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These groups meet regularly in our department to discuss papers on a given research area. New students are welcome to attend.
If you would like to add a new reading group to this list please send us an email to gracs@cs.utexas.edu with the group information as shown in the examples below. Alternatively, feel free to add and/or update the information of the currently listed groups by registering to edit this Wiki.
Description | The ACL2 seminar focuses on the development and application of automated reasoning tools, especially the ACL2 theorem prover. ACL2 is both a programming language in which you can model computer systems and a tool to help you prove properties of those models, and is part of the Boyer-Moore family of provers, for which its authors have received the 2005 ACM Software System Award. Typically, the seminar begins with a “round table”, which is a free-form discussion based on questions and replies on a variety of topics such as existing work and ACL2 usage questions. A prepared talk is then given. There is a tradition of encouraging questions and welcoming newcomers. |
Meets | Most Wednesdays at 4:00-5:45 pm in MAI 2014 (20th floor of Tower) |
Faculty & Research Scientists | Warren Hunt], [https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~moore/ J Moore], [https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~kaufmann/ Matt Kaufmann], [https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~sandip/ Sandip Ray], [https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~byoung/ Bill Young |
More info | https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~moore/acl2/seminar |
Last Active | Spring 2011 |
Description | We discuss topics such as convex hull computation, triangulation, voronoi diagrams, arrangements, data structures, art gallery problems, interpolation, etc. |
Meets | Fridays from 2pm - 3pm in ACES 5.444 |
Organizer | [mailto:edwardsj@cs.utexas.edu John Edwards] |
More info | https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~edwardsj/cgrg/ |
Last Active | Spring 2011 |
Description | We explore integrations of various areas of AI such as vision, natural language processing, machine learning, robotics, etc with particular emphasis on language learning with the aid of perceptual data. |
Meets | Every other Thursday 4-5pm in ENS 32NEA |
Faculty | Raymond J. Mooney], [https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~grauman Kristen Grauman], [https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~risto Risto Miikkulainen], [https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~kuipers Benjamin Kuipers], [http://comp.ling.utexas.edu/jbaldrid/ Jason Baldridge], [http://comp.ling.utexas.edu/erk/ Katrin Erk], [https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~dana Dana H. Ballard |
More info | https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~ml/clamp/ |
Last Active | Spring 2011 |
Description | This is a student-run reading group (with food) aimed at reading current papers on RL. |
Meets | Every other Monday at noon, in ENS 32NEA (unless otherwise noted) |
Faculty & Research Scientists | Peter Stone |
More info | https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shivaram/rlreadinggroup/ |
Last Active | Spring 2011 |
Description | This student-run reading group focuses on methods and algorithms that allow computational agents to learn from human teachers via natural modes of communication (“natural” will be more of a goal than a full constraint). Specifically, this can include learning from advice, demonstration, or reinforcement. |
Meets | Typically every other Wednesday at 3:30-5:00 pm, in the conference room of ENS 32NE |
More info | https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~bradknox/ALHReadingGroup |
Last Active | Spring 2010 |
Description | Topics covered are recent results in algorithms and complexity theory. Presentations are sometimes by visitors, or faculty as well as students. New students are welcome and can join any time during the semester. |
Meets | Every Friday at 11:00 am-12:00 pm, in ACES 3.408 |
Faculty | Anna Gal], [https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~klivans/ Adam Klivans], [https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~plaxton/ Greg Plaxton], [https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~vlr/ Vijaya Ramachandran], [https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~diz/ David Zuckerman |
More info | Please subscribe to the [mailto:algorithms@cs.utexas.edu algorithms@cs] mailing list for information on the scheduling of talks as well as for announcements regarding upcoming talks. |
