Special Session on Enumerative Combinatorics and Graph Theoretic Applications

Organizers:
Adam Goyt, Minnesota State University Moorhead (goytadam (at) mnstate (dot) edu)
Lara Pudwell, Valparaiso University (Lara (dot) Pudwell (at) valpo (dot) edu)

This session will include presentations on combinatorial objects enumerated using known or new techniques. The talks will include basic counting techniques, bijective methods, Mobius inversion, generating functions, and computer methods used to enumerate posets, permutations, set partitions, graphs, and matrices with various specified attributes. We also expect talks on applications of enumerative methods to proving identities and to determining statistical distributions on these objects. Based on the list of speakers we expect that enumerative methods applied to graphs will play a large role in this session.

Information about accommodations, transportation, etc. can be found at http://www.ams.org/meetings/sectional/2219_other.html
Participants are encouraged to book their hotel room early due to a Northwestern Univ. football game on October 3.

Important Dates

• July 24: Deadline for graduate students to apply for travel support.
  Details concerning eligibility and the application process can be found at http://www.ams.org/programs/travel-grants/grad-students/emp-student-JMM
• August 3: Online advance registration for the meeting begins.
  Due to the large size of the meeting, participants are encouraged to register in advance. Information will be posted at http://www.ams.org/meetings/sectional/2219_other.html
  Note that online registration shuts down about 7-10 days prior to the meeting, so registration materials can be shipped to the meeting site.
• August 11: Deadline for all abstract submission for talks.
  To appear in the program, an abstract must be submitted by August 11 at http://www.ams.org/cgi-bin/abstracts/abstract.pl
  No abstract can be uploaded into the system after that date.
• October 3-4: Dates of the special session.
  We are organizing a dinner for special session participants on Saturday, October 3, after the Erdos memorial lecture.
  We have a reservation at at Farmhouse Evanston at 8:30pm on Saturday night. This is a restaurant that focuses on using locally grown and raised foods to prepare their meals. You can find their menu on their website, though it does change as seasonal availability affects their offerings. The farmhouse is located about 5 miles north of Loyola University. Let Adam know by Friday, September 25 if you plan to attend the dinner.

If you have questions about the dinner on October 3, contact Adam Goyt.

If you have questions about the schedule, contact Lara Pudwell.

Schedule of Speakers

Saturday morning (juggling, shuffling, and identities)

Saturday afternoon (pattern avoidance)

Sunday morning (graphs)

Sunday afternoon (tableaux, plane partitions, and posets)