Presentations, Conferences, Workshops, etc...

Invited Presentations at Conferences, Workshops, etc.:

Games and Graph Searching in Atlantic Canada
hosted online from Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick. March 2025.
Session on Combinatorial Designs
CMS Winter 2024 Meeting
Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Richmond, British Columbia. December 2024.
Keynote speaker for minisymposium on Combinatorial Designs and their Applications
10th Slovenian Conference on Graph Theory
Kranjska Gora, Slovenia. June 2023.
LGBTQ+ Math Day Panelist
hosted online from the Fields Institute, Toronto, Ontario. November 2022.
EDI Forum on Overcoming Fear of Failure in Mathematics
CMS Summer 2022 Meeting
Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland. June 2022.
EDI Forum
CMS Winter 2021 Meeting
hosted online from Ottawa, Ontario. December 2021.
QAtCanSTEM (Queer Atlantic Canadian Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Research Showcase
hosted online from Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia. November 2021.
Virtual Carleton Combinatorics Meeting
hosted online from Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario. August 2021.
Session on Graph Decompositions
CMS Summer 2021 Meeting
hosted online from Ottawa, Ontario. June 2021.
Session on Combinatorial Designs
CMS Winter 2020 Meeting
hosted online from Ottawa, Ontario. December 2020.
Session on Randomness and Limited Information in Graph Searching Problems
CMS Summer 2019 Meeting
University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan. June 2019.
Session on Design Theory
CMS Winter 2017 Meeting
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario. December 2017.
Minisymposium in honour of the work of Alex Rosa
6th CanaDAM Conference
Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario. June 2017.
Session on Algebraic Design Theory
CMS Summer 2016 Meeting
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta. June 2016.
Auburn Conference on Designs, Graphs, and Codes
Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama. January 2016.
Session on Combinatorial Design Theory
AMS-MAA Joint Mathematics Meetings
Seattle, Washington. January 2016.
Stream on Graph Searching
27th European Conference on Operational Research
University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland. July 2015.
Session on Graphs, Designs and Hypergraphs
CMS Summer 2015 Meeting
University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, PEI. June 2015.
Discrete Math Days and Ontario Combinatorics Workshop
University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario. May 2015.
MiniSymposium on Combinatorial Design Theory
SIAM Conference on Discrete Mathematics
Minneapolis, Minnesota. June 2014.
Session on Graphs and Hypergraphs
CMS Summer 2014 Meeting
Winnipeg, Manitoba. June 2014.
Minisymposium on Design Theory
4th CanaDAM Conference
Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland. June 2013.
Session on Designs, Factorizations and Coverings
CMS Winter 2011 Meeting
Toronto, Ontario, December 2011.
Minisymposium on Designs and Codes
3rd CanaDAM Conference
University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia. May-June 2011.
MiniSymposium on Design Theory
SIAM Conference on Discrete Mathematics
Austin, Texas, June 2010.
Session on Graph Theory
CMS Summer 2010 Meeting
University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick, June 2010.
Joint CAMBAM-MBI Summer School on "Nonlinear Dynamics in Biological Networks"
McGill University, Montréal, Québec, May 2010.
I gave a 3-hour lecture on "Applications of Graph Theory to Population Genetics and Ecological Connectivity" as part of a summer school organised by McGill University's Centre for Applied Mathematics in Bioscience and Medicine and Ohio State University's Mathematical Biosciences Institute.
Minisymposium on Design Theory
2nd CanaDAM Conference
l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec. May 2009.
Minisymposium on Ordering the Blocks of Designs
SIAM Conference on Discrete Mathematics
University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont. June 2008.
Coast to Coast Seminar
December 2007.
3rd East Coast Combinatorial Conference
Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick, April 2007.
IPFW Scholar-in-Residence
I spent the week of 12-16 February 2007 as a Scholar-in-Residence in the Department of Mathematical Sciences at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne. While there I gave two presentations, one as a Colloquium and the other as a talk to the IPFW Pi Math Club.
Symposium on Graph Theory
CMS Winter 2005 Meeting
Victoria, British Columbia, December 2005.
Symposium on Graphs, Games and the Web
CMS Summer 2004 Meeting
Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia. June 2004.
Graduate Program in Teaching
Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland. November 2003.
AARMS Combinatorics Workshop
Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland. May 1999.

