Computer Science Seminar Series

Department of Computer Science

Northern Virginia Center, Virginia Tech

Fall 2015, NVC R325, Friday 1-2PM
(08, 09S,09F, 10S, 10F, 11S, 11F, 12S, 12F, 13S, 13F, 14S, 14F,15S,15F,
16S, 16F, 17S, 17F, 18S,18F,19S,19F,20S,20F,21S,21F,22S)

Week Date Speaker Affiliation Topic Abs & Bio
1 8/28 Prof. Yo-Ping Huang Electrical Engineering Department
National Taipei University of Technology		 Healthcare Systems Design from Engineering Perspective Abstract
4 9/18 Prof. Adam O'Neill Computer Science Department
Georgetown Univerity
 Order-Preserving Encryption
 Abstract
6 10/2

Prof. Yunpeng Zhao

 Statistics Department
George Mason University
Network Inference from Grouped Observations Using Star Models
 Abstract
10 10/30 Prof. Huzefa Rangwala

Computer Science Department
George Mason University

Large Scale Hierarchical Classification and Multi-Task Learning

 Abstract
11 11/6 Dr. Brian Goode  Discovery Analytics Center
Virginia Tech

A Characteristic Network Approach for Modeling Protest Durations
12 11/13 Prof. Yla Tausczik

Social Computing
University of Maryland

 Crowd-based Problem Solving: Steps toward technology to support
collaborative work on difficult problems
13 11/20 Prof. Vanessa Frias-Martinez iSchool
University of Maryland		 From Digital Footprints to Social Insights Abstract

NVC Driving Direction, CS NVC VT, CS Blacksburg
CS BB Seminar, Math Application Seminar(GWU)
VT NVC, Virginia Tech