Kristina Vušković facts for kids

Kristina L. Vušković is a smart scientist from Serbia. She is a mathematician and a computer scientist who studies graph theory. This field is all about how things are connected. She teaches at the University of Leeds in the UK and at Union University (Serbia) in Serbia.

Her Journey in Science

Kristina Vušković was born in Belgrade, Serbia, on May 6, 1967. She went to New York University and finished with very high honors in 1989. There, she studied both mathematics and computer science.

Later, she earned her PhD (a very high university degree) in 1994 from Carnegie Mellon University. Her special topic was about "Algorithms, Combinatorics, and Optimization." Her big research project, called a dissertation, was about "Holes in Bipartite Graphs."

After her PhD, she did more research at the University of Waterloo in Canada. In 1996, she became a professor of mathematics at the University of Kentucky. She moved to the University of Leeds in 2000. By 2011, she became a top professor there, focusing on algorithms and combinatorics. Since 2007, she has also been a professor of computer science at Union University (Serbia).

What She Researches

Kristina Vušković's research is mainly in graph theory. This area of math helps us understand connections between different things. She looks at how graphs are built and how to create computer programs (algorithms) to work with them.

One of her important discoveries was finding a way to recognize "perfect graphs" quickly using computers. She also works on how to "color" graphs using algorithms. This is like solving puzzles about connections and patterns.