*All seminars held in 5130 Upson Hall at 4:00 pm unless otherwise noted*
| Date & Time | Speaker | Title | Host |
| January 23, 2012 | Andrew V. Goldberg, Microsoft Research | David Shmoys | |
January 30, 2012 ***Please note - special time and place - 2:30 pm in Upson 315**** |
Ran Canetti , Boston Univ.
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Program Obfuscation: A cryptographic Viewpoint | Rafael Pass
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| February 6, 2012 | Flavio Chierichetti , Cornell University |
Rafael Pass | |
| February 13, 2012 | Laszlo Vegh, Georgia Institute of Technology |
Eva Tardos | |
| February 20, 2012 | Hyung-Chan An, Cornell University |
Improving Christofides' Algorithm for the s-t Path TSP | Robert Kleinberg |
| February 27, 2012 | Mohammad Mahmoody-Ghidary, Cornell University | The Curious Case of Non-Interactive Commitments | Rafael Pass |
| March 5, 2012 | no seminar: PhD visit day |
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| March 12, 2012 | Silvio Micali, Ford Professor of Engineering, CSAIL, MIT |
Knightian Auctions | Rafael PAss |
| March 19, 2012 | No Seminar - Spring Break | ||
March 26, 2012 |
Renato Paes Leme, Cornell University |
Eva Tardos | |
| April 2, 2012 | Ola Svenssen, EPFL | David Shmoys | |
| April 9, 2012 | Ashwinkumar Badanidiyuru, Cornell Univeristy | Approximating Low-Dimensional Coverage Problems | Robert Kleinberg |
| April 16, 2012 | Tim Novikoff, Cornell University | Education of a Model Student | Robert Kleinberg |
| April 23, 2012 | Vasilis Syrgkanis, Cornell University | Efficiency in Sequential Auctions | Eva Tardos |
| April 30, 2012 | Faith Ellen, University of Toronto
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A Little Advice can be Very Helpful | Robert Kleinberg |
| May 3, 2012 | Shuchi Chawla, University of Wisconsin | Bayesian mechanisms for scheduling | Eva Tardos |
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