13th International Conference on Applications of Computer Algebra held at Oakland University

Applications of Computer Algebra (ACA), June 2007.

The ACA series of conferences is devoted to promoting the applications and development of Computer Algebra and Symbolic Computation. Topics include computer algebra and symbolic computation in engineering, the sciences, medicine, pure and applied mathematics, education, communication and computer science.

Figure 1.  Poster of the ACA conference

The 13th ACA was held at Oakland University during June 19-22, 2007. Its primary organizer was Tony Shaska with help from J. Nachman.  Graduate students S. Wijesiri and R. Sanjeewa helped with organizing tasks.

There were 130 participants from all over the world. The conference was organized in 8 special sessions. The conference was funded by NSF and the Provost’s office.  Among many well known speakers were W.C. Huffman, D. Joyner, V. Tonchev, A. Sommesse, C. Wampler, J. Verschelde, et al.

The conference banquet was held on June 29 at Meadow Brook Hall.  Our graduate students D. Kirkwood and S. Wijesiri presented their work in the special session “Computational Algebraic Geometry”.

Detailed information about the conference can be found at:

http://www2.oakland.edu/aca/

Contributed by,

Tony Shaska

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