CS545:
Stanford InfoSeminar
Winter 2013
Infoseminar is a weekly event held at Stanford that brings together people who are interested
databases, big data and other interesting computer science topics.
Logistics
- Time and place: Fridays 4:15-5:15pm in the Gates Building room B12 Hewlett building room 201, ten talks from January 11th through March 15th.
- Mailing list: To be added to the seminar mailing list, send your name, affiliation, and preferred mailing address to Marianne Siroker.
- Enrolled students: Students enrolled in the seminar as CS545 must attend 8 of the 10 scheduled lectures to pass the course, no make-ups permitted.
- Directions and parking: The good news is that most parking on campus is unregulated after 4:00pm.
- Attendance is open. Everyone is welcome to come to the lectures without any registration.
Organization
The Stanford InfoSeminar is held during the winter quarter only. It is organized by Jure Leskovec and sponsored by the Stanford Computer Forum.
Schedule
| Date | Speaker | Title (link to abstract) | Bio | Slides |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 11 2013 | Evgeniy Gabrilovich, Google | Understanding the Web using Large-Scale Knowledge Repositories | bio | |
| Jan 18 2013 | Jeff Dean, Google | Large-Scale Data and Computation: Challenges and Opportunities | bio | slides |
| Jan 25 2013 | Jeffrey Heer, Stanford University | Interactive Data Analysis | bio | slides |
| Feb 1 2013 | Sinan Aral, NYU Stern | Measuring and Propagating Influence in Networks | bio | |
| Feb 8 2013 | Pankaj Gupta, Twitter | Graph algorithms and systems at Twitter | bio | |
| Feb 15 2013 | Rakesh Agrawal, MSR Search Labs | Reimagining Textbooks Through the Data Lens | bio | slides |
| Feb 22 2013 | Rayid Ghani, Obama Campaign | The Role of Data and Analytics in the Presidential Elections | bio | |
| Mar 1 2013 | Jose Blakeley, MSR | Microsoft SQL Server Parallel Data Warehouse - Architecture Overview | bio | |
| Mar 8 2013 | Ion Stoica, Berkeley | Taming Big Data with BDAS (Berkeley Data Analytics Stack) | bio | slides |
| Mar 15 2013 | Eric Horvitz, MSR | People, Data, and Computing | bio |