Welcome to Combinatorics and Optimization

Faculty positions

The Department of Combinatorics and Optimization at the University of Waterloo invites applications for two tenure-track faculty positions at the rank of Assistant Professor.

Spring 2018 Undergraduate Research Assistantship Program (URA). Applications for the Spring 2018 program are now closed.

Tutte's 100th Distinguished Lecture Series

University of Waterloo, May 5 - August 18, '17

*Recordings of occurred talks are all available on C&O's YouTube Channel.

Grad Studies: Fall 2018 applications now open

New Deadline: February 9, '18

News

Apr. 23, 2018Ahmad Abdi awarded a 2018 Huawei Prize
Apr. 12, 2018Algebraic Graph theory & Quantum Walks
Gabriel Coutinho, Chris Godsil and Krystal Guo are organizing a Workshop on Algebraic Graph Theory & Quantum Walks.
Apr. 9, 2018Optimization techniques guide surgeons at SickKids
Waterloo graduate student David Qian, under the guidance of the Faculty of Mathematics’ Ricardo Fukasawa and Jochen Koenemann, introduced optimization techniques based on integer and dynamic programming to surgeons at SickKids hospital. By applying mathematical optimization algorithms, Qian and team advised doctors on the best surgical cut points to minimize the volume-difference between the surgically modified skull, and an ideal skull.

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Events

Apr. 27, 2018Tutte Colloquium - Luc Vinet
Title: Spins Lattices, Graphs and Quantum State Revivals

Speaker: Luc Vinet
Affiliation: Université de Montréal
Room: MC 5501
Abstract:

This talk will describe how certain features of quantum transport along spin chains can be enabled.