Last Active | Spring 2010 |
Description | |
Meets | Every Tuesday at 3:30-4:30 pm, in ACES 6.256 |
Organizer | Alex Tang |
More info | |
Last Active | Spring 2010 |
Description | We read and discuss papers in the areas of computer vision and machine learning. |
Meets | Every other Friday at 4:00-5:00 pm, in ACES 6.442 |
Faculty | Kristen Grauman |
More info | http://users.ece.utexas.edu/~ylee/vision/ |
Last Active | Spring 2010 |
Description | We read papers on developmental robotics and bootstrap learning. This reading group is starting this semester, so new people are welcome and encouraged to attend. |
Meets | Every Tuesday at 2:00-3:00 pm, in ENS 32 |
More info | http://z.cs.utexas.edu/wiki/robot.wiki |
Last Active | Spring 2010 |
Description | This is a student-run reading group (with food) aimed at reading current and/or seminal papers about Evolutionary Computation |
Meets | Every other Thursday at 10:30-11:30 am, in ENS 31NM (unless otherwise noted) |
Organizer | [mailto:julian@cs.utexas.edu Julian Bishop] |
More info | http://userweb.cs.utexas.edu/~julian/ecrg |
Last Active | Spring 2010 |
Description | Gnofai is a student reading group where we discuss interesting machine learning concepts and their relevance to research. The format is very informal, with student run discussions on papers and tutorials. |
Meets | Fridays from 1pm - 2pm in ACES 5.444 |
Organizer | [mailto:sanmi.k@mail.utexas.edu] |
More info | https://utlists.utexas.edu/sympa/subscribe/GNOFAI |
Last Active | Fall 2010 |
Description | We discuss the cutting edge research papers on variety of graphics topics ranging from real-time rendering to physically based simulation, character animation, graphics hardware, modeling, surface representation/acquisition, photorealistic rendering, etc. |
Meets | Every Friday at 3:00-4:00 pm, in ACES 6.116 |
Faculty | Don Fussell |
More info | Our site is http://triangle.csres.utexas.edu/gps/ but the wiki is password protected. |
Last Active | Spring 2010 |
Description | We read and discuss papers in the area of data mining. |
Meets | Every other Wednesday at 10:00-11:00 pm, in ACES 3.116 |
Faculty | Inderjit S. Dhillon, |
More info | Linear Algebra and Data Mining Reading Group |
Last Active | Spring 2010 |
Description | For those involved with the DARPA Machine Reading Project |
Meets | Every other Tuesday at 3:30-4:30 pm, in ACES 5.116 |
Faculty & Research Scientists | Bruce Porter], [https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~kbarker/ Ken Barker], [https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~mooney/ Raymond J. Mooney |
Organizers | Doo Soon Kim], [https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~sindhu/ Sindhu Raghavan |
More info | https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~onue5/mrp-reading.html , http://groups.google.com/group/ut-mrp (requires approval) |
Last Active | Fall 2010 |
Description | We read and discuss papers in the intersection of Matrix Algebra and Statistical AI. |
Meets | Every other Wednesday at 10:00-11:00 pm, in ACES 3.116 |
Faculty | Inderjit S. Dhillon], [https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~pradeepr/ Pradeep Ravikumar |
More info | Matrix and Statistical AI Reading Group |
Last Active | Spring 2010 |
Description | We explore and discuss papers in the area of natural language acquisition and learning. |
Meets | Every other Friday at 3:00-4:00 pm, in PAR 10 |
Faculty | Raymond J. Mooney], [http://comp.ling.utexas.edu/jbaldrid/ Jason Baldridge], [http://comp.ling.utexas.edu/erk/ Katrin Erk], [http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/~ml/ Matt Lease |
Organizer | Leif Johnson |
More info | http://comp.ling.utexas.edu/nll, http://groups.google.com/group/ut-nll (restricted access) |
Last Active | Fall 2010 |
Description | The Programming Languages lunch offers a chance for current PL students, as well as students interested in PL topics, to discuss current research. Weekly presentations will be on recent papers or ongoing work by students in the department. Occasionally, outside speakers will be invited to present. New students are welcome. Lunch provided. |
Meets | Every Monday at noon-1:00 pm, in TAY 3.128 (unless otherwise noted) |
Faculty | Keshav Pingali], [https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~mckinley/ Kathryn McKinley], [https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~wcook/ William Cook], [https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~lin/ Calvin Lin |
More info | http://z.cs.utexas.edu/wiki/speedway.wiki/PLLunch |
Last Active | Spring 2010 |
