[cmath] CALL FOR PAPERS, MILESTONES IN COMPUTER ALGEBRA (MICA 2008)

[Ilias Kotsireas]

CALL FOR PAPERS

MILESTONES IN COMPUTER ALGEBRA (MICA 2008)

A Conference in Honour of Keith Geddes' 60th Birthday
Stonehaven Bay, Trinidad and Tobago, 1-3 May 2008

Website: http://www.orcca.on.ca/conferences/mica2008

Keith Geddes' research has spanned the areas of numerical approximation,
algebraic algorithms for symbolic computation, hybrid symbolic-numeric
computation and the design and implementation of computer algebra systems.
He is perhaps best known as co-founder of the Maple computer algebra
system. Through his teaching, research and software, the work of Keith
Geddes has touched millions of individuals. In honour of Keith Geddes'
60th birthday, the 40th year of his scientific career and the 20th
anniversary of the founding of Maplesoft, a conference will be held May
1-3, 2008 near Scarborough, Tobago.

The conference will feature invited talks by well known
figures in the computer algebra world as well as contributed talks
selected by the program committee. The following invited speakers have
confirmed their participation.

- Jim Cooper (Maplesoft, Canada)
- Gaston Gonnet (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
- Michael Monagan (Simon Fraser U., Canada)
- Joel Moses (MIT, USA)
- Peter Paule (RISC Linz, Austria)
- B. David Saunders (U. Delaware, USA)
- David Stoutemyer (U. Hawaii, USA)
- Jan Verschelde (U. Illinois at Chicago, USA)

Call for Papers
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Contributions of original research in areas related to Keith Geddes'
career or of related historical interest (or both) are invited. Extended
abstracts of 4-5 pages should be submitted by February 22, 2008. Please
see the website for details. A special issue of the Journal of Symbolic
Computation is approved to follow the conference, with a submission
deadline of September 1, 2008.

Topics include, but are not limited to: algebraic algorithms for symbolic
computation, hybrid symbolic-numeric computation, numerical approximation,
symbolic summation and integration, and the design of symbolic computation
libraries and systems.

Important Dates
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- Extended abstracts due: February 22, 2008.
- Notification: March 21, 2008.
- MICA Conference: May 1-3, 2008.
- Journal paper submission: September 1, 2008.

Program Committee
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- Jacques Carette (McMaster U., Canada)
- Robert Corless (U. Western Ontario, Canada)
- James Davenport (U. Bath, UK)
- Juergen Gerhard (Maplesoft, Canada)
- Mark Giesbrecht, Chair (U. Waterloo, Canada)
- Laureano Gonzalez Vega (U. Cantabria, Spain)
- Hoon Hong (North Carolina State U., USA)
- Erich Kaltofen (North Carolina State U., USA)
- George Labahn (U. Waterloo, Canada)
- Ziming Li (AMSS Academia Sinica, China)

Organizing Committee
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- General Chair: Stephen Watt (U. Western Ontario, Canada)
- Program Committee Chair: Mark Giesbrecht (U. Waterloo, Canada)
- Sponsorship Chair: George Labahn (U. Waterloo, Canada)
- Publicity Chair: Ilias Kotsireas (Wilfrid Laurier U., Canada)
- Treasurer: Jim Cooper (Maplesoft)
- Local Arrangements: Bal Swaroop Bhatt (U. West Indies, Trinidad &Tobago),
                       and David Jeffrey (U. Western Ontario, Canada)

Venue
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The conference will be held at the Grafton Beach Resort, located about 8km
from Scarborough, the capital of Tobago, and about 8km from the Crown
Point international airport. Accommodation at a special conference rate is
available at the resort.

Sponsorship
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The conference is sponsored by the University of Waterloo, and in
cooperation with ACM SIGSAM. Major support is gratefully acknowledged from
Maplesoft. The conference thanks the Ontario Research Centre for Computer
Algebra, the University of Waterloo, the University of Western Ontario and
the University of the West Indies for additional support.

Notice: All aspects of the conference are subject to change without
notice.