Permutation Patterns is an annual international

academic conference An academic conference or scientific conference (also congress, symposium, workshop, or meeting) is an Convention (meeting), event for researchers (not necessarily academics) to present and discuss their scholarly work. Together with academic jou ...

focusing on

permutation patterns In combinatorics, combinatorial mathematics and theoretical computer science, a (classical) permutation pattern is a sub-permutation of a longer permutation. Any permutation may be written in Permutation#One-line_notation, one-line notation as a seq ...

and their applications in

combinatorics Combinatorics is an area of mathematics primarily concerned with counting, both as a means and as an end to obtaining results, and certain properties of finite structures. It is closely related to many other areas of mathematics and has many ...

computer science Computer science is the study of computation, information, and automation. Computer science spans Theoretical computer science, theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, and information theory) to Applied science, ...

, and other areas of mathematics.

History

The conference was founded by Michael H. Albert and Mike Atkinson and was first held at the

University of Otago The University of Otago () is a public university, public research university, research collegiate university based in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand. Founded in 1869, Otago is New Zealand's oldest university and one of the oldest universities in ...

in Dunedin, New Zealand in 2003, with 23 participants. Since then, it has been held annually at various locations around the world. The conference typically features plenary talks, contributed talks, and poster sessions. The proceedings of the meetings in the series have been published as special issues in journals including ''

Advances in Applied Mathematics ''Advances in Applied Mathematics'' is a peer-reviewed mathematics journal publishing research on applied mathematics. Its founding editor was Gian-Carlo Rota (Massachusetts Institute of Technology); from 1980 to 1999, Joseph P. S. Kung (Universi ...

'', ''

Annals of Combinatorics ''Annals of Combinatorics'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering research in combinatorics. It was established in 1997 by William Chen and is published by Birkhäuser. The journal publishes articles in combinatorics and relate ...

'', '' Discrete Mathematics & Theoretical Computer Science'' (''DMTCS''), '' Enumerative Combinatorics and Applications'', and '' Pure Mathematics and Applications''.

List of meetings

Related meetings

In addition to the main conference series, several related meetings have been organized:

AMS special sessions

Special Sessions on Patterns in Permutations have been held at the following

American Mathematical Society The American Mathematical Society (AMS) is an association of professional mathematicians dedicated to the interests of mathematical research and scholarship, and serves the national and international community through its publications, meetings, ...

meetings: * Spring Eastern Sectional Meeting, March 7–8, 2015,

Georgetown University Georgetown University is a private university, private Jesuit research university in Washington, D.C., United States. Founded by Bishop John Carroll (archbishop of Baltimore), John Carroll in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic higher education, Ca ...

, Washington, DC, USA * Central Fall Sectional Meeting, September 20–21, 2014,

University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire A university () is an institution of tertiary education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase , which roughly means "community of teachers and scholars". Univ ...

, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA * Joint Mathematics Meetings, January 12, 2013, San Diego, California, USA * Fall Eastern Sectional Meeting, September 22–23, 2012,

Rochester Institute of Technology The Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) is a private university, private research university in Henrietta, New York, a suburb of Rochester, New York, Rochester. It was founded in 1829. It is one of only two institute of technology, institut ...

, Rochester, New York, USA

Other meetings

* Pattern Avoidance, Statistical Mechanics and Computational Complexity, March 19–24, 2023, Schloss Dagstuhl, Wadern, Germany * Genomics, Pattern Avoidance, and Statistical Mechanics, November 4–9, 2018, Schloss Dagstuhl, Wadern, Germany * Pattern Avoidance and Genome Sorting, February 14–19, 2016, Schloss Dagstuhl, Wadern, Germany * Workshop on Permutation Patterns, May 29–June 3, 2005,

University of Haifa The University of Haifa (, ) is a public research university located on Mount Carmel in Haifa, Israel. Founded in 1963 as a branch of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the University of Haifa received full academic accreditation as an inde ...

, Haifa, Israel

References

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External links

Official website
Permutation patterns Mathematics conferences