Theory Seminar - 2006

The focus of the seminar will be on recent results in theoretical computer science 
 in areas such as algorithms, complexity, and cryptography.
 Speakers will be invited from universities in Israel and abroad.
 
 
10.1.06
Speaker: Dana Moshkovitz, Weizmann Institute of Science.
Taub 601
10:30
Title: Sub-Constant Error Low Degree Test of Almost-Linear
Size
 
 
30.3.06
Speaker: Danny Harnik, The Technion.
Taub 601
10:00
Title: On the Compressibility of NP Instances (for the 
Future) and (Today's) Cryptographic Applications
 
 
6.4.06
Speaker: Ronen Shaltiel, Haifa University.
Taub 337
10:30
Title: 2-source dispersers for n^{o(1)} entropy and Ramsey
graphs beating the Frankl-Wilson construction.
 
 
 
27.4.06
Speaker: Ronen Gradwohl, Weizmann Institute of Science.
Taub 337
10:00
Title: Random Selection with an Adversarial Majority
 
 
 
4.5.06
Speaker: Yuval Rabani, The Technion.
Taub 337
10:00
Title: Graph Decompositions, Metric Geometry, and 
Approximation Algorithms 
 
 
11.5.06
Speaker: Ofer Neiman, The Hebrew University.
Taub 337
10:00
Title: Metric Embedding with Relaxed Guarantees
  
 
16.5.06
Speaker: Alex Samorodnitsky, The Hebrew University.
Taub 601
10:30
Title: Low-degree tests and Gowers uniformity norms of boolean
 functions 
 
 
08.6.06
Speaker: Manor Mendel, The Open University.
Taub 337
10:00
Title: Ramsey partitions and proximity data-structures
 
 
 
15.6.06
Speaker: Iftach Haitner, Weizmann Institute of Science.
Taub 337
10:00
Title: On the power of the randomized iterate
 
 
22.6.06
Speaker: Michael Elkin, Ben Gurion University.
Taub 337
10:30
Title: Lower-stretch Spanning Trees 
 
 
 
29.6.06
Speaker: Anup Rao, U. T. Austin.
Taub 337
10:30
Title:  Deterministic Extractors for Small Space Sources 
  
 
 
6.7.06
Speaker: Adi Shraibman, Hebrew University.
Taub 337
10:00
Title:  Margin complexity and related questions
 
 
 
13.7.06
Speaker: Johann Makowski, Technion.
Taub 337
10:30
Title:  Logic and Combinatorics