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May 22-23, 2009 Discrete Mathematics Days 2009 University of Ottawa
Organizers: Mike Newman (University of Ottawa) Daniel Panario (Carleton University) Mateja Sajna (University of Ottawa)
Supported by

Discrete Mathematics Days is a forum for discrete mathematics researchers from the Ontario/Quebec area (and beyond!) to meet and collaborate. We cover combinatorics in a broad sense, including graphs, designs, finite fields, enumeration and algorithms.

INVITED SPEAKERS

P. J. Cameron (Queen Mary, University of London)
Synchronization
Rod Canfield (University of Georgia)
Problems and results in asymptotic combinatorics
Shuhong Gao (Clemson University)
New Directions in Multivariate Public Key Cryptography
Heather Jordon (Illinois State University)
Skolem-type Difference Sets for Cycle Systems
Marni Mishna (Simon Fraser University)
The combinatorics of walking around: Strategies for exact lattice path enumeration
Patric Östergård (Helsinki University of Technology)
Russian Doll Search for Clique-Type Problems

The Discrete Math Workshop will run for 2 days this year, Friday (May 22) and Saturday (May 23), and will include six one-hour invited talks by the above speakers as well as contributed talks.

CONTRIBUTED TALKS

Send abstracts to < mnewman AT uottawa DOT ca >, by 1 April 2009.

Participant List as of May 16

Fullname	University/Affiliation	Status	Notes
Arhin, John	Marlboro College	PDF	I plan to give a contributed talk.
Bailey, Robert	Carleton University	PDF	Yes, I would like to give a contributed talk.
Bashabsheh, Ali	Carleton University	Graduate Student
Bonato, Anthony	Ryerson University	Faculty w.Grant
Burgess, Andrea	University of Ottawa	Graduate Student
Burrill, Sophie	Simon Fraser University	Graduate Student
Cameron, Amy	University of Ottawa	Graduate Student
Cameron, Peter J.	Queen Mary & Westfield College	Senior Researcher
Canfield, E. Rodney	University of Georgia	Faculty
Danziger, Peter	Ryerson University	Faculty w.Grant
Epple, Dennis D.A.	University of Victoria	Graduate Student	I would like to give a contributed talk.
Francetic, Nevena	University of Toronto	Graduate Student
Gao, Shuhong	Clemson University	Faculty
Garaschuk, Kseniya	University of Victoria	Graduate Student
Gosselin, Shonda	University of Ottawa	Graduate Student	Yes, I would like to give a contributed talk on 'Contructing regular self-complementary uniform hypergraphs'. I plan to submit an abstract to Mike Newman
Haghighi, Maryam	University of Ottawa	Graduate Student
Irving, John	Saint Mary's University	Faculty w.Grant
Jordon, Heather	Illinois State University	Faculty
Khatirinejad, Mahdad	Helsinki University of Technology	PDF	I plan to give a contributed talk.
Kotsireas, Ilias	Wilfrid Laurier University	Faculty w.Grant
Laferriere, David	Carleton University	Graduate Student
Le, Anh Vinh	Harvard University	Graduate Student	I'd like to give a contributed talk title: On the solvability of system of bilinear equations over finite fields. I also would like to apply for travel a
Lewis, Christina		Other
López, Nacho	Universitat de Lleida	Faculty w.Grant	I plan to give a contributed talk
Maltais, Elizabeth	University of Ottawa	Graduate Student
Martinez, Conrado	Univ. Politecnica de Catalunya	Faculty w.Grant	I plan to give a contributed talk
Meagher, Karen	University of Regina	Faculty w.Grant
Mishna, Marni	Simon Fraser University	Faculty w.Grant
Moura, Lucia	University of Ottawa	Faculty/Researcher - with grant
Naserasr, Reza	Carleton University	Postdoctoral Fellow
Nasserasr, Shahla	College of William and Mary	Graduate Student	I would like to give a contributed talk.
Newman, Mike	University of Ottawa	Faculty w.Grant
Niesink, Patrick	University of Ottawa	Graduate Student
Omar, Mohamed	University of California, Davis	Graduate Student
Omidi Koma, Behzad	Carleton University	Graduate Student	I am ready to give a talk. The title of my talk is, "The Number of Irreducible Polynomials of Degree n over F_q with Given Trace and Constant Terms".
Östergård, Patric	Helsinki University of Technology	Faculty
Pampin, Victor	Universidad de la República Oriental del Uruguay	Graduate Student
Panario, Daniel	Carleton University	Faculty/Researcher - with grant
Panholzer, Alois	Vienna University of Technology	Faculty w.Grant	If there is space left I would be happy to give a contributed talk entitled: "Asymptotic results for the number of unsuccessful parkers in a one-way
Rivas, Mariolys	Simon Fraser University	Graduate Student
Rodriguez, Adolfo	Université du Québec à Montréal	Graduate Student
Sackey, Edward	BTH - Sweden	Graduate Student
Sajna, Mateja	University of Ottawa	Faculty w.Grant
Sampson, Koffi		Unemployed
Sands, Bill	University of Calgary	Faculty without Grant	I would like to give a contributed talk.
Seamone, Ben	Carleton University	Graduate Student
Shparlinski, Igor	Macquarie University	Faculty w.Grant
Stephen, Tamon	Simon Fraser University	Faculty w.Grant
Thomson, David	Carleton University	Graduate Student
Turgeon, Maxime	University of Ottawa	Undergraduate Student
Tzanakis, Georgios	Carleton University	Graduate Student
Viola, Alfredo	Universidad de la República	Faculty without Grant	*willing to give a talk if necessary diabetic meals please
White, George	University of Ottawa	Other

 

 

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Since 2002, the Ottawa -- Carleton Discrete Mathematics Day has been held annually in the spring, alternating its location between Carleton University and the University of Ottawa. The meeting is an offspring of the Carleton Discrete Mathematics Days held in the past at Carleton University. (For more information on recent Discrete Mathematics Days please visit:
http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/programs/scientific/7-08/discrete_math/
http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/programs/scientific/06-07/discrete_math/
http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/programs/scientific/05-06/discrete_math/
http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/programs/scientific/04-05/discrete_math/
http://www.math.carleton.ca/~daniel/dmd04.html.

 

 

 

 

 

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