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Oct
9
Adobe Northwestern Workshop
Department of Computer Science (CS)
1:45 PM 3514, Mudd Hall ( formerly Seeley G. Mudd Library)
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TIME Thursday, October 9, 2025 at 1:45 PM - 5:00 PM
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CONTACT Dru Redmond    drucilla.redmond@northwestern.edu EMAIL
CALENDAR Department of Computer Science (CS)
Oct
9
Adobe Research: Data, Documents, Creativity, and YOU
Department of Computer Science (CS)
4:15 PM 3514, Mudd Hall ( formerly Seeley G. Mudd Library)
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Students and faculty are invited to attend their presentation and learn more about their ongoing work. This will be an opportunity for students to engage in discussion with Adobe researchers. We encourage you to attend if your schedule allows.
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TIME Thursday, October 9, 2025 at 4:15 PM - 5:00 PM
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CONTACT Dru Redmond    drucilla.redmond@northwestern.edu EMAIL
CALENDAR Department of Computer Science (CS)
Oct
10
Adobe Northwestern Workshop
Department of Computer Science (CS)
8:45 AM 3514, Mudd Hall ( formerly Seeley G. Mudd Library)
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TIME Friday, October 10, 2025 at 8:45 AM - 12:00 PM
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CONTACT Dru Redmond    drucilla.redmond@northwestern.edu EMAIL
CALENDAR Department of Computer Science (CS)
Oct
15
CS Seminar: Scoring Rules for a Theory of AI (Jason Hartline)
Department of Computer Science (CS)
12:00 PM 3514, Mudd Hall ( formerly Seeley G. Mudd Library)
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CS Seminar: Scoring Rules for a Theory of AI (Jason Hartline)
Wednesday / CS Seminar
October 15th / 12:00 PM
Hybrid / Mudd 3514
Speaker
Jason Hartline, Northwestern University
Talk Title
Scoring Rules for a Theory of AI
Abstract
Scoring rules are foundational in decision theory and, therefore, are foundational for a developing theory of artificial intelligence. Just as simple models from decision theory provide context for understanding the decisions of complex humans, so too can they for complex AI systems. Bayesian decision theory considers an agent receiving a signal that is correlated with the state, choosing an action, and obtaining a payoff that depends on both the state and action. With Bayesian updating and the revelation principle, the signal becomes a posterior belief and the decision problem becomes a scoring rule. Given a scoring rule, baseline performance is the optimal score under the prior; benchmark performance is the optimal score under the posterior; and the optimal scoring rule — framed as a mechanism design problem — maximizes the difference between them. The talk reviews this theory and applies it to evaluate the value of information, the losses from predictive models, and the accuracy of human and AI decision makers.
Biography
"Prof. Hartline’s research introduces design and analysis methodologies from computer science to understand and improve outcomes of economic, legal, and AI systems. Optimal behavior and outcomes in complex environments are complex and, therefore, should not be expected; instead, the theory of approximation can show that simple and natural behaviors are approximately optimal in complex environments. This approach is applied to auction theory and mechanism design in his graduate textbook Mechanism Design and Approximation which is under preparation.
Prof. Hartline received his Ph.D. in 2003 from the University of Washington under the supervision of Anna Karlin. He was a postdoctoral fellow at Carnegie Mellon University under the supervision of Avrim Blum; and subsequently a researcher at Microsoft Research in Silicon Valley. He joined Northwestern University in 2008 where he is a professor of computer science. He was on sabbatical at Harvard University in the Economics Department during the 2014 calendar year and visiting Microsoft Research, New England for the Spring of 2015. He was on sabbatical at Stanford University for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Prof. Hartline is the director of Northwestern’s Online Markets Lab, he was a founding codirector of the Institute for Data, Econometrics, Algorithms, and Learning from 2019-2022, and is a cofounder of virtual conference organizing platform Virtual Chair."
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TIME Wednesday, October 15, 2025 at 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
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CONTACT Wynante R Charles    wynante.charles@northwestern.edu EMAIL
CALENDAR Department of Computer Science (CS)
Oct
23
MS in Information Technology (MSIT) Online Information Session
MS in Information Technology (MSIT) Program
7:00 PM
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Want to join the decision-makers? Register for Northwestern University's Master of Science in Information Technology (MSIT) Program Information Session and learn how you can enhance your knowledge of IT and gain the business management skills you need to direct effective IT strategy.
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TIME Thursday, October 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
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CONTACT Svetlana Korzeniowski    msit@northwestern.edu EMAIL
CALENDAR MS in Information Technology (MSIT) Program
Oct
29
Computer Science Public Lecture Series
Department of Computer Science (CS)
4:00 PM Cohen Commons, Technological Institute
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Free and open to the public.
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TIME Wednesday, October 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
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CONTACT Wynante R Charles    wynante.charles@northwestern.edu EMAIL
CALENDAR Department of Computer Science (CS)
Oct
30
TGIT Pan: Celebrating Dia de los Muertos
Department of Computer Science (CS)
9:00 AM 3514, Mudd Hall ( formerly Seeley G. Mudd Library)
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TIME Thursday, October 30, 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)
Oct
31
CS Spooky Crafts
Department of Computer Science (CS)
2:00 PM 3514, Mudd Hall ( formerly Seeley G. Mudd Library)
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Drop in for some Halloween crafts and a count the candy corn contest - closes guess will win a prize!
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TIME Friday, October 31, 2025 at 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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CONTACT Bella Barrios    marbella.barrios@northwestern.edu EMAIL
CALENDAR Department of Computer Science (CS)
Nov
3
CS Seminar: Aloni Cohen
Department of Computer Science (CS)
12:00 PM 3514, Mudd Hall ( formerly Seeley G. Mudd Library)
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Monday / CS Seminar
November 3rd/ 12:00 PM
Hybrid / Mudd 3514
Speaker
Aloni Cohen
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Biography
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TIME Monday, November 3, 2025 at 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
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CONTACT Wynante R Charles    wynante.charles@northwestern.edu EMAIL
CALENDAR Department of Computer Science (CS)
Nov
10
CS Seminar: Aravindan Vijayaraghavan
Department of Computer Science (CS)
12:00 PM 3514, Mudd Hall ( formerly Seeley G. Mudd Library)
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Monday / CS Seminar
November 10th/ 12:00 PM
Hybrid / Mudd 3514
Speaker
Aravindan Vijayaraghavan
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TIME Monday, November 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
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CONTACT Wynante R Charles    wynante.charles@northwestern.edu EMAIL
CALENDAR Department of Computer Science (CS)
Nov
19
CS Seminar: Robert Rand
Department of Computer Science (CS)
12:00 PM 3514, Mudd Hall ( formerly Seeley G. Mudd Library)
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Wednesday / CS Seminar
November 19 / 12:00 PM
Hybrid / Mudd 3514
Speaker
Robert Rand
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TIME Wednesday, November 19, 2025 at 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
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CONTACT Wynante R Charles    wynante.charles@northwestern.edu EMAIL
CALENDAR Department of Computer Science (CS)
Nov
20
Bagel Thursday
Department of Computer Science (CS)
9:00 AM 3514, Mudd Hall ( formerly Seeley G. Mudd Library)
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CS Community! Join us for our monthly free bagels and coffee while mingling with fellow faculty and students.
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TIME Thursday, November 20, 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)
 
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