The Eleventh Israel

CS Theory Day

Tuesday, December 11th, 2018

The Open University Campus, 1 University Road, Ra'anana

Schedule

10:00-10:45 Welcome reception, refreshments

10:45-11:05 Greetings

Moran Feldman, The Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, The Open University of Israel

Mimi Ajzenstadt, President, The Open University of Israel

Session 1, Chair: Tamir Tassa, The Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, The Open University of Israel

11:05-11:55 Auction Design under Interdependent Values
Michal Feldman, Tel-Aviv University

11:55-12:45 Maximizing Submodular Functions via MWU
Chandra Chekuri, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

12:45-13:45 Lunch

Session 2, Chair: Manor Mendel, The Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, The Open University of Israel

13:45-14:35 Capacity-achieving Locally List Decodable Codes
Noga Ron-Zewi, Haifa University

14:35-15:25 Pricing in Dynamic Settings with Selfish and Inconsiderate Agents
Amos Fiat, Tel-Aviv University

15:25-15:40 Afternoon break

Session 3, Chair: Leonid Barenboim, The Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, The Open University of Israel

15:40-16:30 Distributed Computing Made Secure - A Graph Theoretic Approach
Merav Parter, Weizmann Institute

16:30-17:20 The Information Theory of Deep Learning - Rethinking Large Scale Learning Theory
Naftali (Tali) Tishby, The Hebrew University

* Conference will conclude at 17:20