Workshop Announcement: Positivity, Convexity and Computation in Rigidity Theory 2026

We want to draw your attention to the workshop

“Positivity, Convexity and Computation in Rigidity Theory
<http://www.iaa.tu-bs.de/AppliedAlgebra/workshop_rigidity_2026/index.html>”,

which will take place on

February 26 – 27, 2026,

at the Technische Universität Braunschweig in Germany. In addition, we plan
a reception with a poster session in the evening on the 25th of February.
In order to register, please send an email to
[email protected].

With this workshop we bring together researchers interested in geometric
rigidity theory with experts on positivity, convexity, symmetry and
computational methods. We plan to have plenty time for discussions, and we
hope that this exchange encourages the development of new approaches and
strategies for tackling geometric problems in rigidity theory.

List of keynote speakers:

   - Matteo Gallet
   <https://dmg.units.it/en/research/researchareas/researchfocus/10974/>(Università
   degli Studi di Trieste)
   - Hana Dal Poz Kouřimská
   <https://sites.google.com/view/hanakourimska/home>(Universität Potsdam)
   - Wai Yeung Lam  <https://sites.google.com/view/waiyeunglam/>(Université
   du Luxembourg)
   - Fatemeh Mohammadi <https://www.fatemehmohammadi.com/> (KU Leuven)
   - Cordian Riener  <https://www.cordian.de/>(Arctic University of Norway,
   Tromsø)
   - Daniel Robertz
   <https://www.math.rwth-aachen.de/~Daniel.Robertz/index_en.html>(RWTH
   Aachen)
   - Mohab Safey El Din  <https://safey.perso.lip6.fr/>(Sorbonne Université)
   - Louis Theran  <https://theran.lt/>(University of St Andrews)

You can find further information on the workshop website

http://www.iaa.tu-bs.de/AppliedAlgebra/workshop_rigidity_2026/index.html.

The workshop is part of the German priority program "Combinatorial Synergies
<https://combinatorial-synergies.de/>" funded by the DFG (German Research
Foundation). The Combinatorial Synergies program contains dozens of PIs
from the Applied Algebra and Geometry community in Germany. In general,
priority programs are large scale research endeavors funded over a period
of six years.

We are looking forward to seeing you in Braunschweig!
Best wishes, the organizers
Matthias Himmelmann, TU Braunschweig
Martin Winter, TU Berlin / MPI Leipzig
Timo de Wolff, TU Braunschweig

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