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Ebadollah S. Mahmoodian

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Combinatorics: Graph Colorings, Combinatorial Designs, Trades, and their interconnections.

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

Ph.D.  University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. 

	Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematics, August, 1975. 

	Title of Thesis: 

	A Critical Case Method of Proof in Combinatorial Mathematics.  Thesis (PDF)
A.M.   University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. 

	Master of Arts in Mathematics, December 1971. 
M.S.   Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran. 

	Master of Science in Mathematics and Statistics, February 1969. 

	Graduated with distinction. 
L.S.    University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran. 

	Licence es Sciences in Mathematics, May 1965. 

	Graduated first in a class of 86 students.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

  • Sharif University of Technology (SUT), Tehran, Iran. Department of Mathematical Sciences: Professor. Teaching courses in undergraduate and graduate level. Including: Mathematical Analysis, Real Analysis, Abstract Algebra, Discrete Mathematics, Applied Algebra, Applied Linear Algebra, Probability, Statistics, Combinatorics, Graph Theory, and about twenty other different courses. (1983-present)

  • Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran Department of Mathematics: Assistant professor (1979-1980).

  • Community College of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa. Part-time faculty member (1973-1975), Visiting lecturer(1975-1976),Assistant professor in mathematics (1975-1979). Taught sections in mathematics for non-math majors.

  • University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. Department of Mathematics: Teaching assistant. Taught recitation sections in calculus (1969-1975); taught courses (lecture and recitation) in calculus (Summer 1972,1973, and 1974).

  • Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran. Department of Mathematics and Statistics: Instructor. Taught first and second year mathematics for students indifferent majors. (1965-1969).

  • Ministry of the Economy, Tehran, Iran Office of Industrial Statistics: Editor of data for the journal of this office (June-November 1965).

  • Viting professor, Thaught course in: UQ and QUT(Australia) 1991, IASBS (Zanjan, Iran) 1993 and 2006.

DOCTORATE STUDENTS SUPERVISED

  • Dr. Nasrin Soltankhah, Thesis Title: "On directed designs" (SUT), (graduated March 1994).

  • Dr. Amir Daneshgar, Thesis Title: "Translation invariant systems" (SUT), (graduated October 1995).

  • Dr. Changiz Eslahchi, Thesis Title: "Hall's conditions and list coloring of graphs" (SUT), (graduated September 1998).

  • Dr. Mojtaba L. Mehrabadi, Thesis Title: "The chromatic sum in graphs" (SUT), (graduated 1998, died in a bus accident).

  • Dr. Roozbeh Tusserkani, Thesis Title: "Defining sets of latin squares and graph colorings" (SUT), (graduated 1999).

  • Dr. Hossein Hajiabolhassan, Thesis Title: "Stanley-Rysner rings" (SUT), (graduated 1999).

  • Dr. Manouchehr Zaker, Thesis Title: "On-line and off-line greedy colorings of graphs" (SUT), (graduated 2001).

  • Dr. Mohsen S. Najafian, Thesis Title: "On t-Latin trades and their spectrum" (SUT), (graduated 2008).

  • Dr.  Fatemeh S. Mousavi, Thesis Title: "On the rainbow coloring of graphs" (IASBS), (graduated 2010).

  • As a second supervisor: Dr. Masoomeh Ahadi Moghadam, University of Kaiserslautern (Germany, 2001);  Dr. Behnaz Omoomi, UPM,(Malaysia, 2001); Dr. Richard Bean, UQ (Australia, 2001).

M.S. STUDENTS SUPERVISED

Masood Hadian Dehkordi (1986), Farid. M Malek Ghaeeni (1986), Fateh Bandegi (1986), Mahmood Taghavi Ardekani (1988),

Nasrin Soltankhah (1988), Mohsen Shirdarreh Haghighi (1989), Javad Mohajeri (1989), Seyed Mahmood Sheikholeslami (1993),

Nabiollah Shoobkolaee (1993), Alireza Sarvniazi (1993), Mohammad. R Ghaemi (1993), Mojtaba Emari Allahyari (1994),

Mani Rezaee (1995), Beheshteh Mostaghni Yazdi (1995), Faranak Milani (1995), Azita Rajaee (1997), Manoochehr Zaker (1997),

Elham Kashefi (1998), Elham Sharifi Yazdi (1998), Laleh Asadzadeh Esfahani (2001), Fatemeh Moosavi Ghalejoogh (2002),

