{"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":"2026-08-20T16:08:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T23:08:00","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<h2><strong>USC Combinatorics Seminar<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Organizers (2026-2027)<\/strong>:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/lucas-gagnon\/home\">Lucas Gagnon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/usc.edu\/gpanova\/home\">Greta Panova<\/a>, Maxwell Aires<\/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, or occasionally on Wednesday 4:30pm. Fall 2026 seminars run from <span data-sheets-root=\"1\">08-31<\/span>-26 to 12<span data-sheets-root=\"1\">-07<\/span>-26 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 has traditionally been more on the algebraic side, but many faculty make connections to other fields\u00a0 including probability, graph theory and extremal combinatorics, representation theory, algebraic geometry, finite group theory, topology, theoretical computer science. <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<h3>Also of interest: Southern California Discrete Mathematics Symposia<\/h3>\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\/socaldm2025\/home\">SoCalDM 2025<\/a> hosted at UC Irvine<\/li>\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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