About Me

Brittany Pittman is a mathematician and NSERC postdoctoral fellow at Grenfell Campus, Memorial University of Newfoundland. Her work focuses on graph theory and pursuit-evasion games on graphs, particularly the localization game. She is committed to advancing indigenous representation in mathematics and integrating indigenous perspectives into STEM education.

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Interests
  • Graph Theory
  • Pursuit-Evasion Games on Gaphs
  • Ramsey Theory
Education

  • PhD Mathematical Modelling and Methods

    Toronto Metropolitan University

  • MSc Mathematics

    Memorial University of Newfoundland

  • BSc Computational Mathematics

    Grenfell Campus, Memorial University of Newfoundland

  • Certificate in Indigenous Studies

    Memorial University of Newfoundland

📚 My Research
Brittany Pittman’s research is in graph theory, with a focus on pursuit-evasion games. She studies the localization game on graphs and its variants. Her work also investigates the generalized Ramsey numbers and graph decompositions.
Recent Publications

  • Anthony Bonato, Ryan Cushman, Trent G. Marbach, Brittany Pittman (2023). The localization game on oriented graphs. Discrete Applied Mathematics, 338, 145–157. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dam.2023.06.003

  • Natalie C. Behague, Anthony Bonato, Melissa A. Huggan, Trent G. Marbach, Brittany Pittman (2022). The localization capture time of a graph. Theoretical Computer Science, 911, 80–91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tcs.2022.02.007

  • D. Dyer, J. Howell, Brittany Pittman (2021). The watchman’s walk problem on directed graphs. Australasian Journal of Combinatorics, 80, 197–216.