Dr Sim Kai An

Dr Sim Kai An

  • Programme Leader:
  • 1) Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematical Sciences
  • 2) Master of Science in Mathematical Sciences (by research)
Department of Pure and Applied Mathematics
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Biography

Dr Sim Kai An’s education background is in Bachelor of Science Education (completed in 2009) along with a Master’s degree (completed in 2014) and PhD degree (completed in 2018) in Pure Mathematics at University of Malaya. Her journey into pure mathematics research, particularly on graph theory and extremal combinatorics, started in 2010.

 

Academic & Professional Qualifications

  • PhD in Pure Mathematics, University of Malaya, Malaysia (2018)
  • MSc in Pure Mathematics, University of Malaya, Malaysia (2014)
  • BSc (Hons) Science with Education (Mathematics), University of Malaya, Malaysia (2009))

Research Interests

  • Graph theory
  • Combinatorics

Notable Publications

  1. K. A. Sim, T. S. Tan & K. B. Wong (2018). On the minimum order of 4-lazy cops-win graphs. Bull. Korean. Math. Soc., 55(6), 1667-1690.
  2. K. A. Sim, T. S. Tan & K. B. Wong (2018). On the burning number of generalized Petersen graphs. Bull. Malays. Math. Sci. Soc., 41, 1657-1670.
  3. K. A. Sim, T. S. Tan & K. B. Wong (2017). Lazy cops and robbers on some generalized hypercubes. Discrete Math. 340(7), 1693-1704.
  4. K. A. Sim, T. S. Tan & K. B. Wong (2016). On the shortest path in k-connected graphs. AIP Conference Proceedings 1750 (050010).
  5. G. L. Chia, & K. A. Sim (2013). On the skewness of the join of graphs. Discrete Applied Math., 161, 2405-2409.