Rocky Mountain Discrete Mathematics Days

该项目将支持离散数学领域为期3年的区域小型会议。会议的目标是鼓励和激励区域博士生在数学和计算机科学方面的研究工作，并促进高级研究人员和学生之间的合作。 一个暂定的主题和全体会议发言人名单是：第一年主题：拉姆齐理论和极值图论演讲者：玛丽亚Axenovich（爱荷华州州立大学）第二年主题：设计，代码和应用演讲者：Vera Pless（伊利诺伊大学芝加哥分校）（特拉华州大学）第三年主题：组合矩阵理论演讲者：理查德Brualdi（威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校）宝琳货车登Driessche（维多利亚大学）研究生的参与将是一个高度优先事项。研究生将被鼓励提出他们的研究，时间表将与突破和问题的会议，使教师可以提供建议和方向的学生设计。少数民族申请人和研究生将优先获得旅行资金。 拟议的活动将（a）为年轻研究人员和研究生提供一个令人鼓舞的环境，（B）向研究人员介绍离散数学的一些最新发展，（c）加强落基山脉地区离散数学家之间的合作和跨学科研究联系。

This project will support a 3-year sequence of regional mini-conferences in Discrete Mathematics. The goals of the conferences are to encourage and stimulate research efforts of regional PhD students in mathematics and computer science, and to foster collaborative efforts among senior researchers and students. A tentative list of topics, and plenary speakers, is: First year Topic: Ramsey Theory and Extremal Graph Theory Speaker: Maria Axenovich (Iowa State University) Second year Topic: Designs, Codes and Applications Speakers: Vera Pless (University of Illinois-Chicago) Qing Xiang (University of Delaware) Third year Topic: Combinatorial Matrix Theory Speakers: Richard Brualdi (University of Wisconsin-Madison) Pauline van den Driessche (University of Victoria)Graduate student involvement will be a high priority. Graduate students will be encouraged to present their research, and the schedule will be designed with break-outs and problem sessions so that faculty can offer suggestions and direction to the students. Priority for travel funds will go to minority applicants and graduate students. The proposed activity will (a) provide an encouraging environment for young researchers and graduate students, (b)inform researchers of some of the latest developments in discrete mathematics, and (c) strengthen collaborative, and interdisciplinaryresearch ties among discrete mathematicians in the Rocky Mountain region.