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DIMACS, the Center for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science at Rutgers, facilitates research, education, and outreach programs in CS and Math

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DIMACS@DIMACSCenter · Jan 6

Ringing in the new year by celebrating some of the people, programs, and activities that made 2024 special! Best wishes for 2025 from all of us at DIMACS!

DIMACSCenter's tweet image. Ringing in the new year by celebrating some of the people, programs, and activities that made 2024 special! Best wishes for 2025 from all of us at DIMACS!

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DIMACS@DIMACSCenter · Jul 23

Yael Kirkpatrick from @MITMath closed out day 3 of the Workshop on Hardness of Approximation in P with a wonderful talk on "Beyond 2-approximation for k-Center in Graphs"! #Rutgers

DIMACSCenter's tweet image. Yael Kirkpatrick from @MITMath closed out day 3 of the Workshop on Hardness of Approximation in P with a wonderful talk on "Beyond 2-approximation for k-Center in Graphs"! #Rutgers

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DIMACS@DIMACSCenter · Jul 23

Yesterday was day 2 of the DIMACS workshop. Here's a glimpse of some of our attendees listening to a presentation on the "Challenges in Fine-Grained #Complexity of Approximation in P" by Amir Abboud from the @WeizmannScience. #Rutgers

DIMACSCenter's tweet image. Yesterday was day 2 of the DIMACS workshop. Here's a glimpse of some of our attendees listening to a presentation on the "Challenges in Fine-Grained #Complexity of Approximation in P" by Amir Abboud from the @WeizmannScience. #Rutgers

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DIMACS@DIMACSCenter · Jul 21

Today is day 1 of the DIMACS Workshop on Hardness of Approximation in P organized by @karthikcs_ ! Subhash Khot from @nyuniversity led off the event with a tutorial on hardness of approximation in the more traditional realm of NP-hard problems. #Rutgers

DIMACSCenter's tweet image. Today is day 1 of the DIMACS Workshop on Hardness of Approximation in P organized by @karthikcs_ ! Subhash Khot from @nyuniversity led off the event with a tutorial on hardness of approximation in the more traditional realm of NP-hard problems. #Rutgers

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DIMACS@DIMACSCenter · Jun 24

Neil Sloane, creator of the On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences (OEIS) and long-time friend of DIMACS, delivered an engaging talk today for our 2025 REU students. The seminar, titled "In the Footsteps of Heraclitus," explored unsolved problems in number theory. #Rutgers

DIMACSCenter's tweet image. Neil Sloane, creator of the On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences (OEIS) and long-time friend of DIMACS, delivered an engaging talk today for our 2025 REU students. The seminar, titled "In the Footsteps of Heraclitus," explored unsolved problems in number theory. #Rutgers

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NIMBioS@NIMBioS · May 19

We are excited to spotlight a recent publication by Dr. Nina Fefferman and Dr. Maggie Sullens titled "Budget Allocation and Illegal Fishing: A Game Theoretic Approach." Congratulations on this wonderful contribution to the field of conservation science! aimspress.com/article/doi/10…

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DIMACS@DIMACSCenter · May 19

DIMACS & @CCICADA announce the Endowed DIMACS Support Fund created by Dr. A. David Mangelsdorff & Dr. Linda A. Smith to support our #homelandsecurity activities. Click the link to read more about their generous gift & what led them to our Centers! #Rutgers dimacs.rutgers.edu/news_archive/m…

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nature@Nature · May 1

Staff members at the US National Science Foundation (NSF) were told on 30 April to “stop awarding all funding actions until further notice,” according to an email seen by Nature. go.nature.com/3EXWAeB

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Princeton Computer Science@PrincetonCS · Mar 25

Congratulations to Robert Tarjan, winner of the 2025 Basic Science Lifetime Award from the International Congress of Basic Science 🏅 He has been recognized for his outstanding and innovative contributions to theoretical computer science. cs.princeton.edu/news/robert-ta…

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DIMACS@DIMACSCenter · Mar 13

The DIMACS Workshop on Hardness of Approximation in P will be held at Rutgers on July 21-23, 2025, organized by @karthikcs_. Details: dimacs.rutgers.edu/events/details…. Webpage has an application (due April 15) for travel support, primarily for students.

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Rutgers Computer Science Department@RutgersCS · Mar 3

Save the Dates: Excited to launch our Spring Teatime Meet & Mingle - Open to our CS Faculty, Staff, and students, this event is an excellent way to connect and share with colleagues. First up - this Wednesday, March 5, 2025

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DIMACS@DIMACSCenter · Feb 11

NSF Budget Cuts Would Put the Future of U.S. Innovation and Security at Risk cra.org/nsf-budget-cut…

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DIMACS@DIMACSCenter · Feb 5

Thrilled to be spotlighted by @NSERC_CRSNG! 🙏 I am dedicated to working alongside communities to develop and deploy mathematical methodologies, providing critical insights into socio-ecological challenges. I’m humbled by the support from @NSERC_CRSNG. Thank you so much!

NNSERC / CRSNG@NSERC_CRSNG · Feb 5

🔎 Jude Kong and his research group are bridging the gap between mathematical research and real data resulting from anthropogenic disturbances, like pandemics. Learn about their ongoing research ▶️ tinyurl.com/5n76yf94

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DIMACS@DIMACSCenter · Jan 30

The DIMACS faculty and staff had a wonderful time constructing the Domino-Fred art voted on during FredFest in October! The project is inspired by @baabbaash's Domino Artwork dominoartwork.com.

DIMACSCenter's tweet image. The DIMACS faculty and staff had a wonderful time constructing the Domino-Fred art voted on during FredFest in October! The project is inspired by @baabbaash's Domino Artwork dominoartwork.com.

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DIMACS@DIMACSCenter · Jan 27

Please note that @SimonsInstitute is hosting the 8th Women in Theory (WIT) Workshop from June 3 to June 6, 2025. The application deadline is Jan 31. For more information, visit womenintheory.wordpress.com.

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Waterloo's Cheriton School of Computer Science@UWCheritonCS · Jan 17

The latest BBC Science Focus magazine highlights the biggest science and math breakthroughs of the past 25 years. Sir David Spiegelhalter named the solution to the einstein problem — solved with help from our own Craig Kaplan — as one of the top breakthroughs. Congrats, Craig!

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Rutgers Computer Science Department@RutgersCS · Jan 17

Join us in congratulating @DIMACSCenter IAS postdoctoral associate Shashank Srivastava on receiving both the Best Paper Award and the Best Student Paper Award at the 36th Annual ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms (SODA), dimacs.rutgers.edu/news_archive/s…

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DIMACS@DIMACSCenter · Nov 21

Yesterday, #DIMACS hosted a Mixer event to discuss interdisciplinary research on an AI-Mediated Society, welcoming several new faculty hired as part of DS/AI clusters involving four schools and multiple departments across the #Rutgers campus. newbrunswick.rutgers.edu/chancellor/com…

DIMACSCenter's tweet image. Yesterday, #DIMACS hosted a Mixer event to discuss interdisciplinary research on an AI-Mediated Society, welcoming several new faculty hired as part of DS/AI clusters involving four schools and multiple departments across the #Rutgers campus. newbrunswick.rutgers.edu/chancellor/com…

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Fefferman Lab@FeffermanLab · Nov 14

Dive into Evolutionary Game Theory (EGT) with, "Epidemiology, Game Theory, and Evolutionary Rescue: Understanding How Outbreaks Impact Population Viability." lettersinbiomath.org/manuscript/ind… #Epidemiology #EvolutionaryGameTheory @NIMBioS

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