31st Midwest Conference on Combinatorics and Combinatorial Computing

该奖项为参加2017年10月20日至22日在西格鲁吉亚大学举行的第31届中西部组合数学和组合计算会议（MCCC）提供支持。这个长期运行的会议系列以展示组合数学和计算前沿的最新相关进展而闻名。这些领域本身就很有趣，也可以应用于其他科学和实际问题，包括优化，算法和信息处理。本次会议将包括五次全体会议和另外50-70次较短的会议。参与者将包括来自所有职业阶段的研究人员，从本科生到杰出的高级研究人员，这将有助于在研究社区内建立新的富有成效的联系。第31届MCCC将成为纯组合学和应用组合学领域的数学家和计算机科学家之间重大合作项目的催化剂，特别是图论，设计理论，枚举和组合计算。它将为研究人员提供一个分享最新发现、交流思想和讨论研究问题的机会。为了帮助未来研究的进步，特别是早期职业数学家将被招募参加。这包括研究生和高级本科生，其中一些人在2015年和2016年参加了REU课程。会议记录将发表在组合数学和组合计算杂志（JCMCC）的特刊上。论文将通过期刊的常规流程。会议网站：https://sites.google.com/a/westga.edu/mcccc31/

This award provides support for participation in the 31st Midwest Conference on Combinatorics and Combinatorial Computing (MCCCC), held at the University of West Georgia, October 20-22, 2017. This long-running conference series has a reputation for featuring recent relevant progress at the frontiers of combinatorial mathematics and computing. These fields are interesting on their own, and also have applications to other sciences and practical problems in areas including optimization, algorithms, and information processing. This conference will feature five plenary talks and an additional 50-70 shorter talks. Participants will include researchers from all career stages, from undergraduate students to distinguished senior researchers, which should help effect new and fruitful connections within the research community. The 31st MCCCC will serve as a catalyst for major collaborative projects among mathematicians and computer scientists working in pure and applied combinatorics, particularly graph theory, design theory, enumeration, and combinatorial computing. It will give researchers an opportunity to share recent findings, exchange ideas, and discuss research problems. In order to aid in the advancement of future research, early-career mathematicians in particular will be recruited to attend. This includes graduate students and advanced undergraduates, some of whom participated in REU programs during 2015 and 2016. The proceedings of the conference will be published in a special issue of the Journal of Combinatorial Mathematics and Combinatorial Computing (JCMCC). The papers will go through the journals usual process. A conference website is maintained at: https://sites.google.com/a/westga.edu/mcccc31/