Month: August 2018

The 26th National School on Algebra will take place between August 27-31,2018 in Constanta, Romania. The topic of the school is Combinatorial structures in algebra and geometry. There will be a series of lectures in the morning taught by the main speakers and some contributed talks in the afternoon given by the junior participants in the school.
More information is available on the website of the school:
http://math.univ-ovidius.ro/sna/edition.aspx?cat=Index&itemID=11

The University of Michigan will host “Michigan Representation Stability Week 2018”, August 13-17 2018.
The first three days are a workshop targeted to graduate students and post-docs who are not in the area, but would like an introduction to it. There will be three mini-series (by Jan Draisma, Andrew Putman, and Jennifer Wilson) that exposit some aspect of the field in detail, and three standalone talks covering additional topics. In the evenings, there will be problem sessions (with food!). The final two days are a conference with research talks. All participants are encouraged to come for the entire week.
Workshop speakers

• Miniseries:
  • Jan Draisma (Bern)
  • Andrew Putman (Notre Dame)
  • Jennifer Wilson (Stanford)
• Standalone talks:
  • Sema Güntürkün (Michigan)
  • John Wiltshire–Gordon (Wisconsin)
  • TBD

Conference speakers

• Inna Aizenbud (Ben Gurion University)
• Thomas Church (Stanford)
• Rob Eggermont (Eindhoven)
• Nate Harman (Chicago)
• Rohit Nagpal (Chicago)
• Philip Tosteson (Michigan)
• Peter Patzt (Purdue)
• Jesse Wolfson (UC Irvine)

For more information, including registration, see the web page for Michigan Representation Stability Week.

From the organizers:
Dear all,
We are happy to announce the summer course “Hyperplane arrangements and computations with CoCoA” 13-17th August, 2018 (Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan). More information can be found on the following websites:

• http://hokkaidosummerinstitute.oia.hokudai.ac.jp/courses/CourseDetail=G088
• http://cocoa.dima.unige.it/conference/cocoa2018/

This summer course is part of the “Hokkaido Summer Institute 2018” program:

• http://hokkaidosummerinstitute.oia.hokudai.ac.jp/

Lecturers:

• John Abbott (University of Genova)
• Anna Maria Bigatti (University of Genova)
• Elisa Palezzato (Hokkaido University)
• Michele Torielli (Hokkaido University)
• Masahiko Yoshinaga (Hokkaido University)

This course, via traditional and computer sessions, will introduce the
basic theory of hyperplane arrangements and it will teach how to compute
some of their invariants using the computer algebra system CoCoA.
The course is aimed at Master and PhD students in mathematics, and
gives 2 credits (some exercises will be assigned during the course).
The registration for students outside Hokkaido closes at the end of
February. The tuition fee is 29 600 JPY, but is free for partner
Universities. Accommodation for registered students is available on
campus at very cheap rates. See our web page for details.
This registration process is only for Master and PhD students, but we
also welcome any other type of participants.
Please contact Michele Torielli if you wish to attend.
Unfortunately we cannot offer any financial support, except for
Italian participants members of “GNSAGA – Gruppo Nazionale per le Strutture
Algebriche, Geometriche e le loro Applicazioni”.
Please contact Anna Maria Bigatti if you wish to apply.
The organizers