Geometric and Combinatorial Methods in the Foundations of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence

Place:   Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, Park End Street, Oxford OX1 1HP

Link to Map for location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/p5rNZjF5hPmne4ky5

Dates:  21 - 25 July 2025

Organisers: Michael Bronstein, Cornelia Drutu, Dawid Kielak, Alexander Lubotzky, Assaf Naor, Standa Zivny

Purpose

The purpose of the event is to gather together researchers in CS, AI and Mathematics, to establish a common language and a knowledge exchange on techniques and open problems.

It is supported by the Isaac Newton Institute in Cambridge and the Mathematical Institute in Oxford.

The workshop will benefit from the local Oxford expertise: the University of Oxford's Computer Science department has been ranked first in the world for several years now, and it is also at Oxford that an AI research hub is based.

The Mathematical Institute provides an outstanding maths research environment, both at the senior and at the junior level, covering all areas and in particular those relevant to CS and AI (Combinatorics, Number Theory, Geometry etc.)

Speakers:

Maria-Florina Balcan 
Peter Bartlett 
Michael Bronstein 
Moses Charikar 
Cornelia Drutu
Giles Gardam 
Boris Hanin 
Andras Juhasz
Anders Karlsson
Dawid Kielak 
Alex Lubotzky 
Shahar Mendelson
Ryan O'Donnell
Fedor Pavutnitskiy
Laura Ciobanu Radomirovic  
Mikael de la Salle  
Lawrence Saul      
Erik Waingarten 
Shmuel Weinberger 
Standa Zivny  

Programme    

The programme will be composed of mini-courses, providing a survey of significant advances and open problems, research talks targeted to a joint audience of experts in Mathematics, Computer Science and AI and several discussion sessions lead by various experts with research interests at the interface of these fields.

Each day the schedule will be from 9:30 am to 5 pm, except for Friday when it is likely to be shorter. Timetable soon to be posted on the webpage.

The workshop is a satellite event of a programme held at the Isaac Newton Institute in Cambridge

https://www.newton.ac.uk/event/ogg/

Registration

To register please use the link below and complete the form: 

https://forms.office.com/r/8zsDtCDqrF