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October 2025

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11:00 am to 12:00 pm 6.C06J / 18.C06J Linear Algebra and Optimization Ankur Moitra
 
 
 
 
1:00 pm to 2:30 pm 18.434 Seminar in Theoretical Computer Science Jonathan Kelner
 
 
1:00 pm to 2:30 pm 6.5620J / 18.425J Cryptography & Cryptanalysis Yael Tauman Kalai
 
 
2:30 pm to 4:00 pm 6.5220J / 18.416J Randomized Algorithms David Karger
 
 
2:30 pm to 4:00 pm 6.S896 Algorithmic Statistics Samuel Hopkins
 
 
3:00 pm to 4:30 pm 18.338 Eigenvalues of Random Matrices Alan Edelman
 
 
4:00 pm to 5:00 pm Faster Mixing of the Jerrum-Sinclair Chain
Xiaoyu Chen (LIDS)
 
 
11:00 am to 12:30 pm 6.1210 Introduction to Algorithms Brynmor Chapman, Henry Corrigan-Gibbs, Srinivas Devadas, Will Leiserson
 
 
11:00 am to 12:30 pm 6.1220J / 18.410J Design and Analysis of Algorithms Charles Leiserson, Srinivasan Raghuraman, Virginia Vassilevska Williams
 
 
11:00 am to 12:30 pm 6.5060 Algorithm Engineering Julian Shun
 
 
11:00 am to 12:30 pm 6.5250J / 18.437J Distributed Algorithms Mohsen Ghaffari
 
 
11:00 am to 12:30 pm 6.5430 Quantum Complexity Theory Anand Natarajan
 
 
11:00 am to 12:30 pm 6.S890 Topics in Multiagent Learning Costis Daskalakis
 
 
1:00 pm to 2:30 pm 18.424 Seminar in Information Theory Peter Shor
 
 
2:30 pm to 4:00 pm 6.1200J / 18.062J Mathematics for Computer Science Zachary Abel, Erik Demaine, Ronitt Rubinfeld
 
 
2:30 pm to 4:00 pm 6.5400J / 18.404/4041J Theory of Computation Michael Sipser
 
 
4:00 pm to 5:00 pm 6.UARJ / 2.UARJ Preparation for UG Research Piotr Indyk
 
 
11:00 am to 12:00 pm 6.C06J / 18.C06J Linear Algebra and Optimization Ankur Moitra
 
 
2:30 pm to 4:00 pm 6.5220J / 18.416J Randomized Algorithms David Karger
 
 
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11:00 am to 12:00 pm 6.C06J / 18.C06J Linear Algebra and Optimization Ankur Moitra
 
 
 
 
1:00 pm to 2:30 pm 18.434 Seminar in Theoretical Computer Science Jonathan Kelner
 
 
1:00 pm to 2:30 pm 6.5620J / 18.425J Cryptography & Cryptanalysis Yael Tauman Kalai
 
 
2:30 pm to 4:00 pm 6.5220J / 18.416J Randomized Algorithms David Karger
 
 
2:30 pm to 4:00 pm 6.S896 Algorithmic Statistics Samuel Hopkins
 
 
3:00 pm to 4:30 pm 18.338 Eigenvalues of Random Matrices Alan Edelman
 
 
11:00 am to 12:30 pm 6.1210 Introduction to Algorithms Brynmor Chapman, Henry Corrigan-Gibbs, Srinivas Devadas, Will Leiserson
 
 
11:00 am to 12:30 pm 6.1220J / 18.410J Design and Analysis of Algorithms Charles Leiserson, Srinivasan Raghuraman, Virginia Vassilevska Williams
 
 
11:00 am to 12:30 pm 6.5060 Algorithm Engineering Julian Shun
 
 
11:00 am to 12:30 pm 6.5250J / 18.437J Distributed Algorithms Mohsen Ghaffari
 
 
11:00 am to 12:30 pm 6.5430 Quantum Complexity Theory Anand Natarajan
 
 
11:00 am to 12:30 pm 6.S890 Topics in Multiagent Learning Costis Daskalakis
 
 
1:00 pm to 2:30 pm 18.424 Seminar in Information Theory Peter Shor
 
 
2:30 pm to 4:00 pm 6.1200J / 18.062J Mathematics for Computer Science Zachary Abel, Erik Demaine, Ronitt Rubinfeld
 
