Category: Conference Listings

Route 81

The annual Route 81 Conference on Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry will take place at Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, on Saturday, October 26, 2002.
There is a web site for the conference here, with information on the schedule, directions, accomodations, and social events.
As has been the tradition, there will be a limited number of talks. Graduate students and young faculty are specially encouraged to present their work. If you plan on attending and/or are interested in giving a talk, please contact the organizers, Anthony Geramita and Susan Cooper, immediately.

BADMathDay, MSRI

The Fifth Bay Area Discrete Math Day will take place at the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, Berkeley, on Saturday October 12, 2002 between 10:00 and 6:00.
Bay Area Discrete Math Days are one-day meetings aimed at facilitating communication between researchers and graduate students of discrete mathematics around the San Francisco Bay Area. These days happen semi-annually and strive to create a fairly informal atmosphere to talk about discrete mathematics. The term “discrete mathematics” is chosen to include at least the following topics: Algebraic and Enumerative Combinatorics, Discrete Geometry, Graph Theory, Coding and Design Theory, Combinatorial Aspects of Computational Algebra and Geometry, Combinatorial Optimization, Probabilistic Combinatorics, and Combinatorics in Mathematical Physics.
Speakers for this meeting will include: Anders Björner, Raymond Hemmecke, Isabella Novik, Lior Pachter, Jessica Sidman and Herbert Wilf.
For more information, please see the conference web page.

Mamaia, Romania

The “Ovidius” University, Constantza, Romania, and the Institute of Mathematics “Simion Stoilow” of the Romanian Academy present an International Conference on Algebraic Geometry, Commutative Algebra & Topology, September 22-26, 2002.
Organizers include Lucian Badescu, Barbu Berceanu, Vasile Brinzanescu, Iustin Coanda, Viviana Ene, Paltin Ionescu, Stefan Papadima, Dorin Popescu, Silviu Sburlan, and Mirela Stefanescu.
The conference web page has information on participants, registration, travel, lodging, and support.

Sinaia, Romania

There will be a NATO Advanced Research Workshop on “Commutative Algebra, Singularities and Computer Algebra”, from 17 to 22 September 2002, in Sinaia, ROMANIA.
The organizers are Juergen Herzog, University of Essen, Germany, and Victor Vuletescu, University of Bucharest, Romania. There is an interactive calendar of all Advanced Research Workshops on the NATO Scientific Division site.
For more information, contact Victor Vuletescu (vuli@gta.math.unibuc.ro or vvuletes@yahoo.com).
Update: There is now a website for the workshop: http://gta.math.unibuc.ro/sinaia/1.htm. Please see the website for more information about the conference, the programme, the speakers, and the lecturers.

MSRI Intro Workshop

The Introductory Workshop for MSRI’s year-long program in Commutative Algebra will be held September 9-13. Invited speakers include David Benson (University of Georgia), David Eisenbud (MSRI), Mark Haiman (UC Berkeley), Melvin Hochster (University of Michigan), Rob Lazarsfeld (University of Michigan), and Bernard Teissier.
See the workshop page on the MSRI site for more information.
Update (9 August 2002): There are now abstracts of the main lectures and a schedule available on the workshop page.
Update (10 Sept 2002): Watch this space for links to the lecture notes for the main speakers of the workshop. There will also be streaming video feeds of the lectures. And photos!
Update (13 Sept 2002): Lecture notes are beginning to be available for the main lectures. Use the links below to view the notes:

  • Dave Benson: Commutative algebra and the cohomology of groups
  • David Eisenbud: The geometry of syzygies (This link is to the current version of Eisenbud’s forthcoming book of the same title.)
  • Mark Haiman: Commutative algebra of N points in the plane: notes in .ps or .pdf
  • Melvin Hochster: Tight closure
  • Rob Lazarsfeld: An introduction to multiplier ideals (dead link to lecture notes removed 24 May 2011)
  • Bernard Teissier: Monomial ideals, binomial ideals, polynomial ideals

Update (25 Sept 2002): Streaming video and student lecture notes are now available for these lectures.

Suzhou, China

International Conference on Algebra—A Satellite Conference of ICM2002 will be held from Aug.29 to Sep.2, 2002, just after ICM2002 Beijing, at Suzhou University in the historic and cultural city Suzhou in south China.
The conference is aimed at the following fields: homological algebra and algebraic k-theory, finite groups and modular representation theory of groups, algebraic combinatorics and coding theory, matrix theory, representation theory of algebras, algebraic groups and quantum groups, semigroup theory, commutative algebra and algebraic geometry, algebraic number theory and arithmetical algebraic geometry, differential operator rings and general ring theory, Lie groups and Lie algebras.
More information, including the organizing committee, main speakers, schedule, accomodation, registration, transportation, and a very nice poster, is available at the conference website

MSRI Year in C.A.

The Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI) is holding a year-long program in Commutative Algebra from August 19, 2002 to May 16, 2003. The Program is organized by Luchezar Avramov, Mark Green, Craig Huneke, Karen E. Smith and Bernd Sturmfels. It will focus on the following areas:
Tight closure and characteristic p methods
Toric algebra and geometry
Homological algebra
Representation theory
Singularities and intersection theory
Combinatorics and Grobner bases
Invited speakers include David Benson (University of Georgia), David Eisenbud (MSRI), Mark Haiman (UC Berkeley), Melvin Hochster (University of Michigan), Rob Lazarsfeld (University of Michigan), and Bernard Teissier.
There will also be several research workshops during the year. See separate entries for these as information becomes available.
See the MSRI site for the program for more information.