BHACO

About the Initiative

The Bremen-Hamburg initiative was started in 2018 by Petra Berenbrink from University of Hamburg and Nicole Megow from University of Bremen. The intent of the initiative is to bring together researchers from north-western Germany in the field of algorithms, combinatorics, and optimization, and to provide an accessible platform to discuss new developments and interesting open problems in their fields.
 

Bremen-Hamburg Colloquium on ACO on December 2, 2024

This one-day colloquium on topics around algorithms, combinatorics and optimization is organized by Nicole Megow, Daniel Schmand, and Sebastian Siebertz.

Non-academic organization

The workshop will start on Monday, December 2nd, at 10 am at the University of Bremen in room MZH 5500 (Bibliothekstrasse 5 28359 Bremen).
We will provide coffee and tea starting at 10:00am. The official part begins at 10:30am and ends around 5:30pm. For lunch there will be a soup, bread, tapas, and beverages. At 5:30 pm we go to the Italian Restaurant "Bellini im TRESOR" close to the University, Universit?tsallee 14, 28359 Bremen, and is at your own expense.

Academic organization

The workshop takes place in room MZH 5500 (Bibliothekstrasse 5 28359 Bremen)

10:00-10:30Arrival + Coffee and Tea Get-Togethe 
10:30-10:45Welcome 
10:45-11:15Advances in Algorithmic Meta TheoremsSebastian Siebertz (Universit?t Bremen)
11:15-11:45Noisy Linear Group Testing: Exact Thresholds and Efficient AlgorithmsLukas Hintze (Universit?t Hamburg)
11:45-12:15Infinite-domain CSPsDavide Perinti (TU Hamburg)
12:15-13:30Lunch 
13:30-14:00Quantum Hamiltonian engineering and moreMartin Kliesch (TU Hamburg)
14:00-14:30Improved Approximations for Vector Bin Packing via Iterative Randomized RoundingMatthias Mnich (TU Hamburg)
14:30-15:00Coffee Break 
15:00-15:30Online Algorithms, Algorithmic Game Theory and BeyondDaniel Schmand (Universit?t Bremen)
15:30-16:00An elementary bound for the directed grid theoremIrene Muzi (Universit?t Hamburg)
16:00-16:30Coffee Break 
16:30-17:00Combinatorial Optimization with Uncertainty in the InputNicole Megow (Universit?t Bremen)
17:00Closing and short discussion about future plans 
~17:30Dinner