Caleidoscope schools

The Caleidoscope (“Complexity as a kaleidoscope”) research schools have been organized regularly since 2019.

Description

Computational complexity theory was born more than 50 years ago when researchers started asking themselves what could be computed efficiently. Classifying problems or functions with respect to the amount of resources (e.g. time and/or space) needed to solve or compute them turned out to be an extremely difficult question. This has led researchers to develop a remarkable variety of approaches, employing different mathematical methods and theories.

The future development of complexity theory will require a subtle understanding of the similarities, differences and limitations of the many current approaches. In fact, even though these approaches study the same phenomenon, they are developed today within disjoint communities, with little or no communication between them (e.g. algorithms, logic, programming theory, algebra etc.). This dispersion is unfortunate since it hinders the development of hybrid methods and more generally the advancement of computational complexity as a whole.

The goal (and peculiarity) of the Caleidoscope schools is to reunite in a single event as many different takes on computational complexity as can reasonably be fit in one week.  It is intended for graduate students as well as established researchers who wish to learn more about neighboring areas.

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