Dear Colleagues Please find the second announcement of the conference "Groups and Semigroups: Interactions and Computations" to be held next July in Lisbon. For more information, consult the website: http://caul.cii.fc.ul.pt/GSConf2011.
Best wishes Csaba Schneider. SECOND 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 conferenceinclude, 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 da Matemática (CIM), and the Departamento de Matemática de 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, Ohio State University and University of Western Australia Pedro Silva, University of Porto Mikhail Volkov, Ural State University 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 Please don't forget to indicate the name of the conference (Groups and Semigroups 2011) and clearly identify the participant. 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. ACCOMMODATION AND TRAVEL INFORMATION: We prebooked a number of rooms in Hotel Zurique VIP Executive Rua Ivone Silva nº 18 1050 - 124 Lisboa Tel: + 351 21 7814000 Fax: + 351 21 7814101 E-mail: res.zuri...@viphotels.com Price for a single or double room is €65 and €70, respectively including breakfast. In order to make a booking contact the hotel directly through the contact information given above. In case you book your room by email or fax, please specify the following details: The name of the conference (Groups and Semigroups: Interactions and Computations) Your name Arrival and departure dates Room type (single/double) Expected arrival time in the hotel In addition let them know your credit card details (type, number, validity, security code) for a security deposit. These rooms are kept for us until 30 May, so please make your booking until that date. Cheaper option for students: We prebooked some rooms in the university college Colégio Pio XII which are available for graduate students. These rooms cost 20 euros per night. Please let us know by 30 April if you'd like to stay in one of these rooms and we will make the final bookings. The rooms should be paid by you upon your arrival at the college. The contact details of Colégio Pio XII are Colégio Universitário PIO XII Avenida Forças Armadas 1600-083 Lisboa Phone: +351 217967146 Fax: +351 217967149 E-Mail: secreta...@colegiopio12.com Further travel information concerning your arrival in Lisbon is available on the conference website. More details will be added in the future. 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
