CS Colloquium

Department of Computer Science - Bar-Ilan University Computer Science Colloquium Monday, April 25, 2022 12:00 P.M. Dr. Matan Hofree Weizmann Institute Will lecture on: Tissue level insights from cellular measurements Identifying multi-cellular hubs by co-variation analysis of single-cell expression Therapy response varies considerably among cancer patients and depends on tumor intrinsic factors and interactions with ... Read more

Next week's colloquium will be given by Dr, Sigal Oren from Ben Gurion University. The lecture will be given in Person. Title:  Mechanism Design with Moral Bidders Abstract: A rapidly growing literature on lying in behavioral economics and psychology shows that individuals often do not lie even when lying maximizes their utility. In this work, we attempt to incorporate these findings into ... Read more

Title:  Better Environments for Better AI  Abstract: Most AI research focuses exclusively on the AI agent itself, i.e., given some input, what are the improvements to the agent’s reasoning that will yield the best possible output? In my research, I take a novel approach to increasing the capabilities of AI agents via the use of ... Read more

Prof. Moshe Tennenholtz, Technion Will lecture on: (R?)evolution Times Recent years have shown dramatic progress in AI. Deep learning approaches employing the so-called "foundational models" are shaking the grounds of technology allowing for innovative products and services at quite an amazing speed. Criticisms and failures of these approaches have been considered: the need to incorporate ... Read more

CS colloquium lecture by Dr. Omer Lev from Ben-Gurion University. Title: Party Tricks: On Primaries and Gerrymandering Abstract: In the last few years, the effects that primaries and gerrymandering have on election outcomes became a commonly debated issue, particularly in the US. Both primaries (candidate selection by parties) and district-based elections are examples of mechanisms that involve adding stages to a decison-making ... Read more

CS colloquium lecture will be given by Dr. Nadav Cohen from Tel-Aviv University. Title: Generalization in Deep Learning Through the Lens of Implicit Rank Minimization Abstract: Understanding deep learning calls for addressing three fundamental questions: expressiveness, optimization and generalization.  Expressiveness refers to the ability of compactly sized neural networks to represent functions capable of solving real-world ... Read more

(CS Colloquium) TAU Style: inversion, editing, and applications of StyleGAN. Dr. Amit Bermano Tel-Aviv University  Abstract:  The generative abilities of GANs are revolutionizing the field of image synthesis and manipulation. Specifically, StyleGAN reaches the highest levels of image quality, and has become the de-facto golden standard for the editing of facial images. StyleGAN is unsupervised, ... Read more

Sunday, December 4, 2022 11:00 A.M. Building 203 Room 221 Dr. Roee Shraga Northeastern University in Boston י רצ ה על Will lecture on Recovering Data Semantics In data science, it is increasingly the case that the main challenge is finding, curating, and understanding the data that is available to solve a problem at hand. ... Read more