BCTCS 2021

Program

# Monday Tuesday Wednesday
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Greetings and Welcoming Address (starts at 8:55)

9:00 ! Live

Temporal Graphs: Algorithms and complexity

Eleni Akrida

Algorithms 

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Logic-based learning for Interpretable AI

Alessandra Russo

Logic Learning AI 

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The Complexity of Computing a Fixed Point of a Monotone Function, and Some Applications

Kousha Etessami

Games Algorithms Probability 

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10:00 ! Live

Short Break

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Tractability of Konig Edge Deletion Problems

Diptapriyo Majumdar

Graph Theory Parameterized Complexity Algorithms 

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Logic and Learning in Network Cascades

Galen Wilkerson

Natural Computation Machine Learning Algorithms 

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The Complexity of Gradient Descent: CLS = PPAD∩PLS

Alexandros Hollender

Search Problems Optimization Complexity 

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A Unifying Class of Algorithms for Semi Streaming Bipartite Maximum Matching 

Kheeran Naidu

Graph Theory Streaming model Combinatorial Optimization 

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Trustable Machine Learning Systems

Jay Morgan

Natural Computation Machine Learning Algorithms 

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Impartial selection, additive guarantees, and prior information

Nicos Protopapas

Mechanism Design Algorithms Combinatorial Optimization 

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Dynamic Matchings

Peter Kiss

Graph Theory Approximation Algorithms Combinatorial Optimization 

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Developments with manipulating Lyndon factorizations using evolutionary computation methods

Lily Major

Evolutionary Computation String Processing Algorithms 

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A non-trivial polynomial time algorithm for a 3D Stable Roommates problem

Michael McKay

Combinatorial Optimization Algorithms NP-hardness 

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12:00 ! Live

Ranking Bracelets in Polynomial time

Duncan Adamson

Combinatorics Counting Algorithms 

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The Complexity of Acyclic, Star and Injective Colouring for H-Free Graphs

Siani A. Smith

Graph Theory Complexity Algorithms 

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Fast recognition of some parametric graph families

Nina Klobas

Combinatorics Algorithms Structural Graph Theory 

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The Earth Movers Distance as a Metric for Inorganic Compositions

Cameron Hargreaves

Computational Chemistry Combinatorics Information Retrieval 

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Solving the distance k-clique problem in 1-outerplanar graphs

Alejandro Flores-Lamas

Graph Theory Dynamic Programming Algorithms 

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Spined Categories: generalising tree-width beyond graphs

Benjamin Bumpus

Graph Theory Tree-width Combinatorics 

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Lunch Break

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Lunch Break

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Lunch Break

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14:00 ! Live

Random triangles and random inscribed polytopes

Herbert Edelsbrunner

Algorithms 

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Proof Complexity

Jan Krajíček

Complexity Logic 

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Random Graph Generation using Hyperedge Replacement Grammars

Federico Vastarini

Combinatorics Algorithms Language Theory 

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Propositional Gossip Protocols

Joe Livesey

Distributed Computing Agent Communication Protocols 

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15:00 ! Live

Short Break

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Partition Games, Compositionally: Structure & Power of Linear Algebraic Games

Adam Ó Conghaile

Logics Game Theory Language Theory 

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Quantum proofs of proximity

Marcel Dall'Agnol

Property Testing Proof Systems Complexity 

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Fixed-Parameter Tractability of Pinwheel Scheduling

Benjamin Smith

Scheduling Parameterized Complexity Algorithms 

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16:00 ! Live

Resolving data flow dependencies of concurrent programs with a graded monad

Finnbar Keating

Functional Programming Semantics Language Theory 

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Monotone Circuit Lower Bounds from Robust Sunflowers

Bruno Pasqualotto Cavalar

Combinatorics Circuit Complexity Lower Bounds 

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Maximizing coverage while ensuring fairness: a tale of conflicting objectives

Bhaskar DasGupta

Combinatorial Optimization Search Problems Complexity 

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Controlling control: functional language design and implementation

Andrei-Cristian Diaconu

Functional Programming Semantics Language Theory 

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Relative Error Streaming Quantiles

Pavel Vesely

Data Analysis Algorithms Approximation 

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Forcing infinite memory for lim inf total payoff objectives in countable MDPs

Eric Munday

Decision Theory Algorithms Combinatorial Optimization 

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17:00 ! Live

Propagator Networks for Unification and Proof Search

Arved Friedemann

Proof Search Logical Programming Language Theory 

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BCTCS Ordinary General Meeting

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Invited Talk
Regular Talk
Access

All presentations are on Zoom (meeting 950 2367 5619; password: (λ x y. y#x) bctcs 2021).

Social gatherings in between talks are on Gather (same passwd).