The IBS Discrete Mathematics Group had the “2024 DIMAG Internal Workshop” at the Lahan Hotel of Jeonju on November 19-23, 2024. Participants include almost all current members of DIMAG, Sebastian Wiederrecht and Eunjung Kim from KAIST, Minki Kim from GIST, Cheolwon Heo and Jungho Ahn from KIAS, Eun-Kyung Cho from Hanyang University, Niloufar Fuladi from INRIA, and Noleen Köhler from the University of Leeds. Every participant presented open problems and had active discussions.
IBS-DIMAG Workshop on Topology and Combinatorics was held at IBS with 7 invited speakers
On November 11, 2024, the IBS-DIMAG Workshop on Topology and Combinatorics was held at IBS, which had 7 invited speakers. Semin Yoo was the organizer.
Invited Speakers
- Karim Adiprasito (Jussieu Institute of Mathematics)
- Minho Cho조민호 (IBS Extremal Combinatorics and Probability Group)
- Niloufar Fuladi (INRIA Center of Université de Lorraine)
- Minki Kim김민기 (GIST)
- Dohyeon Lee이도현 (KAIST & IBS Discrete Mathematics Group)
- Geunho Lim임근호 (Jussieu Institute of Mathematics)
- Semin Yoo유세민 (IBS Discrete Mathematics Group)
“2024 Combinatorics Workshop” was held at Chungbuk National University on August 28-30
The 2024 Combinatorics Workshop (2024 조합론 학술대회) was held from August 28, 2024 to August 30, 2024 at Chungbuk National University, Cheongju. Combinatorics Workshop (조합론 학술대회) is an annual conference for researchers in combinatorics and related areas in Korea, started in 2004. There were five invited talks and ten contributed talks.
Invited talks
Contributed talks
Organizing Committee
- Doowon Koh (고두원), Chungbuk National University
- Eunjeong Lee (이은정), Chungbuk National University
- Sang-il Oum (엄상일), IBS Discrete Mathematics Group
- Meesue Yoo (류미수), Chungbuk National University
Hosts
2024 Workshop on (Mostly) Matroids was held at IBS on August 19-23, 2024
The 2024 Workshop on (Mostly) Matroids was held at the IBS Science Culture Center from August 19 to August 23, 2024. There were 41 talks. Videos are available.
Organizers
- Spencer Backman (University of Vermont)
- Rutger Campbell (IBS Discrete Mathematics Group)
- Dillon Mayhew (University of Leeds)
- Sang-il Oum (IBS Discrete Mathematics Group)
Speakers
August 19
- Graham Denham (Western University)
- Geoff Whittle (Victoria University)
- Nick Brettell (Victoria University of Wellington)
- Koji Imamura (Kumamoto University)
- Dillon Mayhew (University of Leeds)
- Dániel Garamvölgyi (Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics)
- Peter Nelson (University of Waterloo)
- José Samper (Pontifical Catholic University of Chile)
August 20
- Felipe Rincón (Queen Mary University of London)
- Dmitry Mineev (Bar-Ilan University)
- Alex Fink (Queen Mary University of London)
- Kisun Lee (Clemson University)
- Donggyu Kim (KAIST & IBS Discrete Mathematics Group)
- Gianira Alfarano (University College Dublin)
- Sebastian Degen (Bielefeld University)
- Shinya Kawabuchi (Kumamoto University)
- Andrew Fulcher (University College Dublin)
August 21
- CaroIyn Chun (University of Maryland)
- Iain Moffatt (Royal Holloway University of London)
- Fernanda Rivera Omaña (University of Waterloo)
- J. Dylan Douthitt (Louisiana State University)
- Jim Geelen (University of Waterloo)
- Matthew Kroeker (University of Waterloo)
- Rick Danner (University of Vermont)
- Jonathan Boretsky (MPI Leipzig)
August 22
- Swee Hong Chan (Rutgers University)
- Hsin-Chieh Liao (University of Miami)
- Donggun Lee (IBS Center for Complex Geometry)
- Soohyun Park (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
- Changxin Ding (Georgia Institute of Technology)
- Graham Farr (Monash University)
- Benjamin Schröter (KTH Royan Institute of Technology)
- Rudi Pendavingh (Eindhoven Technical University)
- Chi Ho Yuen (National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University)
August 23
- Sam Bastida (Victoria University of Wellington)
- Charles Semple (University of Canterbury)
- James Davies (University of Cambridge)
- Tamás Schwarcz (Eötvös Loránd University)
- Nathan Bowler (University of Hamburg)
- O-joung Kwon (Hanyang University & IBS Discrete Mathematics Group)
- Meike Hatzel (IBS Discrete Mathematics Group)
2024 Korean Student Combinatorics Workshop was held in Gongju from July 29 to August 2, 2024
The 2024 Korean Student Combinatorics Workshop (KSCW2024, 2024 조합론 학생 워크샵) was held in Gongju from July 29 to August 2, 2024. Sponsored by the IBS Discrete Mathematics Group, this event aims to provide a platform for Korean graduate students working on combinatorics and related areas to establish a foundation for collaborative research. It was organized by four students of KAIST/IBS: Donggyu Kim (김동규), Seokbeom Kim (김석범), Seonghyuk Im (임성혁), and Hyunwoo Lee (이현우). The workshop featured two invited talks by Semin Yoo (유세민) and Jungho Ahn (안정호), as well as open problem sessions followed by ample time for joint work.
