Workshops

Spring 2019

Geometry of Polynomials Boot Camp

Jan 22, 2019 to Jan 25, 2019

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Tuesday, January 22nd, 2019
9:00 am–9:20 am		Coffee and Check-In
9:20 am–9:30 am		Opening Remarks
9:30 am–10:50 am		Real-Rooted Polynomials Jan Vondrák (Stanford University)
10:50 am–11:15 am		Break
11:15 am–12:35 pm		Real Stable Polynomials, Strongly Rayleigh Distributions, and Applications, Part I Shayan Oveis Gharan (University of Washington)
12:35 pm–2:00 pm		Lunch
2:00 pm–3:20 pm		The Method of Interlacing Polynomials Jan Vondrák (Stanford University)
3:20 pm–3:45 pm		Break
3:45 pm–5:05 pm		Ramanujan Graphs, Treelike Walks, and Mixed Characteristic Polynomials Nikhil Srivastava (UC Berkeley)
5:05 pm–6:30 pm		Welcome Reception

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2019
9:00 am–9:30 am		Coffee and Check-In
9:30 am–10:50 am		The Barrier Method and the Kadison-Singer Problem Nikhil Srivastava (UC Berkeley)
10:50 am–11:15 am		Break
11:15 am–12:35 pm		Real Stable Polynomials, Strongly Rayleigh Distributions, and Applications, Part II Shayan Oveis Gharan (University of Washington)
12:35 pm–2:00 pm		Lunch
2:00 pm–3:20 pm		Hyperbolic Optimization, Part I Michel Goemans (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
3:20 pm–3:45 pm		Break
3:45 pm–5:05 pm		Hyperbolic Optimization, Part II Michel Goemans (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Thursday, January 24th, 2019
9:00 am–9:30 am		Coffee and Check-In
9:30 am–10:50 am		Hyperbolic Polynomials and Determinantal Representations, Part I Rainer Sinn (Freie Universität Berlin)
10:50 am–11:15 am		Break
11:15 am–12:35 pm		Hyperbolic Polynomials and Determinantal Representations, Part II Rainer Sinn (Freie Universität Berlin)
12:35 pm–2:00 pm		Lunch
2:00 pm–3:20 pm		Computing Partition Functions, Part I Alistair Sinclair (UC Berkeley)
3:20 pm–3:45 pm		Break
3:45 pm–5:05 pm		Computing Partition Functions, Part II Alistair Sinclair (UC Berkeley)

Friday, January 25th, 2019
9:00 am–9:30 am		Coffee and Check-In
9:30 am–10:50 am		Computing Partition Functions by Polynomial Interpolation, Part I Alexander Barvinok (University of Michigan)
10:50 am–11:15 am		Break
11:15 am–12:35 pm		Computing Partition Functions by Polynomial Interpolation, Part II Alexander Barvinok (University of Michigan)
12:35 pm–2:00 pm		Lunch
2:00 pm–3:20 pm		Completely Log-Concave Polynomials and Distributions, Part I Nima Anari (Stanford University)
3:20 pm–3:45 pm		Break
3:45 pm–5:05 pm		Completely Log-Concave Polynomials and Distributions, Part II Nima Anari (Stanford University)