Category Archives: Uni

ISAAC 2009 Accepted Papers

The list of accepted papers for ISAAC 2009 in Hawaii has now been posted. I’m happy to see that my paper “Counting in the Presence of Memory Faults” is on the list (number 136), it has been co-authored by Gerth … Continue reading

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Computing Nationwide Flood Maps

A few months ago I made the following video and uploaded it to youtube (HD version available on youtube): From the youtube description: This video shows what parts of Denmark will flood if the ocean rises. The flood maps were … Continue reading

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Live at NWERC 2008

I’m currently sitting in Utrecht in the Netherlands watching the live scoreboard of the 2008 North-Western European Programming Contest (NWERC 2008). I’m the coach for the two danish teams, and they seem to be doing somewhat better than last time. … Continue reading

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Live from the Nordic Collegiate Programming Competition 2008

I am currently managing the Aarhus University (and only Danish!) site for the Nordic Collegiate Programming Competition (NCPC 2008). We have 5 teams here – which is a 250% increase from last year (which was also an increase from the … Continue reading

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Participate in the ACM Collegiate Programming Contest

This is probably most interesting for students at Aarhus University. I’m coaching the teams from Aarhus that’ll go to the North-West European Regional Finals (NWERC 2008) in Utrecht. If you are interested in trying out for the teams you can … Continue reading

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No Plans for August? Come to Denmark and Learn About Cache-Oblivious Algorithms

MADALGO is hosting a summer school on cache-oblivious algorithms in August this year. Here is the announcement: (Note that registration is free (!) and that the registration deadline is approaching) OVERVIEW AND GOAL Cache-oblivious algorithms are algorithms that are efficient … Continue reading

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SoCG 2008 Accepted Papers

The list of accepted papers for The 24th Annual ACM Symposium on Computational Geometry (SoCG) 2008 is out: (Hint, paper 40 looks good) Manor Mendel and Assaf Naor. Markov convexity and local rigidity of distorted metrics Noga Alon, Robert Berke, … Continue reading

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Election Day

I never made it to the consulate in Seattle in time to vote, unfortunately. I hope the right ones win. Anyways, DR decided to open their online live-tv to non-danish computers for today only, so I am currently sitting in … Continue reading

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Talk Tomorrow

Tomorrow I am giving a talk at the Duke CS tri-seminar which is a seminar arranged by the duke algorithms grad students. If you happen to be in the area, feel free to stop by :).

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Back on TV

Yesterday TV2-Østjylland aired the second part of their visit. You can see their interview with Lars and some background shots with Lars and me here.

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