Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Research interests
Combinatorics
Career
From July 2008: Full professor, Dept. Econometrics and OR, and CentER, Tilburg University
July 2001- July 2008: Associate professor, Dept. Econometrics and OR, and CentER, Tilburg University
July 2001- July 2006: Research fellow, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
August 1998 - July 2001: Assistant professor, Dept. Econometrics, and CentER, Tilburg University
September 1997 - July 1998: Postdoctoral fellow, Dept. Mathematics and Statistics, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada
September 1996 - August 1997: Assistant professor, Dept. Econometrics, Tilburg University
Teaching
Educational publications
(with P. Borm, H. Hamers, and H. Norde) Linear and Dynamical Systems, Optimization and Games, Pearson, UK, 2006 (2nd ed., 2010).
Current courses
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PhD supervision
Supervision Ph.D. students
- 2018-2022: Pepijn Wissing, Spectral characterizations of complex unit gain graphs
- 2011-2015: Aida Abiad, Spectral characterizations of graphs (second supervisor, main supervisor Willem Haemers)
- 2007-2015: Ineke Meuffels, The design of road and air networks for express service providers (external Ph.D student at Ortec; second supervisor, main supervisor Hein Fleuren)
- 2006-2009: Gijs Rennen, Efficient approximation of black-box functions and Pareto sets (cum laude; co-supervised with Dick den Hertog)
- 2002-2006: Bart Husslage, Maximin designs for computer experiments (co-supervised with Dick den Hertog)
Postdoctoral fellows: Jongyook Park, Marc Camara, Mojtaba Jazaeri, Changxiang He
Keywords
- Discrete Mathematics
- Combinatorics
- Mathematics
- Operations Research
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth -
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
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Spectral condition for<i> k</i>-factor-criticality in<i> t</i>-connected graphs
Ma, T., van Dam, E. R. & Wang, L., 31 Mar 2026, In: Discrete Applied Mathematics. 382, p. 310-316 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Wiener-type invariants of pancyclicity for t-tough graphs
Ma, T., van Dam, E. R. & Wang, L., Jan 2026, In: Discrete Applied Mathematics. 379, p. 575-585 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Characterizations of amorphic schemes and fusions of pairs
van Dam, E. R., Koolen, J. H. & Xiong, Y., Oct 2025, In: Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series A. 215, 106045.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Rainbow hamiltonicity and the spectral radius
Zhang, Y. & van Dam, E. R., Nov 2025, In: Discrete Mathematics. 348, 11, 7 p., 114600.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Symmetry in complex unit gain graphs and their spectra
Wissing, P. & van Dam, E. R., 1 Oct 2025, In: Linear Algebra and its Applications. 722, p. 164-177 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Projects
- 2 Finished
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Distance-regular graphs and eigenvalues
van Dam, E. (Principal Investigator)
1/04/12 → 1/04/13
Project: Research project
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Efficient approximation of black-box functions and Pareto sets
Rennen, G. (Researcher), den Hertog, D. (Principal Investigator) & van Dam, E. (Tutor)
1/09/06 → 1/09/09
Project: Research project