Dr Thomas Britz
Education
- PhD in Mathematics (Aarhus University, 2003)
I am part of the at the here at 91色情片 Sydney.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND SERVICE POSITIONS
President of the (CMSA) (2021 鈥 2024)
Council Member of the (CMSA) (2021 鈥 2025)
Friend of the Australian Council of Heads of Mathematical Sciences (2021 鈥 2024)
Chief Editor of (2015 鈥)
Managing Editor for the (2011 鈥 )
Area Editor for the (2014 鈥 2023)
Referee for 63 journals and 2 conference proceedings (> 175 reports)
Reviewer for Mathematical Reviews and Zentralblatt MATH (> 250 reviews)
Grant proposal assessor for ARC DP, NISDRG, FRP, Vidi (33 reports)
PhD Opponent/Assessor (2 times)
Co-organiser of the 42th Australasian Conference on Combinatorial Mathematics and Combinatorial Computing, 91色情片, December 2019听(2018听鈥 2019)
Co-organiser of the 36th Australasian Conference on Combinatorial Mathematics and Combinatorial Computing, 91色情片, December 2012 (2011 鈥 2012)
Organiser of Pure Departmental Seminar, School of Mathematics & Statistics, 91色情片 (2010 鈥 2013)
Co-organiser of the Joint Colloquium, School of Mathematics and Statistics, 91色情片 (2010 鈥 2013)
Chair of the Publicity Committee, MATH, 91色情片 (2014 鈥 2018)
Chair of the School Standing Committee, MATH, 91色情片 (2014 鈥 2015)
School liaison for the 91色情片 MathSoc, MATH, 91色情片 (2012 鈥 2018)
Manager of Web and Social Media, MATH, 91色情片 (2017 鈥 2018)
Academic Mentor, 91色情片 (2019听鈥 )
Academic Advisor, MATH, 91色情片 (2010听鈥 )
First Responder, 91色情片 (2018听鈥 )
Member of the Education Excellence Committee, Science Faculty, 91色情片 (2018 鈥撎)
Member of the Hybrid Learning and Teaching Community of Practice, 91色情片 (2023 鈥 )
Member of 91色情片 Student Wellbeing Community of Practice, 91色情片 (2022 鈥撎)
Member of 91色情片 Data Science Hub (uDASH), 91色情片 (2021 鈥 2024)
Member of the Sustainability Committee, MATH, 91色情片 (2020 鈥 2023)
Member of the Computing Committee, MATH, 91色情片 (2018 鈥 2018)
Member of the Research Committee, MATH, 91色情片 (2015 鈥 2017)
Pure Representative on the Postgraduate Committee, MATH, 91色情片 (2013 鈥 2017)
Member of the Policy and Resources Committee, MATH, 91色情片 (2014)
Lecturer's Representative for the School Standing Committee, 91色情片 (2011 鈥 2018)
Member of the (2018 鈥 )
Life member of the (CMSA)
I also enjoy a range of outreach activities, to promote mathematical thinking, learning and enjoyment.
- Publications
- Media
- Grants
- Awards
- Research Activities
- Engagement
- Teaching and Supervision
Research Grants
$525,115 total awarded by grants, including the following:
- Discovery Grant: T. Britz, "Chromatic polynomials, random graphs, and error-correcting codes: a unified approach to graph colouring problems鈥, $242,066, 2007鈥2009
- PIMS Postdoctoral Fellowship, 20,000CAD, 2003鈥2004
- Villum Kann Rasmussen Postdoctoral Fellowship, 350.000DKK (2004鈥2005)
- Carlsberg Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship, 350.000DKK, 2006
- , T. Britz,听$25,000, 2013
- 91色情片 Light Digital Uplift of MATH3411: $15,000, 2019.
Vice-Chancellor鈥檚 Award for Outstanding Contributions to Student Wellbeing, 91色情片, 2021.
Science Dean's Award for Excellence in Student Wellbeing, 91色情片, 2021.
Vice-Chancellor's Award for Contributions to Student Learning, 91色情片, 2015.
I am interested in most areas of discrete mathematics and combinatorics. Most of my research has been so far in graph theory, matroid theory, coding theory, combinatorial polynomials, combinatorial matrix theory, design theory, partially ordered sets, matching theory, flow theory, and enumerative combinatorics. Most of my research is highly foundational and theoretical but I also enjoy applying combinatorial methods and results to other areas, so far including big data in medicine, bioinformatics, criminology, ecology, electrochemistry, energy-storage, law, linear algebra, oceanography, psycholinguistics, quantum mechanics and renewable energy. I also very much welcome the opportunity to solve tangible real-life problems and have consulted for a variety of companies and government.
If you have any problem that might benefit from some math- or problem-solving skills, then please email me!