Mohammad. S Allahyari (2002), Mahya Ghandehari (2003), Mahnaz Tajammolian (2003), Somayeh Rahmatizadeh (2004),

Nafiseh Jahanbakht (2004), Mohammad. R Seyed Jamali (2004), Mohammad. R Mokhtari (2004),

Fatemeh Raee Barandagh (2006), Mojtaba Shokoohian (2006), Arash Asadi Shahmirzadi (2006), Meisam Alishahi (2006),

Hossein Karami (2007), Ali D.Mehrabi (2007),

Mohsen Alimomeni (2008), Samad Alamati (2008), Behrooz Bagheri Ghavam Abadi (2008),Marzieh Karimi (2008), Mohammad Reza Yaghmoor (2008), Hadi Minooei (2008),

Meysam Mohammadi Nevisi (2009), Mohammad Majid Hormati (2009),
 

 

PUBLICATIONS (To Appear)

E.S. Mahmoodian and M.S. Najafian, t-(v,k)trades and t-(v,k) Latin trades: Utilitas Math Article(pdf)

  E.S. Mahmoodian and F. S. Mousavi, Coloring the square of products of
cycles and paths, To appear in: J. Combin. Math. Combin. Comput.  Article(pdf)

   E.S. Mahmoodian and M.S. Najafian, Possible volumes of t-(v,t+1) Latin trades, To appear in: Ars Combin Article(pdf)

   A.A. Khanban, M. Mahdian, and E.S. Mahmoodian, A linear algebraic approach to orthogonal arrays and Latin squares, To appear in: Ars Combin  Article(pdf)

   Behrooz Bagheri Gh. and E. S. Mahmoodian, On the existence of k-homogeneous Latin bitrades, To appear in: Utilitas Math Article(pdf)

 M. Aryapour and E. S. Mahmoodian, On uniformly generating Latin squares, To appear in: Bull. Inst. Combin. Appl. Article(pdf)

 

  

PUBLICATIONS IN REFEREED JOURNALS (MathSciNet)

62. MR2519173 (2010m:05225) Javad Ebrahimi, B.; Jahanbakht, Nafiseh; Mahmoodian, E. S. Vertex domination of generalized Petersen graphs. Discrete Math. 309 (2009), no. 13, 4355–4361. (Reviewer: Bert L. Hartnell), 05C69 preprint(pdf)

61. MR2521808 (2010e:05239) Behzad, Mehdi; Hatami, Pooya; Mahmoodian, E. S. Minimum vertex covers in the generalized Petersen graphs P(n,2) . Bull. Inst. Combin. Appl. 56 (2009), 98–102, 05C70 preprint(pdf)


60. MR2452764 (2009h:05046) Ghebleh, Mohammad; Goddyn, Luis A.; Mahmoodian, Ebadollah S.; Verdian-Rizi, Maryam Silver cubes. Graphs Combin. 24 (2008), no. 5, 429–442. (Reviewer: Steven T. Dougherty), 05B25 (05C15 05C69 51E30 94B65) preprint(pdf)

59. MR2381433 (2009e:05243) Behsaz, Babak; Hatami, Pooya; Mahmoodian, Ebadollah S. On minimum vertex covers of generalized Petersen graphs. Australas. J. Combin. 40 (2008), 253–264. (Reviewer: László Pyber), 05C70 preprint(pdf)

58. MR2296304 (2008e:05058) Farzad, B.; Mahdian, M.; Mahmoodian, E. S.; Saberi, A.; Sadri, B. Forced orientation of graphs. Bull. Iranian Math. Soc. 32 (2006), no. 1, 79–89, 98. (Reviewer: J. M. S. Simões-Pereira), 05C20 (05B35) preprint(pdf)

57. MR2239305 (2007d:05062) Mahmoodian, E. S.; Omoomi, Behnaz; Peng, Y. H. On the defining sets of some special graphs. Australas. J. Combin. 35 (2006), 69–81. (Reviewer: Peter Mihók), 05C15 (05C75) preprint(pdf)

56. MR2194763 (2006g:05075) Mahmoodian, E. S.; Omoomi, Behnaz; Soltankhah, Nasrin Smallest defining number of r-regular k-chromatic graphs: r≠k. Ars Combin. 78 (2006), 211–223, 05C15 preprint(pdf)

