Jack Edmonds, – Abstract: NP and P have origins in “the marriage theorem”: A matchmaker has as clients the parents of some boys and some girls where some boy-girl pairs love each other. The matchmaker must find a marriage … Continued
Norbert Fuhr, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany – Abstract: Stochastic models have a long history in information retrieval (IR). For modeling sequences of interactions, different variants of Markov models have been proposed by a number of researchers. Here a user moves … Continued
Andrew Myers, Cornell University, USA – Abstract: Programming concurrent, distributed systems that mutate shared, persistent, geo-replicated state is hard. To enable high availability and scalability, a new class of weakly consistent data stores has become popular. However, some data needs … Continued
Giancarlo Guizzardi , Free University of Bolzano-Bozen, Italy – Abstract: In the years to come, we will experience an increasing demand for building Reference Conceptual Models in critical domains in reality, as well as employing them to address classes of … Continued
On May 11th, at 11am, INESC-ID will promote the 11th session of IST Distinguished Lecture Series entitled “Radio Analytics: The Future Platform for Wireless Positioning, Tracking and Sensing”. The lecture will be given by Professor K. J. Ray Liu, Distinguished … Continued
Onur Mutlu, ETH Zurich – Abstract: The memory system is a fundamental performance and energy bottleneck in almost all computing systems. Recent system design, application, and technology trends that require more capacity, bandwidth, efficiency, and predictability out of the … Continued
Kurt Mehlhorn, Max-Planck-Institute for Informatics – Abstract: I am mostly interested in algorithms for difficult combinatorial and geometric problems: What is the fastest tour from A to B? How to optimally assign jobs to machines? How can a robot move … Continued
Prof. Don Norman, University of California – Abstract: At the new Design Lab at UC San Diego, Design is a way of thinking, understanding people real, fundamental needs, and designing systems that fulfill those needs in an understandable, enjoyable manner. … Continued
Prof. Dennis Shasha, Courant Institute of New York University – Abstract: Imagine you are a data scientist (as many of us are/have become). Systems you build typically require many data sources and many packages (machine learning/data mining, data management, and … Continued
Prof. Carla Gomes, Cornell University – Abstract: Computational sustainability is a new interdisciplinary research field with the overarching goal of developing computational models, methods, and tools to help manage the balance between environmental, economic, and societal needs for a sustainable … Continued
