Conferences and Talks

Conferences and Talks:

External Talks:

The Prevalence of Paradoxical Dice (joint with L. Traldi)
- AMS Eastern Section Meeting (Stevens Institute of Technology; Hoboken, NJ)
- April 14, 2007
Girth of an Important Monomial Graph
- MAA EPaDel/NJ Joint Section Meeting (LaSalle University)
- November 6, 2010
On Monomial Graphs and Generalized Quadrangles
- 7th Annual Graduate Student Combinatorics Conference (Penn State University)
- April 10, 2011
On Monomial Graphs and Generalized Quadrangles
- F_q10: The 10^th International Conference on Finite Fields and their Applications (Ghent, Belgium)
- July 11, 2011
On the Factorization of Quadratic Forms in Three Indeterminants
- MAA EPaDel Section Meeting (Bryn Mawr College)
- November 19, 2011
On Algebraically Defined Graphs and Generalized Quadrangles
- Rocky Mountain Discrete Math Days (Colorado State University)
- May 19, 2012
A strategy for constructing new generalized quadrangles
- MAA EPaDel Section Meeting (Millersville University)
- October 27, 2012
Constructing cages: generalized quadrangles and Moore!
- Mathematical Adventures and Diversions Seminar (Lafayette College)
- November 15, 2012
On Algebraically Defined Graphs and Generalized Quadrangles
- Joint Mathematics Meetings (San Diego, CA)
- January 10, 2013
Spying on Cages, Generalized Quadrangles, and Moore!
- Colloquium at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
- February 5, 2013
Using Algebraically Defined Graphs to Study Generalized Quadrangles
- Rocky Mountain Mathematics Consortium Summer School (Laramie, WY)
- June 19, 2013
Graphs defined by systems of equations
- Joint Mathematics Meetings (Baltimore, MD)
- January 15, 2014
Two Perspectives on Generalized Quadrangles
- Lafayette College Mathematics Faculty Research Seminar
- February 26, 2014
Cages, generalized quadrangles, and Moore!
- Kennesaw State University (Kennesaw, GA) Algebra, Number Theory, and Discrete Mathematics Seminar
- March 19, 2014
Generalized Quadrangles and Algebraically Defined Graphs
- Invited speaker at the Special Session on Algebraic Methods in Graph Theory and Combinatorics; AMS Spring Southern Sectional Meeting (Knoxville, TN)
- March 23, 2014
Generalized Quadrangles and Algebraically Defined Graphs
- Invited participant at Modern Trends in Algebraic Graph Theory: An International Conference (Villanova University; Philadelphia, PA)
- June 4, 2014
An integer sequence inspired by generalized quadrangles
- Poster presentation at the Center for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science (DIMACS) conference Challenges of Identifying Integer Sequences (Rutgers University; Piscataway, NJ)
- October 10, 2014
When Can You Factor a Quadratic Form?
- Joint Mathematics Meetings (San Antonio, TX)
- January 11, 2015
Quadratic forms: What are they and when do they factor?
- MAA EPaDel Section Meeting (Franklin & Marshall College)
- March 14, 2015
Generalized Quadrangles: What Are They and How Could We Build More?
- PASSHE-MA Conference (Kutztown University)
- April 11, 2015
Connections between generalized quadrangles and algebraically defined graphs

Connections in Discrete Mathematics: A celebration of the work of Ron Graham (Simon Fraser University; Vancouver, Canada)
June 16, 2015

