Dear Colleagues Please find below the first announcement of the "Groups and Semigroups: Interactions and Computations" conference to be held between 25-29 July, 2011 in Lisbon (Portugal). More information can be found on the website http://caul.cii.fc.ul.pt/GSConf2011. Registration is now open.
Best wishes Csaba Schneider ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE CONFERENCE GROUPS AND SEMIGROUPS: INTERACTIONS AND COMPUTATIONS 25-29 JULY 2011 UNIVERSIDADE DE LISBOA, PORTUGAL http://caul.cii.fc.ul.pt/GSConf2011 SUMMARY The aim of this conference is to deepen the existing interactions between group theory and semigroup theory. The main themes of the conference include, not exclusively: the application of permutation group theory in the theory of transformation semigroups; computational techniques in group theory and semigroup theory; and combinatorial methods in group theory and semigroup theory. The conference will be organized by the Centro de Álgebra da Universidade de Lisboa (CAUL), the Centro Internacional de Matemática (CIM), and the Departamento de Matemática da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa (DM-FCUL). INVITED SPEAKERS Carlos André, University of Lisbon Peter Cameron, Queen Mary, University of London John Fountain, University of York Bettina Eick, Technical University of Braunschweig Robert Gray, University of Lisbon Zur Izhakian, Bar-Ilan University Olga Kharlampovich, McGill University Michael Kinyon, University of Denver Charles Leedham-Green, Queen Mary, University of London Alex Lubotzky, Hebrew University Peter Neumann, University of Oxford Cheryl Praeger, University of Western Australia Ákos Seress, University of Western Australia Pedro Silva, University of Porto Michail Volkov, University of Ekaterinburg Efim Zelmanov, University of California ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Gracinda Gomes (chair), CAUL, DM-FCUL João Araújo, CAUL, Universidade Aberta Victoria Gould, University of York Stephen Linton, University of St Andrews Eamonn O'Brien, University of Auckland Csaba Schneider, CAUL, DM-FCUL. The planned program includes 50 minutes lectures by the invited speakers and 20 minutes contributed talks by the participants. REGISTRATION If you wish to participate in the conference, please fill in the registration form (see below) and send it to conf2...@cii.fc.ul.pt. For logistic reasons, the number of participants is limited, so please do register as soon as possible. The registration fee that covers the conference dinner and the conference trip is: 200 euros, until 31st March 2011; 225 euros, from 1st April 2011; 120 euros for postgraduate students; 100 euros for accompanying partners to participate in the dinner and the trip. The registration fee should be transferred to the following bank account: Centro Internacional de Matemática Av. Prof. Gama Pinto, 2 1649-003 Lisboa, Portugal Bank: Millennium BCP – Santa Clara, Coimbra IBAN: PT50 0033000017280018083 12 BIC / SWIFT: BCOMPTPL Once the transfer is made, either email or fax us a copy of the bank transaction statement. Our email address is conf2...@cii.fc.ul.pt and our fax number is +351 217954288. Please address the fax to the attention of Patricia Paraiba and do not forget to clearly identify the name of the participant. TRAVEL INFORMATION: We recommend to everyone coming from abroad flying to Lisbon's airport. Travel information, including information on accommodation, will be available on the conference website. REGISTRATION FORM If you wish to participate, please fill it in and return it by June 1, 2011 to conf2...@cii.fc.ul.pt. NAME: AFFILIATION: ADDRESS FOR CORRESPONDENCE: E-mail ADDRESS: PHONE/FAX: DO YOU WISH TO GIVE A SEMINAR? Yes/No IF YES, PLEASE SEND US THE TITLE and an ABSTRACT (deadline: March 31th, 2011) NAME OF ACCOMPANYING PARTNER (if participates in the social events) _______________________________________________ Forum mailing list Forum@mail.gap-system.org http://mail.gap-system.org/mailman/listinfo/forum