UT Dallas CS Department Hosts 2023 Computational Geometry Week
The UT Dallas CS Department hosted Computational Geometry Week (CG Week), a premier international forum for advances in computational geometry and its many applications, from June 12-15, 2023. CG Week combines a number of events, most notably the 39th International Symposium on Computational Geometry (SoCG 2023), the associated Media Exposition (CG:ME), workshops, and the Young Researchers Forum (CG:YRF). The conference provided a platform for researchers, scientists, and engineers in academics and industry to present their current findings in the emerging areas of computational geometry and its many applications.
The presentations centered on state-of-the-art research in computational geometry topics such as the design, analysis, and implementation of geometric algorithms and data structures; computational complexity of geometric problems; implementation and experimental evaluation of geometric algorithms and heuristics; discrete and combinatorial geometry; computational topology, topological data analysis, and topological combinatorics; and applications of computational geometry or topology in a variety of other fields. Of special note were the two invited talks: one by Moon Duchin from Tufts University on “Redistricting as a computational geometry problem”, and one by Sven Koenig from the University of Southern California on “Multi-Agent Path Finding and Its Applications”. CG Week attendees also gathered to celebrate the birthdays of prominent computation researchers Pankaj Agarwal, Boris Aronov, and Tamal Dey. Attendees engaged in meaningful conversations and shared anecdotes, collectively expressing gratitude for the opportunity to recognize the achievements of these notable individuals and the successful event.
“CG Week 2023 was a great success. Top researchers from around the world gathered to discuss problems in computational geometry. These researchers got to see where we all call home, and we received glowing feedback on both the event and UTD. This success was only possible due to the generous support from the UTD community, the CG community, and our sponsors,” said Dr. Benjamin Raichel, UT Dallas CS professor and one of the local organizers of CG Week.
ABOUT THE UT DALLAS COMPUTER SCIENCE DEPARTMENT
The UT Dallas Computer Science program is one of the largest Computer Science departments in the United States with over 4,000 bachelors-degree students, more than 1,010 master’s students, 140 Ph.D. students, 52 tenure-track faculty members, and 42 full-time senior lecturers, as of Fall 2022. With the University of Texas at Dallas’ unique history of starting as a graduate institution first, the CS Department is built on a legacy of valuing innovative research and providing advanced training for software engineers and computer scientists.