{"637131":{"#nid":"637131","#data":{"type":"event","title":"ARC and Indo-US Virtual Center Seminar: Shayan Oveis Gharan (Univ. of Washington)","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp align = \u0022center\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAlgorithms \u0026amp; Randomness Center (ARC) and Indo-US Virtual Center Seminar\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp align = \u0022center\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EShayan Oveis Gharan (University of Washington)\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp align = \u0022center\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMonday, July 27, 2020\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp align = \u0022center\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EVirtual via Bluejeans - 11:30 am\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETitle:\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/strong\u003EA (slightly) Improved Approximation algorithm for Metric TSP\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbstract:\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/strong\u003EI will sketch some of the ideas in our recent 3\/2-eps approximation algorithm for Metric TSP. The field of geometry of polynomials plays a fundamental role in our proof as we use and prove several (new) properties of strongly Rayleigh distributions.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nBased on a joint work with Anna Karlin and Nathan Klein\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E----------------------------------\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/homes.cs.washington.edu\/~shayan\/\u0022\u003ESpeaker\u0026#39;s Webpage\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EVideos of recent talks are available at: \u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/smartech.gatech.edu\/handle\/1853\/46836\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003Ehttps:\/\/smartech.gatech.edu\/handle\/1853\/46836\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/mailman.cc.gatech.edu\/mailman\/listinfo\/arc-colloq\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EClick here to subscribe to the seminar email list: arc-colloq@Klauscc.gatech.edu \u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A (slightly) Improved Approximation algorithm for Metric TSP - Virtual via Bluejeans at 11:30am"}],"uid":"27544","created_gmt":"2020-07-21 17:43:18","changed_gmt":"2020-07-21 17:44:19","author":"Francella Tonge","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2020-07-27T12:30:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2020-07-27T14:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2020-07-27T14:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2020-07-27 16:30:00","gmt_time_end":"2020-07-27 18:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2020-07-27 18:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"70263","name":"ARC"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"177814","name":"Postdoc"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}