Schedule

STUDENT–ONLY EVENTS

MAIN SCHEDULE

Sunday, August 8
18:30–21:00 Welcome reception/Registration event (in Angleterre hotel)
Monday, August 9
8:30–9:00 Coffee/Registration
9:00–9:40 Overview of MIDAS (Andrew Goldberg) [slides]
9:40–10:20 An Overview of Hot Research Topics at MSR Cambridge (Andrew Herbert) [slides]
10:20–10:30 Coffee break
10:30–11:20 Data Structures 1 (Robert Tarjan) [slides, video]
11:30–12:20 Data Structures 2 (Robert Tarjan) [slides, video]
12:20–14:00 Lunch
14:00–14:45 Official Opening [slides]
14:45–15:40 Coffee break (joint with PR event), interaction time
15:40–16:30 Large Data Sets 1 (Giuseppe Italiano) [slides, video]
16:40–17:30 Large Data Sets 2 (Giuseppe Italiano) [slides, video]
Tuesday, August 10
8:30–9:00 Coffee
9:00–9:50 Combinatorial Optimization 1 (Clifford Stein) [slides, video]
10:00–10:50 Combinatorial Optimization 2 (Clifford Stein) [slides, video]
10:50–11:10 Coffee break
11:10–12:00 TSP and Bin Packing 1 (David Johnson) [slides: pdf, ppt, video]
12:10–13:00 TSP and Bin Packing 2 (David Johnson) [slides: pdf, ppt, video]
13:00–15:00 Lunch and interaction time
15:00–15:50 Shortest Paths 1 (Renato Werneck) [slides, video]
16:00–16:50 Shortest Paths 2 (Renato Werneck) [slides, video]
16:50–17:30 Coffee and interaction time
Wednesday, August 11
8:30–9:00 Coffee
9:00–9:50 Large Data Sets 3 (Giuseppe Italiano) [slides, video]
10:00–10:50 Large Data Sets 4 (Giuseppe Italiano) [slides, video]
10:50–10:10 Coffee break
11:10–11:40 Q&A session (Giuseppe Italiano)
11:40–12:10 Q&A session (Clifford Stein)
12:10–14:00 Lunch and interaction time
14:00–14:50 Combinatorial Optimization 3 (Clifford Stein) [slides, video]
16:00–21:00 Canal cruise (Nefrit ship) incl. transfers from and to University & Angleterre
Thursday, August 12
8:30–9:00 Coffee
9:00–9:50 Shortest Paths 3 (Renato Werneck) [slides], video]
10:00–10:50 Shortest Paths 4 (Renato Werneck) [slides, video]
10:55–11:25 Q&A session (Renato Werneck)
11:25–11:40 Coffee Break
11:40–12:30 Combinatorial Optimization 4 (Clifford Stein) [slides, video]
12:30–14:30 Lunch and interaction time
14:30–15:20 Data Structures 3 (Robert Tarjan) [slides: ppt, pdf, video]
15:30–16:20 Data Structures 4 (Robert Tarjan) [slides: ppt, pdf]
16:25–16:55 Q&A session (Robert Tarjan)
16:55–17:25 Coffee and interaction time
Friday, August 13
8:30–9:00 Coffee
9:00–9:50 Highway and VC Dimensions: from Practice to Theory and Back (Andrew Goldberg) [slides, video]
10:00–10:50 Combinatorial Optimization 5 (Clifford Stein) [slides: pdf, pptx, video]
10:50–11:10 Coffee Break
11:10–11:40 Q&A session (David Johnson)
11:40–12:00 Q&A session (Andrew Goldberg)
12:00–12:20 Programming project winning team award and presentation
12:20–14:00 Lunch and interaction time
14:00–17:00 TA office hours
17:00–21:00 Conference closing event (including diplomas and concluding remarks) and dinner (in Angleterre hotel)

STUDENT–ONLY EVENTS

Tuesday, August 10
13:00–15:00 TA office hours
17:00–17:50 TA office hours
Wednesday, August 11
9:00 Homework based on Monday lectures due
12:00 Programming project due
12:10–14:00 TA office hours
15:00–16:00 TA office hours
Thursday, August 12
9:00 Homework based on Tuesday lectures due
12:30–14:30 TA office hours
14:30 Programming project winners informed that they won
16:55–17:50 TA office hours
Friday, August 13
12:20–14:00 Graded homework available
12:20–14:00 TA office hours