[cmath] MICA 2008: Call for Participation and Posters

[Ilias Kotsireas]

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION AND POSTERS

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 8 invited talks by well known figures in the
computer algebra world as well as 21 contributed talks selected by the
program committee. The invited speakers are:

Jim Cooper (Maplesoft, Canada)
      "20 Years and 6 Definitions of Zero Later..."
Gaston Gonnet (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
      "Maple as a Prototyping Language: A Concrete and Successful
Experience"
Michael Monagan (Simon Fraser U., Canada)
      "How Fast Can We Multiply and Divide Sparse Polynomials?"
Joel Moses (MIT, USA)
      "Macsyma: A Personal History"
Peter Paule (RISC Linz, Austria)
      "Integrals, Sums and Computer Algebra"
B. David Saunders (U. Delaware, USA)
      "Linear Algebra"
David Stoutemyer (U. Hawaii, USA)
      "Ten Commandments for Good Default Expression Simplification"
Jan Verschelde (U. Illinois at Chicago, USA)
      "Tropical Algebraic Geometry in Maple"

Call for Posters
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Contributions of ongoing research in areas related to Keith Geddes' career
or of related historical interest (or both) are invited. Abstracts of 2
pages should be submitted by April 4, 2008. Please see the website for
details.

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.

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.

Registration
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Participants may register for the conference via the web site

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

Conference registration does not include accomodation.  This can be
arranged directly with the Grafton Beach Resort (+868-639-0191) or
other hotels in the area (see conference web page).

Important Dates
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- Last day for early registration rate: March 31, 2008.
- Poster abstracts due: April 4, 2008.
- Notification: April 8, 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)

Sponsorship
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Major support for the conference is gratefully acknowledged from
Maplesoft. The meeting is sponsored by the University of Waterloo, and is
in cooperation with ACM SIGSAM.  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.