COCOA VIII

COmputational COmmutative Algebra
and
International School on Computer Algebra

More photos by John Abbott and by Francisco Ortus

The plans for both the International School and for the 8th biannual COCOA Meeting have been moving along and we are now in a position to be more precise about the details of both the Conference and the School.

The main sponsors for both the school and the conference are the Gruppo Nazionale per le Strutture Algebriche e Geometriche e loro Applicazioni (GNSAGA) of the Istituto Nazionale di Alta Matematica "Francesco Severi" (INDAM), the Consiglio Nazionale di Ricerche (CNR) of Italy, the University of Genoa, Queen's University, Universidad de Cádiz, Universidad de Sevilla and Universidad de Cantabria.

THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

Monday June 2, 2003 - Thursday, June 5, 2003

All the students accepted for the school are expected to arrive on Sunday, June 1 at the student residence. We will meet Monday morning at 8:30 am in the lecture hall of the Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales.

Classes in the school will begin promptly at 9:00 am on Monday morning. Be prepared for an intensive 4 days of study and work!

The School will end with Thursday morning's minicourse tutorial. Any student wishing to stay longer in the student lodging (and that includes staying on Thursday night) will have to have made separate arrangements with the Cádiz organizers. All students are welcome to stay for the COCOA VIII conference.

Course A	Gregor Kemper	Computational Invariant Theory	tutor: Alessio Del Padrone
Course B	Martin Kreuzer	Computing in Multigraded Structures	tutor: Adam Van Tuyl
Minicourse	Jose María Ucha	Computational Aspects of D-Modules	tutor: María Isabel Hartillo

In addition we will have the support of John Abbott, Begoña Baron, Anna Bigatti, Massimo Caboara and Alberto Vigneron.

It goes without saying that the tutorials are an integral part of the school and all students are expected to attend them. The tutorials in the School will all use CoCoA. We recommend, if possible, that you bring a portable computer with you: having your own portable will give you lots more freedom during the tutorials.

Every participating student will receive a certificate attesting to his or her participation in the School.

We want to remind you that the book by Kreuzer and Robbiano is a good introduction to the material of the courses [it is in "yellow sale" at 26.95 EUR until 31.07.2003].

School schedule

The work for the courses will be scheduled as follows on Monday-Wednesday: Monday afternoon there will be a presentation of the CoCoA system by Anna Bigatti.

The schedule for Thursday is:

Students of the International School

The students accepted to attend the school are:

COCOA VIII

The conference proper will begin on Thursday afternoon, June 5, 2003 and finish at 1pm on Saturday, June 7, 2003.

Abstracts of the invited talks.

Conference schedule

Poster and Demo Sessions

There will be "poster session" on Friday, June 6, which will give people an opportunity to discuss their work with other interested participants at the conference. Please let us know (at the latest) by May 15 if you are interested in participating in such a session. If we receive a brief abstract (at most 1 side of one page) at the same time, we will collect them in a booklet which will be distributed to all participants. Anyone needing an invitation to present such a poster can contact any of the scientific organizers for it.

We are also leaving open an opportunity for demonstrations of computer algebra software. Anyone interested in making such a presentation should let us know as soon as possible and, in any case, no later than May 15, 2003.

Registration Fees:

There will be a registration fee of 170 EUR (100 EUR for students) of which 30 EUR covers the cost of the banquet and is refundable for anyone not taking part in the banquet.

The fee is payable either

• the first day of the conference and payment can be accepted only in euros (cash).
• through a bank transfer IN EUROS to the following account: of the

  Account owner: Universidad de Cádiz 
                                   Ancha, 16
                             11001, Cádiz, Spain

  Bank: UNICAJA, 
              OFICINA PRINCIPAL
                Plaza San Agustín, 3
                  11005 Cádiz, Spain
   

  Account number (for international bank trasnfers):   SWIFT code:  CECAESMM103
                                                                                           IBAN code:  ES10     2103-4000-64-0030022566

  Do not forget to mention in the bank transfer the name Cocoa VIII and your own name!!!

  Please send a copy of the bank transfer receipt to  the local organizer, Prof. Maria Angeles Moreno-Frias (mariangeles.moreno@uca.es) at
  
  Departamento de Matemáticas
  Facultad de Ciencias
  Polígono Río San Pedro s/n
  11510, Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain
  Tlf: +34 956 016310
  Fax: +34 956 016288

This fee includes in particular the following events and items:

• Reception at the City Hall
• Guided tour of the city of Cadiz
• Banquet on Friday 6 at Playa Victoria
• Coffee breaks
• Conference material

Please write an email to any of the organizers if you are planning on coming to either the school or the conference We are arranging some "side" events and we would like to have some idea of what numbers of people to expect.