===== 2021 Session 6 : Positional games on sparse/random graphs =====

We play positional games on edge sets of graphs, two players alternately claim unclaimed edges of a given graph until all the edges are claimed. There are several variants of positional games:
  * In a Maker-Breaker game Maker wants to achieve a graph property (fixed in advance, say "having a triangle") on the graph she claimed. Breaker wants to prevent her from doing that.
  * In an Avoider-Enforcer game, Enforcer wins if Avoider has the property on her graph, and Avoider wins otherwise.
  * Etc.
Generally, given a game (i.e. given a base graph, a target graph property, and a variant of positional game) we want to figure out which player has a winning strategy. (It is known that one player must have a winning strategy.)
  * If the game is played on a random graph, we study the probability for a player to win.
  * Given a graph property, we may ask what's the smallest graph density on which a player can win.
  * Etc.
We can choose a more focused topic, depending on the interest. In any case, there is a number of open problems to work on.

==== Organisers ====

[[https://people.dmi.uns.ac.rs/~mima/|Mirjana Mikalački]] and [[https://people.inf.ethz.ch/smilos/|Miloš Stojaković]]


==== Workshop dates ====

13-17 September 2021

==== Confirmed participants ====

  * [[mimarakic@gmail.com|Mirjana Mikalački]] (organiser), University of Novi Sad
  * [[milosst@gmail.com|Miloš Stojaković]] (organiser), University of Novi Sad
  * Grzegorz Adamski, Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
  * Małgorzata Bednarska-Bzdęga, Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
  * Dennis Clemens, TU Hamburg
  * Vojtech Dvorak, University of Cambridge, UK
  * Asaf Ferber, University of California Irvine
  * Jovana Forcan, University of Novi Sad
  * Pranshu Gupta, TU Hamburg
  * Fabian Hamann, TU Hamburg
  * Michael Krivelevich, Tel Aviv University
  * Ander Lamaison, Masaryk University in Brno
  * Thomas Lesgourges, UNSW Sydney
  * Anita Liebenau, UNSW Sydney
  * Allan Lo, University of Birmingham, UK
  * Tomasz Łuczak, Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
  * Yannick Mogge, TU Hamburg
  * Tobias Müller, Groningen University
  * Nacim Oijid, LIRIS, Université Lyon 1
  * Amedeo Sgueglia, London School of Economics
  * Jelena Stratijev, University of Novi Sad
  * Tuan Tran, IBS Daejeon Korea
  * Marcin Witkowski, Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan

Registration details: closed August 29th.

==== Open problems ====

Submission details: Send them by email to the organizers.

Submission deadline: Friday September 10th, 2021 (AoE)

==== Schedule ====

  1. Monday
    * 10:00 (CET) Miloš Stojaković: Tutorial on Positional Games 
      (The tutorial is meant for those who would like to brush up their knowledge on positional games.)
    * 14:00 (CET) Open Problem Session
  2. Tuesday - Friday
    * Work in groups.

Zoom link to tutorial: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85951587794?pwd=WkxQekluNHBmOHlSSllxSVhaRHR2dz09

==== Research results ====

  * Barkey, Clemens, Hamann, Mikalački, Sgueglia. Multistage positional games. https://arxiv.org/abs/2202.04344