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Wednesday / CS Seminar
October 09th / 12:00 PM
Hybrid / Mudd 3514

Speaker
David Radke, Chicago Blackhawks

Talk Title
Presenting Multiagent Challenges in Team Sports Analytics

Abstract
This talk will present several challenges and opportunities within the area of team sports analytics and key research areas within multiagent systems (MAS). We specifically consider invasion games, where players invade the opposing team's territory and can interact anywhere on a playing surface (ice hockey or soccer). We discuss how MAS is well-equipped to study invasion games and will benefit both MAS and sports analytics fields. We highlight topics along the axes of coaching (i.e., short-term strategy) and management (i.e., long-term team planning) and present high level findings at the intersection of multiagent reinforcement learning and ice hockey.

Biography
Dr. David Radke is a Senior Research Scientist with the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League (NHL). He holds a PhD from the University of Waterloo where he was advised by Dr. Kate Larson and Dr. Tim Brecht. His research areas include artificial intelligence (AI) and ice hockey analytics, specifically focusing on the areas of multiagent systems and reinforcement learning. He has published several papers at several top AI conferences, including IJCAI, AAAI, and AAMAS. He has also published papers at sports analytics workshops and LINHAC, a hockey analytics conference, where he received a best paper award in 2022 for his work with NHL tracking data.

Research/Interest Areas:
Artificial Intelligence, Multiagent Systems, Reinforcement Learning

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DEI Minute: TBA

Description:

Monday / CS Seminar
October 14th / 12:00 PM
Hybrid / Mudd 3514

Speaker
Xiao Wang, Northwestern University

Talk Title
Tackling Challenges in Deploying Modern Cryptography

Abstract
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Biography
Xiao Wang is an assistant professor of Computer Science at Northwestern University. His research focuses on practical secure multi-party computation, zero-knowledge proofs, post-quantum cryptography, and their applications to artificial intelligence, formal methods, and health. He was a postdoctoral researcher at MIT and Boston University between 2018 and 2019. He obtained a Ph.D. from the University of Maryland in 2018.

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DEI Minute: TBA

Description:

Wednesday / CS Seminar
October 16th / 12:00 PM
Hybrid / Mudd 3514

Speaker
Christos Dimoulas, Northwestern University

Talk Title
The Rational Programmer, A Method for Investigating Programming Language Pragmatics

Abstract
"The work of software developers directly depends on decisions that
language creators make for them. Therefore, when language creators choose
from a number of design alternatives, they should consider how their
choices affect the developers. Specifically, language creators should
consider the use of a language feature in particular work contexts, an
idea analogous to what linguists call ``pragmatics.'' However, so far,
there are only a few instruments for investigating Programming Language
(PL) pragmatics.

To address this gap, I have developed a new scientific instrument called
the Rational Programmer. At the technical level, the Rational Programmer
method puts the idea of simulation, a technique with a long history in
Computer Science, to new use in PL research. The heart of a
rational-programmer simulation is an algorithmic abstraction of using a
language feature for information gathering, interpretation and action in a
work context. Typically, a rational-programmer simulation produces a
recommendation for a use strategy that a developer can employ while
working in the given context. It may also identify a problematic aspect of
a feature's design with concrete evidence, which then the creators and
developers can leverage to address the problem.  Finally, a
rational-programmer simulation can inform instructors how to teach
students the effective use of a feature. In this talk, I will demonstrate
the workings of the Rational Programmer method with examples."

Biography
Christos is an assistant professor of Computer Science at Northwestern
University. The goal of his research is to understand how Programming
Language techniques can improve the work life of software developers.

Research/Interest Areas:
Programming Languages

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DEI Minute: TBA

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