The following Combinatorics and Optimization students received their graduate degrees at the spring 2013 convocation. Congratulations to all and best of luck for the future!
Nabiha Asghar (MMath)
Grotzsch's Theorem (PDF)
Supervisor: Bruce Richter
Khodakhast Bibak (MMath)
Contributions at the Interface Between Algebra and Graph Theory
Supervisor: Nick Wormald
Danielle Drainville (MMath)
An Analysis of the Bitcoin Electronic Cash System
Supervisor: Alfred Menezes
Mathieu Guay-Paquet (PhD)
Algebraic Methods and Monotone Hurwitz Numbers
Supervisor: Ian Goulden
Rohan Kapadia (PhD)
Modularity and Structure in Matroids
Supervisor: Jim Geelen
Mehdi Karimi (MMath)
A Quick-and-Dirty Approach to Robustness in Linear Optimization
Supervisor: Levent Tuncel
Edward Knapp (PhD)
On the Efficiency and Security of Cryptographic Pairings
Supervisor: Alfred Menezes
Yik (Roddy) Kok (MMath)
Implementing the Schoof-Elkies-Atkin Algorithm with NTL
Supervisor: David Jao
Yingkai Ouyang (PhD)
Transmitting Quantum Information Reliably across Various Quantum Channels
Supervisor: Debbie Leung
Maris Ozols (PhD)
Quantum Algorithms for Searching, Resampling, and Hidden Shift Problems
Supervisor: Andrew Childs and Debbie Leung
Devanshu Pandey (MMath)
Vehicle Routing: A Survey of Approximation Algorithm Techniques
Supervisor: Jochen Koenemann
Donguk (David) Rhee (MMath)
Cyclic Sieving Phenomenon of Promotion on Rectangular Tableaux
Supervisor: Kevin Purbhoo
Jamie Smith (PhD)
Algebraic Aspects of Multi-Particle Quantum Walks
Supervisors: Chris Godsil and Michele Mosca
Leanne Stuive (MMath)
Single Commodity Flow Algorithms for Lifts of Graphic and CoGraphic Matroids
Supervisor: Bertrand Guenin
Rebecca Tessier (MMath)
Path Tableaux and the Combinatorics of the Immanant Function
Supervisor: David Jackson
Brandon Weir (MMath)
Homomorphic Encryption
Supervisor: Edlyn Teske-Wilson