Events and Activities

Explore current and upcoming events and activities happening at the Institute for Advanced Study.

Mar
10
2025

Computer Science/Discrete Mathematics Seminar I

Simulating Time With Square-Root Space
Ryan Williams
10:30am|Simonyi Hall 101 and Remote Access

We show that for all functions $t(n) \geq n$, every multitape Turing machine running in time $t$ can be simulated in space only $O(\sqrt{t \log t})$. This is a substantial improvement over Hopcroft, Paul, and Valiant's simulation of time $t$ in $O(t...

Mar
11
2025

Computer Science/Discrete Mathematics Seminar II

On the Complexity of Isomorphism Problems for Tensors, Groups, Polynomials, and Algebras
10:30am|Simonyi 101 and Remote Access

Two matrices are called equivalent if one can be transformed into the other by multiplying with invertible matrices on the left and right. Extending this idea to 3-tensors, it is natural to define two 3-tensors as isomorphic if they can be...

Mar
17
2025

Computer Science/Discrete Mathematics Seminar I

A Zero-Knowledge PCP Theorem
Nicholas Spooner
10:30am|Simonyi Hall 101 and Remote Access

Two central results in modern complexity theory can be summed up as follows:

  1. Everything provable is provable in zero knowledge (NP ⊆ CZK); and
  2. Everything provable is locally checkable (NP = PCP[log n, 1]).

In a pair of recent works, we show how to...

Mar
24
2025

Computer Science/Discrete Mathematics Seminar I

Efficiency, Resilience, and Artificial Intelligence
Moshe Y. Vardi
10:30am|Simonyi Hall 101 and Remote Access

In both computer science and economics, efficiency is a cherished property. The field of algorithms is almost solely focused on their efficiency. The goal of AI research is to increase efficiency by reducing human labor.  In economics, the main...