Computer Science Colloquium
Upcoming Colloquia
None, To be announced
Next will be during Fall 2012.
Past Colloquia
April 16, 2012: Monday 10:30am - 11:30am, MSCS 214 (NCB 226 in Tulsa)
Graph-driven Techniques for Emerging Data Mining Problems [Flyer]
Dr. Yanhua Chen, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Michigan.
April 9, 2012: Monday 10:30am - 11:30am, MSCS 214 (NCB 211 in Tulsa)
Learning from (Almost) Nothing [Flyer]
Dr. Christopher Crick, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Brown University.
March 9, 2012: Friday 11:30am - 1:00pm, MSCS 214 (Tulsa NH 226)
Monitoring-as-a-Service in the Cloud [Flyer]
Mr. Shicong Meng, Ph.D. candidate, Georgia Tech.
March 6, 2012: Tuesday 11:30am - 1:00pm, MSCS 214
Local Computation Algorithms [Flyer]
Mr. Ning Xie, Ph.D. candidate, MIT
February 28, 2012: Tuesday 11:30am - 1:00pm, MSCS 214 (Tulsa NH 226)
Distributed Algorithm Design for Combinatorial Optimization Problems: A Game Theoretic Approach [Flyer]
Dr. Yang Song, Post-doctoral research staff member, Wireless Networking Research Group at IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Dr. Song received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Florida in 2010. His research interests are modeling, analysis, dynamic control, and optimization of communication networks, and applied network economics. He is a member of IEEE, ACM, and Game Theory Society.
Abstract:
Combinatorial optimization arises in many important network design and resource allocation problems. However, most solutions to solve combinatorial optimization are centralized which become intractable when the problem size is large, and are not suitable for distributed implementations in practice. In this talk, I will introduce a new approach in designing distributed solutions for combinatorial optimization problems by utilizing game theoretic analysis and equilibrium selective learning techniques. As an illustrative example, we will study the optimal gateway selection problem in coalition networks where multiple groups of nodes are interconnected via wireless links. We investigate the interactions of gateway selection by multiple domains from a potential game perspective. The equilibrium inefficiency in terms of price of stability is characterized under various conditions. In addition, we propose a novel learning algorithm which retains the favorable equilibrium selection property with the provably fastest convergence speed than any other algorithms in its class, and can be applied to solve many other combinatorial optimization problems in a distributed fashion. I will also briefly discuss my most recent work and research agenda on mobile computing, cloud computing, and IT service and management areas.
November 16, 2011: Wednesday 3:30pm - 4:30pm, MSCS 206
Careers in Computing - How to Prepare and What to Expect [website | flyer]
Dr. Dennis Frailey, Distinguished ACM Speaker, Southern Methodist University
October 20, 2011: Thursday, 3:30pm - 4:30pm, MSCS 214 (NCB 213 Tulsa)
Individual meeting times with speaker from 2:30pm till 5:30pm in MSCS 214
Toward a Science of Visualactive Synthesis: Techniques and Tools for Highly Interactive Visual Data Exploration and Analysis [Flyer]
Dr. Chris Weaver, Assistant Professor, University of Oklahoma
October 7, 2011: Friday, 1:30pm - 2:30pm, MSCS 214 (NCB 211 Tulsa)
Towards More Sustainable Computing [Flyer]
Dr. Fred Chong, Director Greenscale Center for Energy-Efficient Computing, University of California at Santa Barbara
October 7, 2011: Friday, 2:45pm - 3:45pm, MSCS 214 (NCB 211 Tulsa)
Minimal Multithreading - Exploiting Redundancy in Parallel Systems [Flyer]
Dr. Diana Franklin, Director of the Center for Computing Education and Diversity, University of California at Santa Barbara
September 22, 2011: Thursday, 10:30am - 12:00pm, MSCS 214 (NCB 211 Tulsa)
A Day in the Life of a Security Professional [Flyer]
Sean Ensz, Principal Forensic Investigator, University of Oklahoma
April 30 (Thur) 3:30 - 4:30 PM,
214 MSCS, STW / 213 NCB,
Tulsa
Dr.
H. K. Dai,
Associate Professor of Computer Science Dept,
Oklahoma State University
Title: Universal Traversal Sequences
for Undirected Graphs
[Colloquium
Flyer] [Presentation in PPT] [Presentation in PDF]
April 23 (Thur) 3:25 - 4:25 PM,
310 MSCS, STW / 222 NCB,
Tulsa
ACM Distinguished Lecture
Dr. Arnold L. Rosenberg,
Distinguished University Professor Emeritus,
University of Massachusetts Amherst; and Research
Professor, Colorado State University
Title: A New Scheduling Paradigm for
Internet-Based Computing
[Colloquium
Flyer] [Presentation in PPT] [Presentation in PDF]
April 9 (Thur) 3:25 - 4:25 PM,
310 MSCS, STW / 222 NCB,
Tulsa
Dr.
Randy Guthrie, Microsoft Academic Relations Manager,
Microsoft
Corporation
Title: Cloud Computing / Windows Azure
[Colloquium
Flyer] [Presentation in PPT] [Presentation in PDF] [Introduction]
March 26 (Thur) 3:25 - 4:25 PM,
310 MSCS, STW / 222 NCB,
Tulsa
Dr. David P. Miller, Wilkonson Chair and Professor of
Engineering, University of Oklahoma
Title: Teaching Programming through Robotics &
Robotics Outreach
[Colloquium
Flyer] [Presentation in PPT] [Presentation in PDF]
February 26 (Thur) 3:25 - 4:25 PM,
310 MSCS, STW /
226 NCB,
Tulsa
Dr
. Subhash Kak,
Professor and Head of Computer Science Dept, Oklahoma State
University
Title: Prospects for Quantum Computing
[Colloquium
Flyer] [Presentation in PPT] [Presentation in PDF]
February 5 (Thur) 3:25 - 4:25 PM, 310 MSCS, STW /
208 NCB, Tulsa
Dr. John Jacob, Systems Engineer, Global Environment for Network
Innovations (GENI)
Project
Title: GENI: Overview & Plans
[Colloquium
Flyer] [Presentation in PPT] [Presentation in PDF]
Colloquium Coordinator:
Eric Chan-Tin |
