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PhD Dissertation Proposal Defense

PhD Dissertation Proposal: Deep Chakraborty, Information-Theoretic Methods for Understanding and Improving Representations in Neural Networks

In the first part of this thesis, we formulate a general-purpose information-theoretic criterion that allows further improving SSL representations.
Event date Friday, September 19, 2025 Event time 3:00 pm Go to all events list Event

PhD Dissertation Proposal: Vikas Thamizharasan, Generative Models for Parametric Curves and Surfaces

This thesis investigates generative models for parametric curves and surfaces.
Event date Tuesday, June 16, 2026 Event time 2:00 pm Go to all events list Event

PhD Dissertation Proposal Defense: Aparimit Chandra, Performance of Operational Quantum Network Processes

We focus on three fundamental processes: quantum teleportation with noisy memories, error correction in quantum storage, and distributed blind quantum computing
Event date Friday, September 26, 2025 Event time 1:00 pm Go to all events list Event

PhD Dissertation Proposal: Vignesh Viswanathan, Fair Allocation of Indivisible Items: New Algorithms and Hardness Results

In this thesis, I focus on the computability of allocations which maximize well known fairness objectives
Event date Wednesday, May 20, 2026 Event time 9:00 am Go to all events list Event

PhD Dissertation Proposal: Elita Lobo, Robust Machine Learning Methods for Uncertain Environments

This thesis addresses challenges with robust algorithms tackling different aspects of uncertainty, including RL, resource allocation, explainability and LLMs.
Event date Friday, October 10, 2025 Event time 12:00 pm Go to all events list Event

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