We’ve learned that Michel André of Ecole Polytechnique Federale (Lausanne, Switzerland), author of Homologie des algèbres commutatives and the André of André–Quillen homology, died in a mountain accident in July. Our thoughts are with his family and friends. Thanks to Rodney Sharp and Markus Brodmann for sharing the sad news.
Month: August 2009
Macaulay2 Workshop at MSRI
We received the following announcement:
Dear Macaulay 2 user,
With funding from the NSA, we are organizing a Macaulay 2 workshop, from Friday, January 8, 2010 through Tuesday, January 12, 2010, with Thursday January 7 and Wednesday January 13 serving as the travel days. We note that this is just before the annual Joint Mathematics Meetings in San Francisco, and that the location of the workshop will be the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute in Berkeley, CA. Activities will start first thing Friday morning (possibly Thursday night).
The purpose of the workshop is to bring the Macaulay 2 developers together with those who would like to share or to develop their skills at writing packages for Macaulay 2 and at developing the corresponding mathematical algorithms. Sample software projects that might be undertaken are visible here (although this page is rather out of date at this point and we are looking for participants who might have new packages they are interested in).
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Trondheim: Homology and geometry
There will be a conference entitled “Homological and geometric methods in algebra” in Norway, Trondheim, August 10th – August 14th, 2009.
Programme: only plenary lectures, see webpage.
Registration deadline: May 1st, 2009
Dates: Arrival August 9th, departure August 15th
Lectures: start Monday morning 10th, end Friday afternoon 14th.
Support: Young researchers (PhD/Post.doc.) can apply to get their accommodation covered. This might be in a shared room.
Deadline: March 15th, 2009
Sponsors: Norwegian Research Council-project: HoGeMetAlg and NTNU
For more information, see the conference web page.
Messina: Geometry and Combinatorics
The “Workshop on Geometrical and Combinatorial aspects of Commutative Algebra”, will be held in Villafranca Tirrena, Messina, Italy, September 16-18, 2009.
Aim and Scope:
The meeting will detail recent developments in Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry emphasizing the connection with Combinatorics.
Organizers:
J. Herzog (University of Essen, Germany)
G. Restuccia (University of Messina, Italy)
M. Crupi (University of Messina, Italy)
R. Utano (University of Messina, Italy)
Main Speakers:
W. Bruns (University of Osnabrück, Germany)
E. Kunz (University of Regensburg, Germany)
A. Conca (University of Genova, Italy)
M. E. Rossi (University of Genova,Italy)
L. Robbiano (University of Genova)
D. Cutkoski (University of Missouri, Columbia)
H. Snirivasan (University of Missouri, Columbia)
G. Floystad (University of Bergen)
H. Seydi (University of Dakar, Sénégal)
P. Valabrega (Polytechnic of Torino,Italy)
G.Valla (University of Genova, Italy)
V. Ene (University of Ovidius, Romania)
C. Ionescu (Romanian Academy of Bucharest)
A. Verra (University of Roma 3, Italy)
V. Welker (Philipps-University Marburg)
Place of the meeting and accomodation:
Hotel Parco degli Ulivi, Villafranca Tirrena, Messina, Italy
Hotel website: www.ilparcodegliulivi.it
For further information the conference e-mail address is utanor@unime.it.
Olinda, Brazil: Vasconcelos
The conference “PASI 2009: Commutative Algebra and its connections to Geometry” will be held in Olinda, Brazil, August 3-14. The two-week program will honor Wolmer Vasconcelos. The first week will consist of six mini-courses. The second week will be an international workshop. For more information, see the conference website.