55. MR2220235 (2006k:05034) Bean, Richard; Bidkhori, Hoda; Khosravi, Maryam; Mahmoodian, E. S. k-homogeneous Latin trades. Bayreuth. Math. Schr. No. 74 (2005), 7–18, 05B15 preprint(pdf)

54. MR2152765 (2006j:05079) Soltankhah, Nasrin; Mahmoodian, E. S. On defining numbers of k-chromatic k-regular graphs. Ars Combin. 76 (2005), 257–276. (Reviewer: David E. Woolbright), 05C15 preprint(pdf)

53. MR2136056 (2005m:05038) Ghandehari, M.; Hatami, H.; Mahmoodian, E. S. On the size of the minimum critical set of a Latin square. Discrete Math. 293 (2005), no. 1-3, 121–127. (Reviewer: Charles J. Colbourn), 05B15 preprint(pdf)

52. MR2080463 (2005b:05176) Afshani, P.; Hatami, H.; Mahmoodian, E. S. On the spectrum of the forced matching number of graphs. Australas. J. Combin. 30 (2004), 147–160, 05C70 preprint(pdf)

51. MR2047753 (2005b:05175) Adams, Peter; Mahdian, Mohammad; Mahmoodian, E. S. On the forced matching numbers of bipartite graphs. Discrete Math. 281 (2004), no. 1-3, 1–12. (Reviewer: Charles H. C. Little), 05C70 preprint(pdf)

50. MR2011736 (2004i:05002) Donovan, Diane; Mahmoodian, E. S.; Ramsay, Colin; Street, Anne Penfold Defining sets in combinatorics: a survey. Surveys in combinatorics, 2003 (Bangor), 115–174, London Math. Soc. Lecture Note Ser., 307, Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, 2003. (Reviewer: R. G. Stanton), 05-02 (05Bxx)
preprint(pdf)

49. MR1991558 (2004f:05029) Bean, Richard; Mahmoodian, E. S. A new bound on the size of the largest critical set in a Latin square. Combinatorics 2000 (Gaeta). Discrete Math. 267 (2003), no. 1-3, 13–21, 05B15
preprint(pdf)

48. MR1977015 (2004d:05038) Hatami, Hamed; Mahmoodian, Ebadollah S. A lower bound for the size of the largest critical sets in Latin squares. Bull. Inst. Combin. Appl. 38 (2003), 19–22, 05B15 preprint(pdf)

47. MR1962348 (2004a:05015) Adams, Peter; Billington, Elizabeth J.; Mahmoodian, E. S. The simultaneous metamorphosis of small-wheel systems. J. Combin. Math. Combin. Comput. 44 (2003), 209–223, 05B05 (05B07) preprint(pdf)

46. MR1954525 (2003m:05039) Donovan, Diane; Mahmoodian, E. S. Correction to a paper on critical sets: "An algorithm for writing any Latin interchange as a sum of intercalates'' [Bull. Inst. Combin. Appl. 34 (2002), 90--98; MR1880972 (2002j:05028)]. Bull. Inst. Combin. Appl. 37 (2003), 44, 05B15 preprint(pdf)

45. MR1954523 (2003m:05016) Adams, Peter; Eggleton, Roger; MacDougall, James; Mahmoodian, E. S. Corrections to Steinbach's posets of graphs (orders 5, 6, 7). Bull. Inst. Combin. Appl. 37 (2003), 29–34, 05A99 preprint(pdf)

44. MR1904722 (2003c:05041) Adams, Peter; Billington, Elizabeth J.; Bryant, Darryn E.; Mahmoodian, Ebadollah S. On the possible volumes of mu-way Latin trades. Aequationes Math. 63 (2002), no. 3, 303–320. (Reviewer: Hung-Lin Fu), 05B15 preprint(pdf)

43. MR1880972 (2002j:05028) Donovan, Diane; Mahmoodian, E. S. An algorithm for writing any Latin interchange as a sum of intercalates. Bull. Inst. Combin. Appl. 34 (2002), 90–98, 05B15 preprint(pdf)

42. MR1874724 (2002m:05044) Adams, Peter; Billington, Elizabeth J.; Bryant, Darryn E.; Mahmoodian, E. S. The three-way intersection problem for Latin squares. Discrete Math. 243 (2002), no. 1-3, 1–19. (Reviewer: Anthony B. Evans), 05B15 preprint(pdf)