IBS-DIMAG Workshop on Combinatorics and Geometric Measure Theory was held at IBS
The IBS-DIMAG Workshop on Combinatorics and Geometric Measure Theory was held at IBS from July 14 to July 19, 2024. There were 23 talks, including plenary talks by János Pach (Rényi Institute of Mathematics) and Pertti Mattila (University of Helsinki) and invited talks by Izabella Łaba (University of British Columbia), Hong Wang (NYU), and Cosmin Pohoata (Emory University).
Organizers
- Doowon Koh (Chungbuk National University)
- Ben Lund (IBS Discrete Mathematics Group)
- Sang-il Oum (IBS Discrete Mathematics Group / KAIST Department of Mathematical Sciences)
Speakers
“The 3rd East Asia Workshop on Extremal and Structural Graph Theory” was held in Okinawa
From November 1 to November 5, 2023, the 3rd East Asia Workshop on Extremal and Structural Graph Theory was held in Okinawa, Japan. It is a workshop to bring active researchers in the field of extremal and structural graph theory, especially in East Asia such as China, Japan, and Korea. Participants have a great chance to discuss recent progress in graph theory, interesting open problems, and finding new potential collaborators. The previous workshops were held in Shanghai (2018) and Jeju (2019). The IBS Discrete Mathematics Group was the main sponsor of the workshop.
Invited Speakers
- Jiangdong Ai (Nankai University, China)
- Ilkyoo Choi (Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Korea)
- Linda Cook (IBS, Korea)
- Shagnik Das (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)
- Shinya Fujita (Yokohama City University, Japan)
- Bill Jackson (Queen Mary University of London, UK)
- Dong Yeap Kang (IBS, Korea)
- Joonkyung Lee (Yonsei University, Korea)
- Henry Liu (Sun Yet-Sen University, China)
- Xujun Liu (Xijiao-Liverpool University, China)
- Shunichi Maezawa (Tokyo University of Science, Japan)
- Tuan Tran (University of Science and Technology, China)
- Shoichi Tsuchiya (Senshu University, Japan)
- Kiyoshi Yoshimoto (Nihon University, Japan)
Organizers
- Seog-Jin Kim, Konkuk University, Korea.
- Sang-il Oum, IBS Discrete Mathematics Group, Korea and KAIST, Korea.
- Kenta Ozeki, Yokohama National University, Japan.
- Hehui Wu, Shanghai Center for Mathematical Sciences, China.
The 2023 Vertex-Minor Workshop was held from October 15 to 20 at Jeju
The 2023 Vertex-Minor Workshop was held from October 15, 2023 to October 20, 2023 at SONO Belle Jeju in Korea. This workshop aimed to foster collaborative discussions and explore the various aspects of vertex-minors, including structural theory and their applications. There were 17 participants from Korea, Italy, UK, Australia, Japan, and China and participants had great time to discuss open problems related to the vertex-minors of graphs.
