Jake Horsfield

I am a trainee patent attorney in the Tech group at Kilburn & Strode
Before, I completed a PhD in structural graph theory
I was supervised by Professor Kristina Vušković

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Papers

• Claw-free \(\beta\)-perfect graphs
  with K. Vušković
  Accepted for publication in Discrete Mathematics
• Graphs with all holes the same length
  with L. Cook, M. Preissmann, C. Robin, P. Seymour, N. L. D. Sintiari, N. Trotignon and K. Vušković
  Accepted for publication in Journal of Combinatorial Theory, Series B
• List \(k\)-colouring \(P_t\)-free graphs: a mim-width perspective
  with N. Brettell and D. Paulusma
  Information Processing Letters (2022)
• Bounding the mim-width of hereditary graph classes
  with N. Brettell, A. Munaro, G. Paesani and D. Paulusma
  Journal of Graph Theory (2021)
• Two classes of \(\beta\)-perfect graphs that do not necessarily have simplicial extremes
  with K. Vušković
  Discrete Mathematics (2021)

Teaching

• 2021: TA for Algorithms & Data Structures 1 (Level 2) and Fundamental Mathematical Concepts (Level 1)
• 2020: TA for Graph Theory: Structure and Algorithms (Masters level)
• 2020: TA for Introduction to Discrete Mathematics (Level 1)
• 2019: TA for Algorithms & Data Structures 1 (Level 2)
• 2019: TA for Introduction to Discrete Mathematics (Level 1)

Talks

• Algorithms and Complexity Seminar 03/2021 (Leeds) Variations on 2-joins [slides]
• ACiD Seminar 02/2020 (Durham) \(\beta\)-perfect graphs that do not necessarily have simplicial extremes [slides]
• Workshop on even-hole-free graphs 04/2019 (Belgrade) \(\beta\)-perfect graphs [slides]

Conferences, workshops and research trips

• Research visit to Wilfrid Laurier University, 1-22 July 2022 (hosted by Kathie Cameron)
• Research visit to Durham University, 25-28 Feb 2020 (hosted by Daniel Paulusma)
• Research visit to ENS de Lyon, 2-9 June 2019 (hosted by Nicolas Trotignon)
• Bordeaux Graph Workshop 2019 (Bordeaux)
• Algorithms UK Workshop 2019 (Warwick)
• British Combinatorial Conference 2019 (Birmingham)
• Postgraduate Combinatorial Conference 2019 (Oxford)
• Workshop on even-hole-free graphs 2019 (Belgrade)

Other

• Together with Ben Bumpus, Ethan Kelly and Michael McKay, I was an organiser of the e-PCC seminar, an online seminar series for PhD students and postdocs working in discrete mathematics and combinatorics.