Research
NLP Seminar: Weixin Liang, Societal Impact of Large Language Models
This talk examines how individuals and institutions are adapting to and engaging with this emerging technology through three research directions.
Data Management Seminar: Yicong Huang, Building a Collaborative and Interactive Data System to Broaden Access to Data Science, AI, and ML
Join Yicong Huang for Data Management Seminar on March 3, 2025 at 4:00pm in CS 150/151
PhD Thesis Defense: Mehmet Savasci, SLO-Aware Power Management for Elastic Cloud Applications
PhD Thesis Defense: Mehmet Savasci, SLO-Aware Power Management for Elastic Cloud Applications
Data Management Seminar: Synergy of Graph Data Management and Machine Learning in Explainability and Query Answering
Join us for a Data Management Seminar on March 5, 2025 at 12:00pm In CS 150/151
Human-AI Collaboration for Engineering Design Problems
Antoni Viros Martin will explore the different ways in which LLMs and agentic workflows have been used in combination with classic optimization techniques...
Robotics Seminar
This talk begins by describing an investigation into the nature of robot–environment interaction and "niche fit" through the lens of state minimization.
Richard Han, Projects in Autonomous Drone Systems: Drone Swarm Lift, Mid-Air Battery Swap for Drones, and Autonomous Drone Landing
In this talk, Professor Han will introduce the Macquarie University Drone Lab and discuss three research projects underway in advanced autonomous drone systems.
NLP Seminar: Environmentally Sustainable AI: Challenges and Solutions
This talk will characterize the complex relationship between AI and the environment, as exemplified by LLMs.
PhD Dissertation Proposal Defense: Mashrur Rashik, Human-Centered Design of Contextually Appropriate Conversational Agents for Enhancing Public Interaction, Engagement, and Multimodal Experiences
PhD Dissertation Proposal Defense: Mashrur Rashik
Data Management Seminar: Kaisong Huang (Simon Fraser University), Systematic Latency Optimizations for Modern Database Systems
In this seminar, Kaisong Huang will present my research on optimizing latency for modern database systems built on multicore CPUs, large memory, and NVMe SSDs.
Parul Gupta, Fairness in AI: Preventing AI Systems from Bias
Join us on Apr. 3 for a virtual presentation held by Parul Gupta, a senior engineer at Meta and CICS alum, as she explores ideas like equity and fairness.
NLP Seminar: Sarah Wiegreffe, Demystifying the Inner Workings of Language Models
Join Sarah Wiegreffe for a NLP Seminar on Wednesday, Feb. 12 at 12:00 p.m. in LGRC A112.