Algorithms Theory Seminar, Spring 2009

 

Coordinators: Meera Sitharam, Aysegul Ozkan, Jialong Cheng, Amit Verma

Faculty Advisor: Meera Sitharam

Other Faculty:

Sartaj Sahni

Sanjay Ranka

Richard Newman

Anand Rangarajan

Tim Davis

Alin Dobra

Arunava Banerjee

Alper Ungor

My Tra Thai

Time and place: Usually on Friday 4:00pm to 4:50pm in CSE 404.

General goals:

  1. Talks by faculty and students on research problems and special topics.
  2. Discussion of research problems. Will provide an opportunity for students and/or faculty to collaborate on projects. There will be one main presenter who volunteers to describe problems related to their research during each meeting.
  3. Discussion of Ph. D qualifiers exam problems including questions that have previously appeared on the exam. Questions from algorithms and theory will be discussed. There will be about 2 meetings and these will be scheduled close to the exam dates for the semester. Here are some strategies for working on qualifiers.
  4. There would be up to 4 talks in the seminar every semester that will be eligible for the PhD seminar attendance requirement and will be announced as such by the overall department seminar coordinator Dr. Helmy.

Note: If you are interested in participating in the activities of the seminar and wish to receive email about upcoming events please send an email to  averma@cise.ufl.edu.  

Request to Speakers: Please (encourage and) allow plenty of time for questions and discussion.

Schedule:  

Price Cycles in Oligopoly: What We Can Learn from Online Advertising Auctions

Jane Feng

Jan 30, Fri, 4-5 pm 

CSE 404

Cross-Linked Seminar

Previous Algorithms & Theory Seminars:

Fall08

Spring08

Spring07

Fall06

Spring06

Fall05

Spring05

Fall04

Spring04

Fall03

Spring03

Fall02

Summer02