Combinatorics: Methods and Applications in Mathematics and Computer Science
September 8 - December 11, 2009
Organizing Committee |
Activities |
Scientific Overview
Participation |
Application |
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Organizing Committee
Noga Alon
(Tel Aviv University)
Gil Kalai
(Hebrew University, Institute of Mathematics)
Janos Pach
(City College of New York, EPFL- Lausanne)
Vera Sos
(Renyi Institute of Mathematics)
Angelika Steger
(ETH Zürich)
Benjamin Sudakov
(University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA))
Terence Tao
(University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Mathematics)
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Activities
There will be an active program of research activities, seminars and
workshops throughout the period and core participants will be in residence
at IPAM continuously for these fourteen weeks. The program will open with
tutorials, and will be punctuated by four major workshops and a culminating
workshop at UCLA's Lake Arrowhead Conference Center. Several distinguished
senior researchers will be in residence for the entire period. Between the
workshops there will be a program of activities involving the long-term and
short-term participants, as well as visitors.
A series of seminars will take place between workshops. Here is the Schedule.
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Scientific Overview
Combinatorics is a fundamental mathematical discipline as well as an essential component
of many mathematical areas. It studies discrete objects and their properties. Although it
is probably as old as the human ability to count, the field experienced tremendous growth
during the last fifty years. This program will focus specifically on several major
research topics in modern Discrete Mathematics. These topics include Probabilistic
Methods, Extremal Problems for Graphs and Set Systems, Ramsey Theory, Additive Number
Theory, Combinatorial Geometry, Discrete Harmonic Analysis and its applications to
Combinatorics and Computer Science. We aim to foster interaction between researchers in
these rather diverse fields, to discuss recent progress and to communicate new results.
We would like also to put an emphasis on the exchange of ideas, approaches and techniques
between various areas of Discrete Mathematics and Computer Science and on the
identification of new tools from other areas of mathematics which can be used to solve
combinatorial problems.
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Participation
This long-term program will
involve a community of senior and junior researchers. The intent is for participants to learn about a variety of powerful methods in modern Combinatorics and their applications to other areas of mathematics, and to meet a
diverse group of people and have an opportunity to form new collaborations. In
addition to these activities, there will be opening tutorials, four
workshops, and a culminating workshop at Lake Arrowhead.
Full and partial support for long-term participants is available, and
those interested are encouraged to fill out an online application at the
bottom of this page. Support for individual workshops will also be
available, and may be applied for through the online application for each
workshop. We are especially interested in applicants who are interested in
becoming core participants and participating in the entire program (September 8 - December 11, 2009),
but give consideration to applications for shorter periods. Funding for
participants is available at all academic levels, though recent PhD's,
graduate students, and researchers in the early stages of their career are
especially encouraged to apply.
Encouraging the careers of women and minority mathematicians and
scientists is an important component of IPAM's mission and we welcome their
applications.
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Application
We are no longer accepting applications for financial support.
We are no longer accepting registration for this program at this time.
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Contact Us:
Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (IPAM)
Attn: CMA2009
460 Portola Plaza
Los Angeles CA 90095-7121
Phone: 310 825-4755
Fax: 310 825-4756
Email: 
Website:
http://www.ipam.ucla.edu/programs/cma2009/
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