Groups, graphs and everything in between

19 invited speakers from 13 countries (Austria, Canada, Czech Republic, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Israel, Portugal, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain) have inspired the workshop participants with their talks on mathematical topics.

On the occasion of Prof. Dragan Marušič’s 70th birthday, the scientific workshop »Groups, graphs and everything in between« was held at Hotel Rose in Bled, Slovenia.

From May 4 to May 7 2023, the Slovenian Discrete and Applied Mathematics Society (SDAMS) organized this event in collaboration with UP FAMNIT, Andrej Marušič Institute (UP IAM), Institute of Mathematics, Physics and Mechanics (IMFM), Centre for Discrete Mathematics, UL PeF (University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Education) and Abelium d.o.o.

The Organizing Committee of the conference consisted of all 7 former PhD students, who obtained their Doctoral degree under the mentorship of Prof. Marušič (Ademir Hujdurović, Aleksander Malnič, Boris Zgrablić, Cui Zhang, Klavdija Kutnar, Primož Potočnik, Primož Šparl).

Prof. Dragan Marušič, mathematician

Prof. Marušič is the initiator of the University of Primorska and founder of UP FAMNIT. He graduated from mathematics at the University of Ljubljana and was one of the first students from Slovenia to be accepted to foreign postgraduate studies after he applied to the University of Reading (UK) in 1977. He received his doctoral title in 1981 under supervision of prof. Crispin Nash-Williams, one of the most prominent mathematicians of the 20th Century. Prof. Marušić’s main area of research is algebraic graph theory; in fact he is considered the beginner of continuous algebraic graph theory research in Slovenia. He published more than 140 original papers in SCI journals and was awarded with the prestigious Zois award – the highest national recognition of outstanding achievements and lasting contribution to scientific and research activities. He is one of the two Founding Editors and Editors-in-Chief of the International mathematical journal Ars Mathematica Contemporanea covered by Mathematical Reviews, Zentralblatt MATH, COBISS, SCOPUS, Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Web of Science, ISI Alerting Service and Current Contents/Physical, Chemical & Earth Sciences (CC/PC & ES).

This March, we celebrated π (pi) DAY with the presentation of of the scientific monograph Symmetry in Graphs by Ted Dobson, Aleksander Malnič and Dragan Marušič, first full-length book on the major theme of symmetry in graph. It was published in 2022 by Cambridge University Press.

Mathematics at UP

Strong international activity is one of our priorities since the beginning, hence with some of the world’s best researchers on board, Departments of Mathematics at UP FAMNIT and UP IAM exhibit the highest possible degree of academic excellence with numerous active research links all around the globe. Our teaching staff strives to pass on their vast knowledge, emphasizes the importance of analytical thinking and provides all necessary for students to develop a strong sense for identification and use of appropriate mathematical approaches, techniques and tools in given problem-solving situations. Our research group is one of the top four in the world and the leading research group in Europe from the field of algebraic graph theory.

Every year we welcome new Young Researchers with fresh ideas. Aware of the demands of today’s world we offer them both – knowledge and skills, delivered through modern methods by our competent, highly motivated teaching staff, whose pedagogical work is backed by their own active research  work.

With events, such as the scientific workshop »Groups, graphs and everything in between«, we keep enjoying and valuing the interaction with the community and contributing as well as gaining when promoting mathematics to general public and future generations.