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2025 was another great year at DIMACS! This year's poster celebrates some of the people, programs, and activities that made it special!

Your donation go to our programs to conduct and catalyze interdisciplinary research including many applications and to support education. #Rutgers

Thank you to everyone who donated to DIMACS during #RUGivingDay! Your support will help DIMACS continue its 30+ year role as a research community catalyzer in the computational and mathematical sciences.

There is still time to make an impact for #RUGivingDay! Join our community in supporting the @DIMACSCenter. Every gift, regardless of size, enables us to continue catalyzing innovation & groundbreaking collaborations. Click the link to send us a gift: give.rutgersfoundation.org/dimacs-researc…

Help the #DIMACS Center continue its 30+ year legacy of excellence in discrete mathematics and computer science research and education. Any amount big or small makes a difference! Support the DIMACS mission here: give.rutgersfoundation.org/dimacs-researc… #RUGivingDay

Today is Rutgers Giving Day! There are many worthy causes on campus to give to (see below). I hope you'll consider giving to the @DIMACSCenter DIMACS math & computing research center: give.rutgersfoundation.org/dimacs-researc… . DIMACS is a consortium of several universities and companies based at Rutgers. For 20+ years we have run a summer program to give undergrads to their first taste of research. For 20+ years we have run a Reconnect program to expose teaching faculty to new areas of research and new ways to teach the topics. For 35+ years we have brought researchers from all background and walks of life together for workshops to spark collaborations. Over the years, we have run some of the earliest workshops on many topics of research including prediction markets and differential privacy. We are strong! Help us get stronger! (And beyond DIMACS, here is a list of other good causes raising money today across Rutgers: give.rutgersfoundation.org/universitywide/ )

#RUGivingDay is here and #DIMACS would appreciate your support! Your monetary gift to DIMACS will help to support #research and #education in the computational and mathematical sciences. Give now: give.rutgersfoundation.org/dimacs-researc… #Rutgers

Tomorrow is #RUGivingDay and every bit helps!  Let's show the power of the #DIMACS community by visiting the following link: give.rutgersfoundation.org/dimacs-researc… #Rutgers

On Friday, April 24th, the entire @RutgersU community will unite for Rutgers Giving Day! Please support the programs & research that shape our future! Click here to give to DIMACS: give.rutgersfoundation.org/dimacs-researc… Click here for more information on #RUGivingDay : rutgersfoundation.org/RGDGive

What do pancakes have to do with math? David Cuter, A26, explains a unique solution to a challenge in @nytimes as well as in a Tufts kitchen. brnw.ch/21x1bh6

The #DIMACS/ #CCICADA Workshop on #AI Powered #Automation at Ports is officially underway at our Center today! Here, CCICADA Director Fred Roberts kicksoff the workshop with remarks about the event's background and goals! #Rutgers

#DIMACS REU alum and Tufts U student David Cutler is making headlines for his research on the "Lazy Caterer" problem, inspired by Neil Sloane's talk at REU. Check out Cutler's exciting discovery, which involves cutting pancakes with a bent knife! #Rutgers phys.org/news/2026-03-s…

David O.H. Cutler, A26, alongside a Rutgers faculty member, published a paper that solves a longstanding math challenge that asks for the maximum number of pieces a circular object can be divided into with a given number of straight cuts. | @NYTimes brnw.ch/21wZgE6

The next installment of the Beyond the Classroom: Careers in Computer Science Series is scheduled for Wednesday, March 25th at 5 pm. Guest speaker: Jean Steiner, Ph.D. Data Science Tech Lead Manager at Google. RSVP docs.google.com/forms/d/1LFLaK…

3/3 Registration is free (but required). Limited student travel support available—apply by April 15 for full consideration (travel support forms linked on the workshop pages). See individual workshop pages for additional details.

2/3 Workshops (dates + links): • Algebraic Techniques in FGC (July 20–22): dimacs.rutgers.edu/events/details… • FGC of String Problems (July 23–25): dimacs.rutgers.edu/events/details… • FGC of Graph Problems (July 27–31): dimacs.rutgers.edu/events/details…

1/3 Fine-Grained Complexity Fest @DIMACSCenter this July! Three back-to-back workshops on Algebraic Techniques, String Algorithms, and Graph Algorithms in fine-grained complexity, with a terrific speaker lineup. Organized by @firebat03, @ElazarGoldenbe1, and @eig.

DIMACS is excited to announce Fine-Grained Complexity Fest, which will be held in July at #Rutgers! The #FGCFest will feature three independent workshops that focus on different aspects of fine-grained complexity. For more information visit: dimacs.rutgers.edu/events/list. @karthikcs_

#Now: Picture of Sigal, now an Associate Professor in Computer Science at @bengurionu, delivering a keynote talk on "Revenue Maximization with Minimal Information" this week at the WINE Conference hosted by DIMACS and Rutgers.

#Then: Picture of Sigal Oren the last time she was on Rutgers campus: a baby in her parents' arms outside the Johnson Apartments. Her father earned his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Rutgers University! #FunFact