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56th Southeastern International Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory & Computing

March 3-7, 2025

CGTC 55 Group Photo March 6, 2024


The Fifty-sixth Southeastern International Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory, and Computing (SEICCGTC) will be held March 3-7, 2025 in the  Student Union  at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, FL.  The main campus is located three miles from the Atlantic Ocean, on an 850-acre site in Boca Raton, south of Palm Beach and north of Fort Lauderdale and Miami. The climate is subtropical with an average temperature of 75 degrees.

This years 56th conference will be a fully in-person conference held on our beautiful campus in lovely Boca Raton, Florida!  

 

Invited speakers for this year's 56th SEICCGTC:

Jack Edmonds, University of Waterloo

Jan Goedgebeur, KU Leuven, Belgium

Emily Heath, California State Polytechnic University, United States of America

Donald Kreher, Michigan Technological University, United States of America

Joel Spencer, New York University, United States of America

Register Here!

Celebrating its 56th year, the Conference brings together mathematicians and others interested in combinatorics, graph theory and computing, and their interactions. The Conference lectures and contributed papers, as well as the opportunities for informal conversations, have proven to be of great interest to other scientists and analysts employing these mathematical sciences in their professional work in business, industry, and government.

The Conference continues to promote better understanding of the roles of modern applied mathematics, combinatorics, and computer science to acquaint the investigator in each of these areas with the various techniques and algorithms which are available to assist in his or her research. Each discipline has contributed greatly to the others, and the purpose of the Conference is to decrease even further the gaps between the fields.

The organizing committee members (Frederick Hoffman, Ronald C. Mullin, and Stephen Locke, and Maria Provost) cordially invite participation in our Conference by interested persons in the academic community as well as business, industry and government.  The conference advisory committee members are: Miklos Bona, (University of Florida); David Brown, (Utah State University); Kim Factor, (Marquette University); Martin Golumbic, (University of Haifa); Leslie Hogben (Iowa State University and American Institute on Mathematics (AIM)); Sarah Holliday;  Linda Lesniak (Western Michigan University); Ivelisse Rubio, (University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras); John Wierman (Johns Hopkins University), Maria Provost, (Florida Atlantic University).

The 56th Conference is partially supported by the National Science Foundation and the Institute for Combinatorics and its Applications.

56th Southeastern International Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory and Computing, March 3-7, 2025

Abstracts

   

*  Special Session: 

 Graph Decompositions Organizers:  Sarah Heuss (University of South Carolina, Union), John Carr (University of North Alabama)
*** Special Session: Graphs and Matrices Organizers: Mary Flagg (St, Thomas University, TX), Leslie Hogben (American Institute of Mathematics)
Highlighted Events    
Open Problem Session   Lightning Talks Organizers: Stephen Locke (Florida Atlantic University), Richard Low (San Jose State University)
Career Panel Business, Industry and Government Career Panel

Organizers: Beth Morrison (Air Force Research Lab), Maria Provost (Florida Atlantic University)

