MoL and PhD defenses

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  10 February 2026, PhD Defense, Danish Kashaev

  Date & Time: Tuesday 10 February 2026, 16:00
  Title: PhD defense of Danish Kashaev
  Location: Agnietenkapel, Oudezijds Voorburgwal 231, Amsterdam
  Promotor: Guido Schäfer
  Copromotor: Daniel Dadush

  Danish Kashaev is a PhD student at CWI Amsterdam under the supervision of Guido Schäfer and Daniel Dadush, promoting at the ILLC. His thesis explores topics in approximation algorithms, online algorithms and algorithmic game theory.

  For more information, see https://danishkash.github.io or contact Danish Kashaev at danich.1997 at gmail.com.
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  23 February 2026, PhD Defense, Puyu Yang

  Date & Time: Monday 23 February 2026, 13:00
  Title: Bringing Science to the Public: The Role of Wikipedia in Scientific Communication
  Location: Agnietenkapel, Oudezijds Voorburgwal 231, Amsterdam
  Promotor: Raquel Fernández
  Copromotor: Giovanni Colavizza
  For more information, contact Puyu Yang at p.yang2 at uva.nl.