Talks

2023

Applied Category Theory 2023, contributed talk: “Chopping things up to decide stuff fast“.
FPT Fest in Honor of Mike Fellows, invited speaker for the minisymposium on tree-width organized by Dimitrios Thilikos. Title: “Chopping things up to decide stuff fast“.
University of Nottingham international seminar series on applications of category theory to finite model theory and computer science. Title: “Chopping things up to decide stuff fast“, Nottingham, UK
54th Southeastern International Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory & Computing, Title: “Chopping things up to decide stuff fast“, Boca Raton, Florida, USA
Joint Mathematics Meeting 2023, Title: “Structured Decompositions: recursive data and recursive algorithms“, Boston Massachusetts

2022

Combinatorics Seminar, Title: “Graph Decompositions go Categorical“, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
AlGCo seminar in Montpellier; Title: “Structured Decompositions: recursive data and recursive algorithms” (invited, Thursday September 25th at 10am German time; click here for the zoom link to attend)
European Symposium on Algorithms; Title: “Search space redution via essential vertices” (September 5th)
Mainz Algorithm Seminar — Week-long introduction to Applied Category Theory (invited, August 8th-12th)
APGA 2022, Calpe, Spain — Advances in Parameterized Algorithms (invited, May2nd -6th)
Resarch visit at the University of Hamburg with Karl Heuer (invited, April 4th-8th)

2021

Darmstadt Algorithms Seminar (Invited, December 15th)
ACPMS Algebraic and Combinatorial perspectives in the mathematical sciences (invited, upcoming: Dec. 3rd 2021)
University of Glasgow – Formal Analysis, Theory & Algorithms (invited, upcoming: Nov. 23rd 2021)
TU Ilmenau combinatorics seminar – Fachgebiet Large Networks and Random Graphs (invited, upcoming: Nov. 4th 2021)
Graphes en Rhône Alpes Auvergne (Grenoble and Clermont-Ferrand joint seminar on graph theory and algorithms) (invited)
Category Theory CT20->21 conference; you can watch the video recording here.
IWOCA 2021: 32nd International Workshop on Combinatorial Algorithms (best paper award)
British Combinatorial Conference 2021
TU Berlin: Algorithmik und Komplexitätstheorie research group (invited)
Dagstuhl Seminar on ‘Temporal Graphs: Structure, Algorithms, Applications‘ (invited, 25. – 30. April) A recording of this talk is available on YouTube; you can find it here.
IBS Discrete Mathematics Group (DIMAG), Daejeon, South Korea: Virtual Discrete Math Colloquium (invited)
British Colloquium on Theoretical Computer Science (link to schedule here) 2021
University of Birmingham: Study group in Graph Theory, Topology and Algorithms (invited)
TU Berlin: Logic and Semantics Research Group (invited)
Karlsruhe IT: discrete math seminar (invited)

2020 – Alea iacta est

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