41. MR1832463 (2002a:05099) Ghebleh, M.; Mahmoodian, E. S. On uniquely list colorable graphs. Ars Combin. 59 (2001), 307–318, 05C15 preprint(pdf)

40. MR1815007 (2001k:05034) Mahmoodian, E. S.; Soltankhah, Nasrin A linear algebraic approach to directed designs. Australas. J. Combin. 23 (2001), 119–134, 05B05 preprint(pdf)

39. MR1750870 (2000k:05056) Mahdian, M.; Mahmoodian, E. S.; Saberi, A.; Salavatipour, M. R.; Tusserkani, R. On a conjecture of Keedwell and the cycle double cover conjecture. Discrete Math. 216 (2000), no. 1-3, 287–292, 05B15 (05C70) preprint(pdf)

38. MR1750867 (2001a:05059) Hajiaghaee, M. T.; Mahmoodian, E. S.; Mirrokni, V. S.; Saberi, A.; Tusserkani, R. On the simultaneous edge-coloring conjecture. Discrete Math. 216 (2000), no. 1-3, 267–272, 05C15
preprint(pdf)

37. MR1740669 Mahdian, M.; Mahmoodian, E. S. The roots of an IMO97 problem. Bull. Inst. Combin. Appl. 28 (2000), 48–54, 05C15 (05B15) preprint(pdf)  Farsi

36. MR1985077 Mahdian, M.; Mahmoodian, E. S.; Naserasr, Reza; Harary, Frank On defining sets of vertex colorings of the Cartesian product of a cycle with a complete graph. Combinatorics, graph theory, and algorithms, Vol. I, II (Kalamazoo, MI, 1996), 461–467, New Issues Press, Kalamazoo, MI, 1999, 05C15 preprint(pdf)

35. MR1695848 (2000b:05023) Mahmoodian, E. S.; Soltankhah, Nasrin; Street, Anne Penfold On defining sets of directed designs. Australas. J. Combin. 19 (1999), 179–190, 05B05 preprint(pdf)

34. MR1675193 (99j:05073) Mahdian, M.; Mahmoodian, E. S. A characterization of uniquely 2-list colorable graphs. Ars Combin. 51 (1999), 295–305, 05C15  preprint(pdf)
 

33. MR1674887 (99i:05085) Mahmoodian, E. S.; Mendelsohn, E. On defining numbers of vertex colouring of regular graphs. 16th British Combinatorial Conference (London, 1997). Discrete Math. 197/198 (1999), 543–554, 05C15 preprint(pdf)

32. MR1655213 (99i:05084) Mahmoodian, E. S. Defining sets and uniqueness in graph colorings: a survey. R. C. Bose Memorial Conference (Fort Collins, CO, 1995). J. Statist. Plann. Inference 73 (1998), no. 1-2, 85–89, 05C15 preprint(pdf)

31. MR1625347 (99b:05053) Behzad, M.; Mahmoodian, E. S.; Soltankhah, N. Defining sets in total coloring of graphs. Proceedings of the 28th Annual Iranian Mathematics Conference, Part 1 (Tabriz, 1997), 521–526, Tabriz Univ. Ser., 377, Tabriz Univ., Tabriz, 1997, 05C15 preprint(pdf)

30. MR1625325 (99c:05067) Mahmoodian, E. S.; Mendelsohn, E. On the defining numbers of vertex coloring of regular graphs. Proceedings of the 28th Annual Iranian Mathematics Conference, Part 1 (Tabriz, 1997), 327–330, Tabriz Univ. Ser., 377, Tabriz Univ., Tabriz, 1997, 05C15 preprint(pdf)

29. MR1625324 (99b:05060) Mahmoodian, E. S.; Mahdian, M. On the uniquely list colorable graphs. Proceedings of the 28th Annual Iranian Mathematics Conference, Part 1 (Tabriz, 1997), 319–326, Tabriz Univ. Ser., 377, Tabriz Univ., Tabriz, 1997, 05C15 05C15 preprint(pdf)

28. MR1485924 (99b:05052) Akbari, S.; Behzad, M.; Hajiabolhassan, H.; Mahmoodian, E. S. Uniquely total colorable graphs. Graphs Combin. 13 (1997), no. 4, 305–314. (Reviewer: Mirosław Truszczyński), 05C15
preprint(pdf)

