ADSI Summer School on Foundations of Data Science

Hosted by the Algorithmic Foundations of Data Science Institute
University of Washington

Jointly organized with IFDS, University of Wisconsin - Madison

Dates

August 13-17, 2019

Location

Zillow Commons (4th Floor)
Bill and Melinda Gates Center, University of Washington
[campus map]

Invited Speakers

Courtney Paquette
University of Waterloo
Stochastic Optimization
Jelena Diakonikolas
University of California, Berkeley
Convex Optimization
Yin Tat Lee
University of Washington
Convex Geometry and Sampling
Kevin Jamieson
University of Washington
Multi-Armed Bandits
Rebecca Willett
University of Chicago
Computational Imaging
Sewoong Oh
University of Washington
Theoretical Challenges in Training Deep Generative Models
Moritz Hardt
University of California, Berkeley
Fairness in Machine Learning
Alekh Agarwal
Microsoft Research AI
Reinforcement Learning
Rob Nowak
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Statistical Learning Theory and Active Machine Learning

Program Organizers

Dmitriy Drusviyatskiy
Program Director
Zaid Harchaoui
Program Director

Schedule

Tues 8/13 Wed 8/14 Thurs 8/15 Fri 8/16 Sat 8/17
9:00-10:30 Lecture: Jamieson Lecture: Nowak Lecture: Lee Lecture: Willett and D. Gilton Lecture: Oh
10:30-11:00 Break Break Break Break Break
11:00-12:00 Lecture: Jamieson Lecture: Nowak Lecture: Lee Lecture: Willett and D. Gilton Lecture: Oh
12:00-1:30 Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch
1:30-3:00 Lecture: Paquette Lecture: Agarwal Lecture: Hardt Lecture: Diakonikolas
3:00-3:30 Break Break Break Break
3:30-4:30 Lecture: Paquette Lecture: Agarwal Lecture: Hardt Lecture: Diakonikolas
4:30-5:00Break
5:00-6:30 Poster Session

Apply

Prospective attendees are asked to submit an application form. This form, along with the recommendation form to be submitted by an academic reference, is linked below.

Registration for the summer school is $80. The deadline to apply is June 20th. Applicants will be notified of their admission status by July 1st.

Frequently Asked Questions

Where can I find information on accomodation?

There is a wide range of hotels and other housing options available near the University of Washington. Registered attendees are referred to this page, which contains a list of popular housing options for UW visitors.

Contact

Questions? Contact us!

alecgt@uw.edu