mike newman

I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Ottawa. Je suis professeur assistant au Département de mathématiques et de statistique à l'Université d'Ottawa. | research | teaching | varia | schedule | contact |

qotd:

research

Combinatorics, broadly speaking. This includes graph theory, algebraic graph theory, association schemes, and matroids.

A link to some interesting (to me) conferences.

Links to some interesting (to you) conferences can be found courtesy of Peter Cameron or Doug West or Mandl.

teaching

• winter 2012: MAT2143 Algebraic Structures
• hiver 2012: MAT3748 Théorie de graphes appliqué

previous terms (at university of ottawa)

I generally leave old courses locked. If you want access, let me know.

• été 2011: MAT1741 Introduction à l'algèbre linéaire
• summer 2011: MAT3341 Applied Linear Algebra
• hiver 2011: MAT3741 Algèbre linéaire appliquée
• winter 2011: MAT5107 Combinatorial Enumeration
• fall 2010: MAT1341 Introduction to Linear Algebra
• automne 2010: MAT2742 Introduction à l'algèbre linéaire appliquée
• fall 2009: MAT2355 Introduction to Geometry
• fall 2009: MAT5105 Graph Theory
• winter 2009: MAT5107 Combinatorial Enumeration
• automne 2008: MAT1741 Introduction à l'algèbre linéaire

varia

A musical discussion of transit fares and some background.

A nice discussion of PowerPoint. True, I don't personally lauch space shuttles but the argument is more widely applicable. Don't miss out on the analysis of the powerpoint slides a little way down.

A flood.

A site dedicated to Canadian election forecasting

Some interesting graphs about Canadian debt and deficits, and a more up-to-date version.

Theorem of the Day #1

Theorem of the Day #2

Earthquake of the Day and also Christchurch quake

Visit the museum

Incomplete List Of Books: chosen by some non-linear combination of good read, recent, deeply meaningful, funny, and "other".

• Urban Meltdown: Cities, Climate Change and Politics as Usual by Clive Doucet (yes, that Clive Doucet).
• One Hundred Years of Solitude and Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia-Marquez. Well, just about everything he's written actually.
• The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury. Sheer poetry.
• Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon. The Grand Unified Book.
• Stories I Stole by Wendell Steavenson. Georgia. Makes me want to track down Ali and Nino by Kurban Said.
• A Field Guide To Sprawl by Dolores Hayden. A pictorial introduction to modern land use.
• The Visual Display of Quantitative Information by Edward R. Tufte. It's worth imagining what the front cover picture is before reading the caption.

The Bach Choir in Wellington, the Canonbury Chamber Choir in London and the KW Philharmonic Choir in Kitchener-Waterloo.

The Princess in KW.

Some sailboats in Wellington.

Or read some news:

CBC.ca

truthout.org

VHEMT

You shouldn't stare at the sun. Tom Lehrer's poignant letter home.

The High Priestess.

schedule/horaire

"bureau/office" in the table below means office hours for students: students are invited to drop by and ask questions about the course. Students who wish to see me, but are unable to come during my regular office hours, are more than welcome to contact me to arrange an alternate time.

"bureau/office" dans l'horaire signifie des heures de bureau pour les étudiants. Vous êtes bienvenus de passer à mon bureau pour me demander des questions ou discuter au sujet du cours ou des maths en général. Si ces heures ne vous conviennent pas, n'ayez pas peur: m'envoyer simplement un email pour qu'on trouve un autre temps.

19 January in Wellington.

horaire de la semaine 7–11 mai / weekly schedule for 7–11 May

contact details

I live and work here.