27. MR1477518 (98e:05019) Mahmoodian, E. S.; van Rees, G. H. J. Critical sets in back circulant Latin rectangles. Australas. J. Combin. 16 (1997), 45–50, 05B15
preprint(pdf)

26. MR1446764 (98b:05044) Mahmoodian, E. S.; Naserasr, Reza; Zaker, Manouchehr Defining sets in vertex colorings of graphs and Latin rectangles. 15th British Combinatorial Conference (Stirling, 1995). Discrete Math. 167/168 (1997), 451–460, 05C15 (05B15) preprint(pdf)

25. MR1376713 (96m:05026) Mahmoodian, E. S.; Soltankhah, Nasrin Intersections of 2-(v,4,1) directed designs. J. Combin. Math. Combin. Comput. 20 (1996), 225–236, 05B05 preprint(pdf)

24. MR1492638 Mahmoodian, E. S. Some problems in graph colorings. Proceedings of the 26th Annual Iranian Mathematics Conference, Vol. 2 (Kerman, 1995), 215–218, Shahid Bahonar Univ. Kerman, Kerman, 1995, 05C15 05B05 preprint(pdf)

23. MR1366852 (96i:05132) Mahmoodian, E. S.; Mirzakhani, Maryam Decomposition of complete tripartite graphs into 5-cycles. Combinatorics advances (Tehran, 1994), 235–241, Math. Appl., 329, Kluwer Acad. Publ., Dordrecht, 1995, 05C70 (05C38) preprint(pdf) Farsi

22. MR1366837 (96f:05001) Combinatorics advances. Papers from the Twenty-fifth Annual Iranian Mathematics Conference (AIMC25) held at Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, March 28–31, 1994. Edited by Charles J. Colbourn and Ebadollah S. Mahmoodian. Mathematics and its Applications, 329. Kluwer Academic Publishers Group, Dordrecht, 1995. xvi+324 pp. ISBN: 0-7923-3574-0, 05-06 (00B25)

21. MR1330897 (95m:05063) Mahmoodian, E. S.; Soltankhah, Nasrin Intersections of directed quadruple systems. Utilitas Math. 47 (1995), 161–165, 05B30 preprint(pdf)

20. MR1273590 (95d:05018) Behzad, Mehdi; Mahmoodian, Ebadollah S. Eccentric sequences and triangle sequences of block designs. Graph theory and applications (Hakone, 1990). Discrete Math. 127 (1994), no. 1-3, 47–56. (Reviewer: W. D. Wallis), 05B05 (05C99) preprint(pdf)

19. MR1268520 (95c:05032) Billington, Elizabeth J.; Mahmoodian, E. S. Numbers of common blocks in Mendelsohn and directed triple systems with repeated elements. Bull. Iranian Math. Soc. 19 (1993), no. 1, 29–44. (Reviewer: Charles C. Lindner), 05B30 preprint(pdf)

18. MR1241554 (94h:05008) Billington, Elizabeth J.; Khodkar, A.; Mahmoodian, E. S. Balanced ternary designs with block size four. J. Statist. Plann. Inference 37 (1993), no. 1, 95–126. (Reviewer: Chung Je Cho), 05B05 (62K10) preprint(pdf)

17. MR1240143 (94i:05015) Dawson, E.; Mahmoodian, E. S.; Rahilly, Alan Orthogonal arrays and ordered threshold schemes. Australas. J. Combin. 8 (1993), 27–44, 05B15 (94A60) preprint(pdf)

16. MR1225924 (94e:05067) Billington, Elizabeth J.; Mahmoodian, E. S. Multi-set designs and numbers of common triples. Graphs Combin. 9 (1993), no. 2, 105–115. (Reviewer: Ivan Landgev), 05B30 preprint(pdf)

15. MR1217622 (94i:05014) Colbourn, Charles J.; Mahmoodian, Ebadollah S. Support sizes of sixfold triple systems. Discrete Math. 115 (1993), no. 1-3, 103–131. (Reviewer: A. Rosa), 05B07 preprint(pdf)

14. MR1196125 (93j:05013) Mahmoodian, E. S.; Soltankhah, Nasrin On the existence of (v,k,t) trades. Australas. J. Combin. 6 (1992), 279–291, 05B05 preprint(pdf)


13. MR1192216 Mahmoodian, Ebadollah S.; Rostam Abadi, Mohammad B. A computer algorithm for generating 3-designs by the method of trade off. Comput. Statist. Data Anal. 14 (1992), no. 4, 473–476, 62K10 (05-04) preprint(pdf)

