Workshop announcement: Structuring Combinatorial Problems with Symmetry

Dear colleagues,

we are pleased to announce the workshop

Structuring Combinatorial Problems with Symmetry

to take place at

*Chemnitz University of Technology *in *Germany *from *24–26 **June** 2026*.

This workshop focuses on the systematic and algorithmic use of symmetry 
as well as group-theoretic and optimization-based methods in the study 
of combinatorial and geometric problems. It aims to bring together 
researchers working in discrete mathematics, polynomial optimization, 
applied real algebraic geometry and representation theory where symmetry 
plays a structural or algorithmic role. The goal is to foster exchange 
between intertwining perspectives and to stimulate further collaboration 
in this active area.

Lectures will be given by:

  * Daniel Brosch <https://www.danielbrosch.com/> (Klagenfurt)
  * Nidhi Khainsa <https://sites.google.com/view/kaihnsa/about> (Copenhagen)
  * Nando Leijenhorst <https://nanleij.github.io/> (Toulouse)
  * Philippe Moustrou <https://pmoustro.perso.math.cnrs.fr/index.html>
    (Toulouse)
  * Sven Polak <https://sites.google.com/site/svenpolak/> (Tilburg)
  * Leonie Scheeren
    <https://www.mathematik.rwth-aachen.de/cms/mathematik/fachgruppe/Institute-Lehrstuehle/Personen/~bkbg/Mitarbeiter-CAMPUS-/?gguid=PER-WN9RPS4&lidx=1>
    (Aachen)
  * Frank Vallentin <https://www.mi.uni-koeln.de/opt/frank-vallentin/>
    (Cologne)

To register, please send an email with the subject "Registration SPP26 
Symmetry" to [email protected] or 
[email protected] until *31 May 2026*, indicating your name and 
affiliation.

The program will provide opportunities for *contributed talks* of 30 
minutes. If you wish to propose a talk, please indicate so in your 
registration email and include a title plus short (<500 characters) 
abstract.

For further information on the program, speakers, and registration, 
please visit:

http://structuring-combinatorial-problems-with-symmetry-26.tobiasmetzlaff.com/

Best regards,
Sebastian Debus, Tobias Metzlaff, Christoph Helmberg


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