Ewa Maria Kubicka is a Polish mathematician interested in

graph theory In mathematics, graph theory is the study of ''graphs'', which are mathematical structures used to model pairwise relations between objects. A graph in this context is made up of '' vertices'' (also called ''nodes'' or ''points'') which are conne ...

and actuarial science. She is known for introducing the concept of the chromatic sum of a graph, the minimum possible sum when the vertices are labeled by

natural number In mathematics, the natural numbers are those numbers used for counting (as in "there are ''six'' coins on the table") and ordering (as in "this is the ''third'' largest city in the country"). Numbers used for counting are called ''Cardinal n ...

s with no two adjacent vertices having equal labels. Kubicka studied mathematics at Wrocław University of Science and Technology beginning in 1974, and earned a master's degree there in 1979. She came to

Western Michigan University Western Michigan University (Western Michigan, Western or WMU) is a public research university in Kalamazoo, Michigan. It was initially established as Western State Normal School in 1903 by Governor Aaron T. Bliss for the training of teachers ...

for graduate study, earning both a master's degree in computer science and a Ph.D. in mathematics in 1989. Her dissertation, ''The Chromatic Sum and Efficient Tree Algorithms'', was supervised by Allen J. Schwenk. She became an assistant professor at

Emory University Emory University is a private research university in Atlanta, Georgia. Founded in 1836 as "Emory College" by the Methodist Episcopal Church and named in honor of Methodist bishop John Emory, Emory is the second-oldest private institution of ...

and then, in 1990, moved to the

University of Louisville The University of Louisville (UofL) is a public research university in Louisville, Kentucky. It is part of the Kentucky state university system. When founded in 1798, it was the first city-owned public university in the United States and one of ...

, where she has been a full professor since 2004. At Louisville, she directs the actuarial program and is undergraduate advisor for mathematics. She is known for having an erdős number of one.

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Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Polish women mathematicians 20th-century Polish mathematicians 21st-century Polish mathematicians 20th-century American mathematicians 21st-century American mathematicians Graph theorists Wrocław University of Technology alumni Western Michigan University alumni Emory University faculty University of Louisville faculty 20th-century American women mathematicians 21st-century American women mathematicians {{US-mathematician-stub