Theory Reading Group

Spring 2011 Reading Group Schedule

Date Information
Friday
August 26, 2011
Theory Reading
A constructive proof of the general Lovasz Local Lemma---Moser and Tardos
Siddharth Barman
2:00 pm, 3310 CS
Friday
August 19, 2011
Theory Reading
Tensor Rank: Some upper and Lower Bounds
Cong Han Lim
2:00 pm, 3310 CS
Friday
May 6, 2011
Theory Reading
Other Algorithms for SAT
- Paturi, Pudlak, Saks, Zane (PPSZ) - An improved Exponential-time algorithm for k-SAT
- Daniel Rolf - Derandomization of PPSZ for Unique-k-SAT
- Timon Hertli - 3-SAT faster and simpler - Unique-sat bounds for PPSZ hold in general
Dalibor Zeleny
1:30 pm, 4310 CS
Friday
April 22, 2011
Theory Reading
Random Walk Algorithms for SAT
- Uwe Schoning - A Probabilistic Algorithm for k-SAT and CSPs
- Moser, Scheder - A Full Derandomization of Schoning's k-SAT algorithm (STOC 2011)
- Hofmeister, Schoning, Schuler, Watanabe (HSSW) - A probabilistic 3-SAT algorithm further improved
- Makimo, Tamaki, Yamaoto - Derandomizing HSSW Algorithm for 3-SAT
Dalibor Zeleny
3:30pm, 3310 CS
Friday
February 18, 2011
Theory Reading
A Group-theoretic Approach to Fast Matrix Multiplication
Group-theoretic Algorithms for Matrix Multiplication.
Cong Han Lim
3:30pm, 1263 CS
Thursday
February 10, 2011
Theory Reading
A Group-theoretic Approach to Fast Matrix Multiplication
Group-theoretic Algorithms for Matrix Multiplication.
Cong Han Lim
5:00pm, 3310 CS