« Three Decades of DIMACS: The Journey Continues
Three Decades of DIMACS: The Journey Continues
November 21, 2019 - November 22, 2019
Location:
The Heldrich Hotel & Conference Center
10 Livingston Avenue
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
https://www.theheldrich.com/directions/
Click here for map.
Organizer(s):
Tamra Carpenter, DIMACS
Fred Roberts, DIMACS
Contact(s):
Nicole Clark, DIMACS
CoRE Building
96 Frelinghuysen Road
Piscataway, NJ 08854
E: nicolec@dimacs.rutgers.edu
V: 848-445-5930
In 2019, both DIMACS and the National Science Foundation’s Science and Technology Centers program celebrate 30 years of operation and 30 years of defining and shaping modern research. In today’s dynamic research landscape, 30 years is a remarkable milestone, and one that we wish to celebrate in a major conference that looks to the future as it honors the past. Three Decades of DIMACS: The Journey Continues will take place on November 21-22 at the Heldrich Hotel & Conference Center in New Brunswick, NJ.
The conference will feature a wide range of speakers, at various stages of career, presenting their thoughts on current research and the most pressing challenges of the next decade and beyond. The conference will include research talks, panel discussions, and reflections by people who have engaged with DIMACS in different capacities and at different stages in their careers. It will visit familiar DIMACS themes in CS theory, machine learning, discrete mathematics, statistical physics, optimization, and mathematical and computational biology, among others, with an eye toward the future, and it will add more recent topics such as social responsibility in socio-technical systems and sustainability. It will also consider educational challenges in a rapidly changing world, broadening participation in computer science and mathematics, and it will explore the fundamental question of what the future role of centers will be in a virtually connected world.
We look forward to welcoming old friends and making new ones as we celebrate our center and its science.
Thursday, November 21, 2019
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Rance Cleaveland, National Science Foundation
Peter March, Rutgers University
Christopher Molloy, Rutgers University
Fred Roberts, DIMACS
DIMACS and Statistical Physics
Peter Winkler, Dartmouth College
Phase Transitions and Emergent Phenomena in Algorithms and Applications
Dana Randall, Georgia Institute of Technology
Break
David Banks, Duke University
A Farmed-wild Salmon Viral-linked Discrete-time ISA Disease Model
Abdul-Aziz Yakubu, Howard University
Michael Washington, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
Stochasticity and Penetrance in Cancer Predisposition Syndrome
Chang Chan, Rutgers University
Lunch
Increasing Women’s Participation in Computing
Rebecca Wright, Barnard College
From the Barrios of LA to UC-Davis: Latinas in STEM
Miriam Nuno, University of California, Davis
Toward Theoretical Understanding of Deep Learning
Sanjeev Arora, Princeton University and Institute for Advanced Study
Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics
Kostas Bekris, Rutgers University
Break
Remarks by Governor Phil Murphy (subject to change)
Participatory Sensing: From Ecosystems to Human Systems
Deborah Estrin, Cornell Tech
Panel on the Future of Centers
David Banks, Duke University
Deborah Estrin, Cornell Tech
Lou Gross, University of Tennessee
Grzegorz Rempala, Ohio State University
Vivek Shenoy, University of Pennsylvania
Jeannette Wing, Columbia University
Rebecca Wright, Barnard College
Reception
Conference Banquet
Dinner Presentation: ACM's New Effort in Computer Science and Law
Joan Feigenbaum, Yale University
Friday, November 22, 2019
Opening Remarks
Tamra Carpenter, DIMACS
Thu Nguyen, Rutgers University
30 Years of DM - Some Highlights from Personal Perspective
Jarik Nesetril, Charles University
Balanced and Unbalanced Split Graphs
Ann Trenk, Wellesley College
Introducing the AI & Ethics Topic
David Pennock, Microsoft Research
Between Individual and Group Fairness
Steven Wu, University of Minnesota
Break
Challenges in Theoretical Ecology for the Next Century
Simon Levin, Princeton University
When to Turn to Biology for Inspiration in Systems Design
Nina Fefferman, University of Tennessee
Kristina Adams, Cottey College
Margaret (Midge) Cozzens, DIMACS
Sol Garfunkel, COMAP
Jim Kupetz, Pittston High School
Martin Loebl, Charles University
Lara Pudwell, Valparaiso University
Martene Stanberry, Tennessee State University
Lunch with presentation of the Science Coalition Champion of Science Award to Congressman Frank Pallone
Panel on Security Applications
Daniel DeLorenzi, MetLife Stadium
Dennis Egan, CCICADA
Lila Ghemri, Texas Southern University
Bradford Greening, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
Paul Kantor, Rutgers University (retired)
Asamoah Nkwanta, Morgan State University
Warren Powell, Princeton University
William (Al) Wallace, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)
The Traveling Salesman Problem: Postcards from the Edge of Impossibility
Bill Cook, Johns Hopkins University
Break
Inspiration from my REU at DIMACS
Ryan Williams, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Metacomplexity or the Complexity of Complexity
Eric Allender, Rutgers University
Closing Reception
This event is currently by invitation, but you can request an invitation. To request an invitation, please send email to Tami Carpenter using this link. With your request, please describe your interest in attending as well as any current or past connections with DIMACS.
Parking is available at the Morris Street Parking Deck, which is located at 70 New Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901. This is about a block from the hotel entrance and a two or three minute walk. Valet parking is also available at the hotel entrance.
DIMACS gratefully acknowledges support from the Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences and from the National Science Foundation under grant number CCF-1939862.