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	SIAM Activity group on Discrete Mathematics	DM-Net

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		   April 14, 2008     (Number 2008.02)
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CONTENTS:
1.	Editor's Note
2.	Workshop on Spectral Graph Theory with Applications in 
Computer Science, Combinatorial Optimization and 
Chemistry - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Dec 1-4, 2008
3.	Conference for Buck McMorris - Chicago, IL, May 9-10, 
2008
4.	SIAM DM08 - Burlington, VT, June 16-19, 2008

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1. *** Editor's Note ***
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Congratulations and welcome to the new SIAG board, names and 
affiliations listed at the end of this page.

The URL for the newsletter archive is
	http://orion.math.iastate.edu/rymartin/dm-net.html


-- Ryan

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2. *** Workshop on Spectral Graph Theory with Applications in 
Computer Science, Combinatorial Optimization and Chemistry - Rio 
de Janeiro, Brazil, Dec 1-4, 2008 ***
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We would like to invite you to come to Workshop on Spectral Graph 
Theory with Applications in Computer Science, Combinatorial 
Optimization and Chemistry which will take place in Rio de 
Janeiro, from 1st till 4th, December, 2008. For further 
information, please, visit the website 
http://www.sgt.pep.ufrj.br/~tegrio/


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3. *** Conference for Buck McMorris - Chicago, IL, May 9-10, 2008 
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I am pleased to announce that we will be holding a conference, 
Friday-Saturday May 9-10, at Illinois Institute of Technology in 
Chicago, IL, in honor of

       F.R. "Buck" McMorris

on the occasion of his 65th birthday, and his retirement as Dean 
of the College of Science and Letters and Professor of Applied 
Mathematics at IIT.  I hope that you can join us!

Profiles of Buck at IIT:
As professor <http://www.iit.edu/csl/am/faculty/mcmorris_f.shtml>
As dean <http://www.iit.edu/csl/profiles/mcmorris.shtml>

For details, see the conference website: 
<http://www.math.iit.edu/Buck65.html>

Michael Pelsmajer, IIT


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4. *** SIAM DM08 - Burlington, VT, June 16-19, 2008 ***
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The SIAM conference in Discrete Mathematics will take place at the 
University of Vermont in Burlington, June 16-19, 2008.  
Registration and hotel reservation deadlines are both May 19, 
2008.
http://www.siam.org/meetings/dm08/


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Carla Savage	North Carolina State Univ.	Chair
Bohan Mohar	Simon Fraser University		Vice Chair
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Lorna Stewart	University of Alberta		Program Director
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