Prof Sanming ZHOU
Professor
School of Mathematics and Statistics
- Room: 150
- Building: Peter Hall Building
- Campus: Parkville
Research Interests
- Algebraic Graph Theory
- Graph Structure and Dynamics
- Random Graph Processes
- Network Optimisation
- Algebraic Combinatorics
- Operations Research
- Theoretical Computer Science
Research Groups
Recent Publications
YL Qin, B. Xia, S. Zhou. Stability of graph pairs. Journal of Combinatorial Theory. Series B, 147, 71-95, 2021. doi: 10.1016/j.jctb.2020.10.002.
Y Li, X Liu, S Zhang, S. Zhou. Perfect state transfer in NEPS of complete graphs. Discrete Applied Mathematics, 289, 98-114, 2021. doi: 10.1016/j.dam.2020.09.024.
Junyang Zhang, S. Zhou. On subgroup perfect codes in Cayley graphs. European Journal of Combinatorics, 91, 103228 (10pp), 2021. doi: 10.1016/j.ejc.2020.103228.
C. Li, B. Xia, S. Zhou. An explicit characterization of arc-transitive circulants. Journal of Combinatorial Theory. Series B, 150, 1-16, 2021. doi: 10.1016/j.jctb.2021.02.004.
S. Zhou, A. Tordesillas, Mehdi Pouragha, James Bailey, H. Bondell. On local intrinsic dimensionality of deformation in complex materials.. Scientific Reports, 11, 10216, 2021. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-89328-8.
Current Postgraduate Supervision
| Name | Thesis title |
|---|---|
| Nemanja POZNANOVIC | |
| Shasha ZHENG | |
| Shasha ZHENG |
Past Postgraduate Supervision
| Name | Thesis title |
|---|---|
| Patrick ANDERSEN | "Degree bounded geometric spanning trees with a bottleneck objective function" |
| Daniel HARVEY | "An investigation into graph minors" |
| Xiaogang LIU | "Spectral Characterisation of Graphs" |
| Hamid MOKHTAR | "Routing and wavelength assignment in communication networks" |
| Michael PAYNE | "Problems in geometric graph theory" |
| Ricky ROTHERAM | "Cayley Graphs and network optimization." |
| Muhammad Adib SURANI | "The Isoperimetric Problem in Block Designs" |
| Alison THOMSON | "Graph theory problems arising from optical networks" |
| Guangjun XU | "Cayley graphs, network design and domination" |
| Zuhe ZHANG | "Analysis of networks: privacy in Bayesian networks and problems in lattice models" |
Past Honours & MSc Students
| Name | Project title |
|---|---|
| Nicholas COTSELL | |
| Robin LANGER | |
| Yang LI | |
| Muhammad Adib SURANI | |
| Pongphat TAPTAGAPORN | |
| Bi WEI | |
| Victoria WYATT | |
| Roro YAP |
Recent Grant History
| Year(s) | Source | Type | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 - 2016 | The University of Melbourne | Discovery | A study of imprimitive symmetric graphs |
| 2012 - 2014 | ARC | Discovery | Hadwiger's graph colouring conjecture |
| 2011 - 2015 | ARC | Future Fellow | Expander graphs, isoperimetric numbers, and forwarding indices |
Responsibilities
- Discrete Structures and Algorithms
- Discrete Structures and Algorithms (reading group) Coordinator
- Discrete Structures and Algorithms Seminar Coordinator
- MPRHMS
Committees
- Strategic Planning Committee