[Compgeom-announce] Workshop on geometric and topological combinatorics

[Francisco Santos <santosf@unican.es>]

       Workshop on Geometric and Topological Combinatorics
 - A satellite conference of  ICM 2006 (http://www.icm2006.org/) -

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            Third announcement. Deadline extension
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- The deadline for registration at the workshop has been extended until 
May 31.
- A preliminary program and a full list of speakers has been added to 
the web.

URL:            http://www2.uah.es/gtc06/

DATES: August 31 to September 5, 2006

PLACE: Universidad de Alcala (UAH), Alcala de Henares.
      The university of Alcala is one of the oldest in Europe. The
      workshop will take place in its historic "Rectorado" building.
      The town of Alcala de Henares itself is a charming town very
      close to central Madrid, and declared World Heritage by UNESCO.

MAIN SPEAKERS
Alexander Barvinok, University of Michigan
Stefan Felsner, Technische Universität Berlin
Sergey Fomin, University of Michigan
Victor Reiner, University of Minnesota
Ileana Streinu, Smith College

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
      Christos Athanasiadis (Athens)
      Imre Bárány (Budapest)
      Anders Björner (Stockholm)
      Jesús A. de Loera (Davis)
      Günter Rote (Berlin)
      Francisco Santos (Santander)
      Emo Welzl (Zürich)

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
      Manuel Abellanas (Madrid)
      David Orden (Alcalá)
      Julian Pfeifle (Barcelona)
      Pedro Ramos (Alcalá)
      Francisco Santos (Santander)

TOPICS: Geometric and/or topological combinatorics concerns discrete 
structures that arise in a wide array of mathematical contexts, ranging 
from enumerative questions about polytopes and other constructions from 
linear algebra to the topology of manifolds and algebraic varieties. 
This workshop is intended as an informal discussion forum for people 
from such fields as combinatorics, discrete geometry, algebraic 
geometry, convex geometry, algebraic topology, combinatorial 
optimization and theoretical computer science, among others.

STRUCTURE:
The workshop will consist of: Five ''main lectures'', one hour each, by 
Alexander Barvinok, Stefan Felsner, Victor Reiner, Neil Sloane, and 
Ileana Streinu; Nine shorter invited talks (40 minutes each); And a 
poster session, in which all attendants will be allowed to present 
their recent work. Some posters will be selected for oral presentation 
as a short communication (about 15 minutes). Which and how many of them 
will be decided during the workshop.

The Workshop will be intertwined with the advanced course 
"Combinatorial and Computational Geometry: Trends and topics for the 
future" (http://www.crm.es/ComputationalGeometry), which will take 
place in the same dates and place. The scientific programs of both 
activities are independent, but the timetables will be coordinated to 
allow attendance to both. The workshop will consist of five 
"half-days", with Sunday September 3 left free for participants to 
entertain themselves.

CALL FOR POSTERS
If you are interested in presenting a poster, please contact the 
organizers in advance. Send an email to santosf@unican.es with a short 
abstract (Title, authors and some 100 to 200 words, in Latex format). 
Abstracts will be distributed during the workshop. Deadline for 
abstract submission: June 30

IMPORTANT DATES:
Deadline for registration: May 31, 2006
Deadline for abstract submission: June 30, 2006.
Workshop: August 31 - September 5, 2006

For more information, go to http://www2.uah.es/gtc06/ or contact the 
organizers at francisco.santos@unican.es


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