Discrete mathematics

Our discrete mathematics group researches graph theory, algorithms, combinatorial designs, error-correcting codes, and extremal set theory.

We are lucky to enjoy a very visual subject, where geometric structures and coloured labellings often appear. In addition, discrete math has applications to theoretical computer science, electrical engineering, statistics, and biology, not to mention relationships with the rest of mathematics.

The six regular research faculty members in our group are joined by a strong group of graduate students, visitors, postdoctoral fellows, adjunct professors, and colleagues from computer science. We hold a weekly seminar and have hosted a range of events, from small workshops to large international conferences.

All in all, UVic is among the top schools in the world for studying discrete mathematics.

Faculty

NameContactResearch interests
Butterfield,  Jane
Office: NA
Graph theory and mathematics education.
Dukes,  Peter
Office: DTB-A525
Combinatorics.
Huang,  Jing
Office: DTB-A549
Graph theory, algorithms and complexity.
MacGillivray,  Gary
Office: DTB-A442
Discrete mathematics, graph theory, theoretical computing science.
Morrison,  NatashaExtremal graph theory, random graphs and processes, graph colouring, bootstrap percolation and related cellular automata, and Ramsey theory
Mynhardt,  Kieka
Office: DTB-A541
Graph theory.
Noel,  Jonathan
Office: DTB-A435
Extremal combinatorics, probablistic combinatorics, combinatorial limits, boostrap percolation, graph colourings, computational complexity
Simmons,  Jill
Office: DTB-A537
Mathematics education, discrete math
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Adjuncts

NameContactResearch interests
Brewster, Richard
Office: NA
Discrete mathematics; theoretical computer science; computational complexity; graph theory; polynomial time algorithms and good characterizations; graph homomorphisms and colouring problems; domination problems; graph packings and matchings; local search heuristics and discrete optimization.
Huggan, Melissa
Office: NA
combinatorial game theory, graph theory, and pursuit-evasion games
Oellermann, Ortrud
Office: NA
Graph theory with emphasis on distance notions in graphs including graph convexity, graph connectivity and the path partition conjecture for oriented graphs.
Reed, Bruce
Office: NA
Graph Theory
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Postdoctoral fellows

NameContactSupervisor
Behague, Natalie
Office: DTB-A518
Morrison, Noel
Hyde, Joseph
Office: DTB-A453
Morrison, Noel, Reed
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PhD students

NameContactSupervisor
Gaede,  Tao
Office: NA
Dukes
Lee,  Jae-baek
Office: DTB-A534
MacGillivray, Noel
Lin,  Mengru
Office: DTB-A555
MacGillivray
Slobodin,  Aaron
Office: DTB-A455
MacGillivray, Myrvold
Virgile,  Virgelot
Office: DTB-A534
MacGillivray, Mynhardt
Ye,  Ying Ying  (Fay)
Office: DTB-A534
Huang
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Master's students

NameContactSupervisor
Kuperus,  Akina
Office: NA
Morrison
Mullin,  Frederick  (Freddie)
Office: NA
MacGillivray
Nimegeers,  Kate
Office: NA
Dukes
Ogden,  Shannon
Office: NA
Mynhardt, Morrison
Williams,  Ethan
Office: DTB-A202
MacGillivray
Wright,  Ashna
Office: NA
Morrison, Noel
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