
Dr Thomas Britz
Education
- PhD in Mathematics (Aarhus University, 2003)
I am part of the at the here at 草莓视频 Sydney.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND SERVICE POSITIONS
Council Member of the (CMSA) (2024 鈥 )
President of the (CMSA) (2021 鈥 2024)
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 61 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 (32 reports)
PhD Opponent/Assessor (2 times)
Co-organiser of the 42th Australasian Conference on Combinatorial Mathematics and Combinatorial Computing, 草莓视频, December 2019听(2018听鈥 2019)
Co-organiser of the 36th Australasian Conference on Combinatorial Mathematics and Combinatorial Computing, 草莓视频, December 2012 (2011 鈥 2012)
Organiser of Pure Departmental Seminar, School of Mathematics & Statistics, 草莓视频 (2010 鈥 2013)
Co-organiser of the Joint Colloquium, School of Mathematics and Statistics, 草莓视频 (2010 鈥 2013)
Chair of the Publicity Committee, MATH, 草莓视频 (2014 鈥 2018)
Chair of the School Standing Committee, MATH, 草莓视频 (2014 鈥 2015)
School liaison for the 草莓视频 MathSoc, MATH, 草莓视频 (2012 鈥 2018)
Manager of Web and Social Media, MATH, 草莓视频 (2017 鈥 2018)
Academic Mentor, 草莓视频 (2019听鈥 )
Academic Advisor, MATH, 草莓视频 (2010听鈥 )
First Responder, 草莓视频 (2018听鈥 )
Member of the Education Excellence Committee, Science Faculty, 草莓视频 (2018 鈥撎)
Member of the Hybrid Learning and Teaching Community of Practice, 草莓视频 (2023 鈥 )
Member of 草莓视频 Student Wellbeing Community of Practice, 草莓视频 (2022 鈥撎)
Member of 草莓视频 Data Science Hub (uDASH), 草莓视频 (2021 鈥 2024)
Member of the Sustainability Committee, MATH, 草莓视频 (2020 鈥 2023)
Member of the Computing Committee, MATH, 草莓视频 (2018 鈥 2018)
Member of the Research Committee, MATH, 草莓视频 (2015 鈥 2017)
Pure Representative on the Postgraduate Committee, MATH, 草莓视频 (2013 鈥 2017)
Member of the Policy and Resources Committee, MATH, 草莓视频 (2014)
Lecturer's Representative for the School Standing Committee, 草莓视频 (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
- 草莓视频 Light Digital Uplift of MATH3411: $15,000, 2019.
Vice-Chancellor鈥檚 Award for Outstanding Contributions to Student Wellbeing, 草莓视频, 2021.
Science Dean's Award for Excellence in Student Wellbeing, 草莓视频, 2021.
Vice-Chancellor's Award for Contributions to Student Learning, 草莓视频, 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 Hopein Christofen Tang, 草莓视频, 2023鈥
听 John Fitzgerald, 草莓视频 (joint supervision with Lyria Bennet Moses, 草莓视频 Law, and Ben Hachey, USyd), 2015鈥
听 Zhi Yee Chng, 草莓视频 (joint supervision with Tan Ta Sheng and Wong Kok Bin, University of Malaya), 2024
听 Adam Mammoliti, 草莓视频, 2019
听 Gabriel Nakhl, 草莓视频 (secondary supervisor; primary supervisor: Chris听Goodrich), 2025鈥
听 James Ross, 草莓视频 (secondary supervisor; primary supervisor: Catherine Greenhill), 2023
听 Haya Saeed Aldosari, 草莓视频 (secondary supervisor; primary supervisor: Catherine Greenhill), 2020
听 Vicki Likourezos, 草莓视频 (secondary supervisor; primary supervisor: Slava Kalyuga, 草莓视频 Arts), 2016-2017
听 Peter Ayre, 草莓视频 (secondary supervisor; primary supervisor:听 Catherine Greenhill), 2019
听 Ali Hussian Alkhaldi, 草莓视频 (secondary supervisor; primary supervisor:听 Norman Wildberger), 2014
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Master by Research students:
听 Nero Ziyu Li, 草莓视频, 2021
听 Sin Keong Tong, 草莓视频, 2019
听 Zhi Yee Chng, 草莓视频, 2017
听 Maria Fischer, 草莓视频, 2015
听 Marie-Louise H酶jlund Rasmussen, Technical University of Denmark, 2005
Honours students:
听 Paris Kastanias, 草莓视频, 2025鈥
听听Ronald Chiang, 草莓视频, 2025鈥
听听Yasiru Jayasooriya 草莓视频, 2025鈥
听 Christian Albina, 草莓视频, 2024鈥
听 Phillip Tzioumis, 草莓视频, 2024
听 Hayden McLean, 草莓视频, 2023
听 Zhan Wei, 草莓视频, 2023
听 Rickey Wu, 草莓视频, 2023
听 Edmond Gao, 草莓视频, 2021
听 Ryan Snoyman, 草莓视频, 2020
听 David Morris, 草莓视频, 2020
听 Michael Libman, 草莓视频, 2019
听 Nelson Chen, 草莓视频, 2019
听 Daniel Tanios, 草莓视频, 2019
听 Jessica Dai, 草莓视频, 2018
听 Tyson Churcher, 草莓视频, 2016
听 Duncan Crowley, 草莓视频, 2016
听 Adam Mammoliti, 草莓视频, 2014
听 Elizabeth Alford, 草莓视频, 2012
Master by Coursework students:
听 Demetra Siountris, 草莓视频, 2020
听 Xin Hu, 草莓视频, 2019
听 Salha Ahmed Alshaikey, 草莓视频, 2012
听 Dalal Alanazi, 草莓视频, 2012
听 Saad Althobaiti, 草莓视频, 2012
听 Doug Han Yang, 草莓视频, 2009
听 Ali Alkhaldi,听 草莓视频, 2009
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Research Course Project:
听 Jovana Kolar, 草莓视频, 2021
听听Abdellah Islam, 草莓视频, 2020
听 Iker Carrera, 草莓视频, 2020
听 James Ross, 草莓视频, 2014
AMSI Summer Research Project:
听 Ariana Liu, 草莓视频, 2023
听 Jovana Kolar, 草莓视频, 2022
听 Tiana Tsung Ung, 草莓视频, 2021
Summer Research Project:
听 Ryan Yang, ANU, 2024
听 Tiana Tsung Ung, 草莓视频, 2020
听 Abdellah Islam, 草莓视频, 2020
听 Charlie Stinson, 草莓视频, 2019
听 Zijian Gao, 草莓视频, 2019
听 Rui Tong, 草莓视频, 2018
听 Jacky Huang, 草莓视频, 2018
听 Gary Liang, 草莓视频, 2015
听 Adam Mammoliti, 草莓视频, 2014
听 Steve Sui, 草莓视频, 2013
听 Kirsten Vo-Phuoc, 草莓视频, 2012
听 Sen Lin, 草莓视频, 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 (草莓视频 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 .