On July 21, 2026, Zichao Dong from the IBS Extremal Combinatorics and Probability Group gave a talk on the maximum size of a set family in which, for each i ≤ k, every intersection of i members has a prescribed parity at the Discrete Math Seminar. The title of his talk was “k-wise odd-even towns“.
Sang-il Oum (엄상일) gave a talk at the Discrete Math Seminar on a recent proof of the cycle double cover conjecture by OpenAI
On July 16, 2026, Sang-il Oum from the IBS Discrete Mathematics Group gave a talk on a recent proof the cycle double cover conjecture by OpenAI at the Discrete Math Seminar. The title of his talk was “A proof of the cycle double cover conjecture by OpenAI“.
Yaobin Chen gave a talk on the maximum size of a subset in general position of a random subset of a finite-dimensional vector space over a finite field
On July 14, 2026, Yaobin Chen from the IBS Extremal Combinatorics and Probability Group gave a talk at the Discrete Math Seminar on the maximum size of a subset in general position of a random subset of a finite-dimensional vector space over a finite field. The title of his talk was “Maximum in-general-position set in a random subset of $\mathbb{F}_q^d$“.
Ting-Wei Chao gave a talk on a variation of the odd town problem at the Discrete Math Seminar
On July 10, 2026, Ting-Wei Chao from MIT gave a talk at the Discrete Math Seminar on a variation of the odd town problem. The title of his talk was “The Oddtown Problem Modulo a Composite Number“.
Stefan Weltge gave a talk on the minimum number of inequalities whose integer solutions are standard unit vectors at the Discrete Math Seminar
On June 19, 2026, Stefan Weltge from the Technical University of Munich gave a talk at the Discrete Math Seminar on the minimum number of inequalities whose integer solutions are precisely standard unit vectors. The title of his talk was “The relaxation complexity of the standard simplex is logarithmic“.
Harry Richman gave a talk on an algorithm to compute tropical Weierstrass weights at the Discrete Math Seminar
On June 16, 2026, Harry Richman gave a talk on an algorithm to compute tropical Weierstrass weights at the Discrete Math Seminar. The title of his talk was “Distinguishing graphs with tropical Weierstrass weights“.
J. Pascal Gollin gave a talk on the existence of a balanced separator dominated by small number of vertices in a graph excluding a wheel as an induced minor at the Discrete Math Seminar
On June 9, 2026, J. Pascal Gollin from University of Primorska gave a talk at the Discrete Math Seminar on the existence of a balanced separator dominated by a small number of vertices in a graph excluding a wheel as an induced minor. The title of his talk was “Dominated balanced separators in wheel-induced-minor-free graphs“.
Maria Chudnovsky gave a talk on bounding treewidth of n-vertex graphs excluding fixed induced minors as a function of n at the Discrete Math Seminar
On June 2, 2026, Maria Chudnovsky from Princeton University gave a talk on bounding treewidth of n-vertex graphs excluding fixed induced minors as a function of n at the Discrete Math Seminar. The title of her talk was “Induced minors and treewidth“.
Fernanda Rivera Omaña gave a talk on the Erdős-Pósa property for matroid minors at the Discrete Math Seminar
On May 26, 2026, Fernanda Rivera Omaña from the University of Waterloo gave a talk at the Discrete Math Seminar on the Erdős-Pósa property for matroid minors. The title of her talk was “Erdős-Pósa theorem for matroids“.
Xavier Goaoc gave a talk on a tree decomposition of the chirotopes of a planar point set and its application to counting triangulations at the Discrete Math Seminar
On May 19, 2026, Xavier Goaoc from Université de Lorraine gave a talk at the Discrete Math Seminar on a tree decomposition of the chirotopes of a planar point set and its application to counting triangulations of a chirotope. The title of his talk was “A canonical tree decomposition for order types, and some applications“.











