Theoretically Speaking

Theoretically Speaking is a lecture series highlighting exciting advances in theoretical computer science for a broad general audience. Events are held at the Calvin Lab Auditorium, or the David Brower Center in Downtown Berkeley, and are free and open to the public. No special background is assumed.

Spring 2021

Theoretically Speaking — A Panel Discussion on the Film Coded Bias
Speaker: Ashia Wilson (MIT, moderator) Panelists: Seny Kamara (Brown University Department of Computer Science and Aroki Systems), Shalini Kantayya (7th Empire Media and UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism), Sendhil Mullainathan (University of Chicago Booth School of Business), Omer Reingold (Stanford University Computer Science Department), and Patricia Williams (Northeastern University School of Law)
Friday, May 7, 2021, 11:00 am–1:00 pm

Fall 2020

Theoretically Speaking — The Ethical Algorithm
Speaker: Michael Kearns (University of Pennsylvania)
Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020, 11:00 am–12:30 pm

Summer 2020

Theoretically Speaking — AI for Intelligent Financial Services
Speaker: Manuela Veloso (Head of J.P. Morgan AI Research, Carnegie Mellon University)
Monday, Jun. 22, 2020, 11:00 am–12:30 pm
Theoretically Speaking — The Mathematical Essence of Aging
Speaker: Uri Alon (Weizmann Institute of Science)
Thursday, Jul. 30, 2020, 11:00 am–12:30 pm

Spring 2020

Theoretically Speaking — Computational and Statistical Tools to Control a Pandemic: A Panel Discussion
Speaker: Peter Bartlett (Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing, moderator) Panelists: Klaske van Heusden (University of British Columbia), Madhav Marathe (University of Virginia), Ankur Moitra (MIT), Shai Shalev-Shwartz (Hebrew University of Jerusalem), Anil Vullikanti (University of Virginia), and Bin Yu (UC Berkeley)
Monday, May 11, 2020, 11:00 am–12:30 pm

Fall 2019

Theoretically Speaking — Algorand's Forthcoming Blockchain Technology
Speaker: Silvio Micali (Founder of Algorand and faculty at MIT)
Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019, 6:00 pm–7:30 pm
Theoretically Speaking — Artificial Stupidity: The New AI and the Future of Fintech
Speaker: Andrew W. Lo (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019, 6:00 pm–7:30 pm

Summer 2019

Theoretically Speaking — Algorithms and the Law
Speaker: Peter Bartlett (Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing, moderator) Panelists: Shafi Goldwasser (Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing), Martha Minow (Harvard University), Elliot Schrage (Facebook), and Patricia Williams (Columbia University) 
Friday, Jun. 7, 2019, 6:00 pm

Spring 2019

Theoretically Speaking — The Predictive Brain
Speaker: Anil Ananthaswamy (Fall 2018 Simons Institute Journalist in Residence, moderator) Panelists: Celeste Kidd (UC Berkeley), Bruno Olshausen (UC Berkeley), Christos Papadimitriou (Columbia University) and Michael Pollan (UC Berkeley) 
Thursday, Mar. 7, 2019, 6:00 pm–7:30 pm
Theoretically Speaking — What We Can Learn from AdNauseam about the Threat and Power of Data Obfuscation
Speaker: Helen Nissenbaum (Cornell Tech)
Wednesday, Mar. 27, 2019, 6:00 pm–7:30 pm

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