On June 21, 2023, President Do Young Noh of IBS visited the Discrete Mathematics Group (DIMAG) and the Extremal Combinatorics and Probability Group (ECOPRO), engaging in discussions with members of both groups.
Welcome Dong Yeap Kang (강동엽), a new member of the IBS Extremal Combinatorics and Probability Group
The IBS discrete mathematics group welcomes Dr. Dong Yeap Kang (강동엽), a new research fellow at the IBS Extremal Combinatorics and Probability Group from June 16, 2023. Dr. Kang received his Ph.D. from the Department of Mathematical Science at KAIST in 2020 under the supervision of Prof. Sang-il Oum. Before joining the IBS Extremal Combinatorics and Probability Group, he was a research fellow at the University of Birmingham. He won the IBS Young Scientist Fellowship.
Welcome Louann Coste, a visiting graduate student in the Discrete Mathematics Group from the ENS Lyon
The IBS Discrete Mathematics Group welcomes Louann Coste, a visiting graduate student from the ENS Lyon, Lyon, France. She is planning to stay with us until August 2, 2023.
Welcome Chong Shangguan and Yisai Xue, long-term visitors to ECOPRO
The IBS Discrete Mathematics Group welcomes Chong Shangguan and Yisai Xue, two long-term visitors to ECOPRO group.
Chong Shangguan (上官冲) is a professor at Shandong University and will stay with us for 3 months.
Yisai Xue is a graduate student at Shanghai University and will stay with us for 1 year.
Welcome Hector Buffière, a visiting graduate student in the IBS Discrete Mathematics Group from the ENS-PSL
The IBS Discrete Mathematics Group welcomes Hector Buffière, a visiting graduate student from the ENS-PSL in Paris, France. He is planning to stay with us until August 22, 2023.
Welcome Younjin Kim (김연진) and Minho Cho (조민호), new members of the IBS Extremal Combinatorics and Probability Group
The IBS discrete mathematics group welcomes Dr. Younjin Kim (김연진) and Dr. Minho Cho (조민호), new research fellows at the IBS Extremal Combinatorics and Probability Group.
Dr. Younjin Kim received her Ph.D. from UIUC in 2011 under the supervision of Prof. Zoltan Furedi.
Dr. Minho Cho received his Ph.D. from KAIST in 2023 under the supervision of Prof. Andreas Holmsen.
Both start their positions on March 1.
Jinha Kim (김진하) has been appointed as the Young Scientist Fellow (YSF) of IBS
Jinha Kim (김진하) from the IBS Discrete Mathematics Group has been appointed as the IBS Young Scientist Fellow as of March 1, 2023. The title of her research proposal was “Combinatorics on simplicial complexes“. Congratulations!
Debsoumya Chakraborti received the Outstanding Researcher Award and Mia Oh received the Outstanding Staff Award
On January 2, 2023, Debsoumya Chakraborti from the IBS Discrete Mathematics Group received the 2022 Outstanding Researcher Award (우수연구원상) from the IBS president. In addition, Mia Oh (오미아), one of our staff, received the 2022 Outstanding Staff Award (우수직원상) from the IBS president. Congratulations!
Sang-il Oum received the Choi Seok-Jeong Award of the year
On December 13, 2022, Sang-il Oum of the IBS Discrete Mathematics Group received the Choi Seok-Jeong Award of the year (올해의 최석정상) from the Minister of Science and ICT of Korea. This is the 2nd year of this award named after Choi, Seok-jeong, known for discovering a pair orthogonal Latin squares of order 9 for the first time ahead of Euler.
Welcome Suyun Jiang (江素云) from Jianghan University, a new visiting scholar in the IBS Extremal Combinatorics and Probability Group
The IBS discrete mathematics group welcomes Dr. Suyun Jiang (江素云), a new visiting scholar from Jianghan University, China. She is visiting the IBS extremal combinatorics and probability group for 21 months from November 4, 2022. She received her Ph.D. from Shandong University in China and is currently an assistant researcher in the School of Artificial Intelligence, Jianghan University, Wuhan, China.