Virginia Tech Applied Algebra Seminar — Fall 2023

Thursdays • 9:30-10:30 am • 118 Steger Hall

August 24

Eduardo Camps (Virginia Tech)

Rings and Quantum Codes

August 29

Charles Cao (Virginia Tech Physics)

Quantum Legos and Expansion Pack (Part 1)

September 7

Charles Cao (Virginia Tech Physics)

Quantum Legos and Expansion Pack (Part 2)

September 14

Elias Garcia (Autonomous University of Mexico)

Grid Codes

September 19

Yuriko Pitones (Autonomous University of Mexico)

Algebraic Invariants in Coding Theory and Combinatorics

September 21

Emily McMillon (Virginia Tech)

Absorbing Sets and Iterative Decoder Failure

September 28

Atul Mantri (Virginia Tech Computer Science)

On the Power of Trapdoor Claw-free Functions (Part 1)

October 5

Atul Mantri (Virginia Tech Computer Science)

On the Power of Trapdoor Claw-free Functions (Part 2)

October 12

Rodrigo San Jose Rubio (Universidad de Valladolid)

A Recursive Construction for Projective Reed-Muller Codes (Part 1)

October 19

Rodrigo San Jose Rubio (Universidad de Valladolid)

A Recursive Construction for Projective Reed-Muller Codes (Part 2)

November 7

Pedro Soto (Virginia Tech)

On Characters, Geometric Invariant Theory, and the Xor Log Rank Conjecture

If accommodations are needed, please contact Stephanie Hedrick at steph2@vt.edu during regular business hours at least five business days before the event.