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  • Jan
    19

    ECE Seminar - "On Theoretical Foundations of Diffusion Models" with Prof. Maxim Raginsky

    Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE)

    11:00 AM L440, Technological Institute

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    Maxim Raginsky received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in 2000 and the Ph.D. degree in 2002 from Northwestern
    University, all in Electrical Engineering. He has held research positions with Northwestern, the University of Illinois at
    Urbana-Champaign (where he was a Beckman Foundation Fellow from 2004 to 2007), and Duke University.

    In this talk, based on joint work with Belinda Tzen and with Tanya Veeravalli, he will discuss some theoretical
    foundations of generative modeling and function approximation using diffusion models. Prof. Raginsky will first provide a
    unified viewpoint on both sampling and variational inference in these models through the lens of stochastic
    control. Building on these ideas, he will show that one can efficiently sample from a wide class of terminal target
    distributions by choosing the drift of the latent diffusion from the class of multilayer feedforward neural nets,
    with the accuracy of sampling measured by the Kullback-Leibler divergence to the target distribution. He will also
    discuss the relation between the expressive power of diffusion-based function approximators and nonlinear
    controllability, i.e., the problem of optimally steering a certain deterministic dynamical system between two
    given points in finite time. Maxim will conclude with an outline of some ongoing work and future directions.

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    TIME Friday, January 19, 2024 at 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

    LOCATION L440, Technological Institute    map it

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    CONTACT Catherine Healey    catherine.healey@northwestern.edu EMAIL

    CALENDAR Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE)

  • 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

    CALENDAR McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science

  • 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

    CALENDAR McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science

  • 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

    CALENDAR University Academic Calendar

  • 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

    CALENDAR McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science

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

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