Author: Graham Leuschke

There will be a Special Session on Commutative Ring Theory at the October AMS Southeastern sectional meeting, Oct. 15-16, 2005. The session is organized by David Anderson and David Dobbs. For more information please see the AMS web page for the meeting.

Alexandre Tchernev and Janet Vassilev are organizing a Special Session on Homological Aspects of Commutative Algebra at the Eastern Section Meeting of the AMS, October 8-9, 2005.
For more information, see the AMS web page for the session.

In the tradition of commutative algebra and algebraic geometry meetings in the Midwest, there will be a “Midwest Algebra, Geometry and their Interactions Conference” (MAGIC), October 8-11, 2005 at University of Notre Dame.
The conference is organized by Alberto Corso, Juan Migliore, and Claudia Polini. Much more information, including a list of speakers, registration and funding, accomodations, and directions, are available on the conference website.
The conference will be preceded by a public lecture about the importance of mathematics in everyday life. This event is scheduled in the evening of Friday (October 7, 2005)
update: The following speakers have (tentatively) agreed to give a talk at the conference:

• Giulio Caviglia (MSRI – University of California at Berkeley)
• Karen Chandler (University of Notre Dame – Harvard University)
• Marc Chardin (Jussieu – Paris VI)
• Steven Dale Cutkosky (University of Missouri)
• Lawrence Ein (University of Illinois at Chicago)
• David Eisenbud (MSRI – University of California at Berkeley)
• Anthony Geramita (Queen’s University – Università di Genova)
• Elisa Gorla (Universität Zürich)
• Brian Harbourne (University of Nebraska)
• Robin Hartshorne (University of California at Berkeley)
• William Heinzer (Purdue University)
• Melvin Hochster (University of Michigan)
• Robert Lazarsfeld (University of Michigan)
• Tien-Yien Li (Michigan State University)
• Joseph Lipman (Purdue University)
• Gennady Lyubeznik (University of Minnesota)
• Rosa M. Miró-Roig (Universitat de Barcelona)
• Uwe Nagel (University of Kentucky)
• Chris Peterson (Colorado State University)
• J. Maurice Rojas (Texas A&M University)
• Joachim Rosenthal (University of Notre Dame – Universität Zürich)
• Frank-Olaf Schreyer (Universität des Saarlandes)
• Aron Simis (Universidade Federal de Pernambuco)
• Anurag Singh (Georgia Institute of Technology)
• Karen Smith (University of Michigan)
• Hema Srinivasan (University of Missouri)
• Bernd Sturmfels (University of California at Berkeley)
• Irena Swanson (New Mexico State University)
• Bernd Ulrich (Purdue University)
• Wolmer Vasconcelos (Rutgers University)
• Jan Verschelde (University of Illinois at Chicago)
• Charles Wampler (General Motors Research and Development Center)
• Zhonggang Zeng (Eastern Illinois University)

The Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics of Bucharest University, the Institute of Mathematics “Simion Stoilow” of the Romanian Academy, the Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics, “Ovidius” University of Constanta, and the Romanian Mathematical Society are organizing the 14th edition of the School on Algebra, September 19–25, 2005, in Constanta. The topic of the School is “Algorithmic and Combinatorial Methods in Commutative Algebra”.
For more information, see the School website.

There will be a Commutative Algebra Conference honoring the contributions of Phillip Griffith, September 16 – 18, 2005. The conference, held at the University of Illinois, will bring together young and established researchers in the field in a program centered around the contributions and influence of Phillip Griffith.
The conference is organized by Andy Kustin, Matt Miller, Anurag Singh, and Sandra Spiroff. For more information, soon to include the specific schedule, invited speakers, registration, and other details, see the conference web page.

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.

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

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.