News archive

2021

01/09/2021 The paper Graphs with minimum degree-based entropy is on arxiv
12-14/07/2021 Invited talk at AUTOMATA 2021, Marseille
05-09/07/2021 BCC 2021, 28th British Combinatorial Conference, held online from Durham
25/06/2021 The paper The maximum discrete surface-to-volume ratio of space-filling curve partitions is on arxiv
27/05/2021 Invited talk at Lancaster Probability Days 2021
12/04/2021 The paper Dynamical properties of disjunctive Boolean networks is on arxiv

12/10/2020 The paper Bent Functions from Cellular Automata is on iacr
24/04/2020 The paper Commutative automata networks is on arxiv
16/04/2020 The paper Latin Hypercubes and Cellular Automata is on arxiv
28/01/2020 The paper Simulation of automata networks is on arxiv
20/01/2020 The paper Grover’s Algorithm and Many-Valued Quantum Logic is on arxiv
07-10/01/2020 Plenary talk at International Workshop on Boolean Networks (IWBN 2020), Universidad de Concepción

12-13/09/2019 Workshop: Theory and applications of Boolean interaction networks, FU Berlin
30/07/2019 The paper Linear Programming complementation and its application to fractional graph theory is on arxiv
29/07-02/08/2019 British Combinatorial Conference
20/06/2019 The paper Mutually Orthogonal Latin Squares based on Cellular Automata is on arxiv
22/02/2019 The paper Expansive Automata Networks is on arxiv

18-21/09/2018 ACRI2018, Como, Italy
01/06/2018 The paper On the influence of the interaction graph on a finite dynamical system is on arxiv
06/04/2018 The paper “On fixable families of Boolean networks” is on arxiv
03/04/2018 The paper “Elementary, Finite and Linear vN-Regular Cellular Automata” is on arxiv
14/02/2018 Durham University Post-Offer Visit Day
07/02/2018 The paper “Fixing monotone Boolean networks asynchronously” is on arxiv

08/10 – 04/11/2017 Visit to CNRS Nice
23/09/2017 Durham Open Day
12/09/2017 The paper “Constant-weight Array Codes” is on arxiv
08/09/2017 The paper “On the stability and instability of finite dynamical systems with prescribed interaction graphs” is on arxiv
03/08/2017 The paper “A dynamical characterisation of finite dynamical systems with acyclic interaction graphs” is available here
15-19/05/2017 Visit to University of Warwick
10/05/2017 Mathematics Seminar, University of Hull
24-25/04/2017 Scottish Combinatorics Meeting 2017, St Andrews
17/04/2017 The paper “On transformation semigroups based on digraphs” is on arxiv
02-14/04/2017 Visit to Universidad de Concepción
11/01/2017 The paper “Von Neumann Regular Cellular Automata” is on arxiv
03-07/01/2017 Workshop on Interaction Networks: Foundations and Applications to Biology, Marseille

07/12/2016 Talk at the NODES meeting, Durham
21-25/11/2016 Visit to CNRS Nice
09/11/2016 Seminar at the Semigroup, York
02/11/2016 Seminar at the Centre for Complexity Science, Warwick
04/10/2016 The paper “Cellular Automata and Finite Groups” is on arxiv
01/10/2016 Promotion to Senior Lecturer
15-22/09/2016 Visit to CNRS Nice
20-24/06/2016 International Conference on Semigroups and Automata, Lisbon
15-17/06/2016 AUTOMATA 16, Zurich
08-14/05/2016 Visit to CNRS Nice
03/02/2016 The paper “Lengths of words in transformation semigroups generated by digraphs” is on arxiv
22/01/2016 The paper “On Finite Monoids of Cellular Automata” is on arxiv

07/12/2015 The paper “Maximum Rank and Asymptotic Rank of Finite Dynamical Systems” is on arxiv
07/12/2015 The paper “On the possible values of the entropy of undirected graphs” is on arxiv
20/11/2015 Talk at the NBSAN meeting, Manchester
10/11/2015 Talk at the COATI Seminar, Nice
02-19/11/2015 Visit to Nice
21/10/2015 The paper “Finite dynamical systems, hat games, and coding theory” is on arxiv
02/10/2015 The paper “Ranks of finite semigroups of one-dimensional cellular automata” is on arxiv
20-30/07/2015 Permutation groups and transformation semigroups, LMS-EPSRC Durham Symposium, Durham
13-15/07/2015 Simple groups, representations, and related topics: A conference in honour of Martin Liebeck and Jan Saxl, Cambridge
06-10/07/2015 British Combinatorial Conference, Warwick
08/04/2015 Talk at the CIRCA and Algebra Seminar, St Andrews
07-10/04/2015 Visit to St Andrews
02/04/2015 The paper “Universal Simulation of Automata Networks” is on arxiv
17/03/2015 The paper “Simple dynamics on graphs” in on arxiv
02/02/2015 Alonso Castillo-Ramirez is starting his term as PDRA on my EPSRC first grant
27/01/2015 The paper “Chains of subsemigroups” is on arxiv

04-07/11/2014 Workshop sur la Théorie des réseaux booléens et ses applications en biologie, Nice
28/09-01/10/2014 IEEE Symposium on Industrial Electronics Applications (ISIEA2014)
22/09/2014 The paper “Fixed points of Boolean networks, guessing graphs, and coding theory” is on arxiv
30/08-20/09/2014 Visit to Nice
23/04/2014 PDRA position to work on my EPSRC first grant. Details here. Any questions, please contact me
19/02/2014 CIRCA and Algebra Seminar, St Andrews. Title and abstract here
17-21/02/2014 Visit to St Andews

20/11/2013 LMS Meeting: Network coding, partitions and security. Supported by an LMS grant to celebrate new appointments. More details here
24/10/2013 The papers “Computing in permutation groups without memory” and “Computing in matrix groups without memory” are on arxiv here and there, respectively
23/07/2013 The paper “Entropy of closure operators” is on arXiv
10/06/2013 The EPSRC first grant “Memoryless computation and network coding” has been accepted. It will start on October 01, 2013. See its entry at Grants on the Web
10/04/2013 The paper “Lexicographic identifying codes” is on arXiv
29/01/2013 The paper “Generalizing Bounds on the Minimum Distance of Cyclic Codes Using Cyclic Product Codes” is on arXiv

15/11/2012 The paper “Closure solvability for network coding and secret sharing” is on arXiv
11-12/09/2012 Workshop on Information flows and information bottlenecks at Queen Mary. See the official page for more details; slides of my presentation on Network coding available here
22/05/2012 The book “Network Coding” is published (I wrote Chapter 6). See its entry on Wiley’s website
09/02/2012 Seminar at ACiD, Durham on “Computing without memory.” See the abstract
01/01/2012 Starting my lectureship in Durham

Last updated: 18/03/2022