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SFU Discrete Mathematics Group

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    		•  Department of Mathematics
    Simon Fraser University
    Burnaby, BC
    CANADA V5A 1S6

    Our research

    graph theory enumeration bioinformatics coding theory optimization graph minors design theory digital communication comparative genomics experimental mathematics algorithms geometry operations research combinatorics generating functions finite fields matroids asymptotics graph colouring aperiodic autocorrelation genome rearrangements ancestral genome architecture algorithms enumeration number theory dynamical systems noncommutative algebra geometry Feynman graphs and multiple zeta values log concavity

    Faculty

    Tom Brown Tom Brown Ramsey Theory
    Cedric Chauve Cedric Chauve
    		 Computational genomics and paleogenomics
    		Matt Devos Matt Devos Graph Theory
    Luis Goddyn Luis Goddyn
    		 Graph Theory
    		Jonathan Jedwab Jonathan Jedwab Aperiodic autocorrelation; Sequences and arrays; Communication
    Veselin Jungic Veselin Jungic Ramsey theory; Rainbow and monochromatic patterns
    		Petr Lisonek Petr Lisonek Algebraic Coding Theory, Finite fields, Cryptography, Combinatorics, Computation
      Jan Manuch
    		 Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
    		Marni Mishna Marni Mishna
    		 Analytic and enumerative combinatorics
    Mohar Bojan Mohar Graph Theory
    		Stacho Ladislav Stacho  
    Stephen Tamon Stephen Combinatorial Optimization
    		Yeats Karen Yeats Quantum field theory
      Lily Yen Combinatorial Enumeration        

    Postdoctoral Fellows and visitors

    Graduate Students

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    Recent Theses

    2013

    MSc Bahar Behsaz Computational Aspects of DNA Self-Assembly Systems at Temperature 1 Ladislav Stacho

    2012

    MSc Iain Crump FORBIDDEN MINORS FOR 3-CONNECTED GRAPHS WITH NO NON-SPLITTING 5-CONFIGURATIONS Karen Yeats
    PhD Petr Skoda

    Obstructions for embedding graphs into surfaces

    		 Bojan Mohar
    MSc Samuel Johnson

    Analytic Combinatorics of Planar Lattice Paths

    		 Marni Mishna


    2011

    MSc
    		Ashok Rajaraman
    		Inference of Ancestral Protein-Protein Interactions Using Methods From Algebraic Statistics Cedric Chauve
     MSc  Hui Yi Lu    Petr Lisonek
           

    2010

    MSc Mariolys Rivas D-finite Symmetric Functions Marni Mishna
    Ph.D. Karel Casteels The combinatorial structure of the prime spectrum of quantum matrices Jason Bell
    MSc Andrea Spencer Edge-choosability of Cubic Graphs and the Polynomial Method
    		 Luis Goddyn, Ladislav Stacho
    PhD Jean-Philippe Doyon Algorithms for gene family evolution

    Cedric Chauve, Sylvie Hamel (U. Montréal), Hervé Philippe (U. Montréal)
    MSc Aki Avis 3-phase Golay Triads

    Jonathan Jedwab
    PhD

    Maryam Verdian-Rizi

    		 Triangulations of the Torus with at most two odd vertices: structure and coloring Luis Goddyn
    MSc Samson Bassett Low memory graph traverlal Ladislav Stacho

    2009

    MSc Sophie Burrill Nesting and crossings in four combinatorial families Marni Mishna
    MSc Jacob Post Combinatorics of arc diagrams, Ferrers fillings, Young tableaux and lattice paths Pavol Hell and Cedric Chauve
    MSc Vivija You On matrices that do not have the Consecutive Ones Property Cedric Chauve
    MSc James Parks A Dixmier-Moeglin equivalence for skew Laurent polynomial rings Jason Bell
    MSc Christine Stoll
    		 Self-assembly systems Ladislav Stacho
    PhD Hayri Ardal Some coloring problems in Ramsey Theory Ladislav Stacho

    2008

    MSc Richard Gibson Quaternary Golay sequences pairs Jonathan Jedwab
    MSc Javad Ebrahimi-Boroojeni Sum of the Laregest Eigenvalues of Symmetric Matrices Bojan Mohar
    MSc

    Pinar Colak (nee Pekcagliyan)

    		 Primitivity of finitely presented monomial algebras Jason Bell
    PhD

    Mahdad Khatirinejad Fard

    		 Structures of Lines in Complex Spaces Petr Lisonek

    2007

    MSc Kseniya Garaschcuk On Binary and Ternary Kloosterman Sums Petr Lisonek
    MSc David Laferriere Classification of Walks in Wedges Marni Mishna
    PhD Mohammad Ghebleh Theorems and Computations in Circular Colourings of Graphs Luis Goddyn
    PhD Laura Chavez-Lomeli Circular Flow and Circular Chromatic number in the Matroid Context Luis Goddyn