Tuesday, August 21, 2018

[DMANET] XIV Summer School in Discrete Mathematics. Valparaiso, Chile

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XIV Summer School in Discrete Mathematics. Valparaiso, Chile
(XIV Escuela de Verano en Matemáticas Discretas)
http://eventos.cmm.uchile.cl/discretas2019/
Dates: January 7-11, 2019.
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The school is aimed to students in mathematics, sciences and engineering
interested in algorithms, computer science, combinatorics, optimization,
games, and their applications. The courses are oriented towards graduate and
advance undergraduate students.

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Place: Instituto de Sistemas Complejos de Valparaiso (http://www.iscv.cl/),
Valparaiso, Chile.
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Courses:

Sébastien Bubeck, Microsoft Research, USA
"Metrical Task Systems and k-Server via Convex Optimization"

Fedor V. Fomin, University of Bergen, Norway
"Introduction to Parameterized Algorithms"

Christos Papadimitriou, U Columbia, USA
"Computational Problems in the Study of the Brain"

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Application deadline: September 28.
The accepted students will receive financial aid enough to cover local
expenses in Valparaiso. More info at
http://eventos.cmm.uchile.cl/discretas2019/postulaciones/
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José Verschae
Director Instituto de Ciencias de la Ingeniería
Universidad de O'Higgins

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