Month: August 2005

Hurricane Katrina

On August 29, Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast of the United States. Damage was especially severe in Louisiana; a majority of the New Orleans area is flooded, with some parts under 20 feet of water. Our colleagues in the affected areas, particularly those at Tulane University, could use our help. If you can offer a place to stay temporarily, or need a seminar speaker or two in the next couple of weeks, let us know (email at webmaster@commalg.org) and we’ll put you in touch.
Also, we’d like to collect reports of people who are ok, as well as those who could use a little help. We’re thinking of you.
update 1 Sept: We’ve heard from Tulane colleagues Christine Cumming and Brent Strunk (in Dallas), and Tai Ha and his wife (in Houston). Everyone is OK.
update 12 Sept: Tulane has cancelled classes for the fall semester.

Effectivity of Gröbner Bases

There will be an International Conference on Theoretical Effectivity and Practical Effectivity of Gröbner Bases at Rikkyo University, Tokyo, Japan, Aug 22 – 26, 2005.
Invited speakers include:

  • Jesús A. De Loera (University of California, Davis)
  • Adrian Dobra (Duke University)
  • Raymond Hemmecke (Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg)
  • Jürgen Herzog (Universität Essen)
  • Anton Leykin (University of Illinois)
  • Shmuel Onn (Technion – Israel Institute of Technology)
  • Gerhard Pfister (Universität Kaiserslautern)
  • Mathias Schulze (Université d’Angers)
  • Rekha R. Thomas (University of Washington)
  • William N. Traves (U. S. Naval Academy)
  • Uli Walther (Purdue University)
  • Volker Weispfenning (Universität Passau)
  • Henry P. Wynn (London school of Economics)

The Conference is organized by Takayuki Hibi (Osaka University), Toshinori Oaku (Tokyo Woman’s Christian University), Hidefumi Ohsugi (Rikkyo University, Chair), Akimichi Takemura (University of Tokyo), and Kazuhiro Yokoyama (Kyushu University).
For more information, see the conference website.

Minnowbrook

There will be a workshop on Commutative Algebra and its interactions with Homological Algebra, Representation Theory, Intersection Theory, and Singularity Theory, at the Minnowbrook Adirondack Conference Center in upstate New York State, August 5-10 2005.
The program will be built around three series of lectures by Luchezar Avramov, Ragnar-Olaf Buchweitz, and Paul Roberts. Each will give three one-hour talks. There will also be three supporting sessions per main speaker, which will be given by the participants.
The workshop is aimed at postdocs or advanced graduate students in commutative algebra and related fields. Some support for travel will be available. There is an application form on the website.
The Minnowbrook Adirondack Conference Center is owned by Syracuse University.
For more information, please see the Minnowbrook workshop webpage, or contact one of the organizers:

  • Srikanth Iyengar, University of Nebraska
  • Graham Leuschke, Syracuse University
  • Claudia Miller, Syracuse University
  • Anurag Singh, Georgia Tech

XVI Coloquio Latinoamericano de Álgebra, Uruguay

The XVI Coloquio Latinoamericano de Álgebra will be held 1 August 2005 — 9 August 2005, in Hotel El Mirador, Colonia del Sacramento, Colonia, Uruguay.
Organizing Committee:
Walter Ferrer (coord.), Gerard González-Sprinberg, Alfredo Jones, Alvaro Rittatore, Andrea Solotar.
Local Comittee:
Andrés Abella, Marco Farinati, Matías Graña, Marcelo Lanzilotta, Ángel Pereyra.
The series of “Coloquios Latinoamericanos de Álgebra” was originally organized by Orlando Villamayor and others from 1980 to 1994. In 2001, this series of mettings was restarted, with the XIV Coloquio Latinoamericano de Álgebra –La Falda, Sierras de Córdoba, Argentina–. The XV Coloquio Latinoamericano de Álgebra took place in Cocoyoc, México, in July 2003.
The main purposes of the “Coloquios Latinomericanos de Álgebra” are:

  • to promote the development of the subject through academic exchange between latinoamerican researchers;
  • to update the knowledge of the local mathematical comunity by inviting senior researchers from the region and outside.
  • to introduce graduate and advanced undergraduate students to the current research in the field.

For more information, see the CLA website.