Twenty-fifth Annual Cumberland Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory and Computing

第25届坎伯兰年度组合数学、图论和计算会议将于2012年5月10日至12日在田纳西州约翰逊城的东田纳西州立大学校园举行。这个关于离散数学的年度会议为该领域研究人员提供了一个交流最新研究成果和新方向的区域论坛。它还为新的调查人员提供了一个刺激和信息丰富的场所;包括本科生，研究生和最近的博士学位。在过去的24年里，坎伯兰会议已经发展了高质量的发言者和提供一个有利于参与者之间的合作设置的声誉。2012年坎伯兰会议的目标是反映其主题：开放的问题和当代猜想。 该会议作为各级研究人员的区域交流发挥着独特的作用，并一直积极促进新的研究合作的启动。 今年的会议主题包括设计理论、网络及其应用、超图、图中的支配、图着色、极值和概率组合学以及度分布模型。四位国际知名的研究人员已接受邀请成为主要发言人：Jozsef Balogh（伊利诺伊大学），Fan Chung（加州大学圣地亚哥分校），Michael Henning（南非约翰内斯堡大学）和Curt Lindner（奥本大学）。邀请演讲者和与会者被鼓励在会议主题范围内发表演讲，包括开放的问题和最近提出的问题。会议的当代性质也鼓励适用于计算机科学、数据挖掘、图像捕获和生物网络等领域的图论模型。http://www.etsu.edu/cas/math/cumberland

The 25th Annual Cumberland Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory and Computing will be held May 10--12, 2012 on the campus of East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, TN. This annual conference on discrete mathematics provides a regional forum for the exchange of the latest research results and new directions of interests to researchers in the field. It also provides a stimulating and informative venue for new investigators; including undergraduate students, graduate students and recent PhDs. Over the past twenty-four years, the Cumberland Conference has developed a reputation for having high quality speakers and for providing a setting conducive to collaboration among the participants.The goal of the 2012 Cumberland Conference is reflected by its theme: Open Problems and Contemporary Conjectures. This conference plays a unique role as a regional exchange for researchers of all levels and has always actively promoted the initiation of new research collaborations. This year the conference topics include design theory, networks and their applications, hypergraphs, domination in graphs, graph coloring, extremal and probabilistic combinatorics, and degree distribution models. Four internationally-renown researchers have accepted invitations to be principal speakers: Jozsef Balogh (University of Illinois), Fan Chung (University of California, San Diego), Michael Henning (University of Johannesburg, South Africa), and Curt Lindner (Auburn University). The invited speakers and the conference participants are encouraged to give talks within the theme of the conference by including open problems and recently posed conjectures. The contemporary nature of the conference also encourages graph-theoretic models that are applicable in areas such as computer science, data mining, image capturing, and biological networks.More details are available at http://www.etsu.edu/cas/math/cumberland