Hi there, I am a PhD student and Minerva Scholar at the University of Glasgow.

 

Research interests

I am mainly interested in problems at the intersection of computing, mathematics, and economics. I tackle questions like What are good/fair/robust rules and outcomes, and can we design efficient algorithms to achieve them?, currently mostly in matching and allocation settings involving preferences or utilities, such as Stable Roommates, Stable Fixtures, Housing Markets, and Kidney Exchanges.

Some broader applicable keywords are Algorithms & Complexity, Market Design, (Algorithmic) Game Theory, and (Computational) Social Choice.

Most of my research is theoretical, but I am also excited about experimental research, applications, and tools (e.g., see our platform matwa.optimalmatching.com). I am lucky to be supervised by Professor David Manlove and Dr Sofiat Olaosebikan.

 

Research papers

Ongoing and submitted works

A Minimax Perspective on Almost-Stable Matchings, Frederik Glitzner and David Manlove. Accepted to MATCH-UP 2026. [arXiv]

Designing Pairwise-Stable Agent Seating Arrangements, Frederik Glitzner. Accepted to MATCH-UP 2026 (poster). [arXiv]

Near-Feasible Stable Matchings: Incentives and Optimality, Frederik Glitzner, journal version. [arXiv]

Stable Matching with Deviators and Conformists, Frederik Glitzner, Augustine Kwanashie, and David Manlove. [arXiv]

Weakly-Popular and Super-Popular Matchings with Ties and Their Connection to Stable Matchings, Gergely Csáji and Frederik Glitzner. [arXiv]

Perspectives on Unsolvability in the Roommates Problem, Frederik Glitzner and David Manlove. [arXiv]

Journal publications

Unsolvability and Beyond in Many-to-Many Non-bipartite Stable Matching (journal version), Frederik Glitzner and David Manlove. To appear in ACM Transactions on Economics and Computation (TEAC), 2026. Special Issue for SAGT 2025. [paper]

Structural and Algorithmic Results for Stable Cycles and Partitions in the Roommates Problem (journal version), Frederik Glitzner and David Manlove. ACM Transactions on Economics and Computation (TEAC), 2026. Volume 14, Issue 3, Article 13. Special Issue for SAGT 2024. [paper]

Conference publications

Minimax and Preferential Almost-Stable Matchings, Frederik Glitzner and David Manlove, In Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS), 2026. [paper] [venue]

Non-Bipartite Stable Matching and Beyond, Frederik Glitzner, In Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS), Doctoral Consortium, 2026. [paper] [venue]

Near-Feasible Stable Matchings: Incentives and Optimality, Frederik Glitzner, In Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS), Extended Abstract, 2026. [paper] [venue]

MATWA: A Web Toolkit for Matching Under Preferences, Frederik Glitzner and David Manlove, In Proceedings of the 39th Annual AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), Demo, 2025. Nominated for best AAAI demo. Previously presented at MATCH-UP 2024. [tool] [paper] [extended preprint] [venue]

Unsolvability and Beyond in Many-to-Many Non-bipartite Stable Matching, Frederik Glitzner and David Manlove, In Proceedings of the 18th International Symposium on Algorithmic Game Theory (SAGT), 2025. [paper] [venue]

Structural and Algorithmic Results for Stable Cycles and Partitions in the Roommates Problem, Frederik Glitzner and David Manlove, In Proceedings of the 17th International Symposium on Algorithmic Game Theory (SAGT), 2024. Previously presented at MATCH-UP 2024. [paper] [venue]

Other

Student-Project Allocation in the Matching Algorithm Toolkit, Frederik Glitzner. BSc Dissertation, University of Glasgow, 2023. [pdf]

 

Presentations

Not including those of conference papers listed above:

  • Minimax Almost-Stable Matchings, JECCO 2026: the 2nd UK Workshop for Junior Researchers in Economics and Computation (at University of Oxford), 2026.
  • Designing Pairwise-Stable Seating Graph Arrangements, MATCH-UP 2026: the 8th International Workshop on Matching Under Preferences (at New York University, Paris), 2026.
  • A Minimax Perspective on Almost-Stable Matchings, MATCH-UP 2026: the 8th International Workshop on Matching Under Preferences (at New York University, Paris), 2026.
  • Non-Bipartite Matching Under Preference, JECCO 2025: the 1st UK Workshop for Junior Researchers in Economics and Computation (at University of Edinburgh), 2025.
  • The Tractability Frontier in Non-Bipartite Stable Matching, CS+Econ Joint Workshop (at University of Edinburgh), 2025.
  • b-matching with Preferences, SCM 2025: the Scottish Combinatorics Meeting (at University of Glasgow), 2025.
  • Complexities in Roommates Markets, Dagstuhl Seminar 25071 “Dealing with Complexities in Auction and Matching Market Design”, 2025.
  • An Update on MATWA, FATA Research Section Seminar (at University of Glasgow), 2024.
  • Stable Partitions in the Roommates Problem, FATA Research Section Seminar (at University of Glasgow), 2024.
  • MATWA: A Web Toolkit for Matching under Preferences, MATCH-UP 2024: the 7th International Workshop on Matching Under Preferences (at University of Oxford), 2024.
  • Structural and Algorithmic Results for Stable Cycles and Partitions in the Roommates Problem, MATCH-UP 2024: the 7th International Workshop on Matching Under Preferences (at University of Oxford), 2024.
  • Structure and Fairness of Stable Partitions, SCM 2024: the Scottish Combinatorics Meeting (at University of St Andrews), 2024.
  • Stable Cycles and Partitions in the Roommates Problem, PCC 2024: the 28th Postgraduate Combinatorial Conference (at London School of Economics & University College London), 2024.
  • Student-Project Allocation in the Matching Algorithm Toolkit, BSc Project Presentation, 2023.

 

Teaching

I have a great passion for teaching and, as a Minerva Scholar, I get the chance to spend a significant portion of my time teaching and on CS-education-related topics and initiatives. Some courses I have supported, and the years in which I supported them, are listed below.

As (Guest) Lecturer:

As Tutor:

 

Academic and community roles

I have held a variety of academic positions, including my current role as Minerva Scholar (entry-level research and teaching position), and previous roles as an SSPS Project Lead (to improve a second-year undergraduate computing course) and general Teaching Assistant.

In the research community, I have reviewed for the journals

and for the conferences

Recently, I co-organised the 29th Postgraduate Combinatorial Conference (PCC 2025) in Glasgow, which was great fun. I also organised the weekly FATA Research Section seminars in the academic year 2025/26, and was a member of the British Combinatorial Committee (BCC) and the School’s Learning & Teaching Committee.

In the past, I have supported the University of Zurich’s Blockchain Center as a voluntary Research Engineer, represented my undergraduate cohort to the School of Computing Science and the School of Mathematics and Statistics as a Class Rep, and acted as a Peer Assisted Learning Mentor for new undergraduate students. I also had fun helping out at the Glasgow Science Festival 2024!

 

Industry experience

Before the PhD, I worked as a Software Dev Engineer at Amazon, Consultant at BearingPoint, and in IT Dev & Ops at the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation. A few more details about that can be found on my LinkedIn Page.

 

Other activities

Beyond research, I am pretty interested in algorithms, markets, and platforms in the real-world, and enjoy discussions about practical challenges in this space.

Previously, I thought I would end up in the space industry and was very active in GU Orbit, a society for near-space and orbital projects. At the time, I also had the chance to join a European Space Agency project for rocket science.

These days, I am probably either repairing things at Repair Cafe Glasgow, enjoying nicely crafted or designed objects or good food, or exploring the Scottish highlands and islands.