October 10-12, 2025 at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
October 10-12, 2025 at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Algorithms,
Combinatorics, and
Optimization
Research
Network
The Algorithms, Combinatorics, and Optimization Research Network (ACORN) represents the collaborations and connections between researchers in these related fields. This is exemplified by the joint PhD programs in ACO offered at Georgia Tech, Carnegie Mellon, and Waterloo. Following the success of ACORN 2023 at Georgia Tech, Carnegie Mellon University will be hosting ACORN 2025 from October 10 to 12.
We hope that you will join us!Â
Featuring FriezeFest 2025, a celebration of Alan Frieze's achievements on the occasion of his 80th birthday. Alan is an expert on random graphs, one of the founders of CMU's ACO program, and has written hundreds of papers.
FriezeFest will be held on October 11 and 12.
Invited Speakers
Ahmad Abdi (LSE)
Michael Anastos (IST Austria)
Nikhil Bansal (Michigan)
Amitabh Basu (Johns Hopkins)
Gerard Cornuejols (Carnegie Mellon)
Michelle Delcourt (Toronto M. U.)
Ravi Kannan (Simons Institute)
Michael Krivelevich (Tel Aviv)
Rose McCarty (Georgia Tech)
Colin McDiarmid (Oxford)
Michael Molloy (Toronto)
Gabor Pataki (UNC)
Wesley Pegden (Carnegie Mellon)
Will Perkins (Georgia Tech)
Mohit Singh (Georgia Tech)
Aravind Srinivasan (Maryland)
Santosh Vempala (Georgia Tech)
Eric Vigoda (UC Santa Barbara)
Weina Wang (Carnegie Mellon)