Sung-Yell Song
	Associate Professor Department of Mathematics   442 Carver Hall Iowa State University   Ames, IA 50011 Telephone: (515)-294-5866   Fax: (515)-294-5454   E-mail: sysong@iastate.edu   Office Hours (Fall 2008):   MWF 10:00AM -12:00PM                              (or by appointment)

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Research Interests

• Algebraic Combinatorics; in particular, theory of association schemes; schemes are combinatorial configurations which may be viewed as generalized groups and generalized distance-regular graphs. The theory provides a foundation of an algebraic approach to error-correcting codes and combinatorial designs.
• Interests also lie in other various combinatorial and algebraic objects, such as, combinatorial designs, distance-regular graphs, codes, matrix theory, extremal set theory, cryptography, classical groups, permutation groups, loops, partially ordered sets, group characters and representations.

Research Publication List

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Teaching Schedule

Fall 2008

• Calculus 1 (Math 165 A): (Time: MWF 9:00 – 9:50. Place: Carver 001)
• Design Theory and Association Schemes (Math 605): (Time: MWF 1:10 -- 2:00. Place: Carver 068)
• Individual Studies Seminar Math 599, and Math 699 in Algebraic Combinatorics

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Other Information

• Personal Data
• Courses Taught

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Links to

• American Mathematical Society
• UKC 2008 KMS-KSEA Math Workshop (Aug 14 - 17, 2008, San Diego, CA): session talk schedule and general information
• Mathematical Association of America
• Combinatorics.Net
• History of Mathematics
• Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computing (Editor-in-Chief)

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