Simon Fraser University

Abstract: Relics of early life, preceding even the last universal common ancestor of all life on Earth, are present in the structure of the modern day canonical genetic code --- the map between DNA sequence and amino acids that form proteins. The...

Abstract: Let S be a set of n = d points in general position in R^d. An oriented (d-1)-simplex spanned by d points from S is called a k-facet iff the positive side of its convex hull contains exactly k points from S. An at-most-k-facet is simply an...

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Abstract: In this talk we discuss various colorings of the Euclidean Plane and some of its subsets. The notion of Ramsey-Type configurations is introduced and a few familiar configurations are examined to determine which of them are Ramsey-Type and...

Abstract: I will introduce the notion of stabilizer quantum error correcting codes and perfect quantum secret sharing schemes. Then I will illustrate how, using any given stabilizer code, one can always construct a perfect quantum secret sharing...

Abstract: In 1976 Helleseth proposed a beautiful conjecture that connects number theory (Weil sums of binomials), sequence design (cross-correlation of maximum-length sequences), coding theory (weights in sums of irreducible cyclic codes)...

Abstract: One of the fundamental properties of word equations isthe following compactness result: each system of word equation with a fixed finite number of unknowns is equivalent to some of its finite subsystems. Or equivalently there does not exist...

Abstract: Let $D \\subseteq \\mathbb{Z}^+$. For $r \\in \\mathbb{Z}^+$, we say the $D$ is {\\it $r$-large} if every $r$-coloring of the positive integers admits an arbitrary long monochromatic arithmetic progression with common difference from $D$...

Abstract: Simulation experiments are used throughout the sciences to make model comparisons, predict future events, and lobby for particular hypotheses or metholodogies. Simulations can transform subjective design decisions into seemingly objective...

The Mitacs-PIMS-SFU Summer School for Undergraduates in Algebraic Graph Theory is an intensive program for Canadian and International students. The core of the program is a course which provides a thorough introduction to the interaction between...