On October 13, 2026, Julien Codsi from Princeton University gave a talk on various results on the tree-independence number of graphs. The title of his talk was “Recent progress in the tree-⍺ world“.
Daniel McGinnis gave a talk at the Discrete Math Seminar on a commutative-algebraic approach to regularity that yields an optimal colorful fractional Helly theorem for d-Leray simplicial complexes.
On October 6, 2026, Daniel McGinnis from the IBS Discrete Mathematics Group gave a talk at the Discrete Math Seminar on a commutative-algebraic approach to regularity that yields an optimal colorful fractional Helly theorem for d-Leray simplicial complexes. The title of his talk was “Multi-generic initial ideals, regularity, and the optimal colorful fractional Helly theorem for d-Leray complexes“.
David R. Wood gave a talk on a weakening of Hadwiger’s conjecture in terms of the clustered chromatic number at the Discrete Math Seminar
On September 22, 2026, David R. Wood from Monash University gave a talk on coloring graphs without K_t minor with t colors while avoiding large monochromatic components at the Discrete Math Seminar. The title of his talk was “Proof of the Clustered Hadwiger Conjecture“.
David R. Wood gave a talk explaining the proof of the Erdős-Sós conjecture by GPT Astra at the Discrete Math Seminar
On September 18, 2026, David R. Wood from Monash University gave a talk showing the proof of the Erdős-Sós conjecture found by GPT Astra at the Discrete Math Seminar. The title of his talk was “The Erdős-Sós Theorem“.
Gabriëlle Zwaneveld gave a talk on oriented graphs with the same number of neighbors and second neighbors at each vertex at the Discrete Math Seminar
On September 15, 2026, Gabriëlle Zwaneveld from University of Amsterdam gave a talk on oriented graphs with the same number of neighbors and second neighbors at each vertex, motivated by Seymour’s second neighborhood conjecture, at the Discrete Math Seminar. The title of her talk was “On Seymour-tight orientations“.
Olga Medrano Martín del Campo gave a talk on ε-saturation of classes of graphs of bounded Littlestone dimension and VC dimension at the Discrete Math Seminar
On September 8, 2026, Olga Medrano Martín del Campo from the IBS Discrete Mathematics Group gave a talk on ε-saturation of classes of graphs of bounded Littlestone dimension and VC dimension at the Discrete Math Seminar. The title of her talk was “Epsilon-saturation for Littlestone classes and stable graphs“.
Ben Lund gave a talk on the number of incidences between points and n-dimensional projective subspaces at the Discrete Math Seminar
On September 1, 2026, Ben Lund from Xidian University, China gave a talk at the Discrete Math Seminar on an upper bound of the number of incidences between points and n-dimensional projective subspaces in PG(n+d,q). The title of his talk was “Incidences between points and n-flats in PG(n+d,q)“.
Jinyoung Park (박진영) gave a talk on the Discrete Convexity Conjecture of Talagrand at the Discrete Math Seminar
On August 18, 2026, Jinyoung Park (박진영) from NYU gave a talk at the Discrete Math Seminar on a reformulation of the Discrete Convexity Conjecture of Talagrand. The title of her talk was “A reformulation of Talagrand’s Discrete Convexity Conjecture“.
Hyunwoo Lee (이현우) gave a talk on a recent new lower bound for the multicolor triangle Ramsey number by OpenAI at the Discrete Math Seminar
On August 7, 2026, Hyunwoo Lee (이현우) from KAIST and IBS Extremal Combinatorics and Probability Group gave a talk at the Discrete Math Seminar on a recent super-exponential lower bound for the multicolor triangle Ramsey number by OpenAI. The title of his talk was “A super-exponential lower bound construction for the multicolor triangle Ramsey problem discovered by OpenAI“.
Meike Hatzel gave a talk on a structural characterization of digraphs not immersing a cylindrical grid at the Discrete Math Seminar
On August 5, 2026, Meike Hatzel from TU Darmstadt gave a talk at the Discrete Math Seminar on a structural characterization of digraphs not immersing a cylindrical grid. The title of her talk was “Directed tree-cutwidth and immersions“.











