Summer 2009
                                        June 8 - August 1, 2008




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"Algorithmic Combinatorics on Partial Words" by Francine Blanchet-Sadri, Chapman&Hall/CRC Press 2008.

The tutorial Preliminaries on Partial Words by Dr. Francine Blanchet-Sadri is available.

The powerpoint presentation entitled Basic XHTML and CSS by Margaret Moorefield is available.

The LaTeX Tutorial by Stephanie Rednour and Robert Misior is available.

The Beamer Tutorial by Charles T. Batts is available.


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Schedule

This schedule is updated regularly so please visit frequently for the most current information.

For a detailed account of a specific week, click on the week number.

Week 1 orientation, preliminaries on partial words, description of problems, creation of teams, team meetings, technical writing
Week 2 LaTeX tutorial, team meetings, technical writing
Week 3 basic XHTML and CSS, team meetings, technical writing
Week 4 team meetings, technical writing
Week 5 initial student presentations, team meetings, technical writing
Week 6 team meetings, technical writing, guest speaker Naomi Brownstein
Week 7 Beamer tutorial, team meetings, technical writing
Week 8 team meetings, technical writing, final student presentations

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Research Assistants

Emily Allen Emily Allen
Robert Mercas Robert Mercas

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Student Participants

Aleksandar Chakarov Aleksandar Chakarov
Bard College
Bo Chen Bo Chen
Harvey Mudd College
Ilkyoo Choi Ilkyoo Choi
Carnegie Mellon University
Jane Kim Jane Kim
Columbia University
John Lensmire John Lensmire
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Jarett Schwartz Jarett Schwartz
Princeton University
William Severa William Severa
Wilkes Honors College of Florida Atlantic University
Sean Simmons Sean Simmons
The University of Texas at Austin
Slater Stich Slater Stich
Princeton University
Amelia Tebbe Amelia Tebbe
St. Mary's College of Maryland
Amy Veprauskas Amy Veprauskas
Bryn Mawr College
Eric Weissenstein Eric Weissenstein
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Research

    Papers and Websites

  1. F. Blanchet-Sadri, Emily Allen and John Lensmire, “On counting unbordered partial words with two holes.”

  2. F. Blanchet-Sadri, Brandon Blakeley, Josh Gunter, Sean Simmons and Eric Weissenstein, “An answer to a conjecture on two-element avoidable sets of partial words.”

  3. F. Blanchet-Sadri, Bo Chen and Aleksandar Chakarov, “Minimum number of holes in unavoidable sets.”

  4. F. Blanchet-Sadri, Ilkyoo Choi and Robert Mercas, “Avoiding large squares in partial words.”

  5. F. Blanchet-Sadri, Jane Kim, Robert Mercas, William Severa and Sean Simmons, “Abelian square-free partial words.”

  6. F. Blanchet-Sadri, Jarett Schwartz and Slater Stich, “Partial subword complexity.”

  7. F. Blanchet-Sadri, Jarett Schwartz and Slater Stich, “Representable sets and recurrent partial words.”

  8. F. Blanchet-Sadri, Jarett Schwartz and Slater Stich, “De Brujin partial words.”

  9. F. Blanchet-Sadri, Sean Simmons and Eric Weissenstein, “Avoidable patterns in partial words.”

  10. F. Blanchet-Sadri, Amelia Tebbe and Amy Veprauskas, “Abelian periods on partial words.”

    Honors

  • Sean Simmons won a Goldwater Scholarship for the 2009-2010 academic year.

    Presentations

Italy F. Blanchet-Sadri, “Periods and binary partial words,” 7th International Conference on Words, Salerno, Italy, September 14- 18, 2009 (joint work with Brian Shirey).
Hungary F. Blanchet-Sadri, “The three-squares lemma for partial words with one hole,” College of Nyíregyháza, Nyíregyháza, Hungary, September 22, 2009 (joint work with Robert Mercas and Kristen Wetzler).

    Conferences

F. Blanchet-Sadri was invited for a visit at the University of Debrecen and College of Nyíregyháza, Hungary, September 2009.

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