Godsil75

We are pleased to announce a virtual workshop in honour of Chris Godsil's 75^th birthday. Chris Godsil's imprint on mathematics goes beyond algebraic combinatorics to merge theory and application, emerging research areas and well-developed mathematical tools. Chris Godsil is a research leader in discrete mathematics and he continues to be influential in a wide range of mathematical subdisciplines and communities around the world.  He has long been a prominent member of the Canadian combinatorial community, working first at Simon Fraser University and then playing a leadership role in the Department of Combinatorics and Optimization at the University of Waterloo; as a result, Chris Godsil has influenced multiple generations of mathematicians in Canada and abroad.

The goal of this workshop is not just to honour Chris Godsil's contributions and his impact on mathematics, but also to also bring together researchers in discrete math whose work has been influenced by Chris Godsil. We invite researchers in combinatorics, matrix theory, and quantum information theory from all over the world to join us, and will have sessions to accomodate a range of time zones.

CONFIRMED SPEAKERS:

  Gabriel Coutinho (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais)

  Chris Godsil (University of Waterloo)

  Wilfried Imrich (Montanuniversität Leoben)

  Aleksandar Jurišić (University of Ljubljana)

  William J. Martin (Worcester Polytechnic Institute)

  Brendan McKay (Australian National University)

  Karen Meagher (University of Regina)

  Bojan Mohar (Simon Fraser University)

  Akihiro Munemasa (Tohoku University)

  Gordon Royle (University of Western Australia)

  Hanmeng Zhan (Worcester Polytechnic Institute)

  Xiaohong Zhang (Université de Montréal)

ORGANIZERS:

  Soffía Árnadóttir (Danmarks Tekniske Universitet) 

  Ada Chan (York University)

  Qiuting Chen (Universität Paderborn)

  Sabrina Lato (Umeå Universitet)

  Mariia Sobchuk (University of Waterloo)

  Christino Tamon (Clarkson University)

ARRANGEMENTS:

The workshop will be held virtually via Zoom, and a link will be sent to registered participants the week of March 10. Registration and more information can be found on the web page.

A group of participants geographically close to Waterloo will be attending the workshop together in a seminar room on the University of Waterloo campus. If you are interested in more information, contact Ada Chan (ssachan@yorku.ca).

WEB PAGE:

  The conference web page is:

  https://lin-web.clarkson.edu/~ctamon/godsil75/

  For more information, contact Ada Chan (ssachan@yorku.ca).