This research project explores key challenges in combinatorics, with an emphasis on classical, asymptotic, quantum, and geometric problems. The initiative brings together a renowned team to tackle deep and original questions through interdisciplinary techniques, combining the expertise of the researchers of our team. It aims to advance the frontiers of mathematical knowledge in the field and to foster the next generation of researchers. Activities to be developed over the course of the project include the organization of schools, workshops, and collaborations among researchers from various groups in Brazil and abroad.

• Process Number: 2023/03167-5​
• Funding Line: Thematic Research Project​
• Duration: April 1, 2025, to March 31, 2030​
• Title: Classical, Asymptotic, Quantum, and Geometric Combinatorics

Research team

​Our research team comprises distinguished researchers from various institutions, including the University of São Paulo (USP), University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Federal University of ABC (UFABC), Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Federal University of Ceará (UFC), Federal University of Bahia (UFBA), and the Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (IMPA), as well as international collaborators. Led by Professor Yoshiharu Kohayakawa from USP, the team brings together experts in Combinatorics, Optimization, Quantum Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science.

Principal investigators

Yoshiharu Kohayakawa (IME-USP)
Cláudio Leonardo Lucchesi (IME-USP)
Marcelo de Oliveira Terra Cunha (IMECC-Unicamp)
Orlando Lee (Instituto de Computação-Unicamp)
Sinai Robins (IME-USP)

Associate researchers

Bárbara Lopes Amaral (IF-USP)
Candida Nunes da Silva (UFSCAR)
Carlos Hoppen (UFRGS)
Cristiane Maria Sato (UFABC)
Cristina Gomes Fernandes (IME-USP)
Fabricio Siqueira Benevides (UFC)
Fábio Happ Botler (IME-USP)
Gabriel de Morais Coutinho (UFMG)
Guilherme Oliveira Mota (IME-USP)
Hiep Han (Universidad de Santiago de Chile)
Lucas Colucci Cavalcante de Souza (IME-USP)
Marcel Kenji de Carli Silva (IME-USP)
Marcelo Soares Campos (IMPA)
Mathias Schacht (Universität Hamburg)
Maurício de Lemos Rodrigues Collares Neto (IME-USP)
Maycon Sambinelli (UFABC)
Meysam Miralaei (IME-USP)
Nicolás Sanhueza Matamala (Universidad de Concepción)
Patrick Wyndham Morris (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya)
Richard Lang (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya)
Robert Morris (IMPA)
Roberto Freitas Parente (UFBA)
Tássio Naia dos Santos (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya)
Victor Sanches Portella (IME-USP)
Walner Mendonça dos Santos (UFC)
Yoshiko Wakabayashi (IME-USP)