The Program in Cultures, Civilizations, and Ideas is pleased to announce an upcoming talk by Dr. Emily Glider entitled: “How Chances It They Travel?”: Mapping Itinerant Theater in Early Modern Europe. There will be refreshments served. We look forward to seeing you there. Date: Monday, February 24 Time: 12.30-13.30 Location: […]
CCI Seminar: “’How Chances It They Travel?’: Mapping Itinerant Theater in Early Modern Europe”, Emily Glider, 12:30Noon February 24 2025 (EN)
MATH Seminar: “Mathematical Foundations of DeepSeek: A Reinforcement Learning Perspective”, Berkay Anahtarcı, 5:00PM February 24 2025 (EN)
You are cordially invited to the Analysis Seminar organized by the Department of Mathematics. Speaker: Berkay Anahtarcı (Özyeğin University) “Mathematical Foundations of DeepSeek: A Reinforcement Learning Perspective.” Abstract: This talk explores the mathematical foundations of DeepSeek R1, an RL-only model designed for complex reasoning. Unlike traditional supervised fine-tuning, DeepSeek R1 […]
UNAM Seminar: “Optimizing the Information Content of Coherent Light”, Allard P. Mosk, 11:00AM February 26 2025 (EN)
You are cordially invited to UNAM Nanocolloquium seminars focusing on advancements in the field of nanoscience and nanotechnology. The seminars bring us the most recent developments in these exciting fields. This week’s talk will be presented by Prof. Allard P. Mosk (Utrecht University). Nanocolloquium series Title: Optimizing the information content […]
CHEM Seminar: “Bridging Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Catalysis Through MOF Support Platforms”, Sherzod T. Madrahimov, 12:30Noon February 25 2025 (EN)
You are cordially invited to attend the seminar organized by the Department of Chemistry. Title: Bridging homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis through MOF support platforms. Speaker: Sherzod T. Madrahimov Associate Professor of Chemistry, Division of Liberal Arts and Sciences Assistant Director, Texas A&M University at Qatar Date: February 25, 2025, Tuesday […]
Concert: “In Memory of İhsan Doğramacı”, Bilkent Concert Hall, 8:00PM February 25 2024
25 February 2025, 20.00 | Bilkent Concert Hall In Memory of İhsan Doğramacı Gürer Aykal, conductor Eda Öncül, piano W. A. Mozart | Piano Concerto No.20 L. van Beethoven | Symphony No.8 For tickets: https://ticket.bilkent.edu.tr/ Tel: 03122901775 (every weekday 15:00-17:00) http://bso.bilkent.edu.tr https://www.facebook.com/BilkentSymphonyOrchestra/ https://www.instagram.com/bilkentsymphony/?hl=tr
MATH Seminar: “The homotopy theory of gauge groups of 4-dimensional manifolds”, Tseleung So, 1:00PM February 26 2025 (EN)
You are cordially invited to the seminar organized by the Department of Mathematics. Speaker: Tseleung So (University of Southampton, UK) “The homotopy theory of gauge groups of 4-dimensional manifolds” Abstract: Gauge groups, originating from physics, are topological groups describing local symmetries that preserve Lagrangians and are closely linked to hot […]
MATH Seminar: “Finite Analogs of Questions in Fractal Geometry”, Ben Lund, 3:00PM February 26 2025 (EN)
You are cordially invited to the seminar organized by the Department of Mathematics. Speaker: Ben Lund (Institute for Basic Science, South Korea) “Finite analogs of questions in fractal geometry” Abstract: In 1999, Thomas Wolff proposed a combinatorial analog to the Kakeya conjecture, which is a problem in fractal geometry that […]
ELIT Seminar: “’It Will Be Like a Statue,’ or: Place and Utopia in London’s Theaters”, Madeleine Read, 5:30PM February 26 2025 (EN)
You are cordially invited to a talk by Madeleine Read (University of California, Irvine) hosted by the Department of English Language and Literature. Date: Wednesday, February 26 Time: 5:30 pm (Reception starts at 5 pm) Room: H 232 Title: “It Will Be Like a Statue,” or: Place and Utopia in […]
MATH Seminar: “Breakdown of Observability in Networks”, Onur Ege Erden, 4:30PM February 27 2025 (EN)
You are cordially invited to the Graduate Mathematics Seminar Series organized by the Department of Mathematics. Speaker: Onur Ege Erden (Bilkent) “Breakdown of observability in networks” Abstract: We will consider the observability of networks under linear dynamics. Specifically, we will investigate when the observability breaks down. In this investigation, we […]
EE Seminar: “Beyond Pretraining Loss: Evaluating Value of Pretraining Data for Large Language Models at Scale”, Berivan Işık, 7:00PM February 27 2025 (EN)
EEE 591/592 Seminar: Beyond Pretraining Loss: Evaluating Value of Pretraining Data for Large Language Models at Scale Berivan Işık, PhD Google Date/Time: Thursday, February 27, 2025 – 19:00-20:00 TSI Place: Zoom This is an online seminar. To request event details please send a message to department. Abstract: The performance of […]