Research Interests
Charles’ research concentrates on areas in which combinatorics and computer science interact in an elegant way. The two main directions are combinatorial design theory and network algorithms and network design.
Bio
Colbourn is co-editor of the CRC Handbook of Combinatorial Designs and author of several influential books, including Triple Systems and The Combinatorics of Network Reliability. He currently serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Combinatorial Designs and has published more than 300 refereed journal papers. In recognition of his contributions to research, he received the 2003 Euler Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Research as well as the Stanton Medal for significant lifetime contributions to promoting the discipline of combinatorics through advocacy, outreach, service, teaching and/or mentoring in 2019.
He earned his PhD in Computer Science from the University of Toronto in 1980, following degrees from the University of Waterloo and the University of Toronto.