Chris Zimbizi
About
Research
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Undergraduate Researcher | SUAMI
May 2026 — Jul 2026
Christopher Zimbizi, Aleyah Dawkins · Carnegie Mellon University
Wild edges in edge-colored graphs. Established deterministic bounds for wild sets in complete and complete bipartite graphs, and applied Erdős–Rényi random graph models to show the expected wild number of equitable colorings converges to zero.
Publications & Preprints
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Aleyah Dawkins, Alexander Nappo, Jessie Tong, Christopher Zimbizi
arXiv:2610.22142 [math.CO]. October 2026.
Talks
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Wild Numbers for Spanning Trees in Edge-Colored Graphs
NAM Undergraduate MATHFest XXXVI, Winston-Salem State University. Winston-Salem, NC. September 2026.
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Wild Edges in Edge-Colored Graphs
Summer Undergraduate Applied Mathematics Institute (SUAMI), Carnegie Mellon University. Pittsburgh, PA. July 2026.
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MindScribe: Authoring Cognitive Wellness Through a Declarative, On-Device iOS Architecture
Steven Galovich Memorial Student Symposium. Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, IL. April 2026.
Posters
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Wild Numbers for Spanning Trees in Edge-Colored Graphs
Combinatorics at the Confluence. Pittsburgh, PA. July 2026.
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MindScribe: Authoring Cognitive Wellness Through a Declarative, On-Device iOS Architecture
Fifth Annual Formal and Experimental Philosophy Workshop (FAX5). Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, IL. March 2026.
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MindScribe: Authoring Cognitive Wellness Through a Declarative, On-Device iOS Architecture
Robert B. Glassman Memorial Brain, Mind, and Behavior Symposium. Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, IL. October 2025.
Teaching
Office Hours
If none of these times work for you, please reach out and we can find a time that works.
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 1:00pm - 4:00pm, BR 524
- Tuesday, Thursday: 2:30pm - 4:00pm, BR 116
Teaching Assistantships
Fall '26
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TA, MATH 350: Mathematical Probability [Dr. Treviño, Lake Forest College]
TA, MATH 230: Abstract & Discrete Mathematics [Dr. Jamshidi, Lake Forest College]
TA, MATH 210: Multivariate Calculus [Dr. Bousquet, Lake Forest College]
TA, CSCI 325: Artificial Intelligence [Dr. Jamshidi, Lake Forest College]
TA, CSCI 112: Functional Programming [Dr. Lambert, Lake Forest College]
Summer '26
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Grader, MATH 111: Calculus II [Dr. Treviño, Lake Forest College]
Spring '26
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TA, MATH 240: Computational Mathematics [Dr. Bousquet, Lake Forest College]
TA, MATH 230: Abstract & Discrete Mathematics [Dr. Bousquet, Lake Forest College]
TA, CSCI 250: Programming for Data Applications [Dr. Bousquet, Lake Forest College]
TA, CSCI 112: Functional Programming [Dr. Lambert, Lake Forest College]
Spring '24
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TA, CSCI 107: Introduction to Web Development [Dr. Mirza, Lake Forest College]
Fall '23
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TA, CSCI 107: Introduction to Web Development [Dr. Mirza, Lake Forest College]
Course Materials
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MATH 214: Ordinary Differential Equations
Spring 2026Dr. Dajani · Lake Forest College
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MATH 450: Mathematical Statistics
Spring 2026Dr. Gard · Lake Forest College
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MATH 330: Abstract Algebra
Fall 2025Dr. Treviño · Lake Forest College
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MATH 350: Mathematical Probability
Fall 2025Dr. Gard · Lake Forest College
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MATH 231: Linear Algebra
Spring 2025Dr. Jamshidi · Lake Forest College
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Dr. Treviño · Lake Forest College
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MATH 210: Multivariable Calculus
Fall 2024Dr. Jamshidi · Lake Forest College
Writing
spoiler mark devlog 004: the row that stopped having an owner
August 25, 2026shotgun devlog 003: the feature that lied to everyone who used it
August 23, 2026shotgun devlog 001: everybody would ride together if anybody knew
August 20, 2026shotgun devlog 002: walmart vs walmrt
August 20, 2026spoiler mark devlog 003: book polls
August 20, 2026SUDDEN DEATH devlog 002: it worked on my machine, obviously
July 27, 2026SUDDEN DEATH devlog 001: not naming it after the hot sauce
July 25, 2026rewind devlog 001: three places, one me
June 21, 2026spoiler mark devlog 002: the month that never turned over
April 2, 2026spoiler mark devlog 001: reading at different speeds
February 3, 2026the long tail of reality
January 17, 2026the map is not the territory (but we live by the map)
November 16, 2025the algorithm god: how Technopoly's black boxes are reshaping our souls
November 10, 2025the STEM OPT illusion: a letter to my international students
November 2, 2025understanding direct products: making the abstract concrete
October 26, 2025why I'm writing
October 22, 2025
