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I’m an assistant professor in the Department of Combinatorics and Optimization at the University of Waterloo, interested in leveraging computational algebraic geometry, analysis, and topology to create effective tools for combinatorics, computer science, and mathematics.

A short overview of some of my research interests can be found in this recent Notices of the AMS article. More details can be found on my research page.

Previously I was a CRM-ISM postdoctoral fellow at LaCIM UQAM (2019-2020) and the University of Pennsylvania (2017-2019). I received doctorates from the École normale supérieure de Lyon and the University of Waterloo in 2017.

In Winter 2021 I am teaching CO 739: Analytic and Algorithmic Combinatorics.

I will be taking graduate students for Fall 2021. Please apply through our Department application process by the February 1 deadline and list me as a potential supervisor.

Analytic Combinatorics in Several Variables

I am a long-term organizer of the analytic combinatorics in several variables project and help maintain its website, acsvproject.com. I am involved in two textbooks on this topic.

  • An Invitation to Analytic Combinatorics: From One to Several Variables
    S. Melczer. Springer Texts & Monographs in Symbolic Computation, 2021.
    Book webpage

  • Analytic Combinatorics in Several Variables, 2nd Edition
    R. Pemantle, M. C. Wilson and S. Melczer. Cambridge Studies in Advanced Mathematics.
    Expected late 2021 or 2022

The first book is an introductory treatment, suitable for students and those new to the area, while the second is a more advanced treatment making extensive use of homology, multivariate residues, and similar constructions.

News

Textbook Published (February 2021)

An Invitation to Analytic Combinatorics has now been published by Springer! Details can be found on the book webpage.

AMS Math Research Community (Summer 2021)

I’m co-organizing an MRC, Combinatorial Applications of Computational Geometry and Algebraic Topology to introduce young researchers in computational algebra, combinatorics, analysis, or algebraic topology to new research directions in enumerative and analytic combinatorics.

Mathematical Congress of the Americas (July 2021)

I’ll (virtually) be participating in the Symbolic Computation: Theory, Algorithms and Applications session.

Coauthors

Yuliy Baryshnikov, Alin Bostan, Mireille Bousquet-Mélou, Sophie Burrill, Erin Compaan, Julien Courtiel, Éric Fusy, Kevin Hyun, Veronika Irvine, Manuel Kauers, Jessica Khera, Erik Lundberg, Marc Mezzarobba, Marcus Michelen, Marni Mishna, Somabha Mukherjee, Greta Panova, Robin Pemantle, Kilian Raschel, Frank Ruskey, Bruno Salvy, Éric Schost, Catherine St-Pierre, Armin Straub, Mark Wilson