I have been the CI (Chief Investigator) of the Discrete Mathematics Group이산수학그룹 at the Institute for Basic Science기초과학연구원 since December 2018. The group was established in December 2018 and is based in Daejeon, South Korea.
Mathematical Interests
Graph Theory, Matroid Theory, Combinatorics, Graph Algorithms, Structural Graph Theory, Parameterized Complexity, Width Parameters, etc.
Educations
- May 2005, Ph.D. in Applied and Computational Mathematics, Princeton University.
- Advisor: Paul Seymour. Thesis: Graphs of Bounded Rank-width
- Nov 2003, M.A. in Applied and Computational Mathematics, Princeton University.
- Feb 1998, B.S. in Mathematics, KAIST.
Academic Positions
- Aug 2024 – : Discrete Mathematics Group, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon, Korea.
- Distinguished Research Fellow수석연구위원
- Jan 2008 – July 2024: Department of Mathematical Sciences, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea.
- Assistant Professor (Jan 2008 – Feb 2011), Associate Professor (Mar 2011 – Aug 2016), Professor (Sep 2016 – July 2024), KAIST Endowed Chair Professor (Mar 2023 – July 2024)
- Sep 2015 – Nov 2018: School of Mathematics, KIAS, Seoul, Korea.
- Affiliate Professor
- Jan 2007 – Dec 2007: Department of Combinatorics and Optimization, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada.
- Postdoctoral fellow
- Aug 2005 – Dec 2006: School of Mathematics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.
- Visiting Assistant Professor
Editorial Activities
Discrete Math Seminar
I am organizing the Discrete Math Seminar. I strongly encourage everyone, including students interested in discrete mathematics, to attend this seminar and subscribe to the mailing list.
Selected List of Awards
- Choi Seok-Jeong Award of the Year올해의 최석정상, Minister of Science and ICT of Korea, 2022.
- Young Scientist Award젊은과학자상, President of Korea. 2012.
- TJ Park Junior Faculty Fellowship청암과학펠로, POSCO TJ Park Foundation, November 25, 2009.
Contact
Discrete Mathematics Group, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), 55 Expo-ro, Yuseong-gu Daejeon, 34126 South Korea
34126 대전광역시 유성구 엑스포로 55 기초과학연구원 이산수학그룹
- Email: ibs.re.kr after sangil@
- Tel: +82-42-878-9200
- Office: Room B321, Theory Building (3rd floor)
- Travel Instruction to the IBS
Coauthors
Jungho Ahn안정호, Benjamin Bergougnoux, Robert Brignall, Debsoumya Chakraborti, Vera Chekan, Eun-Kyung Cho조은경, Hojin Choi최호진, Ilkyoo Choi 최일규, Suyoung Choi최수영, Maria Chudnovsky, Linda Cook, Bruno Courcelle, Konrad K. Dabrowski, James Davies, Matt DeVos, Reinhard Diestel, François Dross, Katherine Edwards, Eduard Eiben, Fedor V. Fomin, Robert Ganian, Tomáš Gavenčiak, Jim Geelen, J. Pascal Gollin, Georg Gottlob, Yangyan Gu, Qi Hao, Kevin Hendrey, Robert Hickingbotham, Illya V. Hicks, Petr Hliněný, Hao Huang, Tony Huynh, Seonghyuk Im임성혁, Jisu Jeong정지수, Dong Yeap Kang강동엽, Mihyun Kang강미현, Mamadou Moustapha Kanté, Ken-ichi Kawarabayashi河原林 健一, H. A. Kierstead, Donggyu Kim김동규, Eunjung Kim김은정, Jaehoon Kim김재훈, Jinha Kim김진하, Minki Kim김민기, Ringi Kim김린기, Sang-hyun Kim김상현, Seog-Jin Kim김석진, Taegyun Kim김태균, Younjin Kim김연진, Andrew D. King, Daniel Kráľ, Stephan Kreutzer, O-joung Kwon권오정, Choongbum Lee이중범, Duksang Lee이덕상, Joonkyung Lee이준경, Sang June Lee이상준, Chun-Hung Liu, Mikiya Masuda, Dillon Mayhew, Rose McCarty, Patrice Ossona de Mendez, Bojan Mohar, Matthias Mnich, Huy-Tung Nguyen, Sergey Norin, Christophe Paul, Daniel Paulusma, Michał Pilipczuk, Bruce Reed, Ignasi Sau, Sigve Hortemo Sæther, Detlef Seese, Vaidy Sivaraman, Paul Seymour, Raphael Steiner, Jane Tan, Dimitrios M. Thilikos, Erik Jan van Leeuwen, Dominic van der Zypen, Martin Vatshelle, Maryam Verdian-Rizi, Sounggun Wee위성군, Paul Wollan, David R. Wood, Ningyuan Yang, Youngho Yoo유영호, Wei-Hsuan Yu, Xin Zhang, Xuding Zhu