Wendy Myrvold facts for kids

Wendy Joanne Myrvold is a smart Canadian woman who works with numbers and computers. She is a mathematician and a computer scientist. She is famous for her work on special computer rules called algorithms. These rules help computers solve problems.

Wendy Myrvold used to teach computer science at the University of Victoria. Now, she is a professor emeritus, which means she has retired but is still connected to the university.

What She Studies

Wendy Myrvold studies different kinds of computer rules, or algorithms.

Graph Algorithms

She works on graph algorithms. Imagine a map with cities connected by roads. This is like a "graph." Graph algorithms are rules that help computers figure out the best way to travel between cities, or how to connect them efficiently.

Planarity Testing

She also studies planarity testing. This is about checking if a drawing can be made on a flat surface, like a piece of paper, without any lines crossing each other. Think of drawing a network of roads without any bridges or tunnels where roads cross.

Enumerative Combinatorics

Another area she works on is enumerative combinatorics. This is a fancy way of saying she figures out how many different ways things can be arranged or combined. For example, if you have a set of toys, how many different ways can you line them up?

Her Education

Wendy Myrvold went to the University of Waterloo for her advanced studies. She earned her Ph.D. there in 1988. A Ph.D. is a very high degree you can get at a university.

Her main project for her Ph.D. was called The Ally and Adversary Reconstruction Problems. Her teacher, Charles Colbourn, helped her with this important work.

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