Name

Institution

Abstracts
Adeyemi, Morayo  Howard University New Occurrences of the Central Delannoy Numbers in Z2[x] and Related Generalized Second Order Lattice Path Set Moments
Akelbek, Mahmud Weber State University On the Convergence of Leslie Matrix by Using Scrambling Index
Adenew, Arsema  Howard University New Occurrences of the Central Delannoy Numbers in Z2[x] and Related Generalized Second Order Lattice Path Set Moments
Akinola, Fatima * University of Florida On cyclic symmetric Hamilton cycle decompositions of complete multipartite graphs
Balof, Barry Whitman College Selfish Sets, Posets, Tilings, and Bijections
Banegas, Daniel * University of Minnesota, Duluth Designs for Forests with Seven Edges
Beer, Jonathan Yeshiva University Crossing Spectrums for Polyomino Graphs
Bereg, Sergey The University of Texas at Dallas On van der Waerden numbers
Bickle, Allan Purdue University Intersecting Families of 3-sets
Bjorkman, Beth *** Air Force Research Laboratory Fragile Power Domination 
Blair, Howard Syracuse University Degree of Unsolvability of Arising from In nitary Choice
Bowling, Andrew Wabash College Zonal Labelings of Plane Graphs Using Arbitrary Abelian Groups
Brennan, Zachary *** Iowa State University Reversion probabilistic zero forcing: a discrete-time contact process
Brown, Jason Dalhousie University Graphical, Simplicial and Statistical Methods for Data Analysis, with an Application to Music
Cameron, Kathie Wilfrid Lauruer University Reconfiguration in Tournaments
Carlson, Josh *** Drake University Bridge Burning Cops and Robbers
Carr, John * University of North Alabama Designs of Variations of Conflict-Free-Colorings of Rectangular Lattices
Carrigan, Braxton Southern Connecticut State University Skolem number of  Qn
Chalise, Parik * Johns Hopkins University Every tree on  n  edges decomposes  Kn,n
Chatterjee, Ritabrato * Western Michigan University The Ramsey Index of a Graph
Choi, Sul-young Le Moyne College Strong coloring of hypercubes
Cruz Molina, Miguel University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras. Some applications of our generalized HITS and link prediction algorithms to gene regulatory networks of Drosophila melanogaster flies reared in microgravity
Curbelo, Isreal R. Kean University Online interval coloring on short interval graphs and two-count interval graphs
Curran, Stephen University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown Pyramid Nim
Curtin, Brian University of South Florida A point-line incidence structure
da Silva, Poly H. Columbia University Constructing Intermediate Breakpoint Medians of Random Genomes
Davenport, Dennis Howard University Row Sums and Alternating Row Sums of Exponential Riordan Array
Delgado, Moises University of Puerto Rico Cayey An Extension of Our Bound on the Number of Absolutely Irreducible Factors of a Multivariate Polynomials
Denton, Abigail * Stetson University Primitive Star Decompositions of Complete Graphs
Doherty, Faun Washington & Jefferson College Characterization of 3-Foldable Words
Edmonds, Jack University of Waterloo Ray and Me
English, Sean UNC Wilmington Rational Exponents for Cliques
Fallat, Shaun *** University of Regina Minimum number of distinct eigenvalues of distance-regular and signed Johnson graphs
Feder, Schmuel Touro College Crossing Spectrums for Polyomino Graphs
Flagg, Mary *** University of St. Thomas Reconfiguration for Vertex Set Parameters
Freyberg, Bryan * University of Minnesota Duluth A New Labeling for Decomposing Complete Graphs into Bipartite Graphs
Gilroy, Haile McNeese State University/Auburn University On the Existence of Balanced Chain Rule Task Sets
Gismondi, Stephen * University of Guelph Ted's Polytope
Gnang, Edinah *** Johns Hopkins University A Proof of the Tree Packing Conjecture
Goedgebeur, Jan KU Leuven An introduction to computational graph theory and generation algorithms  Part 1: Cubic graphs and snarks
Goedgebeur, Jan KU Leuven An introduction to computational graph theory and generation algorithms  Part 2: Fullerenes and the House of Graphs
Gould, Ronald Emory University Extensions of the Chvátal-Erdös Theorem
Guan, Puhua University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Strong coloring of hypercubes
Heath, Emily California State Polytechnic University An introduction to the Erdös–Gyárfás generalized Ramsey problem
Heath, Emily California State Polytechnic University The conflict-free hypergraph matching method and generalized Ramsey numbers
Heck, Melissa * University of Minnesota, Duluth Decomposing Complete Graphs into Unicyclic Tripartite Graphs with |E(G)| = 7 and 7 ≤ |V (G)| ≤ 8
Hernández Cruz, César  Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Full  H-colourings
Heuss, Sarah  USC Union Neighborhood Representatives
Higgins, Clayton * University of Minnesota, Duluth Decomposition of Complete Graphs Into Certain Unicyclic Bipartite Graphs With 7 Edges
Hong, Yujeong * University of Minnesota, Duluth Decomposing Complete Graphs into Unicyclic Tripartite Graphs with |E(G)| = 7 and 7 ≤ |V (G)| ≤ 8
