Dear all,

part of the programme of the research training group UnRAVeL is a series of introductory lectures on the topics of „randomness“ and „uncertainty“ in UnRAVeL’s research thrusts algorithms and complexity, verification, logic and languages, and their application scenarios. Each lecture is delivered by one of the researchers involved in UnRAVeL. The main aim is to provide doctoral researchers as well as master students a broad overview of the subjects of UnRAVeL.

This year, 12 UnRAVeL professors will answer the following questions, based on one of their recent scientific results:

• How did you get to this result?
• How did you come up with certain key ideas?
• How did you cope with obstacles on the way? Which ideas you had did not work out?

Following these talks, PhD students will give an informal summary of their doctoral studies within UnRAVeL.

All interested doctoral researchers and master students are invited to attend the UnRAVeL lecture series 2021 and engage in discussions with researchers and doctoral students.

Details information can be found on https://www.unravel.rwth-aachen.de/cms/UnRAVeL/Studium/~pzix/Ringvorlesung-Veranstaltung/?lidx=1

All events take place on Thursdays from 16:30 to 18:00 on Zoom https://rwth.zoom.us/j/96043715437?pwd=U0dRczkyQjRCY21abW13TDNmUHlhUT09

• 15/04/2021 Survey Lecture: Erika Ábrahám: Probabilistic Hyperproperties
• 22/04/2021 Jürgen Giesl: Inferring Expected Runtimes of Probabilistic Programs
• 29/04/2021 Erich Grädel: Hidden Variables in Quantum Mechanics and Logics of Dependence and Independence
• 06/05/2021 Christof Löding: Learning Automata for Infinite Words
• 20/05/2021 Martin Grohe: The Logic of Graph Neural Networks
• 10/06/2021 Britta Peis: Sensitivity Analysis for Submodular Function Optimization with Applications in Algorithmic Game Theory
• 17/06/2021 Nils Nießen: Optimised Maintenance of Railway Infrastructure
• 24/06/2021 Gerhard Lakemeyer: Uncertainty in Robotics
• 01/07/2021 Joost-Pieter Katoen: The Surprises of Probabilistic Termination
• 08/07/2021 Christina Büsing: Robust Minimum Cost Flow Problem Under Consistent Flow Constraints
• 15/07/2021 Ringvorlesung: Gerhard Woeginger: Bilevel optimization
• 22/07/2021 Ulrike Meyer: Malware Detection

We are looking forward to seeing you at the lectures.

Best regards,
Tim Seppelt for the organisation committee