School Seminar Series

Past Talks: 2024/25 Session

Date Speaker Title Host
17 Sep 2024 Andreas Padalkin
Paderborn University
Polylogarithmic Time Algorithms for Shortest Path Forests in Programmable Matter [michailo]
11 Oct 2024
pizza
Dr. Gabriella Pizzuto

Closing the Autonomy Gap: Skill Acquisition in Robotic Chemists
15 Oct 2024 Parinya Chalermsook
Aalto University
Fast and Survivable Network Design [spoerha]
22 Oct 2024 Ron van der Meyden
University of New South Wales
Epistemic Model Checking and Synthesis of Byzantine Agreement Protocols [xiaowei]
29 Oct 2024 Aris Filos-Ratsikas
University of Edinburgh
Pushing the Frontier on Approximate EFX Allocations [gairing]
01 Nov 2024
pizza
Dr. Lutz Oettershagen

Temporal Centrality: Ranking Nodes in Evolving Networks
15 Nov 2024
pizza
Dr. Shufang Zhu

Trustworthy-by-design Autonomous AI Systems
19 Nov 2024 Luca Zanetti
University of Bath
An analysis of Elo rating systems via Markov chains [johnsyl]
26 Nov 2024 Andrew Ryzhikov
University of Oxford
How combinatorics stands in the way of matrix reachability (and what we can do about that) [dpurser]
28 Jan 2025 Leoni Winschermann
University of Twente
`Solving` the energy transition - Research on the interface between optimization and application [pwong]
04 Feb 2025 Andrei Krokhin
Durham University
The complexity of Promise Constraint Satisfaction Problems Zamaraev
11 Feb 2025 Alison Hsiang-Hsuan Liu
Utrecht University
Scheduling with Locality by Routing [pwong]
18 Feb 2025 Dillon Mayhew
University of Leeds
Biased graphs, matroids, and excluded-minor characterisations [johnsyl]
25 Feb 2025 Julien Duron
ENS Lyon
Adjacency labeling schemes and small classes of graphs JohnSyl
04 Mar 2025 Alessandro Varsi
University of Liverpool
The Quest for Optimal Parallel Monte Carlo Methods [spirakis]
11 Mar 2025
Tomáš Hons

Charles University, Prague
A polynomial Ramsey statement for bounded VC-dimension JohnSyl
18 Mar 2025 Giuseppe De Giacomo
University of Oxford
From Infinite to Finite Traces and Back: Linear Temporal Logic in Sequential Decision Making [shufang]
25 Mar 2025 Thomas Erlebach
Durham University
Temporal Graph Realization Problems [zamaraev]
26 Mar 2025 Gerard Milburn
University of Queensland
Quantum physical machine learning [gairing]
15 Apr 2025 Enrico Daga
Open University
Data integration as knowledge graph refinement [valli]
02 May 2025
pizza
Will Rosenbaum

A Quadratic Lower Bound for Stable Roommates Solvability
06 May 2025 Duncan Adamson
University of St Andrews
Maximal Independent Sets in Distributed Graphs [spirakis]
13 May 2025 Mina Doosti
University of Edinburgh
Quantum Crypto Meets Machine Learning NikhilMande
16 May 2025 Edward Plumb
LSE
Simultaneous Best-Response Dynamics in Random Potential Games RahulSavani
20 May 2025
Andrew Krapivin

University of Cambridge
Optimal Bounds for Open Addressing Without Reordering [zamaraev]
27 May 2025 Pian Yu
University College London
Formal Verification for Trustworthy Human-Robot Collaboration [shufang]
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 [trp]
17 Jun 2025 Iurii Volk
Sumy State University
Exploring Collaboration Opportunities: SumDU ELIT – UoL Computer Science [potapov]
19 Jun 2025 Jintai Ding
Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU)
Post-quantum cryptography – a New Era. [dwojtczak]
01 Jul 2025 Nicolas Klodt
Hasso Plattner Institute
Exploration of Random Temporal Graphs JohnSyl
08 Jul 2025 Sergii Strelchuk
University of Oxford
Flexible catalysis and catalytic space: from LOCC reachability to quantum log-space complexity [potapov]
15 Jul 2025 Ahmed Chemori
LIRMM, University of Montpellier, CNRS
Walking Gait Control: From Bipeds to Quadrupeds [cyang]
22 Jul 2025 Guoliang Xing
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Sensor-enhanced LLM for Smart Health Systems [xiaowei]
16 Dec 2025

 
[Postponed]
pizza
Will Rosenbaum

Locally Checkable Problems: Distance, Volume, and Beyond

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