Proofs and algorithms seminar: Yuliy Baryshnikov on Wednesday 29 May 2024 at 11h00

===== Seminar of the proofs and algorithms pole =====

Hello everybody,

For a new seminar of the proofs and algorithms pole of LIX, we are happy to welcome Yuliy Baryshnikov (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), invited by the Cosynus team.

***** Wednesday 29 May 2024 at 11h00, room TBA *****

Yuliy Baryshnikov -- Spaces of Obstacle Avoiding Paths

A broad class of models deal with spaces of directed paths avoiding some dynamic obstacles. (Examples include concurrency, in computer science, and collision avoidance in control theory.) The topology (say, the homotopy type) of these spaces is not yet well understood.

It turns out, the study of these spaces is in many respects parallel to the theory of linear subspace arrangements. I will outline some recent results, and the key tools used to obtain them, - in particular, the apparatus of diagrams of spaces.




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https://www.lix.polytechnique.fr/proofs-algorithms/seminar/calendar.ics