May 11–15, 2026 Eastern Michigan University Ypsilanti, Michigan USA
University of Wyoming
principal lecturer
University College Dublin
principal lecturer
Redeemer University
principal lecturer
This conference will provide early-career researchers and graduate students, as well as established researchers, with access to cutting edge tools and ideas needed to explore the fruitful, new, and evolving area of strong matrix properties modeled on the Strong Arnol’d Property. These new strong properties have also energized significant progress in the study of related matrix invariants, such as maximum multiplicity of an eigenvalue and minimum number of distinct eigenvalues, and they have led to new connections with graph minors and graph propagation procedures. Additional connections have also given rise to new matrix theory questions and results; new forbidden minor characterizations; new minor-monotone graph parameters; and new graph theoretic questions and results.
Registration. Registration form available on or before November 1.
Financial Support. Support of up to $700 (US) will be available for up to 30 participants, with preference given to graduate students and junior faculty. Apply here. Deadline is January 23, 2026, with decisions available by February 1.
Travel. Eastern Michigan University is in Ypsilanti, Michigan, USA. Flights are recommended to Detroit Metro Airport (DTW), which is a 20-minute drive from campus.
Campus Parking…is not recommended! EMU parking has been outsourced to a private company. Visitor lots are expensive ($16/day). Other parking lots are patrolled continuously, and citations are unavoidable. Alternative transportation to campus is highly advised (more on that with hotel information).
Ann Arbor Regent Hotel. Block of rooms reserved and can be booked here. Limited morning shuttle to EMU and evening shuttle to hotel. Can also take the 4 Washtenaw Local bus along Washtenaw Avenue to/from campus.
Days Inn or Quality Inn & Suites. About as inexpensive as it gets, but probably for a reason. Both across the street from the Ann Arbor Regent. Can take the 4 Washtenaw Local bus along Washtenaw Avenue to/from campus.
Ypsilanti Hotels. Three grouped together south of campus: Eagle Crest Marriott, Fairfield Inn & Suites, and Hampton Inn & Suites. City bus to campus available but requires a transfer from bus 46 to bus 4 at the Ypsilanti Transit Center (or a few additional blocks of walking).
Ann Arbor Hotels. Many options, but most do not have any easy public transportation to EMU. Some exceptions close to the Blake Transit Center or Central Campus Transit Center (University of Michigan), such as the Bell Tower Hotel, could utilize the 104 Wastenaw Express bus to EMU.