12. MR1165801 (93a:05022) Mahmoodian, E. S.; Shirdarreh, M. Some new families of simple t-designs. Australas. J. Combin. 5 (1992), 159–168, 05B05 preprint(pdf)

11. MR1161027 (92m:05022) Khanban, A. A.; Mahmoodian, E. S. Ordered block designs. Words, languages and combinatorics (Kyoto, 1990), 262–272, World Sci. Publ., River Edge, NJ, 1992, 05B05 preprint(pdf)

10. MR1160064 (92m:05049) Billington, Elizabeth J.; Mahmoodian, E. S. On t-multi-set designs. J. Combin. Math. Combin. Comput. 11 (1992), 61–64, 05B30 preprint(pdf)

9. MR1147979 Mahmoodian, E. S. The intersection graph of B[3,2;6] design is the Petersen graph. Bull. Inst. Combin. Appl. 4 (1992), 110, 05C75 (05B05) preprint(pdf)

8. MR1170773 Behzad, M.; Mahmoodian, E. S. Graphs versus designs—a quasisurvey. Graph theory, combinatorics, and applications, Vol. 1 (Kalamazoo, MI, 1988), 125–142, Wiley-Intersci. Publ., Wiley, New York, 1991, 05C99 (05B05) preprint(pdf)

7. MR1088280 (91j:05017) Mahmoodian, Ebadollah S. On the support size of 3-designs with repeated blocks. Ars Combin. 30 (1990), 13–22, 05B05 preprint(pdf)

6. MR1065681 (91f:05016) Colbourn, Charles J.; Mahmoodian, Ebadollah S. The spectrum of support sizes for threefold triple systems. Discrete Math. 83 (1990), no. 1, 9–19. (Reviewer: M. Oravas), 05B05 preprint(pdf)

5. MR0926421 (88m:62116) Khosrovshahi, G. B.; Mahmoodian, E. S. BIB(9,18t,8t,4,3t) designs with repeated blocks. J. Statist. Plann. Inference 18 (1988), no. 1, 125–131. (Reviewer: Sudhir C. Gupta), 62K10 (05B05) preprint(pdf)

4. MR0531919 (80d:05046) Mahmoodian, Ebadollah S. A critical case method of proof in combinatorial mathematics. Bull. Iranian Math. Soc. No. 8 (1978), 1L–26L. (Reviewer: W. T. Tutte), 05C99 (05B20) preprint(pdf)

3. MR0427159 (55 #194) Mahmoodian, Ebad On factors of a graph. Canad. J. Math. 29 (1977), no. 2, 438–440. (Reviewer: Ralph Faudree), 05C99 preprint(pdf)

2. MR2625625 Mahmoodian, Ebadollah Sayed; A CRITICAL CASE METHOD OF PROOF IN COMBINATORIAL MATHEMATICS. Thesis (Ph.D.)–University of Pennsylvania. 1975. 70 pp, ProQuest LLC, Thesis 05.40 preprint(pdf)

1. MR0244076 (39 #5393) Behzad, M.; Mahmoodian, S. E. On topological invariants of the product of graphs. Canad. Math. Bull. 12 1969 157–166. (Reviewer: H. V. Kronk), 05.40 preprint(pdf)

 

PUBLICATIONS IN REFEREED JOURNALS

With M.A. Shokrollahi, "Open problems at the combinatorics workshop of AIMC25 (Tehran, 1994)'', Combinatorics Advances, Kluwer Academic Pub. Mathematics and its Applications, 329 C. J. Colbourn and E. S. Mahmoodian, Editors (1995), 321-324.

  With M. Behzad, "Graphs versus designs-A Quasisurvey'', Graph Theory, Combinatorics, and Applications Y. Alavi, et al (edited) John Wiley and sons Inc.,(1991), 12-142.

  With G.B. Khosrovshahi, "On BIB designs with various support sizes for v = 9, and k=3'', Communications in Statistics Simula,17 (1988), 765-770.

  With G.B. Khosrovshahi, "A linear algebraic algorithm for reducing the support size of t-designs and to generate a basis for trades'', Communications in Statistics-Simula, 16 (1987), 1015-1038.

