update 19 March 2014: there is funding available both for those wishing to attend the 3 day research meeting and for those wishing to attend that and the Macaulay2 school! Those who wish to apply for funding should do so by April 4, 2014. See below.
There will be a Macaulay2 school and research meeting at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, from Monday, June 16, 2014 through Friday, June 20, 2014 with Sunday, June 15 and Saturday, June 21 serving as the travel days.
Research Meeting
The research meeting will take place from June 18-20, open to all who wish to attend, with talks ranging from high-level descriptions of research in where computational algebra plays an important role to descriptions of advances in computational algebra systems and packages. There is a large and vital community of people using the system in a wide variety of ways, from computational biology to string theory to algebraic geometry. Because the spread of fields is great, many do not know the techniques that the others are using. One purpose of the research meeting is to bring together these disparate communities and foster bridges between them. At this point, speakers include
- David Eisenbud (Berkeley)
- Dan Erman (Wisconsin)
- Yang-Hui He (City University London)
- Milena Hering (Edinburgh)
- Anton Leykin (Georgia Tech)
- Diane Maclagan (Warwick)
- Dave Morrison (Santa Barbara) (*to be confirmed)
- Greg Smith (Queens)
For planning purposes, those who intend to attend the research meeting are requested to register at http://tinyurl.com/m5j3qdk .
Macaulay2 School
The school will take place June 16-17, and space is limited. The school will center on three tutorials (Greg Smith on Toric Varieties, Dan Bates on Numerical Algebraic Geometry, and a third TBA). The organizers plan to include a mix of advanced graduate students, recent postdocs, and some senior people who are relatively inexperienced with Macaulay2 for hands on training. Funding is available; indicate that you wish to attend on the registration form mentioned above. Please also include a short statement of purpose on why you wish to attend. Graduate students and postdocs should also arrange for a letter of endorsement from their advisor to be sent to Sonja Mapes <smapes1@nd.edu>.
Those who wish to attend the school should commit to being present for all days of the school and conference, and should install Macaulay2 on the laptops they will bring with them to the school and ensure that it runs.
Organizers:
- Sonja Mapes
- Hal Schenck
and
- David Eisenbud
- Daniel R. Grayson
- Michael Stillman