Seminar: Graph Homomorphisms

WiSe 2022/23

Description

This seminar explores the rich connection between the number of induced subgraphs, not necessarily induced subgraphs, graph homomorphisms, and other graph parameters. We will discuss elegant combinatorics, efficient algorithms, and hardness results. The focus will be on algorithms and complexity of problems related to finding and counting homomorphisms between graphs.

Teachers

Schedule

Weekly 2-hour sessions during the semester.

In the beginning, we will read Chapters 1-5 of Large networks and graph limits by Lázló Lovász together, with each participant giving a short talk on part of it. Subsequently, each participant will present an advanced topic from the area based on one of the papers listed below in a longer talk and in a short written report.

A detailed schedule will follow later.

Literature

Lernziele

Nach dem Seminar kann der:die Student:in:

Formale Anforderungen

Um das Seminar zu bestehen, werden folgende Aktivitäten erwartet:

Bewertung

Nach jedem Vortrag gibt es eine offene Feedbackrunde im Plenum und eine geschlossene Feedbackrunde im Einzelgespräch. Die vorläufige Benotung erfolgt direkt nach dem Vortrag. Bewertet werden:

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