[DMANET] Liverpool Discrete Mathematics Colloquium – 8–9 September 2026

Dear all, The 3rd Liverpool Discrete Mathematics Colloquium (LDMC) will take place on 8–9 September 2026 at the University of Liverpool, UK. This year's colloquium focuses on the mathematically rigorous analysis of black-box AI and optimisation algorithms, with each day devoted to a different topic. Participants are very welcome to attend either day individually, or both days. Tuesday 8 September – Logical Aspects of Graph Neural Networks The first day will focus on the logical and mathematical foundations of Graph Neural Networks. Tutorial: Michael Benedikt (Oxford) and Tony Tan (Liverpool) -  Logical Aspects of Graph Neural Networks Invited speakers: Carsten Lutz (Leipzig) Emily Jin (Oxford) Jonni Virtema (Glasgow) Wednesday 9 September – Stochastic Gradient Descent The second day will focus on the mathematical analysis of Stochastic Gradient Descent. Tutorial: Steffen Dereich (Münster) - Convergence of Stochastic Gradient Descent Invited speakers: Benjamin Dupuis (ENS Paris) Alex Mijatovic (Warwick) Sarah Sachs (Bristol) Each day will feature a two-hour tutorial, invited talks, and plenty of time for discussion and networking. The event is free of charge and open to all. Registration is required, and you may register for one day or for both days. Please register by 3rd of September so that we can make arrangements for coffee breaks and dinner. Further details and registration are available on the LDMC website: https://j-sylvester.github.io/LDMC26 The event is supported by: Heilbronn Institute for Mathematical Research/UKRI Applied Probability Trust University of Liverpool Many thanks, John Sylvester, Linglong Yuan & Viktor Zamaraev ********************************************************** * * Contributions to be spread via DMANET are submitted to * * DMANET@zpr.uni-koeln.de * * Replies to a message carried on DMANET should NOT be * addressed to DMANET but to the original sender. The * original sender, however, is invited to prepare an * update of the replies received and to communicate it * via DMANET. * * DISCRETE MATHEMATICS AND ALGORITHMS NETWORK (DMANET) * http://www.zaik.uni-koeln.de/AFS/publications/dmanet/ * **********************************************************