 
2:30 pm to 4:00 pm 6.5400J / 18.404/4041J Theory of Computation Michael Sipser
 
 
4:15 pm to 5:15 pm On Beck-Fiala and Komlós Conjectures
Nikhil Bansal (University of Michigan)
 
 
11:00 am to 12:00 pm 6.C06J / 18.C06J Linear Algebra and Optimization Ankur Moitra
 
 
 
 
1:00 pm to 2:30 pm 18.434 Seminar in Theoretical Computer Science Jonathan Kelner
 
 
1:00 pm to 2:30 pm 6.5620J / 18.425J Cryptography & Cryptanalysis Yael Tauman Kalai
 
 
2:30 pm to 4:00 pm 6.5220J / 18.416J Randomized Algorithms David Karger
 
 
2:30 pm to 4:00 pm 6.S896 Algorithmic Statistics Samuel Hopkins
 
 
3:00 pm to 4:30 pm 18.338 Eigenvalues of Random Matrices Alan Edelman
 
 
11:00 am to 12:30 pm 6.1210 Introduction to Algorithms Brynmor Chapman, Henry Corrigan-Gibbs, Srinivas Devadas, Will Leiserson
 
 
11:00 am to 12:30 pm 6.1220J / 18.410J Design and Analysis of Algorithms Charles Leiserson, Srinivasan Raghuraman, Virginia Vassilevska Williams
 
 
11:00 am to 12:30 pm 6.5060 Algorithm Engineering Julian Shun
 
 
11:00 am to 12:30 pm 6.5250J / 18.437J Distributed Algorithms Mohsen Ghaffari
 
 
11:00 am to 12:30 pm 6.5430 Quantum Complexity Theory Anand Natarajan
 
 
11:00 am to 12:30 pm 6.S890 Topics in Multiagent Learning Costis Daskalakis
 
 
1:00 pm to 2:30 pm 18.424 Seminar in Information Theory Peter Shor
 
 
2:30 pm to 4:00 pm 6.1200J / 18.062J Mathematics for Computer Science Zachary Abel, Erik Demaine, Ronitt Rubinfeld
 
 
2:30 pm to 4:00 pm 6.5400J / 18.404/4041J Theory of Computation Michael Sipser
 
 
4:00 pm to 5:00 pm 6.UARJ / 2.UARJ Preparation for UG Research Piotr Indyk
 
 
10:30 am to 12:00 pm The Sponge is Quantum Indifferentiable
Joseph Carolan (University of Maryland)
 
 
11:00 am to 12:00 pm 6.C06J / 18.C06J Linear Algebra and Optimization Ankur Moitra
 
 
2:30 pm to 4:00 pm 6.5220J / 18.416J Randomized Algorithms David Karger
 
 
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11:00 am to 12:30 pm 6.1210 Introduction to Algorithms Brynmor Chapman, Henry Corrigan-Gibbs, Srinivas Devadas, Will Leiserson
 
 
11:00 am to 12:30 pm 6.1220J / 18.410J Design and Analysis of Algorithms Charles Leiserson, Srinivasan Raghuraman, Virginia Vassilevska Williams
 
 
11:00 am to 12:30 pm 6.5060 Algorithm Engineering Julian Shun
 
 
11:00 am to 12:30 pm 6.5250J / 18.437J Distributed Algorithms Mohsen Ghaffari
 
 
11:00 am to 12:30 pm 6.5430 Quantum Complexity Theory Anand Natarajan
 
 
11:00 am to 12:30 pm 6.S890 Topics in Multiagent Learning Costis Daskalakis
 
 
1:00 pm to 2:30 pm 18.424 Seminar in Information Theory Peter Shor
 
 
2:30 pm to 4:00 pm 6.1200J / 18.062J Mathematics for Computer Science Zachary Abel, Erik Demaine, Ronitt Rubinfeld
 
