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SIAM Activity group on Discrete MathematicsDM-Net
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December13, 2011 (Number 2011.06)
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CONTENTS:
- Editor's Note
- Message from the Chair-Elect
- Nominations for new editor – Deadline Jan. 31
- MIGHTY LII Conference – April 27-28, 2012 – Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN
- MIGHTY LIII Conference – September 28-29, 2012 – Iowa State University, Ames, IA
- SIAM Conference on Discrete Mathematics (DM12) Call for Papers – June 18-21, 2012 – Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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1. *** Editor's Note ***
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It was my pleasure to serve as the newsletter editor for so many years. I appreciate the help and support provided by the community and particularly Mark Kayll and Felix Lazebnik.
I will be stepping down as the editor of the newsletter as soon as a new editor can be installed. Details regarding nominations (and self-nominations) for the search are below.
Keep sending your announcements of interest to the discrete mathematics community to .
Prior announcements for upcoming conferences:
- ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms - January 17-19, 2012 - Kyoto, Japan
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- 25th Annual Cumberland Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory and Computing – May 10-12, 2012 - East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
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- IWOCA 2012 – July 19-21, 2012 – Tamil Nadu, India
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The URL for the newsletter archive is
-- Ryan Martin
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2. *** Message from the Chair-Elect ***
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A new board has been elected for the SIAM Activity Group on Discrete Mathematics for the term January 1, 2012 to December 31, 2013:
* Chair: Karen Collins, Wesleyan University
* Vice-Chair: Ryan Martin, Iowa State University
* Secretary: Debra Boutin, Hamilton College
* Program Director: Jacques Verstraete, UC San Diego
These new officers would very much like to thank all those who voted in the election and also those who accepted the nomination to stand for office. They are looking forward to working with you all, and would very much appreciate hearing from any of you about your ideas, comments and concerns on any and all matters relating to our activity group.
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3. *** Nominations for new editor – Deadline Jan. 31 ***
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The board is calling for nominations for a new editor of the newsletter for the Discrete Mathematics Activity Group. Self-nominations are encouraged. Nominations should be sent by email to nd consist of (1) a CV and (2) a short letter supporting the nomination. Nominations are due by January 31, 2012.
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4. *** MIGHTY LII Conference – April 27-28, 2012 – Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN ***
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Indiana State University will be hosting the fifty-third incarnation of the long-running MIdwest GrapH TheorY (MIGHTY) conference in Terre Haute, Indiana.
The conference will begin on Friday around noon and will continue all day Saturday. Plenary speakers are to be announced.
The web site for the conference will soon be up and running at
All inquiries should be sent to
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5. *** MIGHTY LIII Conference – September 28-29, 2012 – Iowa State University, Ames, IA ***
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Iowa State University will be hosting the fifty-third incarnation of the long-running MIdwest GrapH TheorY (MIGHTY) conference in Ames, Iowa. The dates are Friday, September 28 and Saturday, September 29, 2012.
We are happy to announce that our plenary speakers will be Ron Graham (University of California, San Diego) and Persi Diaconis (Stanford University). The conference will begin on Friday afternoon with an F. Wendell Miller lecture by Ron Graham. Saturday will have talks by our plenary speakers and contributed talks in all areas of graph theory.
We hope to have funding to help defray the costs of travel by undergraduate and graduate students and we strongly encourage student participation. In keeping with MIGHTY tradition, there is no registration fee. In the upcoming months, we will have information about travel, housing, abstract submission for those wanting to give contributed talks and other details.
In the meantime, if you would like to get on our mailing list, either reply to this message or send email to
The website for the conference is:
We are looking forward to seeing you in Ames.
Organizers: Steve Butler, Ryan Martin, Michael Young
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6. *** SIAM Conference on Discrete Mathematics (DM12) Call for Papers – June 18-21, 2012 – Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada ***
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Conference Name: SIAM Conference on Discrete Mathematics (DM12) Call for Papers Now Available!
Location: Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Dates: June 18-21, 2012
The Call for Papers for this conference is now available. Please visit
for more information.
SUBMISSION DEADLINES
January 4, 2012: Minisymposium proposals
January 18, 2012: Abstracts for contributed and minisymposium speakers
TRAVEL FUND APPLICATION DEADLINE
January 11, 2012: SIAM Student Travel Award and Post-doc/Early Career Travel Award Applications
Contact SIAM Conference Department at ith any questions about the conference
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Jerrold GriggsUniversity of South CarolinaChair
Karen CollinsWesleyan UniversityVice Chair
John SchmittMiddlebury CollegeSecretary
Kathie CameronWilfrid Laurier UniversityProgram Director
Ryan MartinIowa State UniversityDM-Net Editor
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