This volume contains seventeen of the best papers delivered at the SIGMAP Workshop 2014
representing the most recent advances in the field of symmetries of discrete objects and
structures with a particular emphasis on connections between maps Riemann surfaces and
dessins d'enfant.Providing the global community of researchers in the field with the
opportunity to gather converse and present their newest findings and advances the Symmetries
In Graphs Maps and Polytopes Workshop 2014 was the fifth in a series of workshops. The
initial workshop organized by Steve Wilson in Flagstaff Arizona in 1998 was followed in
2002 and 2006 by two meetings held in Aveiro Portugal organized by Antonio Breda d'Azevedo
and a fourth workshop held in Oaxaca Mexico organized by Isabel Hubard in 2010.This book
should appeal to both specialists and those seeking a broad overview of what is happening in
the area of symmetries of discrete objects and structures.iv>
