Morning Session

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM: Pre-Session

Coffee and Light Refreshments

9:00 AM – 9:05 AM: Welcome & Opening Remarks

9:05 AM – 9:50 AM: Talk 1

Title: Algorithmic Techniques for Optimal Collective Communication in Data Center Networks

Speaker: David Shmoys (Cornell University)

9:55 AM – 10:30 AM: Talk 2

Title: Communication Complexity of Load Balancing

Speaker: Aaron Bernstein (NYU Tandon School of Engineering)

10:30 AM – 11:00 AM: Coffee Break

11:00 AM – 11:35 AM: Talk 3

Title: Good, Better, Best: Combinatorial Optimization via Comparisons

Speaker: Anupam Gupta (New York University)

11:40 AM – 12:15 PM: Talk 4

Title: Approximating Gene Regulatory Pathways from Non-sequential Data for the Design of Basket Trials

Speaker: Pratik Worah (Google)

Box Lunch Break (12:15 PM - 1:15 PM)

Afternoon Session

1:15 PM – 1:50 PM: Talk 5

Title: Scheduling Influence: Back-bone Aware Advising and Optimizing Human Potential

Speaker: Nouri Sakr (The American University in Cairo)

1:55 PM – 2:30 PM: Talk 6

Title: Speed Predictions for Energy-Efficient Scheduling

Speaker: Eric Balkanski  (Columbia University)

2:35 PM – 3:10 PM: Talk 7

Title: Matroid Intersection Covering

Speaker: Kirk Pruhs (University of Pittsburgh)

3:10 PM – 3:40 PM: Coffee Break

3:45 PM – 5:00 PM: Reflections on Cliff

5:00 PM – 5:30 PM: Cliff's Final Comments

Group Dinner

6:00 PM: Dinner at Serafina (Must have purchased ticket by Friday 03/13)

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Directions

The Columbia campus on Morningside Heights is located at Broadway and 116th Street in Manhattan.

Public Transportation: Take subway line number 1 local to 116th Street station.

Parking: You may park on the street or use the local parking garages. The 512-520 Garage is located at the corner of 112th Street and Amsterdam; the Riverside Church Parking Garage is located on 120th Street between Claremont Avenue and Riverside Drive.