Synopsis

The 2022 Chicago Junior Theorists Workshop is being held jointly by Northwestern University and Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago on Jan 5-6, 2023. The focus of this workshop will be on junior researchers in all areas of theoretical computer science.

Speakers

Maryam Aliakbarpour, BU and Northeastern University

Robert Andrews, UIUC

Bhaskar Ray Chaudhury, UIUC

Li Chen, Georgia Tech

Zongchen Chen, MIT

Yang Liu, Stanford

Tamalika Mukherjee, Purdue University

Mingda Qiao, Stanford

Jessica Sorrell, UPenn

Min Jae Song, NYU

Ewin Tang, University of Washington

Roei Tell, DIMACS/IAS

Clayton Thomas, Princeton University

Lydia Zakynthinou, Northeastern University

Logistics

Date: Thursday, Jan 5 & Friday, Jan 6, 2023

Organizers: Ali Vakilian and Suprovat Ghoshal

Location: Mudd 3514 Northwestern University (Thursday) ; Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago (Friday)

Registration: click here to register

Schedule (Tentative)

Thursday at NU:

9:00-9:25 - Breakfast

9:25-9:35 - Welcome Remarks

9:35-10:05 - Maryam Aliakbarpour

10:05-10:35 - Clayton Thomas

10:35-11:00 - Coffee Break

11:00-11:30 - Ewin Tang

11:30-12:00 - Yang Liu Discrepancy Minimization via a Self-Balancing Walk

12:00-1:00 - Lunch

1:00-1:30 - Zongchen Chen

1:30-2:00 - Robert Andrews

2:00-2:30 - Coffee Break

2:30-3:00 - Lydia Zakynthinou

3:00-3:30 - Min Jae Song

3:30-4:00 - Coffee Break

4:00-5:00 - Local Talks

Friday at TTIC:

9:00-9:25 - Breakfast

9:25-9:35 - Welcome Remarks

9:35-10:05 - Roei Tell Non-black-box Derandomization: Avoiding Classical PRGs, Opening New Directions of Study

10:05-10:35 - Li Chen

10:35-11:00 - Coffee Break

11:00-11:30 - Jessica Sorrell

11:30-12 - Bhaskar Ray Chaudhury

12:00-2:00 - Lunch

2:00-2:30 - Tamalika Mukherjee

2:30-3:00 - Mingda Qiao

3:00-3:30 - Coffee Break

3:30-4:30 - Local talks