 
2:30 pm to 4:00 pm 6.5400J / 18.404/4041J Theory of Computation Michael Sipser
 
 
4:15 pm to 5:15 pm Introducing Algorithmic Thinking Theory for Foundation Models
Vincent Cohen-Addad (Google Research)
 
 
11:00 am to 12:00 pm 6.C06J / 18.C06J Linear Algebra and Optimization Ankur Moitra
 
 
 
 
1:00 pm to 2:30 pm 18.434 Seminar in Theoretical Computer Science Jonathan Kelner
 
 
1:00 pm to 2:30 pm 6.5620J / 18.425J Cryptography & Cryptanalysis Yael Tauman Kalai
 
 
2:30 pm to 4:00 pm 6.5220J / 18.416J Randomized Algorithms David Karger
 
 
2:30 pm to 4:00 pm 6.S896 Algorithmic Statistics Samuel Hopkins
 
 
3:00 pm to 4:30 pm 18.338 Eigenvalues of Random Matrices Alan Edelman
 
 
4:00 pm to 5:00 pm Quality Control on Random Graphs in Sublinear Time
Cassandra Marcussen (Harvard)
 
 
11:00 am to 12:30 pm 6.1210 Introduction to Algorithms Brynmor Chapman, Henry Corrigan-Gibbs, Srinivas Devadas, Will Leiserson
 
 
11:00 am to 12:30 pm 6.1220J / 18.410J Design and Analysis of Algorithms Charles Leiserson, Srinivasan Raghuraman, Virginia Vassilevska Williams
 
 
11:00 am to 12:30 pm 6.5060 Algorithm Engineering Julian Shun
 
 
11:00 am to 12:30 pm 6.5250J / 18.437J Distributed Algorithms Mohsen Ghaffari
 
 
11:00 am to 12:30 pm 6.5430 Quantum Complexity Theory Anand Natarajan
 
 
11:00 am to 12:30 pm 6.S890 Topics in Multiagent Learning Costis Daskalakis
 
 
1:00 pm to 2:30 pm 18.424 Seminar in Information Theory Peter Shor
 
 
2:30 pm to 4:00 pm 6.1200J / 18.062J Mathematics for Computer Science Zachary Abel, Erik Demaine, Ronitt Rubinfeld
 
 
2:30 pm to 4:00 pm 6.5400J / 18.404/4041J Theory of Computation Michael Sipser
 
 
4:00 pm to 5:00 pm 6.UARJ / 2.UARJ Preparation for UG Research Piotr Indyk
 
 
10:30 am to 12:00 pm Parallel Repetition for Post-Quantum Arguments
Andrew Huang (CSAIL, EECS)
 
 
11:00 am to 12:00 pm 6.C06J / 18.C06J Linear Algebra and Optimization Ankur Moitra
 
 
2:30 pm to 4:00 pm 6.5220J / 18.416J Randomized Algorithms David Karger
 
 
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11:00 am to 12:00 pm 6.C06J / 18.C06J Linear Algebra and Optimization Ankur Moitra
 
 
 
 
1:00 pm to 2:30 pm 18.434 Seminar in Theoretical Computer Science Jonathan Kelner
 
 
1:00 pm to 2:30 pm 6.5620J / 18.425J Cryptography & Cryptanalysis Yael Tauman Kalai
 
 
2:30 pm to 4:00 pm 6.5220J / 18.416J Randomized Algorithms David Karger
 
 
2:30 pm to 4:00 pm 6.S896 Algorithmic Statistics Samuel Hopkins
 
 
3:00 pm to 4:30 pm 18.338 Eigenvalues of Random Matrices Alan Edelman
 
 
4:00 pm to 5:00 pm Memory as a lens to understand learning and optimization
Vatsal Sharan (USC)
 
 
11:00 am to 12:30 pm 6.1210 Introduction to Algorithms Brynmor Chapman, Henry Corrigan-Gibbs, Srinivas Devadas, Will Leiserson
 
