SIAM Conference on Discrete Mathematics (DM18)

About the Conference

Discrete mathematics is a branch of the mathematical sciences, with a wide range of challenging research problems and important applications in industry. Discrete mathematics has applications to all fields of computer science, and to the physical and biological sciences. It is used extensively in telecommunications, information processing, and manufacturing, and many businesses and industries use techniques of discrete optimization to improve the efficiency of their operations.

Discrete mathematics is a dynamic field in both theory and applications. Researchers in discrete mathematics have established important connections with mainstream areas of pure and applied mathematics, and as a consequence, research techniques and problems are drawn from a wide range of different fields, including algebra, topology, geometry, probability, analysis and logic.

The purpose of this conference is to highlight the major theoretical advances in the field, the development of new tools for discrete mathematics, and the most significant of the new applications of discrete mathematics to problems arising in industry and business. The conference also seeks to bring together participants from the many different environments where discrete mathematics is developed and applied.

Organizing Committee Co-Chairs

Jerry Griggs, University of South Carolina, U.S.
Ravi Kumar, Google, Mountain View, U.S.

Organizing Committee

Bonnie Berger, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S.
Jennifer Tour Chayes, Microsoft Research New England, U.S.
Bill Chen, Center for Combinatorics, Nankai University, China
Julia Chuzhoy, Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago, U.S.
David Conlon, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Daniela Kühn, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
David Shmoys, Cornell University, U.S.
Angelika Steger, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Prasad Tetali, Georgia Institute of Technology, U.S.
Michelle Wachs, University of Miami, U.S.

Local Organizing Committee

Michael Ferrara, University of Colorado Denver, U.S.
Stephen Hartke, University of Colorado Denver, U.S.
Michael Jacobson, University of Colorado Denver, U.S.
Florian Pfender, University of Colorado Denver, U.S.

Funding Agency

SIAM and the Organizing Committee wish to extend their thanks and appreciation to the U.S. National Science Foundation  for their support.

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