CSGS is proposing the following changes to constitution. The voting period will be March 28th – April 4th. Amendment 1: Add the following point to the constitution. CSGS execs have to appoint one executive the task of supervision and guardianship of CSGS-owned equipments which must be listed on the CSGS webpage. Read more…
Date: March 17, 2016 Time: 1:00-2:00pm Location: McConnell Room 320 Speaker: Florence Clerc Title: The dual view of Markov Processes Abstract: I will describe how to view a probabilistic transition system as a transformer of functions rather than as a transformer of probability distributions. A Markov process is normally viewed as a Markov kernel i.e. Read more…
Date: February 18 (next Thursday) Time: 1:00-2:00pm Location: McConnell Room 320 Speaker: Pierre-Luc Bacon Title: Time, bounded rationality and representations in reinforcement learning Abstract:In this talk, I will tell about some of the research that I’ve been conducting with Prof. Doina Precup over the last couple years. The main topic will be the problem Read more…
The Computer Science Graduate Society is pleased to present a talk by Annie Ying on February 11, Thursday. To help us know how much food to order, please fill this Google form if you plan to attend: http://goo.gl/forms/HLEmeB3DZR. —————– Date: February 11 Time: 1:00-2:00pm Location: McConnell Room 320 Speaker: Annie Ying Title: Code Fragment Summarization Abstract: Code Read more…
We are starting “Afternoon tea” events for graduate students and faculty members. Every Wednesday from 3-4 pm the lounge will be reserved for us. CSGS will provide the tea and cookies! We will also buy a new tea boiler for the lounge. (yaaaay!). Please come with your own mug. We hope this will be a Read more…
On February 8th, 7:30 pm at Thomson House There is a room reserved for us on the 1st floor. Come, socialize with your fellow students and have fun! Five reasons why you should come: 1) Free Drinks (up to 2) for CS students 2) Fun board games 3) Friends Read more…
The Computer Science Graduate Society is pleased to present the first talk of the winter semester by Emmanuel Bengio on 15th January. To help us know how much food to order, please fill this Google form if you plan to attend: http://goo.gl/forms/9lVPNT5tyV —————– Date: January 15 Time: 13:00-14:00 Location: McConnell Room 103 Speaker: Emmanuel Bengio Read more…
The Computer Science Graduate Society is pleased to present a talk by Anqi Xu on 2nd December (next Wednesday). To help us know how much food to order, please fill this Google form if you plan to attend: http://goo.gl/forms/hkof94CtJC. Date: December 2 (next Wednesday) Time: 12:00-13:00 Location: McConnell Room 103 Speaker: Anqi Xu Title: Efficient Collaborations Read more…
Transparency is next to Godliness!! Here we tell you, most cherished CS grads, about the ways in which we are spending your money. Don’t hesitate to contact us if you feel we are over- or under-spending on some criteria!.
Following are the response charts : Q1: We will cater lunch from your favorite restaurant(s) for our seminar lunches. Rank the following choices from 1 to 5, your most favorite being 1 (google the name of the restaurant to learn more about it) : Q2: What day of the week would you Read more…