The Capital Area Theory Seminar (CATS) is a series of talks in Theoretical Computer Science, organized at the department of Computer Science, University of Maryland, College Park.

This semester, the seminar meets on Thursdays from 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm at IRB 3137 (might differ sometimes, check the schedule below). Please sign up for our mailing list if you would like to receive notifications (and Zoom meeting details) for the talks.

If you are interested in giving a talk, please contact Kishen N Gowda (kishen19 AT umd DOT edu) and Renata Valieva (rvalieva AT umd DOT edu).

Fall 2024 Series [Calendar View] [Youtube Playlist]

Upcoming Talks

[Thu] 5 December 2024 @ 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm [Add to Calendar]
The Many Faces of Optimal Weak-to-Strong Learning
Speaker: Michael Xie
Affiliation: University of Maryland, College Park
Venue: IRB 3137 | Zoom

Past Talks

[Thu] 12 September 2024 @ 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm [Add to Calendar]
The Submodular Adaptive Switching Problem
Speaker: Alexander Estes
Affiliation: Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, College Park
Venue: IRB 3137 | Zoom
[Video]

[Thu] 19 September 2024 @ 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm [Add to Calendar]
Differentially private exact recovery for stochastic block models
Speaker: Dung Nguyen
Affiliation: University of Virginia and the UVA Biocomplexity Institute
Venue: IRB 3137 | Zoom
[Video]

[Thu] 3 October 2024 @ 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm [Add to Calendar]
The popular assignment problem: when cardinality is more important than popularity
Speaker: Nitya Raju
Affiliation: University of Maryland, College Park
Venue: IRB 3137 | Zoom
[Video]

[Thu] 10 October 2024 @ 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm [Add to Calendar]
Concentration of Submodular Functions and Read-k Families Under Negative Dependence
Speaker: Renata Valieva
Affiliation: University of Maryland, College Park
Venue: IRB 3137 | Zoom
[Video]

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