Overview of all talks

Past Talks: 2024/25 Session

Date Speaker Title Series
17 Sep 2024 Andreas Padalkin
Paderborn University
Polylogarithmic Time Algorithms for Shortest Path Forests in Programmable Matter dept
30 Sep 2024
Erica L. Flapan

Pomona College, USA
A tile model of entangled proteins MIF
07 Oct 2024
Miloslav Torda

MIF
Geometric Modeling in the Prediction of Molecular Crystal Structures: The Close-Packing Principle Revisited. MIF
09 Oct 2024 Joachim Spoerhase
University of Liverpool
Parameterized Approximation Schemes for Clustering with General Norm Objectives ACTO
11 Oct 2024
Dr. Gabriella Pizzuto

Closing the Autonomy Gap: Skill Acquisition in Robotic Chemists pizza
15 Oct 2024 Parinya Chalermsook
Aalto University
Fast and Survivable Network Design dept
22 Oct 2024 Ron van der Meyden
University of New South Wales
Epistemic Model Checking and Synthesis of Byzantine Agreement Protocols dept
28 Oct 2024
Sidney Lisanza

Prescient Design, USA
Multistate and functional protein design using RoseTTAFold sequence space diffusion MIF
29 Oct 2024 Aris Filos-Ratsikas
University of Edinburgh
Pushing the Frontier on Approximate EFX Allocations dept
01 Nov 2024
Dr. Lutz Oettershagen

Temporal Centrality: Ranking Nodes in Evolving Networks pizza
11 Nov 2024
Soledad Villar

Johns Hopkins University, USA
Learning functions on symmetric matrices and point clouds via lightweight invariant features. MIF
15 Nov 2024
Dr. Shufang Zhu

Trustworthy-by-design Autonomous AI Systems pizza
18 Nov 2024
Alex Wlodawer

National Cancer Institute, USA
How not to publish structural results. MIF
19 Nov 2024 Luca Zanetti
University of Bath
An analysis of Elo rating systems via Markov chains dept
25 Nov 2024
Gregory McColm

University of South Florida, USA
The Crystal Net Isomorphism Problem. MIF
26 Nov 2024 Andrew Ryzhikov
University of Oxford
How combinatorics stands in the way of matrix reachability (and what we can do about that) dept
27 Nov 2024 Nathan Flaherty
University of Liverpool
Collision-Free Robot Scheduling ACTO
02 Dec 2024
Abbie Trewin

Lancaster University, UK
Mesoscale artificial synthesis of conjugated microporous polymers MIF
09 Dec 2024
Elspeth F. Garman

Oxford University, UK
Two different challenges in biological structure determination: radiation damage and metal identification MIF
28 Jan 2025 Leoni Winschermann
University of Twente
`Solving` the energy transition - Research on the interface between optimization and application dept
04 Feb 2025 Andrei Krokhin
Durham University
The complexity of Promise Constraint Satisfaction Problems dept
06 Feb 2025
Cesar A. Ramirez-Sarmiento

Millennium Institute for Integrative Biology and Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
Metamorphic proteins and how to find them MIF
11 Feb 2025 Alison Hsiang-Hsuan Liu
Utrecht University
Scheduling with Locality by Routing dept
13 Feb 2025
Louis H Kauffman

University of Illinois at Chicago, US
Knots, Vortices and Reconnection MIF
13 Feb 2025
Marjorie Senechal / Elspeth Garman / Esther García-Tuñón

/ Oxford, UK / Liverpool, UK
Women in interdisciplinary sciences MIF
18 Feb 2025 Dillon Mayhew
University of Leeds
Biased graphs, matroids, and excluded-minor characterisations dept
20 Feb 2025
Steve Scheiner

Utah State University, US
Origins of and Contributing Factors to H-Bonding. Implications for Protein Structure MIF
25 Feb 2025 Julien Duron
ENS Lyon
Adjacency labeling schemes and small classes of graphs dept
27 Feb 2025
Tonio Buonassisi / Raul Ortega-Ochoa

MIT, US / Technical University of Denmark
Implicit Properties: Exploring Materials Representations in Machine Learning for Inorganic Crystalline Solids MIF
27 Feb 2025
Tonio Buonassisi / Raul Ortega-Ochoa

