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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>CanaDAM -- 2017 Call for submissions</span></b><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>The sixth Canadian Discrete and Algorithmic Mathematics conference (CanaDAM) </span><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:11.0pt'><a href="https://canadam.math.ca/2017/"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>https://canadam.math.ca/2017/</span></a></span><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'> </span><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>will be held June 12-15, 2017 at Ryerson University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.</span><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><br><span style='background:white'> </span><br><span style='background:white'>The general topic of the conference is the theory and applications of discrete structures. Its goal is to highlight the most salient trends in the field. The conference will bring together researchers from the various disciplines with which discrete and algorithmic mathematics interact. The <i>CanaDAM</i> conference is held in odd numbered years using a format similar to the <i>SIAM conference on Discrete Mathematics</i>. Particular areas of interest include graphs and digraphs, hypergraphs, matroids, ordered sets, designs, coding theory, enumeration, combinatorics of words, discrete optimization, discrete and computational geometry, lattice point enumeration, combinatorial algorithms, computational complexity, and applications of discrete and algorithmic mathematics, including (but not limited to) web graphs, computational biology, communication networks and information processing.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Invited Speakers:</span></b><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><br>Tanya Berger-Wolf (U. Illinois at Chicago)<br>Peter Keevash (Oxford)<br>Robert Kleinberg (Cornell)<br>Bojan Mohar (Simon Fraser)<br>Shubhangi Saraf (Rutgers)<br>Andrew Suk (U Illinois at Chicago)<br>Lauren Williams (Berkeley)<br>Julia Wolf (Bristol) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Public Interest Lecture</span></b><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Jordan Ellenberg (Wisconsin)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>CanaDAM 2017 is now open to contributed minisymposia and contributed talks.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Submission instructions and deadlines<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>• Contributed minisymposia proposals, including titles and abstracts for all speakers: March 1, 2017 (acceptance notification by March 8, 2017).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>A minisymposium consists of four or five 25-minute presentations. Prospective minisymposium organizers are asked to submit a proposal consisting of a title, a description (not to exceed 150 words), and a list of speakers and titles of their presentations. Please visit: <a href="https://canadam.math.ca/2017/ms/Create/">https://canadam.math.ca/2017/ms/Create/</a> to submit a contributed minisymposium.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>• Titles and abstracts of contributed talks: March 1, 2017 (acceptance notification by March 8, 2017).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Contributed presentations in lecture format are invited in all areas consistent with the conference themes. Talks are normally 25 minutes, including discussion. Each contributor must submit a title and a brief abstract not to exceed 150 words as well as the names of the authors and that of the speaker. Please visit: <a href="https://canadam.math.ca/2017/abs/Create/">https://canadam.math.ca/2017/abs/Create/</a> to submit a contributed talk.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:normal'><b><span lang=FR style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>CanaDAM 2017 – Appel de soumissions</span></b><span lang=FR style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:normal'><span lang=FR style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Le sixième </span><span lang=FR style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Congrès canadien de mathématiques discrètes et algorithmiques (CanaDAM) se tiendra du 12 au 15 juin 2017 à l’Université Ryerson à Toronto, Ontario, Canada.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:normal'><span lang=FR style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Le sujet général du congrès est la théorie et les applications de structures discrètes. Son but est de souligner les tendances les plus saillantes du domaine. Le congrès réunira les chercheurs des diverses disciplines avec lesquelles les mathématiques discrètes et algorithmiques interagissent. Le congrès <i>CanaDAM</i> a lieu les années impaires dans un format semblable à celui de la <i><span style='color:#222222;background:white'>SIAM conference on Discrete Mathematics</span></i><span style='color:#222222;background:white'>. Les sujets d’intérêt particuliers comprennent : graphes et hypergraphes, matroïdes, ensembles ordonnés, designs, théorie des codes, énumération, combinatoire des mots, optimisation discrète, géométrie discrète et algorithmique, énumération des points de treillis, algorithmes combinatoires, complexité algorithmique, ainsi que les applications de mathématiques discrètes et algorithmiques comprenant (sans exclusivité) graphes de la toile, biologie algorithmique, réseaux de communication et traitement d’information.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Conférenciers invités:</span></b><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Tanya Berger-Wolf (U. Illinois at Chicago)<br>Peter Keevash (Oxford)<br>Robert Kleinberg (Cornell)<br>Bojan Mohar (Simon Fraser)<br>Shubhangi Saraf (Rutgers)<br>Andrew Suk (U Illinois at Chicago)<br>Lauren Williams (Berkeley)<br>Julia Wolf (Bristol) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=FR style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Conférence grand public </span></b><span lang=FR style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=FR style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Jordan Ellenberg (Wisconsin)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:normal'><b><span lang=FR style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Dates limites et instructions pour les soumissions</span></b><span lang=FR style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:normal'><span lang=FR style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>• </span><span lang=FR style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Propositions de minisymposia libres, comprenant les titres et les résumés de leurs présentations : 1<sup>er</sup> mars 2017 (réponse le 8 mars 2017 au plus tard) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:normal'><span lang=FR style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Un minisymposium libre consiste en quatre ou cinq présentations de 25 minutes. Les organisateurs potentiels d’un minisymposium devraient soummetre une proposition contenant le titre, une description d’au plus 150 mots et la liste de conférenciers avec le titre de leur présentation. Voir <a href="https://canadam.math.ca/2017/ms/Create/">https://canadam.math.ca/2017/ms/Create/</a> afin de soummetre une proposition (site en anglais).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:normal'><span lang=FR style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>• </span><span lang=FR style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Titres et résumés de présentations libres: 1<sup>er</sup> mars 2017 (réponse le 8 mars 2017 au plus tard)) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:normal'><span lang=FR style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Des conférences libres sont sollicitées dans les domaines du congrès. Les présentation sont de 25 minutes y compris la discussion. Chaque proposition doit contenir le titre et un bref résumé (150 mots maximum) ainsi que le(s) nom(s) de(s) auteur(s) et celui de la personne qui présente. Voir <a href="https://canadam.math.ca/2017/abs/Create/">https://canadam.math.ca/2017/abs/Create/</a> </span><span lang=FR style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>afin de soumettre une proposition (site en anglais).<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>