 
11:00 am to 12:30 pm 6.1220J / 18.410J Design and Analysis of Algorithms Charles Leiserson, Srinivasan Raghuraman, Virginia Vassilevska Williams
 
 
11:00 am to 12:30 pm 6.5060 Algorithm Engineering Julian Shun
 
 
11:00 am to 12:30 pm 6.5250J / 18.437J Distributed Algorithms Mohsen Ghaffari
 
 
11:00 am to 12:30 pm 6.5430 Quantum Complexity Theory Anand Natarajan
 
 
11:00 am to 12:30 pm 6.S890 Topics in Multiagent Learning Costis Daskalakis
 
 
1:00 pm to 2:30 pm 18.424 Seminar in Information Theory Peter Shor
 
 
2:30 pm to 4:00 pm 6.1200J / 18.062J Mathematics for Computer Science Zachary Abel, Erik Demaine, Ronitt Rubinfeld
 
 
2:30 pm to 4:00 pm 6.5400J / 18.404/4041J Theory of Computation Michael Sipser
 
 
11:00 am to 12:00 pm 6.C06J / 18.C06J Linear Algebra and Optimization Ankur Moitra
 
 
 
 
 
 
1:00 pm to 2:30 pm 18.434 Seminar in Theoretical Computer Science Jonathan Kelner
 
 
1:00 pm to 2:30 pm 6.5620J / 18.425J Cryptography & Cryptanalysis Yael Tauman Kalai
 
 
2:30 pm to 4:00 pm 6.5220J / 18.416J Randomized Algorithms David Karger
 
 
2:30 pm to 4:00 pm 6.S896 Algorithmic Statistics Samuel Hopkins
 
 
3:00 pm to 4:30 pm 18.338 Eigenvalues of Random Matrices Alan Edelman
 
 
 
 
11:00 am to 12:30 pm 6.1210 Introduction to Algorithms Brynmor Chapman, Henry Corrigan-Gibbs, Srinivas Devadas, Will Leiserson
 
 
11:00 am to 12:30 pm 6.1220J / 18.410J Design and Analysis of Algorithms Charles Leiserson, Srinivasan Raghuraman, Virginia Vassilevska Williams
 
 
11:00 am to 12:30 pm 6.5060 Algorithm Engineering Julian Shun
 
 
11:00 am to 12:30 pm 6.5250J / 18.437J Distributed Algorithms Mohsen Ghaffari
 
 
11:00 am to 12:30 pm 6.5430 Quantum Complexity Theory Anand Natarajan
 
 
11:00 am to 12:30 pm 6.S890 Topics in Multiagent Learning Costis Daskalakis
 
 
1:00 pm to 2:30 pm 18.424 Seminar in Information Theory Peter Shor
 
 
2:30 pm to 4:00 pm 6.1200J / 18.062J Mathematics for Computer Science Zachary Abel, Erik Demaine, Ronitt Rubinfeld
 
 
2:30 pm to 4:00 pm 6.5400J / 18.404/4041J Theory of Computation Michael Sipser
 
 
4:00 pm to 5:00 pm 6.UARJ / 2.UARJ Preparation for UG Research Piotr Indyk
 
 
11:00 am to 12:00 pm 6.C06J / 18.C06J Linear Algebra and Optimization Ankur Moitra
 
 
2:30 pm to 4:00 pm 6.5220J / 18.416J Randomized Algorithms David Karger
 
 
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11:00 am to 12:00 pm 6.C06J / 18.C06J Linear Algebra and Optimization Ankur Moitra
 
 
 
 
1:00 pm to 2:30 pm 18.434 Seminar in Theoretical Computer Science Jonathan Kelner
 
 
1:00 pm to 2:30 pm 6.5620J / 18.425J Cryptography & Cryptanalysis Yael Tauman Kalai
 
