Ladislav Stacho

Ladislav Stacho

Ladislav Stacho is a Professor and Graduate Chair in the Department of Mathematics at Simon Fraser University (SFU), located in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. His research focuses on graph theory, network technologies, algorithmic fault tolerance, and computational biology, particularly in phylogenetics and DNA/protein sequence analysis.

Education

• Ph.D. in Mathematics (1997), Slovak Academy of Sciences
• M.Sc. in Mathematics (1993), Constantine the Philosopher University

Research Interests

Dr. Stacho’s work includes:

• Graph theory applications in interconnection networks and parallel architectures.
• Algorithmic aspects of fault tolerance in networks.
• Phylogenetics and genetic relationships between species.
• Computational methods for DNA/protein sequence analysis and self-assembly systems.

Awards

• Pacific Institute for Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) Postdoctoral Fellowship (1999–2002)
• Schwarz Prize (1998), awarded by the Society of Slovak Mathematicians and Physicists
• Turku Centre for Computer Science (TUCS) Postdoctoral Fellowship (1998)

Advising & Grants

He has supervised numerous students, including:

• Bahar Behsaz (M.Sc.), self-assembly systems
• Masood Masjoody (Ph.D.), geometric graph traversal
• Javad Safaei (Ph.D.), human kinome analysis
• Xiaohong Zhao (Ph.D.), haplotyping via galled trees

His research has been supported by grants and collaborations in areas such as bioinformatics and network algorithms.

Professional Activities

Dr. Stacho teaches courses in optimization and graph theory at SFU and actively participates in academic service, including editorial roles and conferences.