18.204 Fall 2019

Class meetings: Mondays and Wednesdays 2:30pm–4:00pm in 2-151
Instructor: Zilin Jiang
Communication specialist: Malcah Effron

Course description

Seminar in combinatorics, graph theory, and discrete mathematics in general. Participants read and present papers from recent mathematics literature. Instruction and practice in written and oral communication provided. Enrollment limited.

Grading

2 chalkboard presentations worth 20% each, 1 slides presentation 15%, 2 in-class midterms 10% each, and the term paper 25%. Attendance policy: Without a valid excuse such as illness, failure to show up at one’s own talk or missing more than 3 classes results an immediate failure.
Stellar/Gradebook

Schedule

M W 
  9/4Introduction
9/9Presentation workshop9/11Jessica Titensky
Georgia Phillips
9/16Adela Yang
Benjamin Sockol
9/18Damarcus Patterson
Kara Luo
9/23Yejin You
Hamed Mounla
9/25Jose Pena
Amanda Wang
9/30Timothy Leplae-Arthur
Talia Pelts
10/2Mathew Ganatra
Alexander Dimitrakakis
10/7Margarita Misirpashayeva
Elizabeth Han
10/9In-class midterm #1
Elizabeth Han
10/14No class (Columbus Day)10/16Jessica Titensky
Margarita Misirpashayeva
10/21Yejin You
Hamed Mounla
10/23Writing workshop
10/28Mathew Ganatra
Alexander Dimitrakakis
10/30Georgia Phillips
Talia Pelts
11/4Amanda Wang
Timothy Leplae-Arthur
11/6Adela Yang
Benjamin Sockol
11/11No class (Veterans Day)11/13Damarcus Patterson
Kara Luo
11/18Presentation workshop11/20Jose Pena
In-class midterm #2
11/25Margarita Misirpashayeva
Kara Luo
Jose Pena
11/27Yejin You
Benjamin Sockol
Damarcus Patterson
12/2Alexander Dimitrakakis
Timothy Leplae-Arthur
Adela Yang
12/4Talia Pelts
Peer critique
12/9Elizabeth Han
Amanda Wang
Hamed Mounla
12/11Mathew Ganatra
Jessica Titensky
Georgia Phillips