Ross Kang<p>A post of <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/@11011110" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>11011110</span></a></span> has reminded me that (after a year and a half lurking here) it's never too late for me to toot and pin an intro here.</p><p>I am a Canadian mathematician in the Netherlands, and I have been based at the University of Amsterdam since 2022. I also have some rich and longstanding ties to the UK, France, and Japan.</p><p>My interests are somewhere in the nexus of Combinatorics, Probability, and Algorithms. Specifically, I like graph colouring, random graphs, and probabilistic/extremal combinatorics. I have an appreciation for randomised algorithms, graph structure theory, and discrete geometry.</p><p>Around 2020, I began taking a more active role in the community, especially in efforts towards improved fairness and openness in science. I am proud to be part of a team that founded the journal, Innovations in Graph Theory (<a href="https://igt.centre-mersenne.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">igt.centre-mersenne.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>), that launched in 2023. (That is probably the main reason I joined mathstodon!) I have also been a coordinator since 2020 of the informal research network, A Sparse (Graphs) Coalition (<a href="https://sparse-graphs.mimuw.edu.pl/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">sparse-graphs.mimuw.edu.pl/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>), devoted to online collaborative workshops. In 2024, I helped spearhead the MathOA Diamond Open Access Stimulus Fund (<a href="https://www.mathoa.org/diamond-open-access-stimulus-fund/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">mathoa.org/diamond-open-access</span><span class="invisible">-stimulus-fund/</span></a>).</p><p>Until now, my posts have mostly been about scientific publishing and combinatorics.</p><p><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a> <br><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/openscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openscience</span></a> <br><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/diamondopenaccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>diamondopenaccess</span></a> <br><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/scientificpublishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scientificpublishing</span></a> <br><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/openaccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openaccess</span></a> <br><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/RemoteConferences" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RemoteConferences</span></a> <br><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/combinatorics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>combinatorics</span></a> <br><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/graphtheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>graphtheory</span></a> <br><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/ExtremalCombinatorics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExtremalCombinatorics</span></a> <br><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/probability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>probability</span></a></p>