Marni Mishna
About Me
I am a professor in mathematics at Simon Fraser University. My main research interests lie in analytic and enumerative combinatorics. I strive to find algorithmic, and systematic solutions to problems that arise in combinatorics. One of my main projects is to find ways to characterize and classify combinatorial classes with transcendental generating functions. This has led to a detailed study of coefficient asymptotics and also of lattice paths in a variety of contexts. I am also interested in the role of art and design in mathematical communication.Affiliations
- Associate Dean, Equity Diversity Inclusion, Simon Fraser University Faculty of Science
- Full Professor, Simon Fraser University Mathematics Department
News
NEW article! Inhomogeneous order 1 iterative functional equations with applications to combinatorics with Lucia Di Vizio and Gwladys Fernandes. We give a simple criterion for a generating function to be differentially transcendental, and apply it to complete trees, walks on self-similar graphs and a series related to the egf of permutations avoiding the consecutive pattern 1423. Check it out! Arxiv linkConsider submitting to: FPSAC 2024
Activities
- FPSAC 2024 Co-Chair of the program committee
- Community in Community in Algebraic and Enumerative Combinatorics (24w5302), co-organizer
Mini Biography
1993 - 1997 | BMath Waterloo (CO-OP; Honours joint Pure Math and Computer Science) |
1998 | TRLabs, Edmonton |
1998 - 2000 | MSc Simon Fraser University (Pure Math) |
2000 | Projet ALGO, INRIA, France | 2000 - 2003 | PhD Universite du Quebec a Montreal (Math fondamentales) | 2003 - 2005 | NSERC Post Doctoral Fellowship: Bordeaux (LaBRI) / Fields Institute Toronto | 2005 - 2012 | SFU Assistant Professor (NSERC University Faculty Award) | January 2008 | CNRS Poste Rouge Orsay (France) | 2012 - 2018 | SFU Associate Professor | 2018 - present | SFU Professor | Fall 2018 | CNRS Invited Professor Tours (France) |
2018 - 2020 | Visiting Professor, LaBRI, University of Bordeaux (France) | 2019-2021 | PIMS Deputy Director | 2023-2025 | Associate Dean EDI, Faculty of Science, SFU |