MIT, US / Technical University of Denmark
Implicit Properties: Exploring Materials Representations in Machine Learning for Inorganic Crystalline Solids MIF
04 Mar 2025 Alessandro Varsi
University of Liverpool
The Quest for Optimal Parallel Monte Carlo Methods dept
06 Mar 2025
Zygmunt Derewenda

University of Virginia, US
Hydrogen-bonds in protein secondary and tertiary structures MIF
06 Mar 2025
Zygmunt Derewenda

University of Virginia, US
Hydrogen-bonds in protein secondary and tertiary structures MIF
11 Mar 2025
Tomáš Hons

Charles University, Prague
A polynomial Ramsey statement for bounded VC-dimension dept
18 Mar 2025 Giuseppe De Giacomo
University of Oxford
From Infinite to Finite Traces and Back: Linear Temporal Logic in Sequential Decision Making dept
25 Mar 2025 Thomas Erlebach
Durham University
Temporal Graph Realization Problems dept
26 Mar 2025 Gerard Milburn
University of Queensland
Quantum physical machine learning dept
27 Mar 2025
L. Ridgway Scott

University of Chicago, US
Data Deserts and Drug Design. MIF
27 Mar 2025
L. Ridgway Scott

University of Chicago, US
Data Deserts and Drug Design. MIF
03 Apr 2025
Dan Widdowson

MIF
Crystal Geomap: a visualisation and comparison tool for crystals based on ultra-fast isometry invariants. MIF
03 Apr 2025
Will Jeffcott

Computer Science
Complete and Bi-Continuous Invariant of Protein Backbones under Rigid Motion MIF
15 Apr 2025 Enrico Daga
Open University
Data integration as knowledge graph refinement dept
24 Apr 2025
Marjorie Senechal

Smith College, US
Ducks, Crystals, and Nobel Prizes. MIF
01 May 2025
Herbert Edelsbrunner

IST Austria
The Intrinsic Volumes of Space Filling Diagrams and their Derivatives MIF
02 May 2025
Will Rosenbaum

A Quadratic Lower Bound for Stable Roommates Solvability pizza
06 May 2025 Duncan Adamson
University of St Andrews
Maximal Independent Sets in Distributed Graphs dept
13 May 2025 Mina Doosti
University of Edinburgh
Quantum Crypto Meets Machine Learning dept
15 May 2025
Manuel Muller

King's College London, UK
Spontaneous protein backbone rearrangements: Molecular wear-and-tear vs beneficial maturation. MIF
16 May 2025 Edward Plumb
LSE
Simultaneous Best-Response Dynamics in Random Potential Games dept
20 May 2025
Andrew Krapivin

University of Cambridge
Optimal Bounds for Open Addressing Without Reordering dept
22 May 2025
Robert Palgrave

University College London, UK
Challenges for AI in Discovery of new Crystalline Materials. MIF
27 May 2025 Pian Yu
University College London
Formal Verification for Trustworthy Human-Robot Collaboration dept
10 Jun 2025 Danai Vachtsevanou
University of St.Gallen
Signifiers for Autonomous Agents: A Relational Approach to Action Perception in Open, Dynamic, and Large-Scale Hypermedia Environments dept
17 Jun 2025 Iurii Volk
Sumy State University
Exploring Collaboration Opportunities: SumDU ELIT – UoL Computer Science dept
19 Jun 2025 Jintai Ding
Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU)
Post-quantum cryptography – a New Era. dept
19 Jun 2025
Joe Marsh

University of Edinburgh, UK
Leveraging protein structural information to improve variant effect prediction. MIF
26 Jun 2025
Jonathan (Teddy) McManus

Computer Science
Computing the bridge length: the key ingredient in a continuous isometry classification of periodic point sets. MIF
01 Jul 2025 Nicolas Klodt
Hasso Plattner Institute
Exploration of Random Temporal Graphs dept
08 Jul 2025 Sergii Strelchuk
University of Oxford
Flexible catalysis and catalytic space: from LOCC reachability to quantum log-space complexity dept
15 Jul 2025 Ahmed Chemori
LIRMM, University of Montpellier, CNRS
Walking Gait Control: From Bipeds to Quadrupeds dept
22 Jul 2025 Guoliang Xing
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Sensor-enhanced LLM for Smart Health Systems dept
16 Dec 2025

 
[Postponed]
Will Rosenbaum

Locally Checkable Problems: Distance, Volume, and Beyond pizza

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