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Robert David Borgersen (b. [[November 6]], [[1982]]) was born in [[Winnipeg]], [[Manitoba]], [[Canada]], and has lived there most of his life.  The only exception was [[summer]] [[2003]], during which he lived in [[Calgary]] while working for [[Shell Canada|Shell Canada Ltd]].  His parents, [[David Borgersen]] and [[Edna May Johnson]] were both born in, and lived their lives in [[Manitoba]] as well.  In September 2005, Robert married Kaydi-Ann Tamara Morgan.  They currently reside in Winnipeg.

Robert manages his personal website at [http://www.robertborgersen.info http://www.robertborgersen.info/]


== History ==

=== 2008 ===

* January
** Graduated with a Masters of Science in Mathematics from the University of Manitoba

=== 2005 ===

* May-August
** Summer Term Job: Emerging Information Systems Inc. (EISI)
** May-June: Sessional Instructor: 136.101 Applied Finite Mathematics
*** University of Manitoba, Dept. of Mathematics

* September
** Sept 3: Married Kaydi-Ann Morgan at St. John's College at the University of Manitoba

=== 2004 ===

* May-August
** Coop Term 3: Research w/ Ben Li ([[Steiner system|Steiner Triple Systems]])

* August
** Graduated: Bachelors degree in [[Computer science|Computer Science]] and [[Mathematics]] (Joint Hons) w/ Coop Option

* September
** Begin Masters degree in [[Mathematics]] under [[David Gunderson]]

=== 2003 ===

* May-August
** Coop Term 2: [[Shell Canada|Shell Canada Ltd]] in [[Calgary]].

* September
** Re-elected Science Students Association (SSA) University of Manitoba Students Union (UMSU) Representative
** Sept 17: Began Dating Kaydi-Ann Morgan

=== 2002 ===

* May-August
** Coop Term 1: Winnipeg School Division

* September
** Elected Science Students Association (SSA) University of Manitoba Students Union (UMSU) Representative

=== 2001 ===

* May
** Worked as a House Person: CanadInn Fort Richmond

* June-August
** Worked as a Database Specialist: Manitoba Conservation

* September
** Elected University 1 Student Council (U1SC) University of Manitoba Students Union (UMSU) Representative

=== 2000 ===

* June
** Graduated High School

* July-August
** Worked as a Data Entry clerk: Envirotest Labs [http://www.envirotest.com/]

* September
** Began University: [[University of Manitoba]]
** Elected University 1 Student Council (U1SC) Science Students Association (SSA) Representative

* December
** Became a Christian in the Winnipeg Church of Christ [http://www.wpgcc.org/], member of the [[International Churches of Christ]] [http://www.icocinfo.org/]

=== 1996 - 2000 ===

* High School Grades 9-12
** St. Norbert Collegiate [http://www.snc.srsd.mb.ca/] (St. Norbert, Winnipeg, Manitoba)

=== 1994 - 1996 ===

* Junior High Grades 7-8
** Grade 7: J. A. Cuddy School [http://jacuddy.rrvsd.mb.ca/] (Sanford, Manitoba)
** Grade 8: Sanford Collegiate [http://www.sanfordcollegiate.net/] (Sanford, Manitoba)

=== 1987 - 1994 ===

* Elementary School Grade K-6
** Parc La Salle Elementary School [http://www.pls.srsd.mb.ca/] (St. Norbert, Winnipeg, Manitoba)

== Favorite Links ==

* [[List of open source games]]
* [[Comparison of MMORPGs]]
* [[Mathematics of Sudoku]]
* [[Timeline of Christianity]]
* [[Penn & Teller: Bullshit!]]
* [[:Special:Log]]
* [[List of content management systems]]
** [[Drupal]]
** [[EZ publish]]

=== Great Open Source / Free Games ===

* [[Knight Online]]
* [[Tremulous]]
* [[TrueCombat: Elite]]
* [[PlaneShift (game)]]

=== Categories I'm interested in ===

* [[:Category:Combinatorics stubs]]
* [[:Category:Wikipedia featured desktop backgrounds]]
* [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Commons_featured_desktop_backgrounds Featured Desktop Backgrounds (4:3)]
* [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Commons_featured_widescreen_desktop_backgrounds Featured Desktop Backgrounds (16:9)]

=== Articles I Contribute To ===

'''ICOC'''
* [[International Churches of Christ]]

'''General Mathematics'''
* [[Cantor's back-and-forth method]]
* [[Extremal combinatorics]]
* [[Hyperbolic geometry]]
* [[Reconstruction conjecture]]

'''Graph Theory'''
* [[Book (graph theory)]]
* [[Extremal graph theory]]
* [[König's theorem (graph theory)]]
* [[Marriage theorem]]

'''Ramsey theory'''
* [[Probabilistic method]]
* [[Ramsey's theorem]]
* [[Ramsey theory]]

=== Articles I have started ===

* [[Rado graph]]
* [[File sharing in Canada]]
* [[Symmetric hypergraph theorem]]

=== Articles I am working on ===

* [[User:RobertBorgersen/Portal:Combinatorics | Portal:Combinatorics]]