📅 Fri, June 27, 17:00-19:00 EET Kyiv
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KSE invites you to the first seminar of the Laboratory of Graph Theory and Network Analysis — a space for interdisciplinary exchange at the intersection of discrete mathematics and sociological science.

The event will feature two presentations:

Talk 1: “Dual Approach for Sociological Research of Political Polarization”
This presentation will analyze the article “Pluralistic Collapse: The ‘Oil Spill’ Model of Mass Opinion Polarization” by Daniel DellaPosta.
We will explore the ideas presented in the paper, with a particular focus on the proposed model of polarization dynamics. The talk will also provide a general overview of methods for identifying belief networks and examine how the obtained results align with DellaPosta’s hypothesis.

Talk 2: “What is the Triameter of a Graph?”
This presentation will introduce a relatively new graph parameter — the triameter. We will review the key results from A. Das’s article “Triameter of Graphs” and the preprint “On the Triameter of a Graph.”
Special attention will be given to how three of the four open questions posed in the first work were addressed in the paper by A. Hak, S. Kozerenko, and B. Oliynyk, “A Note on the Triameter of Graphs.”

The talk will conclude with a discussion of several current open problems related to further exploration of the triameter.

Speakers:
Yehor Okunev – Master’s student at KPI and Teaching Assistant at KSE
Serhii Kozerenko – Lecturer and Vice-Dean for Research at the Computer Science Department at KSE.

Don’t miss this opportunity to discover new approaches to studying polarization and graph theory in an open and inspiring atmosphere!