Programme

Tuesday 6 April

14:00
Registration - Atrium

16:00
G.07
Chair: Julian Bradfield
Kim Larsen
Aalborg Universitet, Denmark
Verifying LEGO: Validation and Synthesis of Embedded Software
17:00
Reception in INSPACE

19:00Dinner in Pollock Halls

Wednesday 7 April

08:40Registration - Atrium
08:55Announcements - G.07
09:00
G.07
Chair: Mary Cryan
Gil Kalai
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Analysis and Probability of Boolean Functions
Chair: Mary CryanChair: Julian Bradfield
10:00
G.07
Oded Lachish
University of Warwick
Property Testing
10:00
G.03
Wei Chen
University of Nottingham
From Seven-trees-in-one to Cyclotomics
10:25
Coffee break

Chair: Iain StewartChair: Stephan Reiff-Marganiec
10:50
G.07
Benjamin Sach
University of Bristol
Pattern matching algorithms for streaming data
10:50
G.03
Vashti Galpin
University of Edinburgh
Bisimulations for biology
11:15
G.07
Alexandru Popa
University of Bristol
Permuted Common Supersequence
11:15
G.03
Djihed Afifi
University of Manchester
Using Automated Reasoning Tools in the Simulation of Evolvable System
11:40
G.07
Supaporn Chairungsee
King's College London
Efficient computation of minimal absent words
11:40
G.03
Richard Dobson
King's College London
Low Energy Scheduling with Non-Uniform Multiprocessor Systems
12:05
G.07
Denham Evelyn
Logic Code Generator Ltd
An in-place optimal k-way merge-sort with O(N) data moves
12:05
G.03
Martin Birks
University of Leicester
Temperature Aware Online Scheduling with a Low Cooling Factor
12:30
Lunch - Atrium/MF2/Roof Garden

13:30
G.07
Chair: Faron Moller
Catuscia Palamidessi
INRIA-Saclay and École Polytechnique, France
Information-Theoretic approaches to Information Flow
Chair: Faron MollerChair: Julian Bradfield
14:30
G.07
Michael Banks
University of York
Multi-User Systems in the Unifying Theories of Programming
14:30
G.03
Andrew Collins
University of Liverpool
Asynchronous rendezvous with local information
14:55
Coffee break

Chair: Julian GutierrezChair: Kousha Etessami
15:20
G.07
Phillip James
Swansea University
Verification of train control systems: Reducing the complexity
15:20
G.03
Anna Adamaszek
DIMAP, Warwick University
Large-girth roots of graphs
15:45
G.07
Karim Kanso
Swansea University
Model Checking from a Type Theory Platform
15:45
G.03
Daniel Paulusma
Durham University
The k-in-a-path problem for claw-free graphs
16:10
G.07
Andy Lawrence
Swansea University
Verification of Railway Interlockings in SCADE
16:10
G.03
Pim van 't Hof
Durham University
On graph contractions and induced minors
16:35
G.07
Troels Bjerre Sørensen
University of Warwick
Approximability and Parametrized Complexity of Min--Max Values
16:35
G.03
Thomas Nickson
University of Liverpool
Geometric Computations on Regular Tilings by a Graph Dynamical System
17:00Visit local hostelries
19:00Dinner in Pollock Halls

Thursday 8 April

09:00
G.07
Chair: Achim Jung
Uli Sattler
University of Manchester
Automated Reasoning for Ontology Engineering
Chair: Achim JungChair: Kousha Etessami
10:00
G.07
DelhiBabu Radhakrishnan
Anna University
Updating Logical Database
10:00
G.03
Konrad Dabrowski
University of Warwick
Parameterized complexity and the independent set problem.
10:25
Coffee break

Chair: Páidí CreedChair: Bahareh Afshari
10:50
G.07
Mark Jerrum
Queen Mary, University of London
Approximating the Tutte polynomial: another status report
10:50
G.03
Christopher Broadbent
Oxford University
Some results concerning first-order logic and collapsible pushdown graphs.
11:15
G.07
Charilaos Efthymiou
University of Warwick
Deterministic counting of graph colourings using sequences of subgraphs
11:15
G.03
Anthony Widjaja To
University of Edinburgh
Parikh Images of Regular Languages: Complexity and Applications
11:40
G.07
Prasad Chebolu
University of Liverpool
The Complexity of Approximately Counting Stable Matchings
11:40
G.03
Christopher Poskitt
The University of York
Towards a Hoare Calculus for Graph Programs
12:05
G.07
John Faben
QMUL
H-colourings in modular counting classes
12:05
G.03
Lorenzo Clemente
LFCS @ Edinburgh University
Multipebble Simulation Preorders for Alternating Büchi Automata
12:30
Lunch - Atrium/MF2/Roof Garden

13:30
G.07
Chair: Mark Jerrum
Erik Demaine
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S.A.
Algorithms Meet Art, Puzzles, and Magic
Chair: Mark Jerrum
14:30
G.07
Rick Thomas
University of Leicester
Word problems of groups and complexity classes
14:30
G.03


14:55
Coffee break

Chair: Rick ThomasChair: Graham Hutton
15:20
G.07
Iain Stewart
Durham University
A general algorithm for detecting faults under the comparison diagnosis model
15:20
G.03
Iain Lane
University of Nottingham
Presheaf models of local state
15:45
G.07
Stephan Reiff-Marganiec
University of Leicester
Selecting the Right Service at the Right Time
15:45
G.03
Christian Kissig
University of Leicester
Trace Semantics of Coalgebras
16:10
G.07
David Manlove
University of Glasgow
Optimising paired and pooled kidney exchanges
16:10
G.03
Fredrik Nordvall Forsberg
Swansea University
Inductive-inductive definitions
16:35
G.07
Oliver Kullmann
Computer Science, Swansea University
Green-Tao numbers and SAT
16:35
G.03
Liam O'Reilly
Swansea University
Compositional Based Reasoning in CSP-CASL
17:00End of talks
17:15
AGM of the BCTCS
David Hume Tower, Faculty Room North


19:30
Colloquium Dinner
Howie's, Waterloo Place

Friday 9 April

09:30
G.07
Chair: David Manlove
Johan Håstad
Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan, Sweden
Approximation Resistance
Chair: David ManloveChair: Vashti Galpin
10:30
G.07
Rafiq Saleh
University of Liverpool
On descriptional complexity of knot properties
10:30
G.03
Ashley Montanaro
University of Bristol
Quantum search with advice
10:55
Coffee break

Chair: Troels SørensenChair: András Salamon
11:20
G.07
Markus Jalsenius
University of Bristol
Flood-It: The Colourful Game of Board Domination
11:20
G.03
Golnaz Badkobeh
King's College London
An infinite Binary word containting only three distinct squares
11:45
G.07
Antony McCabe
University of Liverpool
Examining Frugality in Simple Procurement Auctions
11:45
G.03
German Tischler
King's College London
Linear Time Computation of Longest Previous non-overlapping Factors
12:10
G.07
Neelam Gohar
University of Liverpool, UK
Tactical and Manipulative dynamics
12:10
G.03
Páidí Creed
Royal Holloway, University of London
A Galois connection for Valued Constraint Satisfaction
12:35
G.07
Carmine Ventre
University of Liverpool
Ranking Games that have Competitiveness-based Strategies
12:35
G.03
Raphael Clifford
University of Bristol
From coding theory to efficient pattern matching
13:00
Lunch - Atrium/MF2/Roof Garden - end of BCTCS