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Geometry of Polynomials Boot Camp
Program
Geometry of Polynomials
Location
Calvin Lab auditorium
Date
Tuesday, Jan. 22
–
Friday, Jan. 25, 2019
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Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019
9
–
9:20 a.m.
Coffee and Check-In
9:20
–
9:30 a.m.
Opening Remarks
9:30
–
10:50 a.m.
Real-Rooted Polynomials
Jan Vondrák (Stanford University)
10:50
–
11:15 a.m.
Break
11:15 a.m.
–
12:35 p.m.
Real Stable Polynomials, Strongly Rayleigh Distributions, and Applications, Part I
Shayan Oveis Gharan (University of Washington)
12:35
–
2 p.m.
Lunch
2
–
3:20 p.m.
The Method of Interlacing Polynomials
Jan Vondrák (Stanford University)
3:20
–
3:45 p.m.
Break
3:45
–
5:05 p.m.
Ramanujan Graphs, Treelike Walks, and Mixed Characteristic Polynomials
Nikhil Srivastava (Simons Institute, UC Berkeley)
5:05
–
6:30 p.m.
Welcome Reception
Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019
9
–
9:30 a.m.
Coffee and Check-In
9:30
–
10:50 a.m.
The Barrier Method and the Kadison-Singer Problem
Nikhil Srivastava (Simons Institute, UC Berkeley)
10:50
–
11:15 a.m.
Break
11:15 a.m.
–
12:35 p.m.
Real Stable Polynomials, Strongly Rayleigh Distributions, and Applications, Part II
Shayan Oveis Gharan (University of Washington)
12:35
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2 p.m.
Lunch
2
–
3:20 p.m.
Hyperbolic Optimization, Part I
Michel Goemans (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
3:20
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3:45 p.m.
Break
3:45
–
5:05 p.m.
Hyperbolic Optimization, Part II
Michel Goemans (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019
9
–
9:30 a.m.
Coffee and Check-In
9:30
–
10:50 a.m.
Hyperbolic Polynomials and Determinantal Representations, Part I
Rainer Sinn (Freie Universität Berlin)
10:50
–
11:15 a.m.
Break
11:15 a.m.
–
12:35 p.m.
Hyperbolic Polynomials and Determinantal Representations, Part II
Rainer Sinn (Freie Universität Berlin)
12:35
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2 p.m.
Lunch
2
–
3:20 p.m.
Computing Partition Functions, Part I
Alistair Sinclair (UC Berkeley)
3:20
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3:45 p.m.
Break
3:45
–
5:05 p.m.
Computing Partition Functions, Part II
Alistair Sinclair (UC Berkeley)
Friday, Jan. 25, 2019
9
–
9:30 a.m.
Coffee and Check-In
9:30
–
10:50 a.m.
Computing Partition Functions by Polynomial Interpolation, Part I
Alexander Barvinok (University of Michigan)
10:50
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11:15 a.m.
Break
11:15 a.m.
–
12:35 p.m.
Computing Partition Functions by Polynomial Interpolation, Part II
Alexander Barvinok (University of Michigan)
12:35
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2 p.m.
Lunch
2
–
3:20 p.m.
Completely Log-Concave Polynomials and Distributions, Part I
Nima Anari (Stanford University)
3:20
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3:45 p.m.
Break
3:45
–
5:05 p.m.
Completely Log-Concave Polynomials and Distributions, Part II
Nima Anari (Stanford University)
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