About:

The 69th Midwest Theory Day will bring together researchers interested in Theoretical Computer Science, from across the Midwest area. The event will begin at 12PM (EST) on April 26 and end in the afternoon at 3:30PM (EST) on April 27. Note that Purdue is on EST time.

Program

The detailed program is available here. Short version (pdf).

Keynote speakers:

• Jelani Nelson, Harvard University
• Sofya Raskhodnikova, Boston University and Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing
• Ryan Williams, MIT

Local invited speakers:

• Niao He, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
• Sepideh Mahabadi, Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago
• Konstantin Makarychev, Northwestern University
• Aaron Potechin, University of Chicago
• Grant Schoenebeck, University of Michigan
• Ilya Volkovich, University of Michigan

Student speakers:

• Tanima Chatterjee, University of Illinois at Chicago
• Zihao Deng, Washington University in St. Louis
• Nikolai Karpov, Indiana University, Bloomington
• Akash Kumar, Purdue University
• Yifeng Teng, University of Wisconsin Madison

Poster presenters:

• Akash Kumar, Purdue University
• Mitchell Jones, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
• Tanima Chatterjee, University of Illinois at Chicago
• Tamalika Mukherjee, Purdue University
• Patrick Lin, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
• Javad Darivandpour, Purdue University
• Babak Ravandi, Purdue University
• Samson Zhou, Indiana University, Bloomington
• Zihao Deng, University of Michigan
• Raphael Meyer, Purdue University
• Young-San Lin, Purdue University
• Yifeng Teng, University of Wisconsin Madison
• Arnob Ghosh, Purdue University
• Abhiram Natarajan, Purdue University
• Alex Block, Purdue University

Registration

• Registration for the event is free but required. Please fill out the registration form before April 12 to help us plan the logistics.
• Students or postdocs who would like to talk or present a poster should also fill out the presentation form. We will try to accommodate as many requests as possible.

Accommodation

• We have blocked a set of rooms at Purdue Memorial Union (PMU) for this event. To make hotel reservations go online at Union Club Hotel and use the block code: # 1904COMPUT_00 by April 12 at 5PM and your Purdue rate will be $131.00. However if someone should call after that date and there is a room they will add them back into the block.
• We expect to be able to provide some student housing support.

Directions and Parking

• We will provide parking passes for Friday April 26th, for speakers and poster presenters, for the parking garage on 3rd street (right across from LWSN). Everyone else should purchase in advance a day pass at https://www.purdue.edu/parking/faq/permits.html. Parking on Saturday is free. As an alternative, if you are staying at Purdue Memorial Union (PMU), you can park there and walk for ~5 mins to LWSN.
• For more information about travel to Purdue and hotels, see Visitor Information.