The Boot Camp is intended to acquaint program participants with the key themes of the program.

Click on the titles of individual talks for abstract, slides and archived video.

All events take place in the Calvin Lab Auditorium.

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Coffee and Check-In
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Opening Remarks
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Introduction to Geometric Complexity Theory I
Laurent Manivel (University of Montreal)
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Discussion
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Break
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Circuits of Bounded Depth
Klim Efremenko (Tel Aviv University)
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Discussion
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Lunch
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Solving Polynomials I
Jonathan Hauenstein (University of Notre Dame)
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Discussion
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Break
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Writing Down Polynomials via Representation Theory I
Christian Ikenmeyer (University of Warwick)
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Discussion
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Coffee and Check-In
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Tensor Decomposition I: Tensors and Classical Algebraic Geometry
Luke Oeding (Auburn University)
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Discussion
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Break
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Matrix Multiplication
Virginia Vassilevska Williams (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
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Discussion
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Lunch
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Real Algebraic Geometry
Cynthia Vinzant (North Carolina State University)
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Discussion
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Break
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Tensors vs Entanglement
Matthias Christandl (University of Copenhagen)
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Discussion
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Break
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Homework Session
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Coffee and Check-In
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Introduction to Geometric Complexity Theory II
Laurent Manivel (University of Montreal)
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Discussion
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Break
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Solving Polynomials II
Jonathan Hauenstein (University of Notre Dame)
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Discussion
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Lunch
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Matrix Rigidity
Satya Lokam (Microsoft Research India)
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Discussion
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Break
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Homework Session
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Coffee and Check-In
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Tensor Decomposition II: Algorithms for Tensor Decomposition and Identifiability
Luke Oeding (Auburn University)
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Discussion
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Break
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Matrix Factorizations
David Eisenbud (Mathematical Sciences Research Institute and UC Berkeley)
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Discussion
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Lunch
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Writing Down Polynomials via Representation Theory II
Christian Ikenmeyer (University of Warwick)
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Discussion
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Break
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Condition
Peter Bürgisser (Technische Universität Berlin)