Algebraically defined graphs and generalized quadrangles
- Combinatorics and Computer Algebra 2015 (Colorado State University; Fort Collins, CO)
- July 22, 2015
Disjoint Path Covers: All About Connecting The Dots!- Click here for the handout.
- Mathematics of Various Entertaining Subjects (MOVES) Conference (New York City)
- August 4, 2015
An Immensely Interesting Integer Sequence
- Lafayette College Mathematics Faculty Research Seminar
- October 7, 2015
An Integer Sequence Motivated by Generalized Quadrangles
- Joint Mathematics Meetings (Seattle, WA)
- January 8, 2016
An Integer Sequence Motivated by Generalized Quadrangles
- SIAM Conference on Discrete Mathematics (Atlanta, GA)
- June 6, 2016
How Generalized Quadrangles and Monomial Graphs Inspired an Integer Sequence
- Research Experience for Undergraduates Lecture Series at Muhlenberg College (Allentown, PA)
- July 13, 2016
On the uniqueness of some girth eight algebraically defined graphs
- American Mathematical Society Western Sectional Meeting Special Session on Algebraic Combinatorics (Denver, CO)
- October 9, 2016
On the uniqueness of some girth eight algebraically defined graphs
- Joint Mathematics Meetings (Atlanta, GA)
- January 4, 2017
The Settlers of 'Catanbinatorics'
- Joint Mathematics Meetings (Atlanta, GA)
- January 7, 2017
On the girth of some algebraically defined graphs
- Algebraic and Extremal Graph Theory Conference (Newark, DE)
- August 8, 2017
Spying on cages, generalized quadrangles, and Moore!
- Stockton University Mathematics Seminar
- October 9, 2017
Algebraically defined graphs of girth eight
- Joint Mathematics Meetings (San Diego, CA)
- January 11, 2018
Algebraically defined graphs in two and three dimensions
- University of Delaware Discrete Mathematics Seminar (Newark, DE)
- March 13, 2018
Spying on cages, generalized quadrangles, and Moore!
- King's College Mathematics Seminar
- March 16, 2018
On Generalized Quadrangles and Girth Eight Algebraically Defined Graphs
- SIAM Conference on Discrete Mathematics (Denver, CO)
- June 4, 2018
The girth of two-dimensional algebraically defined graphs
- American Mathematical Society Eastern Sectional Meeting Special Session on Graph Theory (Newark, DE)
- September 30, 2018
Spying on cages, generalized quadrangles, and Moore!
- Albright College Mathematics Colloquium
- October 24, 2018
The girth of two-dimensonal algebraically defined graphs
- Series on Exploring Combinatorics and Number Theory (SECANT) (Cedar Crest College; Allentown, PA)
- November 18, 2018
Cycles in algebraically defined bipartite graphs
- Joint Mathematics Meetings (Baltimore, MD)
- January 19, 2019
I spy...cages, algebraically defined graphs, and Moore

Muhlenberg College Mathematics Colloquium
February 7, 2019

My mathematical journey from ADG's to ...
- Plenary Talk for Mathematics REU Research Symposium at Lafayette College Mathematics REU (Easton, PA)
- July 22, 2019
Counting Catan Configurations
- Mathematics of Various Entertaining Subjects (MOVES) Conference (New York City)
- August 5, 2019
The girth of real three-dimensional algebraically defined monomial graphs
- Series on Exploring Combinatorics and Number Theory (SECANT) (Cedar Crest College; Allentown, PA)
- October 12, 2019
Algebraically defined graphs in two and three dimensions
- United States Naval Academy Combinatorics, Algebra, & Topology Research Seminar
- January 13, 2020
Classification of three-dimensional real algebraically defined monomial graphs by girth
- Joint Mathematics Meetings (Denver, CO)
- January 15, 2020
Counting Catan Configurations
- Joint Mathematics Meetings (Denver, CO)
- January 16, 2020
Counting Socially-Distanced Catan Configurations
- Joint Mathematics Meetings (virtual talk)
- January 7, 2021
I spy...cages, algebraically defined graphs, and Moore!
- Farmingdale State College Mathematics Colloquium (Farmingdale, NY; virtual talk)
- March 18, 2021
Count on Catan: A Sure Cure for Board-om
- Salisbury University Mathematics Colloquium (Salisbury, MD; virtual talk)
- April 22, 2021
Isomorphism Questions on Maximal Girth Algebraically Defined Graphs
- University of Delaware Discrete Mathematics Seminar (Newark, DE)
- April 7, 2022
Placing Number Tokens on Catan: A "Tour" of Smaller Islands
- Mathematics of Various Entertaining Subjects (MOVES) Conference (New York City)
- August 8, 2022
Counting Socially-Distanced Catan Configurations
- Mathematics of Various Entertaining Subjects (MOVES) Conference (New York City)
- August 9, 2022
I spy...cages, algebraically defined graphs, and Moore!
- Fleetwood High School Math Club (Fleetwood, PA)
- May 22, 2023

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