2008-2009 Seminars

Sep
15
2008

Computer Science/Discrete Mathematics Seminar I

On a Conjecture of Linial and Berge
11:15am|S-101

In 1982 Linial and Berge conjectured that there is some form of duality between partitioning the vertices of a directed graph to disjoint paths and finding a big set of vertices in it with a small chromatic number. In the talk I will discuss the...

Sep
09
2008

Computer Science/Discrete Mathematics Seminar II

A Simple Proof of Bazzi's Theorem
10:30am|S-101

Pseudo-random generators that are secure against constant depth polynomial size circuits have been known since the seminal paper by Ajtai and Wigderson (1985). All available constructions of such generators, however, appear to be somewhat special...