Research Fellow · KIAS

Hojin Chu

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I'm Hojin Chu (추호진), a research fellow in the School of Computational Sciences at the Korea Institute for Advanced Study (KIAS). (Mentor : Prof. Jeong Han Kim)

My research interests are Combinatorics, Graph Theory, and Combinatorial Matrix Theory, with a particular interest in Extremal and Structural Graph Theory. My research has been focused on advancing the theoretical foundations of graph theory and exploring graph structures and their properties.

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Seoul, KoreaCombinatorics · Graph Theory

Research

Structure through connection.

I work on structural questions in graph theory and discrete mathematics, often looking for the precise conditions that force a graph to contain—or avoid—a particular configuration.

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Cycle Restrictions & Extremal Problems

Studying how restrictions on cycle lengths constrain graph structure, with particular attention to Turán-type problems and Dean’s conjecture.

  • Cycles
  • Turán-type problems
  • Dean’s conjecture
02

Connectivity-Preserving Deletion

Determining when an edge, matching, path, or tree can be deleted while preserving connectivity in a graph or digraph.

  • Subgraph deletion
  • Connectivity
  • Removable structures
03

Combinatorial Matrix Theory

Using graph-theoretic decompositions to study symmetric Toeplitz and Hankel matrices and develop discrete algorithms.

  • Toeplitz & Hankel
  • Decomposition
  • Algorithms

Publications, preprints, collaborators, and open-problem resources.

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