Graduate Student Combinatorics Conference

研究生组合学会议（GSCC）是一个由组合学和相关领域的研究生组织和参加的为期一个周末的会议。第四届年度GSCC将于2008年4月12日至13日在加州大学戴维斯分校举行。整个北美的学生将参加一个密集的周末学生会谈和会议，讨论当前离散数学的数学研究。威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校的阿伦·拉姆（Arun Ram）和加州大学圣地亚哥分校的罗恩·格雷厄姆（Ron Graham）将发表两篇主题演讲，作为学生演讲的补充。GSCC吸引了广泛的学生，部分原因是组合学领域的特殊性，它涵盖了纯数学和应用数学。纯粹的研究课题包括代数、计算生物学和字符串算法、枚举组合学、偏序集和图论、概率组合学、拓扑和几何组合学。与组合相关的研究导致了所有科学领域的进步，包括计算机科学、生物系统和理论物理学。例如，组合学的最新进展已经产生了近似算法和随机算法，用于解决以前没有已知实际解决方案的计算问题。GSCC主要通过两种方式促进组合学及其应用的进步。一种方法是让研究生有机会向其他大学的同学展示他们的研究成果，这对许多学生来说是第一次有这样的机会。这将培养学生进行有趣和前沿研究演讲的能力。另一种方法是通过培养专业关系，这种关系可以延续到研究生的职业生涯中，加强各级的沟通和同伴指导。GSCC是一个宝贵的工具，为学生学习组合在他们的研究生生涯的各个层次。它垂直整合了完成组合学论文的学生和刚进入该领域的学生。它还提醒学生研究人员正在进行的当前工作，所有这些工作都在一个可访问的环境中进行。

The Graduate Student Combinatorics Conference (GSCC) is a weekend-long conference organized and attended by graduate students in combinatorics and related fields. The fourth annual GSCC will be held at the University of California, Davis, on April 12-13, 2008. Students all across North America will participate in an intensive weekend of student talks and meetings about current mathematical research in discrete mathematics. Student talks will be complemented by two keynote addresses given by Arun Ram of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Ron Graham of the University of California, San Diego. The GSCC reaches a broad range of students in part due to the special nature of the field of combinatorics, which spans both pure and applied mathematics. Pure research topics include algebra, computational biology and string algorithms, enumerative combinatorics, poset and graph theory, probabilistic combinatorics, and topological and geometric combinatorics. Combinatorics-related research leads to advances in all parts of science, including computer science, biological systems, and theoretical physics. For example, recent advances in combinatorics have resulted in both approximation algorithms and randomized algorithms for computational problems which had no previously known practical solutions. There are two main ways the GSCC facilitates advances in combinatorics and its applications. One way is by giving graduate students the opportunity to present their research to peers from other universities, the first such opportunity for many students. This develops students' ability to give interesting and cutting-edge research talks. The other way is by fostering professional relationships which carry on into post-graduate careers, bolstering communication and peer mentorship at all levels. The GSCC is an invaluable tool for students who study combinatorics at all levels in their graduate careers. It vertically integrates students finishing their dissertations in combinatorics with students who are new to the field. It also alerts students to the current work being done by researchers, all in an accessible environment.