We are pleased to announce that the sixth
International School on
Computer Algebra: COCOA 2009 will take place in June 8-12 2009
at
Facultat de Matemàtiques i
Estadística de la Universitat Politècnica de
Catalunya
in
Barcelona (Spain).
The main sponsor of the school is
Shell International Exploration and Production
(SIEP), Rijswijk (NLD).
The school will be held the week before
the
COCOA
Conference (12-13 June) in honour
of Prof. Lorenzo Robbiano's 65th Birthday,
and the conference
MEGA09 (15-19 June), both
in Barcelona.
Following the very successful format we have used for the previous
schools, there will be two intensive courses with CoCoA tutorials:
The tutors and assistants will be able to provide help for participants
in the use of the
computer algebra system CoCoA. Students who own laptops are encouraged
to bring them for use during the tutorials. The CoCoA system is
available for installation by downloading it from the
CoCoA web page.
There is space in the school for about 20 participants, who should
currently be
enrolled in a doctoral programme somewhere in the world or be recent
postdoctoral
fellows. All students who are accepted for admission to the School will
receive a
scholarship which will cover some of the expenses for
bed&breakfast in Barcelona.
Those wishing to participate in the School should submit a
letter of application to either:
Lorenzo Robbiano robbiano@dima.unige.it
Anthony Geramita geramita@dima.unige.it or
tony@mast.queensu.ca
The Letter of Application should include the applicant's CV as well as
the applicant's
reasons for wanting to take part in the school. There should also be
included the (email)
address of one mathematician who can act as referee for the application.
Applications should be submitted by
21st MARCH, 2009 and the final decisions about
scholarships will be made before the end of March by the Organizing
Committee (A. Bigatti, A. Geramita, L. Robbiano).
Information about costs, accommodations, method of payment, etc. will
come in the next announcement.
The local organizers are
Gemma Colomé-Nin and
Montserrat Manubens.
To contact them use the address
cocoa09 at imub.ub.es.
We look forward to seeing you in Barcelona this coming June. If you have
any questions, please don't hesitate to write to us.
Best regards,
Anna Bigatti
Tony Geramita
Lorenzo Robbiano