{"id":4,"date":"2022-11-02T18:09:55","date_gmt":"2022-11-02T18:09:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/combinatorics\/?page_id=4"},"modified":"2025-09-06T19:28:48","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T02:28:48","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/combinatorics\/","title":{"rendered":"USC Combinatorics Seminar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <div class=\"html-content\">\n<h1>USC Combinatorics Seminar<\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Organizers<\/strong>:<\/span>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/samihassaf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sami Assaf<\/a>, Lucas Gagnon<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>When<\/strong>:<\/span> Mondays at 1pm in <a href=\"http:\/\/web-app.usc.edu\/maps\/?b=KAP\">Kaprielian Hall<\/a>, room 414. Fall 2025 seminars run from <span data-sheets-root=\"1\">09-08<\/span>-25 to 12<span data-sheets-root=\"1\">-08<\/span>-25 according to the schedule below. Announcements are sent to the USC Combinatorics Mailing List. Contact Lucas Gagnon to be added.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Schedule<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"overflow-y: scroll; height: 400px;\" title=\"USC Combinatorics Seminar\" src=\"https:\/\/calendar.google.com\/calendar\/embed?showPrint=0&amp;showCalendars=0&amp;mode=AGENDA&amp;height=500&amp;wkst=1&amp;bgcolor=%23FFFFFF&amp;src=usc.combinatorics%40gmail.com&amp;color=%231B887A&amp;ctz=America%2FLos_Angeles\" width=\"100%\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>(<a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.google.com\/calendar\/embed?src=usc.combinatorics%40gmail.com&amp;ctz=America%2FLos_Angeles\">Direct link.<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Topics:<\/strong><\/span> Combinatorics at USC is predominantly algebraic, with many faculty making connections to other fields of mathematics including probability, representation theory, algebraic geometry, finite group theory and topology. <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/mathematics\/combinatorics\">Our research page<\/a>\u00a0provides a listing of our combinatorially inclined faculty who are likely to attend the seminar.<\/p>\n<div id=\"publications\">\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Parking:<\/strong><\/span> Garage parking is often available in the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/web-app.usc.edu\/maps\/?b=PSA\">Downey Way Parking Structure<\/a>, directly across the street from the Mathematics Department. Metered street parking (4 hour limit) is available on Vermont Ave along the western edge of campus.<\/p>\n<h4>Also of interest: Southern California Discrete Mathematics Symposia<\/h4>\n<p>These annual one-day meetings are help in the spring and hosted at universities and colleges in Southern California. Keep posted for the upcoming meeting in 2020.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/socaldm2024\/home\">SoCalDM 2024<\/a> hosted at UCLA<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/socaldm23\">SoCalDM 2023<\/a> hosted at CSULA<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/socaldm22\/\">SoCalDM 2022<\/a>\u00a0hosted at Claremont McKenna College<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/socaldm2021\/\">SoCalDM 2021<\/a>\u00a0hosted online<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/usc.edu\/socaldm20\/\">SoCalDM 2020<\/a>\u00a0hosted at USC<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/socaldm19\/\">SoCalDM 2019<\/a>\u00a0hosted at Claremont McKenna College<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/socaldm18\/\">SoCalDM 2018<\/a>\u00a0hosted at USC<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/socaldm17\/\">SoCalDM 2017<\/a>\u00a0hosted at UCLA<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/socaldm2016\/\">SoCalDM 2016<\/a>\u00a0hosted at UCLA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"html-content\">\n<hr \/>\n<p>&#8220;Combinatorics is an honest subject. 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