Workshop on Algebraic Complexity Theory – WACT 2014

On 24-28 March 2014, Saarland University hosts the Workshop on Algebraic Complexity Theory – WACT 2014.
WACT 2013 was held in Aarhus, Denmark.

Algebraic Complexity Theory is a classical subfield of computational complexity theory. In recent years, the field has been the subject of an intense revival. The purpose of this workshop is to bring together world leading experts within Algebraic complexity with the aim of discussing the current state of the art and setting the directions for the future.

Program

Confirmed speakers:

V. Arvind The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai
Peter Bro Miltersen Aarhus University
Neeraj Kayal Microsoft Research India
Pascal Koiran ENS Lyon
Meena Mahajan The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai
Chandan Saha Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Nitin Saxena IIT Kanpur
Thomas Thierauf Aalen University
Chris Umans Caltech

Contributed talks

Beside the invited talks, which take place in the morning, there will be contributed talks on Tuesday and/or Thursday afternoon. To contribute a talk, you should contact Markus Bläser. It is possible to announce a contributed talk during the workshop. All other afternoons are free for informal discussions, seminar rooms will be available for this.

Registration

Registration closed.

Time and Place

Date: March 24 to 28, 2014
Place: Saarland University
Departement of Computer Science
Saarbrücken, Germany

Organisers

Scientific Organisers: Markus Bläser – Saarland University
Peter Bro Miltersen – Aarhus University
Local Organisers: Christian Engels – Saarland University
Thatchaphol Saranurak – Saarland University

Sponsored by the Indo-German Max Planck Center for Computer Science (IMPECS).