15th Postgraduate Combinatorial Conference

The Postgraduate Combinatorial Conference is aimed at current research students in all areas of combinatorics and discrete mathematics. It allows students to meet and talk about their research in an informal environment. Most talks are contributed by the students themselves, apart from three talks by invited speakers. The conference is organised under the auspices of the British Combinatorial Committee and is supported by a London Mathematical Society Scheme 1 grant. It is in its 15th year, returning to Queen Mary after a four-year absence, after visits to Reading, Essex and Nottingham.

Each student that attends is encouraged to give a short talk (20 minutes or so) about their research. This may be the first time that students have spoken outside their own department, and it is an excellent opportunity to gain practice in front of a small, friendly audience.

Topics likely to be covered at the conference include graph theory, design theory, coding theory, cryptography, partial orders, extremal set theory, theoretical computer science and model theory.

The conference will be held at Queen Mary, University of London, beginning on the afternoon of Tuesday 20th April 2004 and ending with lunch on Thursday 22nd April 2004. Accommodation is available on campus for all those attending the conference.

Registration has now closed. If you need any further information, please contact Robert Bailey.