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

Ivan Tarasenkov (Virginia Tech)

Properties of Quantum Tanner Codes

October 1

Zinnia Muntha Mowri (Utah State University)

Noise-Aided Decoding of Non-Binary LDPC Codes over QAM-AWGN Channels

This seminar will be held at 2 pm on zoom.
October 8

Nathan Daly (Virginia Tech)

Theory and Practice of Adaptor Signatures

October 15

Maciej Piwowarczyk (University of South Carolina)

Recent Results on Spatially Coupled Macula (and Similar) Codes

October 22

TBA

TBA

October 29

Jonathan Mandelbaum (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)

Subcode Ensemble Decoding Techniques for Degeneracy-Aware Quantum Error Correction

November 5

Ama Korentang (Boeing)

Light Edge Fault Tolerant Graph Spanners

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.