Chunwei Song is a Chinese mathematician who specializes in

combinatorics Combinatorics is an area of mathematics primarily concerned with counting, both as a means and as an end to obtaining results, and certain properties of finite structures. It is closely related to many other areas of mathematics and has many ...

graph theory In mathematics and computer science, graph theory is the study of ''graph (discrete mathematics), graphs'', which are mathematical structures used to model pairwise relations between objects. A graph in this context is made up of ''Vertex (graph ...

, and

intellectual history Intellectual history (also the history of ideas) is the study of the history of human thought and of intellectuals, people who conceptualization, conceptualize, discuss, write about, and concern themselves with ideas. The investigative premise of ...

. He is a professor of mathematics at

Peking University Peking University (PKU) is a Public university, public Types of universities and colleges in China#By designated academic emphasis, university in Haidian, Beijing, China. It is affiliated with and funded by the Ministry of Education of the Peop ...

Education and career

Song received his Ph.D. in 2004 from the

University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania (Penn or UPenn) is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. One of nine colonial colleges, it was chartered in 1755 through the efforts of f ...

, with the dissertation ''Combinatorial Theory of

q,t

-Schröder Polynomials, Parking Functions and Trees'' under the supervision of Professor James Haglund. Prior to joining

, Song held visiting faculty positions at

Boston College Boston College (BC) is a private university, private Catholic Jesuits, Jesuit research university in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1863 by the Society of Jesus, a Catholic Religious order (Catholic), religious order, t ...

in Massachusetts and

Tokyo Institute of Technology The Tokyo Institute of Technology () was a public university in Meguro, Tokyo, Japan. It merged with Tokyo Medical and Dental University to form the Institute of Science Tokyo on 1 October 2024. The Tokyo Institute of Technology was a De ...

in Japan. From 2005 to 2006, he served as a visiting associate professor in th
Department of Mathematical and Computing Science
at the

(now Science Tokyo). In 2010, he was a visiting associate professor at the

University of Delaware The University of Delaware (colloquially known as UD, UDel, or Delaware) is a Statutory college#Delaware, privately governed, state-assisted Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Newark, Delaware, United States. UD offers f ...

Research contributions

Song is the author of ''Lattice Path Combinatorics and Special Counting Sequences: From an Enumerative Perspective'', CRC Press, Boca Raton, ISBN 978-1032671758. Coauthored wit
Chen Dayue ()
and Xu Zhongqin (), Song is a main editor of the tribute volume '' Ding Shisun and Chinese Mathematics
《丁石孙与中国数学》
''. Song also has scholarly interests in Chinese and East Asian intellectual history. He is the author of ''Heroes Brought Buddhism to the East of the Sea: A Fully Annotated Translation of The Preface of Haedong Kosŭng Chŏn'', published in Sino-Platonic Papers (Issue 183).

Academic talks

In 2014, Song gave a talk at

Academia Sinica Academia Sinica (AS, ; zh, t=中央研究院) is the national academy of the Taiwan, Republic of China. It is headquartered in Nangang District, Taipei, Nangang, Taipei. Founded in Nanjing, the academy supports research activities in mathemat ...

titled ''The Art of Lattice Path Combinatorics and Combinatorial Statistics''. In 2021, Song delivered an invited talk at the 14th International Congress on Mathematical Education (ICME 14) at its Thematic Afternoon activities. In 2022, he gave a Plenary Address at the 11th National Forum on Mathematics Culture organized by the Chinese Mathematical Society.

Editorial boards

Song is on the editorial boards of ''Enumerative Combinatorics and Applications'', ''Advances and Applications in Discrete Mathematics'', ''Frontiers of Mathematics'', and several other academic journals.

Recognition and influences

Song was a Council Member of both the 12th and the 13th Councils of the Chinese Mathematical Society. In 2023, Song became an elected delegate of the

Beijing Municipal People's Congress The Beijing Municipal People's Congress is the local people's congress of Beijing. With 774 members in 2023, the Municipal People's Congress is the elected council of Beijing that oversees the Beijing Municipal People's Government. The Beijing ...

. As a scholar, he contributes opinion pieces to prominent media outlets such as
Phoenix Weekly
', ''

Southern Metropolis Daily ''Southern Metropolis Daily'' (SMD) is a for-profit tabloid newspaper located in Guangzhou city, China,Wang, Xiaotong. 2012. "The Comparison Between Newspapers In Hong Kong And Mainland And Its Enlightenment – A Case Study On Apple Daily And ...

'', and '' The Daily Pakistan''. His writings engage diverse audiences across various countries, offering insightful and impactful perspectives on a wide range of themes.

References

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