Yi Zhao, Research Assistant Professor

Department of Mathematics, Statistics, & Computer Science
University of Illinois at Chicago
851 S. Morgan Street, Chicago, IL 60607-7045

Office: Science & Engineering Offices (SEO) 539, (312) 413-3748

I have moved to Atlanta, joining Georgia State University since fall 2005.

Email: yizhao AT mathstat.gsu.edu

Research Interests:

Combinatorics, Graph Theory, Computer Science

My research is partially supported by

Publications:

1.      Proof of a Conjecture of Komlos, Random Structures & Algorithms, 23 (2003), no 2, 180-205 (with Shokoufandeh).

2.      On a Tiling Conjecture for 3-chromatic graphs, Discrete Mathematics 277 (2004), no 1-3, 171-191 (with Shokoufandeh)

3.      Proof of the (n/2 - n/2 - n/2) Conjecture for large n, submitted.

4.      Non-uniform Turán-type problems, Journal of Combinatorial Theory A, to appear (with D. Mubayi).

5.      On a two-sided Turán problem, Electronic Journal of Combinatorics 10 (2003), no. 1, Research Paper 42, 17 pp. (with D. Mubayi).

6.      The DNF exception problem, submitted (with D. Mubayi, G. Turán).

7.      Extremal theory of co-degree problems, submitted (with D. Mubayi).

8.      On the traces of complete hypergraphs, submitted (with D. Mubayi)

9.      Tiling tripartite graphs with 3-colorable graphs, in preparation (with R. Martin).

10.  Bipartite graph tiling problems, in preparation.

Teaching

2004 -2005 MCS 423, 2003- 2004 MCS 401, Spring 2003 MCS 261, and Fall 2002 Math 180.


zhao AT math.uic.edu