 
2:30 pm to 4:00 pm 6.5220J / 18.416J Randomized Algorithms David Karger
 
 
2:30 pm to 4:00 pm 6.S896 Algorithmic Statistics Samuel Hopkins
 
 
3:00 pm to 4:30 pm 18.338 Eigenvalues of Random Matrices Alan Edelman
 
 
11:00 am to 12:30 pm 6.1210 Introduction to Algorithms Brynmor Chapman, Henry Corrigan-Gibbs, Srinivas Devadas, Will Leiserson
 
 
11:00 am to 12:30 pm 6.1220J / 18.410J Design and Analysis of Algorithms Charles Leiserson, Srinivasan Raghuraman, Virginia Vassilevska Williams
 
 
11:00 am to 12:30 pm 6.5060 Algorithm Engineering Julian Shun
 
 
11:00 am to 12:30 pm 6.5250J / 18.437J Distributed Algorithms Mohsen Ghaffari
 
 
11:00 am to 12:30 pm 6.5430 Quantum Complexity Theory Anand Natarajan
 
 
11:00 am to 12:30 pm 6.S890 Topics in Multiagent Learning Costis Daskalakis
 
 
1:00 pm to 2:30 pm 18.424 Seminar in Information Theory Peter Shor
 
 
2:30 pm to 4:00 pm 6.1200J / 18.062J Mathematics for Computer Science Zachary Abel, Erik Demaine, Ronitt Rubinfeld
 
 
2:30 pm to 4:00 pm 6.5400J / 18.404/4041J Theory of Computation Michael Sipser
 
 
4:15 pm to 5:15 pm Redundancy is all you need (for CSP sparsification)
Venkat Guruswami (UC Berkeley, Simons Institute)
 
 
11:00 am to 12:00 pm 6.C06J / 18.C06J Linear Algebra and Optimization Ankur Moitra
 
 
 
 
1:00 pm to 2:30 pm 18.434 Seminar in Theoretical Computer Science Jonathan Kelner
 
 
1:00 pm to 2:30 pm 6.5620J / 18.425J Cryptography & Cryptanalysis Yael Tauman Kalai
 
 
2:30 pm to 4:00 pm 6.5220J / 18.416J Randomized Algorithms David Karger
 
 
2:30 pm to 4:00 pm 6.S896 Algorithmic Statistics Samuel Hopkins
 
 
3:00 pm to 4:30 pm 18.338 Eigenvalues of Random Matrices Alan Edelman
 
 
4:00 pm to 5:00 pm The Mysterious Query Complexity of Tarski Fixed Points
Yuhao Li (Columbia)
 
 
11:00 am to 12:30 pm 6.1210 Introduction to Algorithms Brynmor Chapman, Henry Corrigan-Gibbs, Srinivas Devadas, Will Leiserson
 
 
11:00 am to 12:30 pm 6.1220J / 18.410J Design and Analysis of Algorithms Charles Leiserson, Srinivasan Raghuraman, Virginia Vassilevska Williams
 
 
11:00 am to 12:30 pm 6.5060 Algorithm Engineering Julian Shun
 
 
11:00 am to 12:30 pm 6.5250J / 18.437J Distributed Algorithms Mohsen Ghaffari
 
 
11:00 am to 12:30 pm 6.5430 Quantum Complexity Theory Anand Natarajan
 
 
11:00 am to 12:30 pm 6.S890 Topics in Multiagent Learning Costis Daskalakis
 
 
1:00 pm to 2:30 pm 18.424 Seminar in Information Theory Peter Shor
 
 
2:30 pm to 4:00 pm 6.1200J / 18.062J Mathematics for Computer Science Zachary Abel, Erik Demaine, Ronitt Rubinfeld
 
 
2:30 pm to 4:00 pm 6.5400J / 18.404/4041J Theory of Computation Michael Sipser
 
 
4:00 pm to 5:00 pm 6.UARJ / 2.UARJ Preparation for UG Research Piotr Indyk
 
 
11:00 am to 12:00 pm 6.C06J / 18.C06J Linear Algebra and Optimization Ankur Moitra
 
 
2:30 pm to 4:00 pm 6.5220J / 18.416J Randomized Algorithms David Karger