2004 Announcement and Registration Information

Conference Announcement: (in pdf format)

The tenth annual Big Sky Conference on Discrete Mathematics will be held at the University of Montana-Missoula, 9-11 September 2004. The invited speakers are Prof. Brian Alspach (University of Regina) and Prof. Maria Chudnovsky (Princeton University, CMI).

• The registration and abstract deadline is August 24, 2004.
• The student support deadline is August 13, 2004. (Please note this earlier deadline.)
• Conference Schedule (in pdf format)
• Public Lecture (for a general audience) by Prof. Brian Alspach
• Conference Colloquium by Prof. Maria Chudnovsky
• Activities for Students

General Local Information
• Rafting Information
• Local Information: hotel, transportation, registration, banquet info. - updated: 7/30/04
• Map of Missoula, Campus Map
• Hotel Listing
• Local Weather
• Local Newspaper: Missoulian
• National Parks: Glacier Park, Yellowstone
• Road Conditions and Information

Past Events

• 2003 Conference Events

  • Conference Photos , Rafting Pictures .
  • Conference Schedule (in pdf format)
  • Public Lecture (for a general audience) by Dr. William Cook
  • Conference Colloquium by Dr. Bojan Mohar
  • Activities for Students
  • Montana TSP Challenge

• 2002 Conference Events

  • Conference Photos , Rafting Pictures
  • Conference Schedule (in pdf format)
  • Mathematics Colloquium by Dr. Jeff Weeks, Sept. 5 at 4:10 pm.
  • Public Lecture (for a general audience) by Dr. Jeff Weeks, Sept. 5 at 8:00 pm.
  • Conference Colloquium by Dr. Penny Haxell, Sept. 6 at 4:10 pm.
  • Activities for Students

• 2001 Conference Events

  • Conference Photos , Rafting Pictures
  • Conference Schedule (in pdf format)
  • Mathematics Colloquium by Dr. Herbert Wilf, Sept. 6 at 4:10 pm.
  • Public Lecture (for a general audience) by Dr. Herbert Wilf, Sept. 6 at 8:00 pm.
  • Conference Colloquium by Dr. Matthew DeVos, Sept. 7 at 4:10 pm.
  • Activities for Students

• 2000 Conference Events

  • Conference Photos, Rafting Pictures
  • Faculty Seminar, The Mysterious Arithmetic of Integral Lexicographic Codes by Dr. John H. Conway
  • Keynote Address
  • Conference Colloquium Lecture, The Interplay between Graphs and Matroids by Dr. James Oxley

• 1999 Conference Events

  Conference Photos!!
  • Faculty Seminar, The Impact of User Interfaces in Educational Software by Dr. Maria Klawe
  • Keynote Address, Mathematics, Computer Games and Gender by Dr. Maria Klawe
  • Conference Colloquium Lecture, An Algorithmic Approach to Multicolouring by Dr. Jeannette Janssen
  • Activities for Undergraduates - pdf format
• 1997 and 1998 Events
  • A summary of Dr. Ron Graham's fantastic lectures (from 1998). - pdf format
  • 1997 Conference Summary (See page 3.) - in pdf format
  • 1997 Conference Photos: Group Picture, Rafting
  • A summary of Dr. Doris Schattschneider's incredible General Audience Talk (from 1997). - in pdf format