  With M. Rezaie and F. Vatan, "Generalization of Venn diagram'', Proceedings of the Eighteenth Conference of Iranian Mathematical Society, Birjand (1987), 154-161.Article(pdf)

 

 PUBLICATIONS (IN FARSI)

6- سید عبادالله محمودیان، نقش انگیزه های تحقیق در آموزش - فرهنگ و اندیشه ریاضی شماره 36 بهار 1385 مقاله

(Mahmoodian, E. S. "impact of research problems in motivating learning mathematics")

5- عفت چهره گشا و سید عبادالله محمودیان، نوابیغ- خبرنامه انجمن ریاضی ایران شماره 103 بهار  1384 مقاله

(Mahmoodian, E. S.; Chehreh Gosha E. "Trisectors")

4- سید عبادالله محمودیان، بازی های منصفانه و نقش آن در آموزش ریاضی-رشد آموزش ریاضی سال نوزدهم شماره 68 سال 1381   مقاله

(Mahmoodian, E. S. "Fair Games and their role in teaching mathematics")

3- سید عبادالله محمودیان و مریم میرزاخانی، تجزیه گرافهای سه بخشی کامل به دورهای 5-تایی مقاله

(MR1366852 (96i:05132) Mahmoodian, E. S.; Mirzakhani, Maryam "Decomposition of complete tripartite graphs into 5-cycles." Combinatorics advances (Tehran, 1994), 235–241, Math. Appl., 329, Kluwer Acad. Publ., Dordrecht, 1995, 05C70 (05C38) )

2- سید عبادالله محمودیان و محمد مهدیان، ریشه های یک مساله المپیاد جهانی -رشد آموزش ریاضی سال دوازدهم شماره 51 بهار 1377 ریاضی سال 1997 مقاله

(MR1740669 Mahdian, M.; Mahmoodian, E. S. The roots of an IMO97 problem. Bull. Inst. Combin. Appl. 28 (2000), 48–54, 05C15 (05B15) )

1-  یحیی تابش و سید عبادالله محمودیان، آزمایشگاه ریاضی- نشر ریاضی سال 2 شماره 3 آذر 1368 مقاله

(Mahmoodian, E. S.; Tabesh, Y.  "Math Laboratory")  

 

REFEREED PAPERS FOR JOURNALS

  • Ars combinatoria (Canada).

  • Australasian Journal of combinatorics (Australia).

  • Bulletin of the Iranian Mathematical Society.

  • Combinatorial designs (Canada).

  • Discrete mathematics (U. S. A. ).

  • Discrete Applied Mathematics (U.S.A.).

  • Graphs and combinatorics (Japan).

  • Journal of graph theory (U. S. A. ).

  • Journal of Sciences Islamic Republic of Iran.

  • Journal of statistical planning and Inference (U. S. A. ).

  • Scientia Iranica.

FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS

  1. Sabbatical leaves:

    • University of Washington, Microsoft, and Stanford
      University (U.S.A), Simon Fraser University (Canada), IASBS
      (Zanjan, Iran), 2006.

    • University of Queensland (Australia) 1999, 2000, and 2001.

    • University of Calgary, University of Manitoba, University of Toronto (Canada), 1996.

    • University of Queensland (Australia), 1991.

  2. Research Council, Sharif University of Technology, 1985-present.

  3. Research Center, Institute for Theoretical Physics and Mathematics, Iran, 1991-1999.

  4. Raybould Fellow, University of Queensland, 1991 and 1998.

  5. Research Center (Mathematics and Theoretical Physics), AEOI, 1986-1988.

  6. National Science Foundation Fellowship, U. S. A., 1971.

  7. Teaching Assistantship, University of Pennsylvania, 1969 -1975.

HONORS

  • Iran’s eternal figure for 2010. (چهره ماندگار)

  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (Islamic Republic of Iran), 2001-present.

  • Khwarizmi International Award for Fundamental Research, Tehran, 2004.

  • Distinguished Professor in Iran, 2003.

  • Distinguished Professor, Sharif University of Technology, 1990, 1997, 2002, and 2003.

  • Distinguished Researcher, Sharif University of Technology, 2002.

BOOKS (IN FARSI)

  • Co-translator of: Fair Game, by R.K. Guy, SUT Press, 2002.

  • Iranian Mathematical Olympiad, Vol. I and II, SUT Press, 1995 and 2000.

  • Discrete Mathematics, A high school textbook, with 3 co-authors, 1996.

  • Co-translator of: Problems of American Mathematical Olympiad, by Murray S. Klamkin Iranian University Press, 1994.

