Spring 2026
| Date | Title | Presenter | Resources |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 16th 2026 |
Bayesian Inference
presentation |
Dr. Pingali |
📊 Slides |
| January 23rd 2026 |
Autonomous Discovery of Sorting Networks with Deep Reinforcement Learning
presentation |
Aryan Dua |
📊 Slides |
| January 30th 2026 |
QMIX
presentation |
Eshan |
📊 Slides 📄 QMIX: Monotonic Value Function Factorisation for Deep Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning |
| February 6th 2026 |
Flow Q-Learning
presentation |
Sungyoung |
📊 Slides 📄 Flow Q-Learning |
| February 13th 2026 |
DDPO
presentation |
Reina |
📊 Slides 📄 Training Diffusion Models with Reinforcement Learning |
| February 20th 2026 |
GPU programming made easy: CUDA, warps, thread blocks and all that
presentation |
Dr. Pingali |
📊 Slides |
| February 27th 2026 |
GPUs at warp speed
presentation |
Dr. Pingali |
📊 Slides |
| March 6th 2026 |
Shared memory and thread blocks (GPUs Part III)
presentation |
Dr. Pingali |
📊 Slides |
| March 13th 2026 |
Faster sorting algorithms discovered using deep reinforcement learning
presentation |
Eshan |
📄 Faster sorting algorithms discovered using deep reinforcement learning |
| March 20th 2026 |
Spring Break - No Meeting
break |
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| March 27th 2026 |
GradFest - No Meeting
break |
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| April 3rd 2026 |
Trust Region Methods
presentation |
Dr. Pingali and Lain | |
| April 10th 2026 |
TBD
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| April 17th 2026 |
TBD
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| April 24th 2026 |
TBD
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| May 1st 2026 |
TBD
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| May 8th 2026 |
TBD
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