Lex Schrijver

Biography

Research

The research of Lex Schrijver focuses on discrete mathematics, optimisation, and algorithms.

Publications

• Lovász, L, & Schrijver, A. (2017). Nullspace embeddings for outerplanar graphs. In M Loebl, J Nešetřil, & R Thomas (Eds.), A Journey through Discrete Mathematics: A Tribute to Jiri Matousek (pp. 571–591). doi:10.1007/978-3-319-44479-6_23
• Schrijver, A, & Sevenster, B. (2017). The Strong Arnold Property for 4-connected flat graphs. Linear Algebra and its Applications, 522, 153–160.
• Lovász, L, & Schrijver, A. (2017). Nullspace embeddings for outerplanar graphs. In A Journey Through Discrete Mathematics (pp. 571–591).
• Litjens, B, Polak, S.C, & Schrijver, A. (2017). Semidefinite bounds for nonbinary codes based on quadruples. Designs, Codes and Cryptography, 84, 87–100.
• Regts, G, Schrijver, A, & Sevenster, B. (2017). On the existence of real R-matrices for virtual link invariants. Abhandlungen aus dem Mathematischen Seminar der Universität Hamburg, 87, 435–443. doi:10.1007/s12188-016-0175-9
• Regts, G, & Schrijver, A. (2016). Compact orbit spaces in Hilbert spaces and limits of edge-colouring models. European Journal of Combinatorics, 52 Part B, 389–395. doi:10.1016/j.ejc.2015.07.013
• Lovász, L, Nešetřil, J, & Schrijver, A. (2016). Preface. European Journal of Combinatorics, 52, 245–247. doi:10.1016/j.ejc.2015.07.008
• Regts, G, Schrijver, A, & Sevenster, B. (2016). On partition functions of 3-graphs. Journal of Combinatorial Theory - Series B, 121, 421–431.
• Kroon, L.G, & Schrijver, A. (2015). Spoornetwerken. Nieuw Archief voor Wiskunde, 5/16(3), 165–173.
• Schrijver, A. (2015). Connection matrices and Lie algebra weight systems for multiloop chord diagrams. Journal of Algebraic Combinatorics, 42(4), 893–905.

Professional activities

• Professor: Universiteit van Amsterdam - [UvA]
• Member: Member academy KNAW
• Member: Nordrhein-Westf - Nordrhein-Westf�lische Akademie der Wissenschaften
• Member: Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina
• Member: Academia Europaea
• Honorary Position: Fellow American Mathematical Society - [AMS] 2013-01
• Honorary Position: Fellow SIAM - [SIAM]
• Committee member: Management Team of NETWORKS
• Editor: Advisory editor Journal: Journal of Combinatorial Optimization
• Editor: Journal: Discrete Applied Mathematics
• Editor: Journal: Journal of Combinatorial Theory - Series B
• Editor: Journal: Journal of Combinatorics, Information and System Sciences
• Editor: Editor in chief Journal: Combinatorica
• Member: KNAW
• Member: Nordrhein-Westfälische Akademie der Wissenschaften
• Member: CWI Fellow - 1 July
• Member: Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina
• Member: Academia Europaea
• Member: SIAM Fellow

Awards

• EURO Gold Medal (2015)
• Awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the Eotvos Lorand University of Budapest, 2011 (2011)
• Franz Edelman Award (2008)
• SIGMA Prize - DisWis (2008)
• John von Neumann Theory Prize (INFORMS) (2006)
• Spinoza Prijs (2005)
• Ridder in de orde van de Nederlandse Leeuw (2005)
• Lanchester Prize (2004)
• Fulkerson Prize (2003)
• Van Dantzig Prize - SIAM / MPS (2003)
• Eredoctoraat - University of Waterloo (2002)
• Lanchester Prize (1986)
• Fulkerson Prize (1982)