Hunnell, Mark *** Winston-Salem State University Minimum Rank of Small Graphs
Jacob, Bonnie *** Rochester Institute of Technology When “wellness” meets zero forcing
Jacob, Jobby Rochester Institute of Technology Rankings and generalizations
Jent, Emma * Western Michigan University Multiple Monochromatic Subgraphs in Edge-Colored Graphs
Kingen, Sandra ** Brooklyn College and the Graduate Center, CUNY Pancyclicity of Almost-Planar Graphs
Kita, Nanao * Nagoya University Dulmage-Mendelsohn Decomposition for the Minimum Odd Join Problem in Bipartite Graphs
Koch, Johnathan *** Applied Research Solutions Fragile Power Domination II
Koch, Johnathan Applied Research Solutions The Power Domination Toolbox
Kreher, Donald Michigan Technological University Near-factorization of finite groups
Lee, Ashlyn Howard University (r,k)-Zebra Tree and Schr¨oder Paths
Lee, Jon University of Michigan On disjunction convex hulls by lifting
Low, Richard San Jose State University New Diagonal Ramsey Numbers of Even Cycles with Pendant Edges
Lozano Chávez, Humberto Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Cops and robbers on token graphs of trees
McAdams, Stacey Louisiana Tech University Characterizing Critical Graphs for Oriented Book Embeddings
Merz, Sarah University of the Pacific Containment-intersection Graphs of Disks and Intervals
Messinger, Margaret-Ellen Mount Allison University A mixed-model for domination reconfiguration
Mihnea, Amalya Florida Memorial University Connecting Concepts to Develop New Methods of Deriving Combinatorial Formulas
Minyard, Mitchell Baylor University Limits and Periodicity of Metamour 2-Distance Graphs
Mukhopadhyay, Gourab University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Sums of cubes over odd-index  q-Fibonacci numbers
Myers, Timothy Howard University Higher Order Lattice Path Set Moments and Central Delannoy Numbers
Nguendang, Philippe Howard University New Occurrences of the Central Delannoy Numbers in Z2[x] and Related Generalized Second Order Lattice Path Set Moments
Osborn, Sawyer Western Michgan Universityt From a Chessboard Problem to a Graph Coloring Problem
Pervin, Edward Aerospace and Defense A Petersen Graph construction of the Extended Ternary Golay Code
Pfaltz, John University of Virginia The Shape of Discrete Operator-closed Systems
Powell, Samuel Utah State University Fractional Vertex Cover Reliability of Graphs
Radziszowski, Stanislaw Rochester Institute of Technology Progress on Small and Large Ramsey Numbers
Ryan, Kathleen DeSales University Degree Sequences of Partial Halin Graphs
Schroeder, Michael * Stetson University Primitive  C4   -decompositions of cocktail party graphs
Schuerger, Houston *** The University of Texas Permian Basin Cut-forcing: vertex cuts, matchings, and zero forcing variants
Schwartz, Andrew Southeast Missouri State University The Zero Forcing Numbers of Peony Graphs and Web Graphs
Seamone, Ben Dawson College & Université de Montréal Ramsey numbers of signed graphs
Sepanski, Mark * Baylor University Robinson–Schensted Shapes Arising From Cycle Decompositions
Sinko, Anne College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University   Gestalt-GNN: A Novel Approach to Enhnace AI Decision Interpretability
Soifer, Alexander University of Colorado Colorado Springs New results and old and new open problems and conjectures related to the chromatic number of the plane problem
Spencer, Joel New York University and Courant Institute Random Gems
Spencer, Joel New York University and Courant Institute Great Students!
Su, Hsin-hao Stonehill College On Subdivision Graphs of Cylinder Graphs which are 2-steps Hamiltonian II
Tidwell, David * Freed-Hareman University Double-Rainbow Paths, and their applications
Tiemeyer, Michael * Georgia Southern University On z-cycle factorizations with two associate classes where z is in {4, 4a} with even parameters
Tiner, Gary Faulkner University On the Loebl-Koml´os-S´os Conjecture for large spiders.
Wang, Shaohui Louisiana Christian University Domination and packing complexity of honeycomb networks
Wesley, William University of California, San Diego New bounds for some 3-color Ramsey numbers
Wierman, John Johns Hopkins University An Upper Bound for the Bond Percolation Threshold of the Face-Centered Cubic Lattice Via a Growth Process Approach
Wisby, Justin Florida International University Domination in Tensor Product of Path Graphs
Yang, Jiayu University of Idaho Uniquely Bi-embeddable Bipartite 2-regular Graphs
Young, Derek *** Mount Holyoke College Combinatorial Parameters for Cobipartite Graphs
Young, Michael *** Carnegie Mellon University The Relationship Between the Zero Forcing Number and Independence Number of Cubic Graphs
Zabel-Mena, Alec University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras Absolute Irreducibility of Generalized Trinomials Defined by APN Functions of The Form f(x) = x3  + h(x) over Fs2

