25th Max Planck Summer School
Advanced Course on the Foundations of Computer Science
ADFOCS 2025
August 18 - 22, 2025
Saarbrücken, Germany
https://www.mpi-inf.mpg.de/departments/algorithms-complexity/adfocs
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ABOUT ADFOCS
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ADFOCS is an international summer school held annually at the Max Planck
Institute for Informatics (MPI-INF). The purpose of this summer school
is to introduce young researchers to topics which are the focus of
current research in theoretical computer science. We bring together
three leading researchers in the field and international participants at
the graduate level and above. This year's topic is "Graph Decompositions
and Efficient Algorithms".
PROGRAM
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Our invited speakers give five 60-minute lectures with subsequent
exercise and discussion sessions. The lecturers are (in alphabetical order):
* Maria Chudnovsky, Princeton University, USA
* Michał Pilipczuk, University of Warsaw, Poland
* Thatchaphol Saranurak, University of Michigan, USA
LOCATION & TRAVEL INFORMATION
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ADFOCS will be held at the Max Planck Institute for Informatics in
Saarbrücken, Germany. Saarbrücken is the capital of one of Germany's 16
federal states, the Saarland. It is conveniently located in the center
of Europe, on the border of Germany with France, between Luxembourg, the
Saar-Mosel valley, Frankfurt, and Strasbourg. Being located on several
main train and road routes, Saarbrücken is easily reachable from
Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Paris, or Luxembourg. Saarbrücken also has its own
international airport.
REGISTRATION
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The registration fee is EUR 300 for *early registration until July 14th*
and EUR 350 for *late registration until August 4th*. The fee covers
lunches and social events. It does not include accommodation, but we can
help you with your reservations. Per-night prices, including taxes and
breakfast, typically range from about 50 EUR (youth hostel, double room)
to about 105 EUR (hotel, single room). A limited number of grants for
graduate students or young researchers are available. For application
please send your CV until *June 30th*. Further, please have your
supervisor at your institute send an email with a brief letter of
recommendation, certifying in particular your relation with the topics
in ADFOCS, before the *deadline*.
CONTACT
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The homepage of ADFOCS, providing forms for registration and hotel
reservation can be found at
https://www.mpi-inf.mpg.de/departments/algorithms-complexity/adfocs
If you have further questions, please do not hesitate to contact the
ADFOCS team by sending an email to adfocs at mpi-inf.mpg.de
Organizers: Cosmina Croitoru, Danupon Nanongkai, Daniel Neuen, and Marek
Sokolowski
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