Author: Graham Leuschke

The Fields Institute in Toronto will host a workshop titled “RRAGE: Ragnar’s Ramifications in Algebra and Geometry Emerging” July 8-12, 2019.
The Workshop will focus on the mathematical interests of Ragnar-Olaf Buchweitz, who passed away in November 2017.
Organizing Committee

• Eleonore Faber – University of Leeds
• Marco Gualtieri – University of Toronto
• Colin Ingalls – Carleton University

Preliminary list of speakers

• Matthew Ballard (University of South Carolina)
• Christopher Brav (HSE)
• Benjamin Briggs (University of Utah)
• Michael Brown (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
• David Eisenbud (MSRI & UC Berkeley)
• Özgür Esentepe (University of Toronto)
• Eleonore Faber (University of Leeds)
• Vincent Gelinas (Trinity College Dublin)
• Lutz Hille (University of Münster)
• Mel Hochster (University of Michigan)
• Osamu Iyama (Nagoya University)
• Srikanth Iyengar (University of Utah)
• Graham Leuschke (Syracuse University)
• Claudia Miller (Syracuse University)
• Daniel Murfet (University of Melbourne)
• Sasha Pavlov (HSE)
• Ana Ros-Camacho (University of Utrecht)
• Kyoji Saito (IPMU)
• Louis-Philippe Thibault (NTNU)
• Bernd Ulrich (Purdue University)
• Michael Wemyss (University of Glasgow)
• Sarah Witherspoon (Texas A&M)

More information will appear on the Fields Institute web page for the conference.

EACA XVI (Encuentros de Álgebra Computacional y Aplicaciones) will be held in Zaragoza, Spain, 4-6 July 2018.
Topics of the meeting include

• Effective Methods in Algebra, Analysis, Geometry and Topology
• Algorithmic Complexity
• Scientific Computation by means of Symbolic-Numerical Methods
• Symbolic-Numeric Software
• Development Analysis, Specification, Design and Implementation of Symbolic Computational Systems
• Applications to Science and Technology

Important dates:

• Submissions’ deadline: FEBRUARY 20, 2018
• Notification of acceptance: APRIL 20, 2018
• Deadline to apply for financial support: APRIL 27, 2018
• Final version of accepted extended abstracts: MAY 11, 2018
• Early registration deadline: MAY 31, 2018
• Conference: JULY 4-6, 2018.

For more information, including submissions and registration, see the <a href=”https://eventos.unizar.es/15634/section/10306/xvi-eaca-encuentro-de-algebra-computacional-y-aplicaciones.html”>web page for the meeting</a>.

The 2018 CIMPA Research School – Latinamerica: “Commutative Algebra with Applications to Statistics and Coding Theory” will be held June 25 – July 6, 2018, in Zacatecas, Mexico.
Participants will be provided with the basics on the combinatorics of binomial ideals and its relations with coding theory and algebraic statistics problems through courses and talks on the following topics:

• Algebraic Statistics for random graphs and networks
• Algebraic-geometric and toric codes
• Syzygies and monomial ideals
• Binomial and toric ideals and its combinatorics
• Algebraic Statistics and Applications to Biology

Registration is open until April 30th, 2018, at the registration form.
Scientific Committee
Alicia Dickenstein. Universidad de Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Rafael Villarreal. CINVESTAV (Mexico)
Diane Maclagan. University of Warwick (England)
Trygve Johnsen. Norges Arktiske Universitet (Norway)
Daniel Erman. University of Winsconsin (USA)
Local Committee
Martha M. Bernal Guillén. Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas (Mexico)
Luis J. Dominguez Perez. CIMAT-ZAC (Mexico)
Edwin León Cardenal.  CIMAT-ZAC (Mexico)
Abraham Martín del Campo Sánchez.CIMAT-GTO (Mexico)

NSF/CBMS Conference on “Applications of Polynomial Systems”
Dates: 6/4/2018 – 6/8/2018
Location: Texas Christian University — Fort Worth, TX
Website: http://faculty.tcu.edu/gfriedman/cbms2018/​
Description:
The conference will feature a series of ten lectures by Professor David Cox on topics including elimination theory, polynomial systems in the real world, geometric modeling, geometric constraint theory, and chemical reaction networks. Follow up lectures will be given by other leading experts including Carlos D’Andrea, Jonathan Hauenstein, Hal Schenck, Jessica Sidman, and Alicia Dickenstein. The conference will also feature a problem session, software demonstration, and poster session.
The CBMS and NSF have generously provided funding for the conference, including funds for travel and lodging of attendees (NSF grant DMS-1741730) . To apply for funding, please visit the conference website. Graduate students, recent PhDs, and members of underrepresented groups in mathematics are especially encouraged to apply.
Sponsored by the Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences, each five-day conference in the Regional Conference series features a distinguished lecturer who delivers ten lectures on a topic of important current research in one sharply focused area of the mathematical sciences; the lecturer subsequently prepares an expository monograph based upon these lectures. The principal lecturer for this conference will be David A. Cox, the William J. Walker Professor of Mathematics at Amherst College. Professor Cox is a world-renowned master expositor and award-winning author of several popular and highly-cited books in the mathematical area of applied algebraic geometry. Professor Cox’s lectures will discuss historical developments in this field in light of modern perspectives, leading right up to current research and applications to such diverse fields as computer aided design, rigidity of mechanical linkages, and chemical reaction networks. Each pair of lectures by Professor Cox will develop a chosen topic and be followed by a further lecture by a specialist he has hand-picked to provide a deeper look at the forefront of current work on that topic.​

