Thursday, April 22, 2021

[DMANET] HALG 2021 (Highlights of Algorithms) - call for participation

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6th Highlights of Algorithms conference (HALG 2021)
The London School of Economics and Political Science (virtual), 31 May - 3 June 2021
http://highlightsofalgorithms.org/


The Highlights of Algorithms conference is a forum for presenting the highlights of recent developments in algorithms and for discussing potential further advances in this area. The conference will provide a broad picture of the latest research in algorithms through a series of invited talks, as well as the possibility for all researchers and students to present their recent results through a series of short talks and poster presentations. Attending the Highlights of Algorithms conference will also be an opportunity for networking and meeting leading researchers in algorithms.
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PROGRAM

A detailed schedule and a list of all accepted short contributions will be available at:
https://highlightsofalgorithms.org/programme.
All talks will take place on Zoom, with social events on Gather.
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REGISTRATION

Participation at HALG is free of charge, but registration is required. Please register by 27th May. The registration link will be available from the conference website.

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INVITED SPEAKERS

Survey speakers:

Rachel Cummings, Columbia University
Venkatesan Guruswami, Carnegie Mellon University
Nika Haghtalab, University of California Berkeley
Yin Tat Lee, University of Washington

Invited talks:

Shalev Ben-David, University of Waterloo
Omri Ben-Eliezer, Harvard University
Pawel Gawrychowski, University of Wrocław
Mohsen Ghaffari, ETHZ
Siyao Guo, NYU Shanghai
Steve Hanneke, TTIC
Zhiyi Huang, University of Hong Kong
Nathan Klein, University of Washington
Euiwoong Lee, University of Michigan
Shachar Lovett, University of California San Diego
Shay Moran, Technion
Eva Rotenberg, Technical University of Denmark
Saurabh Sawlani, Carnegie Mellon University
Elaine Shi, Carnegie Mellon University
Santosh Vempala, Georgia Tech
John Wright, University of Texas at Austin


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