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 3:30 pm to 4:30 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).

Spring 2024 Series [Calendar View] [Youtube Playlist]

Upcoming Talks

[Thu] 4 April 2024 @ 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm [Add to Calendar]
Online fractional knapsack in the random order model
Speaker: Jeff Giliberti
Affiliation: University of Maryland, College Park
Venue: IRB 3137 | Zoom

[Thu] 11 April 2024 @ 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm [Add to Calendar]
TBA
Speaker: Calum MacRury
Affiliation: Columbia Business School
Venue: IRB 3137 | Zoom

Past Talks

[Thu] 25 January 2024 @ 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm [Add to Calendar]
Optimal bounds on private graph approximation
Speaker: Zongrui Zou
Affiliation: Nanjing University
Venue: IRB 3137 | Zoom
[Video]

[Thu] 7 March 2024 @ 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm [Add to Calendar]
Polylogarithmic Universal Steiner Trees and Strong Sparse Partition Hierarchies
Speaker: Ellis D. Hershkowitz
Affiliation: Brown University
Venue: IRB 3137 | Zoom
[Video]

[Thu] 14 March 2024 @ 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm [Add to Calendar]
Equity-Driven Facility Location: A Two-Stage Robust Optimization Approach
Speaker: Hoda Bidkhori
Affiliation: George Mason University
Venue: IRB 3137 | Zoom

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