Corwin Sinnamon will present his General Exam " Smooth Heaps, Instance Optimality, and Heap-BST Duality" on May 20, 2020 at 2pm via Zoom. Zoom link: https://princeton.zoom.us/my/sinnamon The members of his committee are as follows: Robert Tarjan (adviser), Bernard Chazelle, and Robert Sedgewick Link to Abstract & Reading List: [ https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VMbz4oEMkgcGwiZWMcq-xpLG3QRKScQQqYcNWOhI... | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VMbz4oEMkgcGwiZWMcq-xpLG3QRKScQQqYcNWOhI... ] [ https://docs.google.com/document/d/18Mj_reyT9SulXbHvWsl1FeH6Cm-WqAhJN1Hh2nCN... | https://docs.google.com/document/d/18Mj_reyT9SulXbHvWsl1FeH6Cm-WqAhJN1Hh2nCN... ] Everyone is invited to attend the talk, and those faculty wishing to remain for the oral exam following are welcome to do so.