Joint Boot Camp: Spectral Theory Beyond Graphs + Pseudorandomness and High-Dimensional Expansion

Program

Pseudorandomness & High-Dimensional Expansion

Program

Spectral Theory Beyond Graphs

Location

Calvin Lab auditorium

Date

Monday, Aug. 31 – Friday, Sept. 4, 2026

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All talks listed in Pacific Time. Schedule subject to change.

9 – 9:20 a.m.

Coffee and Check In

9:20 – 9:30 a.m.

Opening Remarks

9:30 – 10:45 a.m.

An introduction to the hardness versus randomness paradigm

Ronen Shaltiel (University of Haifa)

10:45 – 11:15 a.m.

Break

11:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Talk by

Max Hopkins (Institute for Advanced Study)

12:30 – 2 p.m.

Lunch (on your own)

2 – 3:15 p.m.

Sparse Random Graphs and Random Matrix Statistics

Jiaoyang Huang (University of Pennsylvania)

3:15 – 3:45 p.m.

Break

3:45 – 5 p.m.

Random hyperbolic surfaces

Eugenia Sapir (Binghamton University)

9 – 9:30 a.m.

Coffee and Check In

9:30 – 10:45 a.m.

Quantum ergodicity on graphs

Mostafa Sabri (New York University Abu Dhabi)

10:45 – 11:30 a.m.

Break

11:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Exercise Session

12:30 – 2 p.m.

Lunch (on your own)

2 – 3:15 p.m.

Derandomizing Space-Bounded Computation

William Hoza (University of Chicago)

3:15 – 3:45 p.m.

Break

3:45 – 5 p.m.

Spectral HDX IV-V: pseudo-independence and agreement testing

Max Hopkins (Institute for Advanced Study)

9 – 9:30 a.m.

Coffee and Check In

9:30 – 10:45 a.m.

An introduction to the hardness versus randomness paradigm

Ronen Shaltiel (University of Haifa)

10:45 – 11:15 a.m.

Break

11:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Derandomizing Space-Bounded Computation

William Hoza (University of Chicago)

12:30 – 2 p.m.

Lunch (on your own)

2 – 3:15 p.m.

Random hyperbolic surfaces

Jenya Sapir (Binghamton University)

3:15 – 3:45 p.m.

Break

3:45 – 5 p.m.

Exercise Session

9 – 9:30 a.m.

Coffee and Check In

9:30 – 10:45 a.m.

Sparse Random Graphs and Random Matrix Statistics

Jiaoyang Huang (University of Pennsylvania)

10:45 – 11:30 a.m.

Break

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Exercise Session

12:30 – 2 p.m.

Lunch (on your own)

2 – 3:15 p.m.

Coboundary Expansion and Locally Testable Codes

Siqi Liu (Duke University)

3:15 – 3:45 p.m.

Break

3:45 – 5 p.m.

Randomness Extractors and Related Objects

Eshan Chattopadhyay (Cornell University)

9 – 9:30 a.m.

Coffee and Check In

9:30 – 10:45 a.m.

Quantum ergodicity on graphs

Mostafa Sabri (New York University Abu Dhabi)

10:45 – 11:15 a.m.

Break

11:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Coboundary Expansion and Locally Testable Codes

Siqi Liu (Duke University)

12:30 – 2 p.m.

Lunch (on your own)

2 – 3:15 p.m.

Randomness Extractors and Related Objects

Eshan Chattopadhyay (Cornell University)

3:15 – 3:45 p.m.

Break

3:45 – 5 p.m.

Exercise Session