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56th Southeastern International Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory and Computing

DAILY SCHEDULE

Monday, March 3                  

8:00 a.m.    

Check-in and Registration (outside Grand Palm Room)

9:00 a.m.

Welcome and opening  remarks:        Stacy Volnik, President, Florida Atlantic University
                                                              Valery Forbes, Dean and Professor, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
Grand Palm Room                               Yuan Wang, Professor and Chair, Department of Mathematics and Statistics 

9:30 a.m.

Plenary Speaker:  Joel Spencer,   New York University and Courant Institute              (Grand Palm Room)

10:30 a.m.

COFFEE

Special Session 

(Live Oak D)  Special Session:  Graphs and Matrices  ***               Organizers: Mary Flagg (St. Thomas University, TX)                                           
                                                                                                                               Leslie Hogben (American Institute of Mathematics)

11:00 a.m.

(Live Oak B) |     Brown, J.                      (Live Oak C)     |       Zabel-Mena                                  *** (Live Oak D)  |    Gnang

11:20 a.m.

(Live Oak B) |     Mihnea                             (Live Oak C) |         Delgado                                        *** (Live Oak D)  |     Hunnell 

11:40 a.m.

(Live Oak B) |    English                          (Live Oak C) |            Pervin                                       ***  (Live Oak D)  |     Young, Derek

12:00 p.m. 

                                                                 (Live Oak C) |                                                        *** (Live Oak D)  |    Fallat

12:20 p.m. 

Lunch (on your own)       

2:00 p.m.

Plenary Speaker:  Jan Goedgebeur, KU Leuven          (Grand Palm Room) 

3:00 p.m.

COFFEE         

Special Session ***

(Live Oak D)      Special Session:  Graphs and Matrices ***             Organizers: Mary Flagg (St. Thomas University, TX)                                        
                                                                                                                                Leslie Hogben (American Institute of Mathematics)

3:20 p.m.

                   (Live Oak C) |    Su                                       *** (Live Oak D) |          Flagg

3:40 p.m.

                  (Live Oak C) |   Powell                                    *** (Live Oak D) |        Flagg

4:00 p.m.

                  (Live Oak C) |  Sinko                                   *** (Live Oak D) |       Bjorkman

4:20 p.m.

                 (Live Oak C) |    Akelbek                              ***  (Live Oak D) |       Koch

4:40 p.m.

                 (Live Oak C)  |    Blair                                    *** (Live Oak D) |       Brennan

5:00 p.m.

                 (Live Oak C) |      Heuss                                    *** (Live Oak D) |      Young, Michael     

5:20 p.m.

                                                                                      *** (Live Oak D) |       Jacob, Bonnie                     

6:00 p.m. 

Evening event: Live Oak Patio  All are Welcome!

56th Southeastern International Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory and Computing

Tuesday, March 4

8:00 a.m.

Check-in and Registration (outside Grand Palm Room)
9:15 a.m. ICA Medal Presentation

9:30 a.m.

Plenary Speaker:   Jan Goedgebeur, KU Leuven      (Grand Palm Room)

10:30 a.m.