My Research Supervision
Supervision:
PhD students:
听 Gabriel Nakhl, 91色情片 (joint supervision with Chris听Goodrich), 2025鈥
听 Hopein Christofen Tang, 91色情片, 2023鈥
听 John Fitzgerald, 91色情片 (joint supervision with Lyria Bennet Moses, 91色情片 Law, and Ben Hachey, USyd), 2025
听 Zhi Yee Chng, 91色情片 (joint supervision with Tan Ta Sheng and Wong Kok Bin, University of Malaya), 2024
听 Adam Mammoliti, 91色情片, 2019
听 James Ross, 91色情片 (secondary supervisor; primary supervisor: Catherine Greenhill), 2023
听 Haya Saeed Aldosari, 91色情片 (secondary supervisor; primary supervisor: Catherine Greenhill), 2020
听 Vicki Likourezos, 91色情片 (secondary supervisor; primary supervisor: Slava Kalyuga, 91色情片 Arts), 2016-2017
听 Peter Ayre, 91色情片 (secondary supervisor; primary supervisor:听 Catherine Greenhill), 2019
听 Ali Hussian Alkhaldi, 91色情片 (secondary supervisor; primary supervisor:听 Norman Wildberger), 2014
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Master by Research students:
听 Nero Ziyu Li, 91色情片, 2021
听 Sin Keong Tong, 91色情片, 2019
听 Zhi Yee Chng, 91色情片, 2017
听 Maria Fischer, 91色情片, 2015
听 Marie-Louise H酶jlund Rasmussen, Technical University of Denmark, 2005
Honours students:
听 Ronald Chiang, 91色情片, 2025鈥
听听Yasiru Jayasooriya 91色情片, 2025鈥
听 Christian Albina, 91色情片, 2025
听 Phillip Tzioumis, 91色情片, 2024
听 Hayden McLean, 91色情片, 2023
听 Zhan Wei, 91色情片, 2023
听 Rickey Wu, 91色情片, 2023
听 Edmond Gao, 91色情片, 2021
听 Ryan Snoyman, 91色情片, 2020
听 David Morris, 91色情片, 2020
听 Michael Libman, 91色情片, 2019
听 Nelson Chen, 91色情片, 2019
听 Daniel Tanios, 91色情片, 2019
听 Jessica Dai, 91色情片, 2018
听 Tyson Churcher, 91色情片, 2016
听 Duncan Crowley, 91色情片, 2016
听 Adam Mammoliti, 91色情片, 2014
听 Elizabeth Alford, 91色情片, 2012
Master by Coursework students:
听 Demetra Siountris, 91色情片, 2020
听 Xin Hu, 91色情片, 2019
听 Salha Ahmed Alshaikey, 91色情片, 2012
听 Dalal Alanazi, 91色情片, 2012
听 Saad Althobaiti, 91色情片, 2012
听 Doug Han Yang, 91色情片, 2009
听 Ali Alkhaldi,听 91色情片, 2009
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Research Course Project:
听 Jovana Kolar, 91色情片, 2021
听听Abdellah Islam, 91色情片, 2020
听 Iker Carrera, 91色情片, 2020
听 James Ross, 91色情片, 2014
AMSI Summer Research Project:
听 Ariana Liu, 91色情片, 2023
听 Jovana Kolar, 91色情片, 2022
听 Tiana Tsung Ung, 91色情片, 2021
Summer Research Project:
听 Ryan Yang, ANU, 2024
听 Tiana Tsung Ung, 91色情片, 2020
听 Abdellah Islam, 91色情片, 2020
听 Charlie Stinson, 91色情片, 2019
听 Zijian Gao, 91色情片, 2019
听 Rui Tong, 91色情片, 2018
听 Jacky Huang, 91色情片, 2018
听 Gary Liang, 91色情片, 2015
听 Adam Mammoliti, 91色情片, 2014
听 Steve Sui, 91色情片, 2013
听 Kirsten Vo-Phuoc, 91色情片, 2012
听 Sen Lin, 91色情片, 2011
My Teaching
I have designed, created and lectured the HDR/Honours courses
听 Aspects of Combinatorial Optimisation (at Kumamoto University, 2011)
听 Combinatorial Enumeration and Optimisation (AMSI Summer School 2012, with Prof. Ian Wanless).
听 An Introduction to Combinatorics (Aalto University, 2017)
听 MATH5505 - Combinatorics (91色情片 2016, 2018)
and听written course material for, and lectured, the courses
听 MATH151 - Finite Mathematics (University of Victoria, BC, Canada)
听 MATH1031 - Mathematics for Life Sciences
听 MATH1081 - Discrete Mathematics
听 MATH1131 - Mathematics 1A
听 MATH1241 - Higher Mathematics 1B
听 MATH3411 - Information, Codes and Ciphers
听 MATH3521 - Algebraic Techniques in Number Theory
In total, I have lectured semester courses for 8,000 students.
I have also tutored numerous courses, for 2,000 students.
Here is quick access to some of my .