Free Model
Algorithms Seminar
September 28, 2023
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Speaker(s): Fan Wei
Harnessing Reliable Clocks & Homegrown AI: A Journey through Systems Innovation
Duke Computer Science Seminar
September 28, 2023
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Speaker: Michael Wei
Fostering Critical Race Computational Thinking in CS
Identity & Computing Lecture Series
September 26, 2023
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Speaker: Dr. Tiera Tanksley
Stable Approximation Schemes
Duke Computer Science Colloquium
September 18, 2023
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Speaker: Mark de Berg
TechConnect Career Networking Event
Special Event
September 14, 2023
10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Practical Single-server Private Information Retrieval
Duke Computer Science Seminar
September 6, 2023
11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Speaker: Ling Ren
Scalability and Natural Computing in Artificial Morphogenesis
Duke Computer Science Seminar
August 9, 2023
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Speaker: Dr. Allen McBride