Computer Science/Discrete Mathematics

Date:
Jan
21
2025

Computer Science/Discrete Mathematics Seminar II

Explicit Codes Approaching the Generalized Singleton Bound Using Expanders
10:30am|Simonyi 101 and Remote Access

Error correcting codes are objects designed to withstand errors that may arise during communication. Originally intended for practical use, codes have come to be established as one of the central objects of study in theoretical computer science, due...

Jan
27
2025

Computer Science/Discrete Mathematics Seminar I

On Approximability of Satisfiable Constraint Satisfaction Problems & Applications
Amey Bhangale
10:30am|Simonyi 101 and Remote Access

The satisfiability problem for Constraint Satisfaction Problems (CSPs) asks whether an instance of a CSP has a fully satisfying assignment, i.e., an assignment that satisfies all constraints. This problem is known to be in class P or is NP-complete...