Virginia Tech Applied Algebra Seminar — Fall 2026

Thursdays • 9:00–10:00 am • 118 Steger Hall

August 27

Kirsten Morris (Virginia Tech)

Graphical Properties of Quantum LDPC Codes

September 3

Julia Shapiro (Virginia Tech)

COFI: Curve Optimal Function Intersection via Decoded Quantum Interferometry

September 10

Rodrigo San José (Virginia Tech)

The Algebraic Structure of Transversal Gates

September 17

Luana Costa (Instituto Nacional de Matemática Pura e Aplicada (IMPA) Brazil)

Hierarchical Locally Recoverable Codes on Surfaces

September 24

TBA

TBA

October 1

TBA

TBA

October 15

Maciej Piwowarczyk (University of South Carolina)

Recent Results on Spatially Coupled Macula (and Similar) Codes

October 22

TBA

TBA

October 29

TBA

TBA

November 5

TBA

TBA

November 19

TBA

TBA

December 3

TBA

TBA

If accommodations are needed, please contact Sarah McDearis at sworl9@vt.edu during regular business hours at least five business days before the event.