We cordially invite you to attend the 'CWI Lexures on Discrete Mathematics and Optimization' on 25 April 2013 at the Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica in Amsterdam. This year's CWI Lectures are organized in honour of Lex Schrijver, on the occasion of his retirement.

Lex Schrijver is a world-renowned authority on discrete mathematics and optimization. In 2005 Lex Schrijver was awarded the prestigious NWO Spinoza Prize, the highest scientific award in the Netherlands. He is best known to the general public for his work on the optimization of the Dutch railway timetables.

The CWI Lectures 2013 in mathematics and computer science are organized by CWI's Networks & Optimization group.

Invited speakers

The program features five speakers who are related to the research and career of Lex Schrijver, including:

• László Lovász (Eötvös Lórand University, Hungary)
• Martin Grötschel (Konrad-Zuse-Zentrum für Informationstechnik Berlin, Germany)
• Willem Haemers (Tilburg University, the Netherlands)
• Dion Gijswijt (CWI / Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands)
• Leo Kroon (Erasmus University Rotterdam / Netherlands Railways/NS)

Program (tentative)

10:30 - 11:00    Welcome with coffee & tea
11:00 - 11:05    Opening

11:05 - 11:50    László Lovász
11:50 - 12:35    Martin Grötschel

12:35 - 13:40    Lunch

13:40 - 14:10    Willem Haemers
14:10 - 14:40    Dion Gijswijt
14:40 - 15:10    Leo Kroon

15:10 - 15:30    Coffee & tea

15:30 - 16:30    Speeches

16:30 - 19:00    Reception and walking dinner

Registration

Attending the event is free after registration

Contact

For further informations and questions concerning the CWI Lexures, please contact Susanne van Dam

Here is an interesting video of the Simons foundation featuring László Lovász interviewed by Avi Wigderson.

https://simonsfoundation.org/science_lives_video/laszlo-lovasz/