Please note that the list below only shows forthcoming events, which may not include regular events that have not yet been entered for the forthcoming term. Please see the past events page for a list of all seminar series that the department has on offer.

 

Past events in this series


Thu, 15 Oct 2026

14:00 - 15:00
(This talk is hosted by Rutherford Appleton Laboratory)

Optimizing over graphs: Challenges, Formulations, and Applications

Ruth Misener
(Imperial College London)
Abstract

Ruth Misener will talk about: 'Optimizing over graphs: Challenges, Formulations, and Applications'

Applications involving optimization over graphs include molecular design, graph neural network verification, neural architecture search, etc. This talk discusses formulating graph spaces using mixed-integer optimization and incorporating application-specific constraints. We discuss computational challenges with these mixed-integer optimization formulations and zoom in on the practical implications for these applications. We mention what has been done (by both ourselves and others) and what other research still needs to be done.

Co-authors: Shiqiang Zhang, Yilin Xie, Christopher Hojny, Juan Campos, Jixiang Qing, Christian Feldmann, David Walz, Frederik Sandfort, Miriam Mathea, Calvin Tsay

 

This talk is hosted by Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus

Thu, 05 Nov 2026
14:00

TBA

Sara Shashaani
(North Carolina State University)
Abstract

TBA; the speaker is visiting during term and this date can be flexible. 

Thu, 12 Nov 2026

14:00 - 15:00
Lecture Room 3

TBA

Dr Peter Braam
(Department of Physics, Oxford University)
Abstract

TBA

Thu, 19 Nov 2026

14:00 - 15:00
Lecture Room 3

TBA

Prof Rob Scheichl
(University of Heidelberg)
Abstract

TBA