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All events take place in the Calvin Lab Auditorium.

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Coffee and Check-In
<b>Tutorial Day</b>
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Opening Remarks
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Tutorial 1: The GCT Chasm I
Ketan Mulmuley (University of Chicago)
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Questions/Discussion/Break
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Tutorial 2: Algorithmic Invariant Theory
Bernd Sturmfels (UC Berkeley)
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Questions/Discussion
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Lunch
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Tutorial 3: Geometric Invariant Theory
Laurent Manivel (University of Montreal)
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Questions/Discussion/Break
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Tutorial 4: GCT and Matrix Multiplication
Peter Bürgisser (Technische Universität Berlin)
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Questions/Discussion
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Reception
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Coffee and Check-In
<b>Morning Session on Orbit Closures</b>
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Orbit Closures
Vladimir Popov, Russian Academy of Sciences
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Questions/Discussion/Break
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Tutorial 5: The GCT Chasm II
Ketan Mulmuley (University of Chicago)
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Questions/Discussion
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Lunch
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Inequalities and Reductions for Nonzero Kronecker Coefficients
Nicolas Ressayre, Université Claude Bernard Lyon
<b>Afternoon Session on Kronecker Coefficients and Positivity</b>
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Questions/Discussion/Break
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Computing Multiplicities of Lie Group Representations
Matthias Christandl (University of Copenhagen)
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Questions/Discussion/Break
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Generalized Knuth Equivalence for Schur Positivity
Jonah Blasiak, Drexel University
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Questions/Discussion
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Coffee and Check-In
<b>Morning Session on Complexity Theory I</b>
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Matrix Rank – Extensions, Applications and Open Problems
Avi Wigderson (Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton)
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Questions/Discussion/Break
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A Survey of Counting Dichotomies and Holographic Algorithms
Jin-Yi Cai, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Questions/Discussion/Break
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Approximate Counting via Correlation Decay
Pinyan Lu, Microsoft Research
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Questions/Discussion
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Lunch
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<b>Afternoon Session on GCT and Matrix Multiplication</b>
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Asymptotic Spectra: Old and New Insights
Markus Bläser, Universität des Saarlandes
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Questions/Discussion/Break
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Approaches to Bounding the Exponent of Matrix Multiplication
Chris Umans, California Institute of Technology
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Questions/Discussion/Break
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Geometric Complexity Theory and Tensor Rank
Christian Ikenmeyer (University of Warwick)
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Questions/Discussion
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Coffee and Check-In
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A Study of the Representations Supported by the Orbit Closure of the Determinant
Shrawan Kumar, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
<b>Morning Session on Geometry and Representation Theory Related to GCT I</b>
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Questions/Discussion/Break
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Dealing with Orbit Closures in Representations with Finitely Many Orbits
Jerzy Weyman, University of Connecticut
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Questions/Discussion/Break
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Fano Schemes of Determinants and Permanents
Nathan Ilten, Simon Fraser University
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Questions/Discussion
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Lunch
<b>Afternoon Session on Complexity Theory II</b>
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Essentially Optimal Interactive Certificates in Linear Algebra
Erich Kaltofen, North Carolina State University
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Questions/Discussion/Break
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A Survey of Recent Results on Depth Reduction and Lower Bounds for Arithmetic Circuits
Neeraj Kayal (Microsoft Research India)
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Questions/Discussion
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Coffee and Check-In
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Hilbert Functions, Shallow Circuits, and Other Approaches to GCT
JM Landsberg (Texas A&M University)
<b>Morning Session on Geometry and Representation Theory Related to GCT II</b>
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Questions/Discussion/Break
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Combinatorics and Complexity of Kronecker Coefficients
Greta Panova, University of Pennsylvania
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Questions/Discussion/Break
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Plethysm and Lattice Point Counting
Mateusz Michalek (Polish Academy of Sciences)
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Questions/Discussion
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Lunch
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Wrap Session and Discussion
Ketan Mulmuley (University of Chicago), Jerzy Weyman, University of Connecticut