Jake Horsfield

I completed my PhD in structural graph theory in September 2022
I was supervised by Kristina Vušković
I am now a trainee patent attorney in the Tech group at Kilburn & Strode

[email]

Papers

• Claw-free \(\beta\)-perfect graphs
  with K. Vušković
  submitted to 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
  submitted to 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 to appear]
• 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 / etc.

• Research visit to Durham University, hosted by Daniel Paulusma 25-28 Feb 2020
• 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 am an organiser of the e-PCC seminar, an online seminar series for PhD students and postdocs working in discrete mathematics and combinatorics.