There will be a workshop “Stable Cohomology: Foundations and Applications” at Snowbird, Utah, May 28 — June 1, 2018.
There are funds to support the participation of a small number of graduate students and early career faculty. To apply for for this, please fill out the application form before 28 February 2018.
Organizers:

• Lars Winther Christensen (Texas Tech University)
• Srikanth Iyengar (University of Utah)
• Mark Walker (University of Nebraska)
• Sarah Witherspoon (Texas A&M University)

For more information, including a list of participants and a tentative program, see the web page for the workshop.

There will be a mini-course in commutative algebra, at the University of Utah, from 7-11 May 2018.
This is aimed at graduate students in commutative algebra and related fields, at U.S. universities. Further details, including an application form, are posted at the mini-course web page.
The deadline for applications is 28th February 2018.

Meeting on Applied Algebraic Geometry will take place on Saturday April 7 (with extra activities on April 8), 2018, at Georgia Tech.
Please register by March 1st here:
https://sites.google.com/view/maag-2018
There is limited financial support for students and early-career participants.
Speakers (April 7):

• Dan Bates (Colorado State)
• Florian Enescu (Georgia State)
• Jon Hauenstein (Notre Dame)
• Kaie Kubjas (MIT/Aalto)
• Vicki Powers (Emory)
• Seth Sullivant (North Carolina State)

Numerical AG day (April 8) organizers :

• Dan Bates
• Jon Hauenstein
• Anton Leykin

Organizers: Greg Blekherman, Anton Leykin, Josephine Yu

There will be a conference on “Singularities, Toric Geometry, and Differential Equations”, March 19-23 in Chemnitz (Germany).
The aim of the conference is to report on recent developements in toric algebraic geometry, hypergeometric functions and differential equations, (combinatorial) commutative algebra, mirror symmetry, Hodge theory and related areas. Talks will focus on the interplay of these and neighboring subjects. It should be particularly attractive to Postdocs and Ph.D. students.
Invited speakers are:

• Andrea D’Agnolo (Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy)
• Christine Berkesch Zamaere (University of Minnesota, USA)
• Michael Dettweiler (Universität Bayreuth, Germany)
• Alicia Dickenstein (Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina)
• Nero Budur (KU Leuven, Belgium)
• Claus Hertling (Universität Mannheim, Germany)
• Viktor Levandovsky (RWTH Aachen, Germany)
• Luis Narváez Macarro (Universidad de Sevilla, Spain)
• Laura Matusevich* (Texas A&M University, USA)
• Minhea Popa (Northwestern University, USA)
• Claudiu Raicu (University of Notre Dame, USA)
• Thomas Reichelt (Universität Heidelberg, Germany)
• Helge Ruddat (Universität Mainz, Germany)
• Mathias Schulze (Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Germany)
• Bernd Sturmfels (Max-Planck-Institut für Mathematik in den
• Naturwissenschaften, Leipzig, Germany)
• Claude Sabbah (École Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France)
• Yota Shamoto (RIMS, Kyoto, Japan)
• Duco van Straten* (Universität Mainz, Germany)
• Jean Baptiste Teyssier (KU Leuven, Belgium)

* tbc
Further information about the conference can be found at the conference web page. You can register at this link.
Some partial support for young participants may be available. If you need support for travel and/or local expenses, please indicate so during registration.
Organizers:

• Klaus Altmann
• Christian Sevenheck
• Uli Walther

The 2018 edition of the Southwest Local Algebra Meeting (SLAM) will be held at U. of Arkansas in Fayetteville, 24-25 Feb 2018.

Confirmed Speakers

Matthew Day  (University of Arkansas)

Joseph (JM) Landsberg  (Texas A&M University)

Hema Srinivasan  (University of Missouri)

Peder Thompson  (Texas Tech University)

Bernd Ulrich  (Purdue University)

Organizers

Lars Winther Christensen  (Texas Tech University)

Louiza Fouli  (New Mexico State University)

Mark Johnson  (University of Arkansas)

David Jorgensen  (University of Texas at Arlington)

Paolo Mantero  (University of Arkansas)

For more information, see the SLAM webpage.