Endre Csoka Local algorithms on random graphs and on graph limits Abstract: Sparse graph limit theory aims to understand how do local properties of large graphs with bounded degrees determine global properties of the graph. For a version of this question, the answer is possibly that only through local algorithms. We will give an overview about the relation between local algorithms, graphs limits and large random graphs, and we will sketch our current knowledge about the exact power of local algorithms, including some very recent entropic bounds.