Course Introduction

• Prerequisite：Undergraduate Algebra, Undergraduate Linear Algebra and Discrete Mathematics
• Recommended for： graduate students
• Introduction：

This is a course in the study of combinatorial designs originated from studying the combinatorial structures of experimental designs. Many different designs will be introduced in this one semester course: Latin squares, Steiner systems, t-designs, Hadamard matrices, finite geometries, association schemes and pooling designs. Also, related applications will be mentioned, for example group testing and special networks.