Talks and presentations

Invited Seminars

[t1] The Bethe approximation for binary contingency table counting and nonnegative matrix permanents

February 2025 · Department of Computer Science, TU Dortmund University · Dortmund, Germany (virtual)

Invited virtual seminar discussing Bethe approximations for contingency tables and matrix permanents.

[t2] The Bethe partition function and the SPA for factor graphs based on homogeneous real stable polynomials

September 2024 · School of Cyber Science and Engineering, Southeast University · Nanjing, China (virtual)

Invited seminar delivered via Zoom on Bethe partition functions and stable polynomials.

[t3] Sets of marginals and Pearson-correlation-based CHSH inequalities for a two-qubit system

April 2022 · National University of Singapore, Marco Tomamichel's Research Group · Singapore (virtual)

Invited virtual seminar on CHSH inequalities and quantum marginals.

[t1] Bounding the permanent of a non-negative matrix via its degree-M Bethe and Sinkhorn permanents

March 2023 · Institute of Theoretical Computer Science and Communications, CUHK · Hong Kong, China

Seminar on degree-M Bethe and Sinkhorn permanent based bounds for non-negative matrices.

[t2] On the relationship between the minimum of the Bethe free energy function of a factor graph and sum-product algorithm fixed points

November 2022 · Institute of Theoretical Computer Science and Communications, CUHK · Hong Kong, China

Seminar covering connections between Bethe free energy minima and sum-product algorithm fixed points.