Contributed Presentations at Conferences, Workshops, etc.:

16th East Coast Combinatorics Conference
Grenfell Campus, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Corner Brook, Newfoundland. May 2024.
Combinatorial Constructions Conference, Dubrovnik, Croatia, April 2024.
Cross Campus Combinatorics Conference, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland, August 2023.
Rijeka Conference on Combinatorial Objects and Their Applications, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia, July 2023.
AMS-CMS Joint Panel on the Role of a Professional Society, CMS Summer 2022 Meeting
Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland. June 2022.
Combinatorial Designs and Codes
hosted online from Rijeka, Croatia. July 2021.
14th East Coast Combinatorics Conference
St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia. August 2019.
2019 Graph Searching in Canada (GRASCan) Workshop
Fields Institute, Toronto, Ontario. August 2019.
27th British Combinatorial Conference
University of Birmingham, Birmingham, England. July-August 2019.
Combinatorics 2018
Arco, Italy. June 2018.
13th East Coast Combinatorics Conference
Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia. May 2018.
26th British Combinatorial Conference
University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland. July 2017.
40th Australasian Conference on Combinatorial Mathematics and Combinatorial Computing
University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia. December 2016.
Summer Combinatorics in Vermont, 2016
Saint Michael's College, Colchester, Vermont. July 2016.
3rd Istanbul Design Theory, Graph Theory and Combinatorics Conference
Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey. June 2016.
25th British Combinatorial Conference
University of Warwick, Coventry, England. July 2015.
Graphs and Games Workshop
Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, May 2014.
24th British Combinatorial Conference
Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, England. July 2013.
9th East Coast Combinatorics Conference
Grenfell Campus, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Corner Brook, Newfoundland. May 2013.
2nd Graph Searching in Canada (GRASCan) Workshop
Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario. April 2013.
8th East Coast Combinatorics Conference
Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland. May 2012.
23rd British Combinatorial Conference
University of Exeter, Exeter, England. July 2011.
2nd Istanbul Design Theory, Graph Theory and Combinatorics Conference
Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey. June-July 2011.
7th East Coast Combinatorics Conference
Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia. May 2011.
Minisymposium on Applied Combinatorics
Canadian Applied and Industrial Mathematics Society (CAIMS) 2010 Conference
St. John's, Newfoundland, July 2010.
22nd British Combinatorial Conference
University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Scotland. July 2009.
40th Southeastern International Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory, Computing
Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida. March 2009.
2008 ASLO (American Society of Limnology and Oceanography) Summer Meeting
St. John's, Newfoundland, June 2008.
21st British Combinatorial Conference
University of Reading, Reading, England. July 2007.
20th British Combinatorial Conference
University of Durham, Durham, England. July 2005.
MITACS 6th Annual Conference
University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, May 2005.
The 2004 NZIMA Conference in Combinatorics and its Applications and the 29th Australasian Conference on Combinatorial Mathematics and Combinatorial Computing (Joint Conference)
Taupo, New Zealand. December 2004.
Halifax Graph Theory Day - 16 June 2004
St. Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia. June 2004
2nd AARMS Workshop on Combinatorial Designs and Related Topics
Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland. July 2003
`Graph Theory of Brian Alspach' Conference
Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia. May 2003.
34th Southeastern International Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory, Computing
Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida. March 2003.
33rd Southeastern International Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory, Computing
Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida. March 2002.
East Coast Discrete Mathematics Conference
(held in conjunction with the APICS Mathematics/Statistics and Computer Science Conference)
St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia. October 2001.
Winnipeg Combinatorial Mathematics Conference
University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba. September 2000.
31st Southeastern International Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory, Computing
Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida. March 2000.
Workshop on Graphs and Combinatorial Designs
University of Hawai`i at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawai`i. July - August 1999.
Workshop on Computational Graph Theory and Combinatorics
University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia. May 1999.
30th Southeastern International Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory, Computing
Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida. March 1999.
AMS-MAA Joint Mathematics Meetings
Baltimore, Maryland. January 1998.
59th Annual Meeting of the Oklahoma-Arkansas Section of the MAA
University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, Oklahoma. April 1997.
27th Southeastern International Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory, Computing
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. February 1996.
AMS-MAA Joint Mathematics Meetings
Orlando, Florida. January 1996.
25th Manitoba Conference on Combinatorial Mathematics and Computing
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba. September 1995
26th Southeastern International Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory, Computing
Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida. March 1995.
Southeast Regional Conference of the National Association of Graduate and Professional Students
Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama. February 1995.
25th Southeastern International Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory, Computing
Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida. March 1994.

