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  • Sep
    25

    CS Seminar: Recent Advances in Learning in Networks: The Interplay Between Community Recovery and Graph Matching (Miklos Racz)

    Department of Computer Science (CS)

    12:00 PM 3514, Mudd Hall ( formerly Seeley G. Mudd Library)

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    Wednesday / CS Seminar
    September 25th / 12:00 PM
    Hybrid / Mudd 3514

    Speaker
    Miklos Z. Racz (Miki Racz)

    Talk Title
    Recent Advances in Learning in Networks: The Interplay Between Community Recovery and Graph Matching

    Abstract
    Community recovery and graph matching are two fundamental inference tasks on networks. I will discuss recent work that studies the interplay between them, focusing on the natural setting of edge-correlated stochastic block models. We determine the information-theoretic thresholds for both graph matching and community recovery. In particular, this uncovers and characterizes a region of the parameter space where exact community recovery is possible using multiple correlated graphs, even though this is impossible using a single graph and exact graph matching is also impossible. Furthermore, we develop an efficient algorithm for these tasks under a condition on the correlation strength that is conjectured to be necessary. This is based on joint works with Shuwen Chai, Julia Gaudio, Anirudh Sridhar, and Jifan Zhang.

    Biography
    Miklos Z. Racz is an assistant professor at Northwestern University, jointly in the Department of Statistics and Data Science and the Department of Computer Science. Before joining Northwestern, he received his PhD in Statistics from UC Berkeley, he was a postdoc in the Theory Group at Microsoft Research, Redmond, and was then an assistant professor at Princeton University. Miki's research lies at the interface of probability, statistics, computer science, and information theory, with a focus on combinatorial statistics, discrete probability, and applied probability. Miki's research and teaching has been recognized by Princeton's Howard B. Wentz, Jr. Junior Faculty Award, a Princeton SEAS Innovation Award, and an Excellence in Teaching Award.

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    TIME Wednesday, September 25, 2024 at 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

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  • Aug
    20

    Alumni Education Webinar: McCormick School of Engineering's Strategic Vision

    McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science

    12:00 PM

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    TIME Wednesday, August 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

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    CONTACT Andi Joppie    andi.joppie@northwestern.edu EMAIL

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  • Sep
    8

    Welcome & Breakfast for New McCormick PhD Students

    McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science

    9:00 AM LR2 & Tech East Plaza, Technological Institute

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    TIME Monday, September 8, 2025 at 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

    LOCATION LR2 & Tech East Plaza, Technological Institute    map it

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    CONTACT Andi Joppie    andi.joppie@northwestern.edu EMAIL

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  • Sep
    12

    New Undergraduate Fall 2025 Registration

    University Academic Calendar

    All Day

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    TIME Friday, September 12, 2025

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    CONTACT Office of the Registrar    nu-registrar@northwestern.edu EMAIL

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  • Sep
    15

    Welcome & Luncheon for New Full-time Graduate Students

    McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science

    11:00 AM Ryan Auditorium & Tech East Plaza, Technological Institute

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    TIME Monday, September 15, 2025 at 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

    LOCATION Ryan Auditorium & Tech East Plaza, Technological Institute    map it

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    CONTACT Andi Joppie    andi.joppie@northwestern.edu EMAIL

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  • Sep
    16

    Fall Classes Begin. Change of Registration (Drop/Add) Late registration for returning students begins

    University Academic Calendar

    All Day

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    TIME Tuesday, September 16, 2025

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  • Sep
    25

    Bagel Thursday

    Department of Computer Science (CS)

    9:00 AM

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    TIME Thursday, September 25, 2025 at 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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    CONTACT Wynante R Charles    wynante.charles@northwestern.edu EMAIL

    CALENDAR Department of Computer Science (CS)