The Constructive and Probabilistic Methods in Combinatorics workshop will be held 4 September – 8 September 2023 at the University of Zagreb. The workshop will cover the topics of design theory, graph decomposition, algebraic combinatorics, finite geometry, spanning structures, and similar. We are aiming to connect early and mid-career researchers, with the aim of exposing ourselves to new methods and ideas, as well as starting collaborations between researchers in different subfields of combinatorics.
The mornings will be reserved for four invited mini courses. In the afternoons, we will have some contributed talks by other participants, as well as problem solving sessions in small groups.
Schedule
All talks take place in Siva vijećnica (FER, Unska 3). There are signposts from the main entrance to Siva vijećnica.
*Coffee breaks 10:30 – 11.
Invited speakers
Simona Bonvicini, Department of Physics, Informatics and Mathematics, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Tamás Héger, Eötvös Loránd University
Alexey Pokrovskiy, University College London
Katherine Staden, The Open University
Organisers
Nina Kamčev, University of Zagreb, chair
Anamari Nakić, University of Zagreb
Research committee
Daniel Horsley, Monash University
Nina Kamčev
Anamari Nakić
Mathias Schacht, Universität Hamburg
Leo Storme, Ghent University
Practical information
The workshop will take place at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, Unska 3, Zagreb, Croatia. This is a 20-minute walk away from the Zagreb main square (Trg bana Jelačića).
Public transport
See https://www.zet.hr/en. There are (at least) two ways to buy tickets.
– At any kiosk (usually “Tisak”). There is one at the airport. Thirty-minute tickets cost 0,53 eur.
– In the app.
From the airport
We recommend taking the shuttle bus to the main bus terminal: https://plesoprijevoz.hr/zagreb/ . From there, trams take you to the centre and conference venue, or you can take a taxi.
Or, you can certainly just invest in a taxi.
Events and information: https://www.infozagreb.hr/en/events
Some hotels near the conference venue
Hotel Blue
Hotel International
Garden Hotel
The Loop Hotel
Some hotels near the conference venue
Hotel Blue
Hotel International
Garden Hotel
The Loop Hotel
High end
Westin Zagreb
Esplanade
Private accommodation or hostels with single rooms:
Swanky Mint Hostel
City Rooms Zagreb
…and many more
Preliminary schedule
9:30 – 13:00 mini courses
13:00 – 14:00 lunch break
14:00 – 17:00 problem solving sessions and contributed talks
Monday morning: open problems session
Confirmed participants
Peter Allen, London School of Economics
Jack Allsop, Monash University
Sylwia Antoniuk, Adam Mickiewicz University
Adrian Beker, University of Zagreb
Julia Boettcher, London School of Economics
Candy Bowtell, University of Warwick
Domagoj Bradač, ETH Zurich
Yangyang Cheng, University of Oxford
Luke Collins, University College London
Oliver Cooley, LMU Munich
Katherina von Dichter, BTU Cottbus
Pranshu Gupta, University of Passau
Daniel Horsley, Monash University
Nina Kamčev, University of Zagreb
Kyriakos Katsamaktsis, University College London
Ander Lamaison, Masaryk University
Richard Lang, University of Hamburg
Gabor Lugosi, UPF Barcelona
Domenico Mergoni, London School of Economics
Mirjana Mikalački, University of Novi Sad
Yannick Mogge, University of Hamburg
Rudi Mrazović, University of Zagreb
Alp Muyesser, University College London
Anamari Nakić, University of Zagreb
Kalina Petrova, ETH Zurich
Emil Powierski, University of Oxford
Amedeo Sgueglia, University College London
Jozef Skokan, London School of Economics
Miloš Stojaković, University of Novi Sad
Tadej Petar Tukara, University of Zagreb
Liana Yepremyan, Emory University
Lena Yuditsky, Université libre de Bruxelles
Places for food and coffee
Near FER Zagreb
– Simple Green (good veggie options)
– Fuego Fresh Latin
– Tvornica zdrave hrane (good coffee)
Near the centre and main (Jelačić) square
Restaurants
– Sol tapas
– Submarine burgers
– Sopal
– Theatrium
– Nav
– Al dente pizza
– Torikaya ramen bar
– Kai street food
– Soi fusion
– Zrno bio bistro (good veggie options)
– Ožujsko pub
– Mali medo pub
– Any bakery 🙂
Coffee: Filteraj, Cogito, Quahwa, Luta, Broom44 coffee & brunch…
Bakeries: Salo, Korica, Bread club…
Ice cream: Aroma, Melt or Amelie
Bars & festivals
– Krivi put bar
– Valhalla beer bar
– Vintage industrial bar
– Bikers beer factory
– Green river festival
– Burger festival (google it :))
Supporters
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