Computer Science Distinguished Lecture Series (DLS)

The Computer Science Distinguished Lecture Series (DLS) is an ongoing program in the Department of Computer Science (CS) where distinguished leaders are invited to present lectures to the computing community. Since it began in the Fall of 2000, the DLS has successfully hosted many prominent computer scientists.

Past DLS Lectures

2015-2016

Eva Tardos, Cornell University Learning and Efficiency in Games with Dynamic Population March 30, 2016

Piotr Indyk, MIT Beyond P vs. NP: Quadratic-Time Hardness of Sequence Alignment Problems April 08, 2016

2014-2015

Ramin Zabih, Cornell University Solving Medical Deconvolution Problems with Higher-order Graph Cuts November 21, 2014

Dan Boneh, Stanford University Privacy and Security: Achieving Both with Cryptography December 05, 2014

Jeff Westbrook, The Simpsons and Futurama Math & Science in the Simpsons and Futurama January 26, 2015

Eva Tardos, Cornell University Composable Mechanisms, Learning, and Price of Anarchy in Auctions February 02, 2015

2013-2014

Roberto Tamassia, Brown University Data Privacy and Security in Cloud Computing October 04, 2013

Michael Overton, New York University Stability Optimization for Polynomials and Matrices October 11, 2013

Andrew Appel, Princeton University Program Logics for Certified Compilers November 01, 2013

Lance Fortnow, Georgia Tech A Personal View of the P versus NP Problem November 08, 2013

Muthu Muthukrishnan, Rutgers University Design and Analysis of Online Ad Systems January 31, 2014

Silvio Micali, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Proofs, Coins, and Computation February 10, 2014

Ben Shneiderman, University of Maryland, College Park Information Visualization for Knowledge Discovery April 04, 2014

2012-2013

Joe Halpern, Cornell Beyond Nash Equilibrium: Solution Concepts for the 21st Century November 30, 2012

Leslie Valiant, Harvard University Biological Evolution as a Form of Learning February 01, 2013