Mittagsseminar (in cooperation with A. Steger, D. Steurer and B. Sudakov)

Date and Time: Thursday, February 16, 2017, 12:15 pm

Duration: 30 minutes

Location: OAT S15/S16/S17

Speaker: Jukka Suomela (Aalto University)

Understanding computation with computation

As theoretical computer scientists, we seek to understand what can be automated, but what do we know about automating our own work? Is it possible for us to outsource our own research questions to computers? In this talk I will survey some of our recent success stories related to the use of computational techniques in the study of algorithms and computational complexity. My focus will be on the theory of distributed computing; the models of distributed computing appear to be particularly well-suited for computational investigations. I will give examples of distributed algorithms that were designed or co-designed by computers and that far outperform any previous human-designed algorithms. I will describe some meta-algorithmic techniques - how to design algorithms for designing algorithms - and we will also see an example of how to use computers to discover lower bound proofs.

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