Bocconi Theory Day — May 31, 2024 @ Bocconi University

This event brings together researchers in theoretical computer science, algorithms and optimization for a day of talks and discussions about recent trends in our fields.

Location: Bocconi University, Velodromo, Room N04

(Velodromo is a circular red-brick building at the center of the Bocconi main campus. Entering the campus from Via Bligny it is straight ahead. Entering the campus from Via Roentgen 1, turn left at the Gud coffee shop)

This event is open to the public, but (free) registration is required to participate in person.

Organizers: Laura Sanità and Luca Trevisan
Local arrangments: Giorgia Bosco, Elisa Marzetta

Speakers:

Christian Coester (Oxford)
Cynthia Dwork (Harvard)
Gianpaolo Oriolo (U. Tor Vergata)
Giulia Bernardini (U. Trieste)
Kanstantsin Pashkovich (U. Waterloo)
Manuel Aprile (U. Padova)
Nicola Prezza (U. Ca' Foscari Venezia)

Program

08:45-09:00. Registration
09:00-9:30. M. Aprile: Integer programs with nearly totally unimodular matrices: the cographic case
09:30-10:30. C. Coester: Unweighted Layered Graph Traversal
10:30-11:00. Coffee Break
11:00-11:30. K. Pashkovich: Bayesian Online Selection for Matroids
11:30-12:30. C. Dwork: Groups, Individuals, Indistinguishability, and Loss: 15 years of Algorithmic Fairness in 45 minutes
12:30-14:00. Lunch, provided
14:00-14:30. N.Prezza: Sketching and Streaming for Data Compression
14:30-15:00. G. Bernardini: Utility-oriented String Mining
15:00-15:30. G. Oriolo: Avoiding Deadlocks via Weak Deadlocks
15:30-16:00. Coffee break, Ending

This workshop has received funding from the ERC under the Horizon 2020 program (GA nr.834861), Project SO-ReCoDi - Spectral and Optimization Techniques for Robust Recovery, Combinatorial Constructions, and Distributed Algorithms.