Schedule

5:00 pm – 5:15 pm
Opening Remarks
Ronnie Sircar
Location
Computer Science 104
5:15 pm – 6:15 pm
Katy Milkman ’04
What an Interdisciplinary Approach Can Achieve in the Behavioral Sciences: Introducing the Megastudy
Location
Computer Science 104
6:15 pm – 8:15 pm
Conference Reception
Location
Sherrerd Hall Atrium
8:30 am – 9:30 am
Registration and Breakfast
Location
Friend Convocation 113
9:30 am – 10:00 am
Bill Cook, University of Waterloo
Astro Tours and Amazon Deliveries
Location
Friend 006
10:00 am – 10:30 am
Robert Freund, MIT
Geometric Condition Measures for First-Order Methods for Linear Programming: Theory, Re-Scaling, and Computation
Location
Friend 006
10:30 am – 11:00 am
Coffee Break
Location
Friend Convocation 113
11:00 am – 11:30 am
Donald Goldfarb, Columbia University
Efficient Use of Second-Order Information in Deep Learning
Location
Friend 006
11:30 am – 12:00 pm
Richard Gott, Princeton University
Adventures with Bob Across Many Dimensions
Location
Friend 006
12:00 pm – 12:30 pm
Group Photo
12:30 pm – 2:00 pm
Lunch
Location
Friend Convocation 113
2:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Jeremy Kasdin, Princeton University
Using Optimization to Find Planets and Life
Location
Computer Science 105
2:30 pm – 3:00 pm
Michael Strauss, Princeton University
Large-scale astronomical surveys: Scientific Opportunities and Data Challenges
Location
Computer Science 105
3:00 pm – 3:15 pm
Remarks from the Provost, Jennifer Rexford
Location
Computer Science 105
3:15 pm – 3:45 pm
Coffee Break
Location
Friend 113
3:45 pm – 4:15 pm
Avi Mandelbaum, Technion
Resource-Driven Activity Networks (RANs): A Data-based Modelling Framework for Complex Operations
Location
Computer Science 105
4:15 pm – 4:45 pm
David Spergel, Simons Foundation
Machine Learning as a Tool for Analyzing Cosmological Surveys
Location
Computer Science 105
4:45 pm – 4:50 pm
Neil deGrasse Tyson Video Message
6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Speaker Dinner