My primary research areas are combinatorics and graph theory, and their applications to geometry, computer
science and biology.
Biographical Profile
College
College of Arts and Sciences
Department
Mathematics
Tenure Status
Tenured
International Activity
International Activities
Yes
Type of Activity
Research, Other (Conference organization)
Countries
Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia, Germany, England
Description
Research collaboration, talks, extended visits with the support of the host, hosting partners at USC, conference organization.
Institution/Entity
Alfred Renyi Mathematics Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences; Institut fur Diskrete Mathematik, University of Bonn; Department of Computer Science, Loughborough University; Isaac Newton Institute, University of Cambridge; Zentrum fur Interdisciplinare Forschung, University of Bielefeld; University of Maribor, Slovenia; Mathematics Research Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia; Stellenbosch University, South Africa, et al.
Institutional Focus Areas
Biomedical Sciences, Science and Engineering (Other), Computational Sciences
Extended Residence in Foreign Country
Yes
(Hungary)
Speaks Non-English Language
Yes
(Hungarian, German, Russian)
Interest Background
Do you include students in your research?
Graduates
Interest Keywords
Discrete Probability, Design and analysis of algorithms, Combinatorial Optimization, Extremal Problems (graphs and set systems): Erdos-Ko-Rado type theorems, Sperner and LYM type theorems, external graph theory
Institutional Focus Areas
Biomedical Sciences, Science and Engineering (Other), Computational Sciences
Research Fellow at Jozsef Attila University, Szeged
1984 - 1991
Associate Professor at Eotvos University, Budapest
1986 - 1987
Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Auckland, New Zealand
1988 - 1990
Visiting Associate Professor at University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
1991 - 1996
Senior Associate Professor at Eotvos University, Budapest
1991 - 1992
Alexander von Humboldt Fellow at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms Universitat, Institut fur Okonometrie and Operations Research, and Institut fur Diskrete Mathematik, Bonn, Germany
1992 - 1993
Visiting Associate Professor at University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
1994 - 1996
Director of the Institute of Mathematics I at Eotvos University, Budapest
1996
Professor of Mathematics, University of South Carolina
2002 - 2003
Visiting Fellow at the National Center for Biotechnology Information, supported by the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
2005 - 2007
Interim Director of the Industrial Mathematics Institute of the University of South Carolina
Recognition Awards, Honors, & Fellowships
Dates
Type
Description
Foundation/Entity
2007
Award
Russell Research Award for Science, Mathematics and Engineering
University of South Carolina
2009
Award
Two Thumbs Up Award, USC
2010
Award
Adv. Appl. Math. top cited article 2005-2010
by Elsevier
1991
Fellowship
Alexandser von Humboldt Fellowship
at the University of Bonn
2002
Fellowship
Visiting Fellow at the National Center for Biotechnology Information,
by the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
2007
Fellowship
Marie Curie Fellowship
at Renyi Institute, Budapest
2008
Fellowship
Marie Curie Fellowship
at Renyi Institute, Budapest
2009
Fellowship
Marie Curie Fellowship
at Renyi Institute, Budapest
2010
Fellowship
Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship
at the University of Bonn
2010
Fellowship
Marie Curie Fellowship
at Renyi Institute, Budapest
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Major Equipment
4 Prcessor SGI ONYX II: with a dedicated FakeSpace virtual reality system
Apple G5's (ARO DURIP 2003): Dual processors with high-endgraphics