  • Co-translator of: Elementary cryptanalysis : a mathematical approach, by A. Sinkov, (1966), Iranian University Press, 1991.

OTHER ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

  • Member of counsil of Bulletin of ICA, Canada.

  • Member of editorial boards for some Iranian Mathematical Journals.

  • Written and translated Mathematics articles in Farsi language.

  • Directed over 10 basic research projects with grants.

  • Over 100 lectures in popularizing Mathematics.

ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES

PAPERS READ

  • 3rd Joint Seminar on Applied Math, Baku State Univ & Zanjan Univ, Baku, Azerbayjan, 2002.

  • ICM, Beijing, China (2002), Berlin, Germany (1998), Kyoto, Japan (1990), Berkeley, U. S. A. (1986).

  • 26th Aust Conf on Comb Math and Comp, Perth (2001), 23rd Aust Conf on Comb Math and Comp, Brisbane (1998), Australia.

  • 44th Annual Meeting, Austral Math Soc, Brisbane, 2000.

  • Combinatorics and Graph Theory Workshop, Univ of Queensland, 1999.

  • 16th BCC, London (1997), 15th BCC, Univ of Stirling (1995), 15th BCC, Keel Univ (1993), UK.

  • 28th AlMC, University of Tabriz (1997), 26th AIMC, (invited speaker), Univ of Kerman (1995), 21st AIMC, Isfahan Univ (1990), 20th AIMC, Tehran Univ (1989), 18th AIMC, (invited speaker), Birjand Univ (1987), 16th AIMC, (invited speaker), Teachers Univ (1985), 15th AIMC, Shiraz Univ (1984).

  • University of Calgary, University of Manitoba, University of Toronto, and Simon Frazer University, 1996.

  • 8th International Conference on Graph Theory, Combinatorics, Algorithms and Applications, Kalamazoo, Michigan, U. S. A., 1996.

  • 26th Annual Conference of Iranian Mathematical Society, invited speaker, University of Kerman, 1995.

  • Combinatorial Games Workshop, Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, Berkeley, U. S. A., 1994.

  • Univ of Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany, Invited by Professor Dr. Ditmar Schweigert (Math Dep),1993.

  • International Conf on: Finite Geometry, Codes and Designs, Shanghai, China, 1993.

  • U. S-China Graph Theory Conference, Beijing, June 1993.

  • 3rd Islamic Countries Conference on Statistical Sciences (key note speaker), Rabat, Morocco, 1992.

  • 2nd International Conf on Combinatorial Mathematics and Computing, Canberra, Australia, 1987.

  • National Unive of Singapore, 1992.

  • Queensland Univ of Technology, Brisbane, Australia, 1991.

  • Univ of Queensland, St. Lucia, Australia, 1991.

  • International Colloquium on Words, Languages and Combinatorics (invited), Kyoto, Japan, 1990.

  • 2nd Conference on Graph Theory and Combinatorics, Hakone, Japan, 1990.

  • Workshop on Group Theory from a Geometrical Viewpoint (invited) Trieste, Italy, 1990.

  • 2nd International Catania Combinatorial Conference, Catania, Italy, 1990.

  • Graph theory Workshop, University of Otago, New Zealand, 1989.

  • Twentieth Annual Conference of Iranian Mathematical Society, Tehran University, 1989.

  • Workshop on Block Designs, Institute for Mathematics and Applications, Minnesota, U. S. A., 1988.

  • 4th International Conference on Graph Theory, Lanzhu, China, 1987.

  • Annual Summer meeting of AMS, University of Oregon, U. S. A., 1984.

  • Annual Meeting of AMS, Washington D. C., U. S. A., 1975.

  • Univ of Pennsylvania, Combinatorics Seminars, Dep of Math, 1974, 1975.

  • Princeton Univ, Dep of Math, 1974.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

The Institute of Combinatorics and its Applications (ICA), Founding Fellow (1990 - present), IMS (1970-present),  Austral Math Soc (1991-1992), AMS (1970-1990), Amer Math Soc (1984-1990).

PERSONAL DATA

Birth Date: May 18, 1943, Physical Limitations: None, Country of Citizenship: Iran, Married with two children.

 

   Dated:

29/7/2002  

   Author:

Ebadollah S. Mahmoodian E-mail: emahmood@sharif.edu
Phone #: (009821) 6616 5608 Fax: (009821) 6601 2983

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