PhaseA colloquium

As part of the CWI thematic research semester programme and the 4TU+.AMI Strategic Research Initiative 'Phase Transitions in Combinatorics, Algorithms and Probability' (PhaseCAP), a series of three colloquia is organized in Amsterdam. Please register via the links below if you want to attend. Registration closes a week before the meeting or when capacity is reached.

A.       Thursday, 2 April — PhaseP colloquium
13:30–14:00 Coffee reception
14:00–15:00 Christina Goldschmidt (Oxford): Stable trees
15:00–16:00 Tom Bohman (Carnegie Mellon): Notes on two-point concentration in random graphs
16:00–17:30 Drinks reception

Registration: https://www.cwi.nl/en/research/algorithms-and-complexity/events/registration-phasecap-probability-plenary-talks-thursday-2-april-2026/

B.       Friday, 17 April — PhaseC colloquium
13:30–14:00 Coffee reception
14:00–15:00 Penny Haxell (Waterloo): Algorithms for Independent Transversals and Reconfiguration
15:00–16:00 Rob Morris (IMPA): Recent results in Ramsey theory
16:00–17:30 Drinks reception

Registration: https://www.cwi.nl/en/events/research-semester-programmes/phasecap-phase-transitions-in-combinatorics-algorithms-probability/17-april-2026-phasecap-combinatorics-plenary-talks/

C.      Friday, 29 May — PhaseA colloquium
14:00–15:00 Leslie Goldberg (Oxford): Fundamental Instability of Backoff Protocols
15:00–16:00 Amin Coja-Oghlan (Dortmund): The cavity method
16:00–17:30 Drinks reception

Registration: https://www.cwi.nl/en/events/research-semester-programmes/phasecap-phase-transitions-in-combinatorics-algorithms-probability/registration-phasecap-algorithms-plenary-talks-friday-29-may-2026/

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Organizers

• Ferenc Bencs (CWI)
• Jop Briët (CWI)
• Serte Donderwinkel (RUG)
• Carla Groenland (TU Delft)
• Ross Kang (UvA)
• Noela Müller (TU/e)
• Guus Regts (UvA)