Talks
- October 16: Sang-il Oum, Survey of vertex-minors
- October 17: O-joung Kwon, The grid theorem for vertex-minors
- October 17: James Davies, Vertex-minors and preparing graph states
- October 17: Paul Wollan, Flat-wall theorem for vertex-minors
Participants
- Jungho Ahn (KIAS, Korea)
- Rutger Campbell (IBS Discrete Mathematics Group, Korea)
- Katie Clinch (UNSW Sydney, Australia)
- Linda Cook (IBS Discrete Mathematics Group, Korea)
- James Davies (University of Cambridge, UK)
- J. Pascal Gollin (IBS Discrete Mathematics Group, Korea)
- Meike Hatzel (National Institute of Informatics, Japan)
- Kevin Hendrey (IBS Discrete Mathematics Group, Korea)
- Robert Hickingbotham (Monash University, Australia)
- Tony Huynh (Sapienza Università di Rome, Italy)
- Donggyu Kim (KAIST and IBS Discrete Mathematics Group, Korea)
- Eun Jung Kim (LAMSADE, Paris-Dauphine University, France)
- O-joung Kwon (Hanyang University, Korea)
- Sang-il Oum (IBS Discrete Mathematics Group and KAIST, Korea)
- Sebastian Wiederrecht (IBS Discrete Mathematics Group, Korea)
- Paul Wollan (Sapienza Università di Rome, Italy)
- Chuandong Xu (Xidian University, China and IBS Discrete Mathematics Group, Korea)
Organizers
- Rutger Campbell (IBS Discrete Mathematics Group, Korea)
- J. Pascal Gollin (IBS Discrete Mathematics Group, Korea)
- Meike Hatzel (National Institute of Informatics, Japan)
- Sang-il Oum (IBS Discrete Mathematics Group and KAIST, Korea)
- Sebastian Wiederrecht (IBS Discrete Mathematics Group, Korea)
The 2023 Mini-Workshop on Discrete Geometry was held on August 9 with three talks by Michael Dobbins, Andreas Holmsen, and Minki Kim
On August 9, 2023, the 2023 Mini-Workshop on Discrete Geometry was held at the IBS. This workshop consisted of three talks by Michael Dobbins from SUNY Binghamton, Andreas Holmsen from KAIST, and Minki Kim from GIST. Here is the list of talks.
- Michael Dobbins (SUNY Binghamton): Colorful intersections, Tverberg partitions, and geometric transversals
- Andreas Holmsen (KAIST): The topology of the complex of ordered partitions
- Minki Kim김민기 (GIST): Some variants of the colorful Helly theorems
The MATRIX-IBS Workshop “Structural Graph Theory Downunder III” was held from April 17 to April 23
The MATRIX-IBS Workshop “Structural Graph Theory Downunder III” was held from April 17, 2023 to April 23, 2023 at Creswick, Victoria, Australia. This program is supported by MATRIX and the Discrete Mathematics Group (DIMAG) of the Institute for Basic Science (IBS, Korea). MATRIX is a residential research institute for the mathematical sciences in Australia.
Participants
- Rutger Campbell (IBS Discrete Mathematics Group, Korea)
- Linda Cook (IBS Discrete Mathematics Group, Korea)
- James Davies (University of Cambridge, UK)
- Marc Distel (Monash University, Australia)
- Zdeněk Dvořák (Charles University, Czech Republic)
- Bryce Frederickson (Emory University, USA)
- António Girão (University of Oxford, UK)
- Pascal Gollin (IBS Discrete Mathematics Group, Korea)
- Kevin Hendrey (IBS Discrete Mathematics Group, Korea)
- Robert Hickingbotham (Monash University, Australia)
- Freddie Illingworth (University of Oxford, UK)
- O-joung Kwon (Hanyang University and IBS Discrete Mathematics Group, Korea)
- Florian Lehner (University of Auckland, New Zealand)
- Anita Liebenau (UNSW, Australia)
- Chun-Hung Liu (Texas A&M, USA)
- Rose McCarty (Princeton University, USA)
- Lukas Michel (University of Oxford, UK)
- Sang-il Oum (IBS Discrete Mathematics Group and KAIST, Korea)
- Michael Savery (University of Oxford, UK)
- Alex Scott (University of Oxford, UK)
- Raphael Steiner (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
- Jane Tan (University of Oxford, UK)
- Sebastian Wiederrecht (IBS Discrete Mathematics Group, Korea)
- David Wood (Monash University, Australia)
- Liana Yepremyan (Emory University, USA)
Organizers
- David Wood (Monash University, Australia)
- Sang-il Oum (IBS Discrete Mathematics Group and KAIST, Korea)
- Alex Scott (University of Oxford, UK)
- Liana Yepremyan (Emory University, USA)