Description | The Programming Languages Reading Group reads and discusses PL papers at a one-hour weekly meeting. See the Wiki page for topics. |
Meets | Every Wednesday at 11:00 am-noon, in ACES 5.116 (unless otherwise noted) |
Faculty | William Cook |
More info | http://z.cs.utexas.edu/wiki/speedway.wiki/PLReadingGroup |
Last Active | Spring 2010 |
Description | This is a group that aims to develop synergies between Systems and AI with the goal of making computer systems more able to self-configure, self-diagnose failures, self-repair, etc. |
Meets | Every other Tuesday at 11:00 am-noon, in ACES 2.404B |
Faculty | Emmett Witchel], [https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~pstone/ Peter Stone], [https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~mooney/ Ray Mooney], [https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~yzhang/ Yin Zhang], [https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~dahlin/ Mike Dahlin], [https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~mckinley/ Kathryn McKinley], [https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~browne/ J.C. Browne], [https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/ Vitaly Shmatikov |
More info | https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~ml/cogsys |
Last Active | Fall 2007 |
Description | We read and discuss papers in the area of data mining. See https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~ml/dm/ for details. |
Meets | See schedule, often Tuesdays 3:00-4:00 pm, in ACES 2.402. |
Faculty | Raymond J. Mooney], [https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~inderjit/ Inderjit S. Dhillon], [http://www.ideal.ece.utexas.edu/~ghosh/ Joydeep Ghosh], [http://comp.ling.utexas.edu/jbaldrid/ Jason Michael Baldridge |
More info | https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~ml/dm/ |
Last Active | Spring 2009 |
Description | In this reading, we are looking for the current issues and techniques related to the software debugging. At the beginning, we will focus on the concurrency bugs including both data race and atomicity violation. Note that we do not limit our interest to the concurrency problems. |
Meets | Every other Thursday at 3:00 pm-4:00 pm, in ACES 2.444 |
Faculty | Kathryn McKinley |
More info | https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~speedway/meetingwiki/wiki.scgi?DebugReadingGroup |
Last Active | Spring 2007 |
Description | We read papers on general issues of AI, Knowledge Representation and Reasoning, and Natural Language Processing. Newcomers are always welcomed. |
Meets | Every other Tuesday at 4:00-5:00 pm, location varies |
Faculty & Research Scientists | Bruce Porter], [https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~kbarker/ Ken Barker |
More info | https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~sudipta/krr |
Last Active | Fall 2007 |
“Subsumed by the Data Mining group as of Fall 2008.”
Description | This is a reading group connected with a DARPA grant on transfer learning. We read papers devoted to this topic. |
Meets | Every other Friday at 10:00-11:00 am, in ACES 6.444 |
Faculty | Peter Stone], [https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~mooney/ Ray Mooney |
More info | https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~lilyanam/TL/ or email mtaylor |
Last Active | Spring 2007 |
Description | This is a seminar in theoretical computer science run by students. Anyone is welcome to attend the seminar, though the talks will mostly be given by students. |
Meets | Every Monday at 4:00-5:00 pm (see Web site for details) |
Faculty | Adam Klivans], [https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~diz/ David Zuckerman], [https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~panni/ Anna Gal |
More info | Please use this website] or subscribe to the [mailto:algorithms@cs.utexas.edu algorithms@cs mailing list for information on the scheduling of talks as well as for announcements regarding upcoming talks. |
Last Active | Spring 2007 |
Description | The purpose of this reading group is to look at security and privacy-related applications of (broadly defined) information-theoretic techniques, including extractors and error-correcting codes. |
Meets | Every other Monday at 2:00-3:00 pm, location varies |
Faculty | Vitaly Shmatikov], [https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~panni/ Anna Gal], [https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~diz/ David Zuckerman |
More info | https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~arvindn/itty.html |
Last Active | Fall 2006 |
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