Algorithms and Theory Club

Coordinator: Srijit Kamath

 

Faculty Advisor: Meera Sitharam

 

Other Faculty:

Sartaj Sahni

Sanjay Ranka

Richard Newman

Michael Frank

Anand Rangarajan

Tim Davis

Beverly Sanders

 

Below is a list of general goals of the Algorithms and Theory Club. We will meet once a week (time and place to be decided). The number of meetings devoted to each event (per semester)  is included.

 

1. Discussion of problems of general interest. Anyone can feel free to post good problems. Problems (and solutions) may be emailed to me for inclusion on this page. All distinct, correct solutions will be posted a week or more after a problem is posted. Note that we do not plan to schedule regular meetings to discuss these problems. Rather all interaction will be by email and through this page. Click here to view new and previously posted problems

  
2. Discussion of Ph. D qualifiers/Masters non-thesis exam problems including questions that have previously appeared on these exams. Questions from algorithms for the non-thesis option and from algorithms and theory for Ph. D exam will be discussed. There will be 4 meetings and these will be scheduled close to the exam dates for the semester. 

 

3. Discussion of research problems (4 meetings). Will provide an opportunity for students and/or faculty to collaborate on projects. There will be two main presenters who volunteer to describe problems related to their research during each meeting.

 

4. Talks by faculty (4 meetings) and students (4 meetings) on research problems and special topics.

 

Note: If you are interested in participating in the activities of the club and wish to receive email about upcoming events please send me an email (srkamath@cise.ufl.edu) and I will add you to the mailing list.  

 

Below I will also cross-list events from other seminars that are of immediate interest to our group.

 


Date
Event
Description
05.21.02 Student Talk: Vijay Manian Topic: Safety Control in Access Control Matrices. Description
05.28.02 Student Talk: Srijit Kamath Topic: Leaf Sequencing Algorithms for Segmented Multileaf Collimation. Abstract
06.04.02 Qualifying Exam Discussion
06.11.02 Qualifying Exam Discussion
06.18.02 Qualifying Exam Discussion
06.25.02 Summer Break
07.02.02 Qualifying Exam Discussion
07.09.02 Student Talk: Andrew Lomonosov Topic: Game Theoretic Mechanisms for QoS Provision.
07.16.02 Course Overview: Meera Sitharam  Recent Developments in the Study of Complexity.
07.23.02 Student Talk: Haibin Lu Topic: Packet Forwarding Algorithms. Abstract
07.30.02 Student Talk: Arfath Pasha Topic: Bin Packing for Hazardous Waste Removal. Abstract

Request to Speakers: Please (encourage and) allow plenty of time for questions and discussion.