Seminar Presentations and Colloquia (outside of my own department):

Atlantic Graph Theory Virtual Seminar, sponsored by AARMS, 14 October 2020.
Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, 13 February 2017.
The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 24 January 2017.
Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 05 April 2016.
Atlantic Discrete Mathematics Seminar, 02 March 2007.
Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, Indiana, 15 and 16 February 2007.
Memorial University of Newfoundland (Computer Science), St. John's, Newfoundland, 18 October 2005.
St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, 13 June 2005.
The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 02 December 2004.
The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 18 November 2004.
The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 28 October 2004.
Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 25 February 2004.
University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, 11 November 2002.
University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, 13 November 2001.
Memorial University of Newfoundland (Computational Sciences), St. John's, Newfoundland, 16 June 2000.
Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, 20 May 1997.

Additionally, I have given several seminar presentations within my own department, as well as at Auburn University during my tenure there as a graduate student.

Organisation of Events:

2023 CMS Winter Meeting
Montréal, Québec, December 2023.
Andrea Burgess, Doug Stinson and I organised a session on Combinatorial Design Theory.
Stinson66 - New Advances in Designs, Codes and Cryptography
A conference in celebration of Doug Stinson's 66th birthday.
June 13 - 17, 2022, The Fields Institute
2022 CMS Summer Meeting
Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland, June 2022.
Andrea Burgess and I organised a session on Design Theory and Graph Decompositions.
2021 CMS Summer Meeting
held online, June 7-11, 2021.
Doug Stinson and I organised a session on Designs and Codes.
IWOCA 2019
I served on the Program Committee for this conference.
CanaDAM Conference
In 2009 I was appointed to the Executive Committee of the Canadian Discrete and Algorithmic Mathematics Conference. My term spanned over the 2011, 2013 and 2015 CanaDAM Conferences.
I was also the Chair of the Local Arrangements Committee for the 2013 CanaDAM Conference, which took place at Memorial University of Newfoundland.
For the 2019 CanaDAM Conference in Vancouver, I was a co-organiser (with Andrea Burgess and Peter Danziger) of a three-part minisymposium on Design Theory.
In October 2020 I re-joined the Executive Committee. We are currently preparing to hold the 2021 conference as an online conference.
2012 AARMS Summer School
Memorial University of Newfoundland, July-August 2012.
I was a co-director of this event.
2012 SIAM Conference on Discrete Mathematics
Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia. June 18-21 2012.
I organised a minisymposium in Design Theory.
2009 CMS Summer Meeting
Memorial University of Newfoundland, June 2009.
I was the Meeting Director for this conference.
The First MITACS Atlantic Interchange
Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, March 2003.
This conference, which had about 500 participants, was intended to bring together students, academics, and researchers from universities, industry, and government, so that they can share ideas about their research projects, form new collaborations, and so on. I was one of six members of the Organising Committee.
I also served as the Head Judge for the poster competition. There were about 50 posters being presented, with the best 10 receiving prizes.
Project NExTMAC

In the fall of 2001, Robert van den Hoogen (of St. Francis Xavier University) and I held a professional development workshop targetted at junior academics in mathematics and/or statistics. As our model for the workshop, we drew from the very successful Project NExT program supported by the MAA and in which the two of us have participated. The primary emphasis of both Project NExT and our initiative is on teaching effectiveness, although attention is also paid to other issues of professional development as they can have profound affects on teaching.
After our initial workshop, Robert and I applied for funding from the CMS Endowment Fund to support a more enduring series of workshops that would have a nation-wide impact. In tandem with our proposal, we created Project NExTMAC (NExTMAC stands for ``New Experiences in Teaching Mathematics Across Canada''). The CMS awarded us funding, and we have since organised several workshops, each held in conjunction with a national or regional mathematical meeting. Each workshop has included a variety of sessions on topics of interest and benefit to junior faculty members, with a combination of standard presentations by guest speakers as well as panel and group discussions. Including our initial workshop, the events we have organised are listed below.
- Professional Development Workshop
  (held in conjunction with the APICS Mathematics/Statistics and Computer Science Conference)
  St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, 19 October 2001.
- Project NExTMAC National Workshop
  (held in conjunction with the 2002 CMS Summer Meeting)
  l'Université Laval, Québec City, Québec, 14 June 2002.
- Project NExTMAC Atlantic Workshop
  (held in conjunction with the APICS Mathematics/Statistics and Computer Science Conference)
  Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick, 18 October 2002.
- Project NExTMAC National Workshop
  (held in conjunction with the 2003 CMS Summer Meeting)
  University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, 13 June 2003.
- Project NExTMAC National Workshop
  (held in conjunction with the 2004 CMS Summer Meeting)
  Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 12 June 2004.
A website with additional information about our project is available at www.math.mun.ca/~nextmac.