• Fluid Dynamics Seminar

    Beginning immediately, until at least April 30, all seminars will take place virtually, through Zoom. Links to connect can be found in the schedule below once they are created.  In […]

  • Previous Random Matrix & Probability Theory Seminars

    Spring 2020: Date Speaker Title/Abstract 2/26/2020 Louigi Addario-Berry (McGill University) Title: Hipster random walks and their ilk  Abstract: I will describe how certain recursive distributional equations can be solved by importing rigorous […]

  • Derandomizing Algorithms via Spectral Graph Theory

    CMSA 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

    Speaker: Salil Vadhan (Harvard) Title: Derandomizing Algorithms via Spectral Graph Theory Abstract: Randomization is a powerful tool for algorithms; it is often easier to design efficient algorithms if we allow the algorithms to "toss coins" […]