COFFEE    

Special Session *

  (Live Oak D)     Special Session:  Graph Decompositions *                  Organizers:   John Carr (University of North Alabama)     
                                                                                                                                        Sarah Heuss (University of South Carolina, Union)

10:50 a.m.

(Live Oak B)   |    Wesley                              (Live Oak C)  |    Feder/Beer                                      *    (Live Oak D) |     Freyberg

11:10 a.m.

(Live Oak B)  |    Seamone                           (Live Oak C)  |  Lee, J.                                            *   (Live Oak D)  |    Freyberg                           

11:30 a.m.

(Live Oak B)  |   Radziszowski                     (Live Oak C)  |   da Silva                                                 *   (Live Oak D) |    Banegas

11:50 a.m.

(Live Oak B)  |   Low                                     (Live Oak C) |    Pfaltz                                               *    (Live Oak D) |      Higgins

12:10 p.m.

                                                                  (Live Oak C)  |     Wierman                                          *   (Live Oak D) |      Heck/Hong

12:30 p.m. 

LUNCH (on your own)      

2:00 p.m.

Plenary Speaker:       Joel Spencer, New York University and Courant Institute       (Grand Palm Room) 

3:00 p.m.

COFFEE     

Special Session *

(Live Oak D)        Special Session:  Graph Decompositions  *                  Organizers:  John Carr (University of North Alabama)
                                                                                                                   Sarah Heuss (University of South Carolina, Union)                    

3:20 p.m.

(Live Oak B)  |        Merz                                    (Live Oak C)  |    Cameron                                         *   (Live Oak D) |       Akinola

3:40 p.m.

(Live Oak B)  |    Curbelo                            (Live Oak C)    |      Messinger                                        *   (Live Oak D |      Akinola

4:00 p.m.

(Live Oak B)    |     Cruz                                 (Live Oak C)    |        Wisby                                             *  (Live Oak D |      Tidwell

4:20 p.m.

(Live Oak B)  |      Schwartz                         (Live Oak C)    |         Minyard                                           *   (Live Oak D) |    Schroeder

4:40 p.m.

(Live Oak B)    |    Guan                             (Live Oak C) |    |      Osborn                                             *   (Live Oak D) |   Denton

5:00 p.m.

(Live Oak B)    |     Carrigan                       (Live Oak C) |    |       Wang                                                *   (Live Oak D) |    Sepanski

5:20 p.m.

(Live Oak B) |                                          (Live Oak C)      |  Cruz Molina                                          *   (Live Oak D) |     Carr

6:30 p.m.

Evening event:  Majestic Palm Room

56th Southeastern International Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory and Computing

Wednesday, March 5   

                                                             Special Session:  Graph Decompositions *     Organizers:   John Carr (University of North Alabama)
                                                                                                                                                          Sarah Heuss (University of South Carolina, Union)

8:00 a.m.

Check-in and Registration  (outside Grand Palm Room)  

9:30 a.m.

Plenary Speaker:          Jack Edmonds,  University of Waterloo   (Grand Palm Room)  

10:30 a.m.

CONFERENCE PHOTO

10:40 a.m.

COFFEE     

11:00-
12:30 pm 

HIGHLIGHTED EVENT  (Grand Palm Room)

Business, Industry and Government Career Panel:       Career Panelists' Bios

Join us for an engaging career panel designed for aspiring and early-career mathematicians! This event brings together a diverse group of professionals who have leveraged their math backgrounds in exciting and unexpected ways across business, industry and goverment, including cybersecurity, technology, data science, education, and research. Panelists will share insights into their career journeys, discuss essential skills for success, and provide practical advice on navigating the job market as a mathematician. Whether you're considering traditional paths or exploring alternative careers, this panel offers valuable perspectives and networking opportunities to help you envision your future in mathematics. Don't miss out!

