This series honors An Wang Professor Emeritus of Computer Science Franco Preparata, an esteemed member of the Brown CS faculty who retired a decade ago. Held annually, it brings prominent scientists to Brown to address timely research in theoretical computer science, an area of particular interest to Franco.
Upcoming Lecture
We'll post details of the 2026 lecture here when available.
Previous Lectures
To watch the recording of a lecture or read its abstract, click its title.
| Date | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | From Consensus To Agreement (Brown login required) | Silvio Micali, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 2025 | Stable matchings in theory and practice: the example of French college admissions (Brown login required) | Claire Mathieu, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) in Computer Science at Université Paris-Cité (France) |