Career Panelists:      

Bill Kay, Pacific Northwest National Lab
Stephen Ippolito, Florida Crystals
Kevin Palmowski, SRC
Alex Schulte, National Security Agency

11:00-12:30 pm 

HIGHLIGHTED EVENT  (Live Oak D)

Lightning Talks                                            Organizers:  Stephen Locke, (Florida Atlantic University)                
                                                                                              Richard Low (San Jose State University)

12:40 p.m. 

LUNCH (on your own)     

2:00 p.m.

Plenary Speaker:          Emily Heath, California State Polytechnic University      (Grand Palm Room)   

3:00 p.m.

COFFEE  

Special Session *

(Live Oak D)                     Special Session:  Graph Decompositions  *           Organizers:   John Carr (University of North Alabama)
                                                                                                                                              Sarah Heuss (University of South Carolina, Union)                                                                                         

3:20 p.m.

                  (Live Oak C) |    Kingan                                  *    (Live Oak D) |    Tiemeyer

3:40 p.m.

                  (Live Oak C) |    Gould                                   *   (Live Oak D |     Chatterjee

4:00 p.m.

                 (Live Oak C) |    Curran                                    *   (Live Oak D) |     Chalise

4:20 p.m.

                (Live Oak C) |     Lozano                                  *    (Live Oak D) |     Jent

4:40 p.m.

                (Live Oak C) |    Ryan                                       *  (Live Oak D)  |    Kita

5:00 p.m.

                (Live Oak C) |   Jacob, J.                                  *  (Live Oak D)  |   Gilroy                    

5:20 p.m.

                 (Live Oak C) |   Tiner                                           (Live Oak D)  |   Bowling     

5:40 p.m.

               (Live Oak C) |   Doherty                                       (Live Oak D)  |   Vasquez 

6:00 p.m.

CONFERENCE BANQUET (Mario's Osteria, Boca Raton, Florida)

56th Southeastern International Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory and Computing

Thursday, March 6             

                       (Live Oak D)   Special Session:  Graphs and Matrices  ***       Organizers: Mary Flagg (St, Thomas University, TX)  
                                                                                                                             Leslie Hogben (American Institute of Mathematics)

8:00 a.m.

Check-in and Registration (outside Grand Palm Room)

9:30 a.m.

Plenary Speaker:  Donald Kreher, Michigan Technological University       (Grand Palm Room)     

10:30 a.m.

COFFEE              

10:50 a.m.

(Live Oak B) |    Lee, A.                                               (Live Oak C)   |  Bickle                             *** (Live Oak D) |      Schuerger

11:10 a.m.

(Live Oak B) |   Adenew,  Adeyemi, Nguendang           (Live Oak C)   |    Yang, J.                        ***  (Live Oak D) |    Carlson

11:30 a.m.

(Live Oak B) |   Myers                                                (Live Oak C) |    McAdams                      *** (Live Oak D) |   Koch

11:50 a.m.

(Live Oak B) |    Davenport                                         (Live Oak C) |   Soifer                              *** (Live Oak D) |   Koch

12:30 p.m. 

Depart for Excursion (Van outside Student Union at 12:30 p.m.)

1:00 p.m.

LUNCH (on your own)       

6:00 p.m.

Evening Event (Engineering East - Atrium)

56th Southeastern International Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory and Computing

Friday, March 7

9:30 a.m.

Plenary Speaker:     Emily Heath ,    California State Polytechnic University                (Grand Palm Room)      

10:30 a.m.

COFFEE  

 

NOTE:  Remaining talks will take place in Grand Palm Room

10:50 a.m.

           (Grand Palm Room)  |   Bereg

11:10 a.m.

          (Grand Palm Room)  |   Mukhopadhyay                                                                                                                                   

11:30 a.m.

          (Grand Palm Room)  |   Balof

11:50 a.m.

          (Grand Palm Room)  |  Curtin                            

12:10 p.m. 

          (Grand Palm Room)  |    Jack Edmonds    

12:30 p.m.

          (Grand Palm Room)  |    Jack Edmonds

7:00 p.m.

Survivors' Party!   

Enjoy a casual evening with great food and drinks at the home of Aaron Meyerowitz and Andrea Schuver in Boca Raton.  See Maria at the Registration Desk for more information