SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES

July 24-August 4, 2006

Workshop on Computational and Combinatorial Commutative Algebra
The Fields Institute, Toronto

Organizing Committee: Ragnar Buchweitz (Toronto), Greg Smith (Queen's), Alexander Yong (Fields/Minnesota)

The goal of this workshop is to introduce participants to the use of Macaulay 2, together with recent advances in computational and combinatorial aspects of commutative algebra. The dates are July 24-August 4, 2006).

The conference will be held during July 31-August 4, 2006. This will be preceded by an introductory workshop on using Macaulay 2, to be held July 24-July 29, 2006. Outline of the proposed program:

PROPOSED PROGRAM

Introductory part: (1) Gröbner bases (2) Monomial ideals and resolutions (3) Hilbert series and polynomials (4) Free resolutions and betti numbers (5) Toric varieties (6) Determinantal varieties

Recent Progress: (1) Moduli of quiver representations (2) Singularities of Schubert varieties (3) Algebraic statistics (4) Hypergeometric differential equations (5) Hyperplane arrangements

Trip to Niagara Falls

On August 2 a trip has been arranged to Niagara Falls in the morning, Hillebrand Estate Winery in the afternoon for a wine tasting (included in ticket price) and wrapping up in Niagara on the Lake for evening dinner.
Tickets can be purchased during the Workshop at $40 each, seats are limited to 47 participants.
The tentative plan for the day is:
Depart Fields 9:30 am (approx. 2 hour drive to Niagara Falls)
Niagara Falls 11:30-3:00 pm
Pick up to Hillebrand 3:00 p.m
Hillebrand Estates 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Pick up to Niagara on the Lake 4:30 p.m.
Niagara on the Lake 5-7 p.m.
Leave 7 p.m. for return to Toronto
(Participants are responsibile for their own meals costs during the trip).

Many useful questions about Niagara Falls are answered at http://www.niagarafallslive.com/Frequently_asked_questions_about_Niagara_Falls.htm starting with "Are the Falls turned off at night ?" (The answer: No) .

TRAVEL SUPPORT
Limited travel funding for junior participants wasavailable. Please contact Alexander Yong ayong@fields.utoronto.ca for funding requests. (closing date for requests, February 28, 2006).

PARTICIPANTS (updated 07/12/06)

Fullname	University Name
Abo, Hirotachi	Colorado State University
Bergeron, Francois	Université du Québec à Montréal
Bergeron, Nantel	York University
Berkesch, Christine	Purdue University
Buchweitz, Ragnar-Olaf	University of Toronto
Can, Mahir	University of Pennsylvania
Dalili, Kia	Dalhousie University
Dashtban, Abolghasem	IASBS
Denham, Graham	University of Western Ontario
Derksen, Harm	University of Michigan
Faridi, Sara	Dalhousie University
Geramita, Tony	Queen's University
Hariharan, Ananthnarayan	University of Kansas
Hoefel, Andrew	Dalhousie University
Hohlweg, Christophe	York University
Hovinen, Bradford	University of Toronto
Hsu, Eric	University of Toronto
Iarrobino, Anthony	Northeastern University
Jia, Ning	University of Minnesota
Kim, Sangwook	University of Minnesota
Kotsireas, Ilias	Wilfrid Laurier University
Kummini, Manoj	University of Kansas
Kuttykrishnan, Sooraj	Washington University in St. Louis
Leuschke, Graham	Syracuse University
Li, Huilan	York University
Little, John B.	Holy Cross
Logan, Adam	University of Waterloo
Maclagan, Diane	Rutgers University
Mapes, Sonja	Columbia University
Morton, Daniel	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Mueller, Chris	University of Michigan
Ojo, Williams	University of Ibadan
Page, Magalie	LACIM Uqam
Petrovic, Sonja	University of Kentucky
Roth, Mike	Queen's University
Sidman, Jessica	Mt. Holyoke College
Sinefakopoulos, Achilleas	Cornell University
Smith, Gregory	Queen's University
Snapp, Bart	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Stillman, Mike	Cornell University
Sullivant, Seth	Harvard University
Tapp, Darren	Purdue University
Taskin, Muge	University of Minnesota
Thomas, Hugh	University of New Brunswick
Tymoczko, Julianna	University of Michigan
Van Tuyl, Adam	Lakehead University
Velasco, Mauricio	Cornell University
Walther, Uli	Purdue University
White, Diana	University of Nebraska
Wong, Kieh	Centennial College
Woo, Alexander	UC Davis
Wulcan, Elizabeth	Chalmers University of Technology
Yong, Alexander	The Fields Institute
Yuen, Cornelia	University of Michigan
Invited/not confirmed
Schenck, Hal	Texas A&M University

What to do in Toronto

Travel to Niagara Falls
The website of the Greyhound Canada: http://www.greyhound.ca/en/ allows one to find out the schedule of regular Greyhound buses from Toronto to the Niagara Falls (approximately every two hours), check the fares (approx. $55 same day ticket, $42 for advanced purchase, $30 for a companion ticket). The bus terminal in Toronto is at (15-min walk from the Fields):

Toronto Coach Terminal, 610 Bay Street, Toronto, Ontario (416) 393-7855

Also many useful questions are answered at http://www.niagarafallslive.com/Frequently_asked_questions_about_Niagara_Falls.htm starting with "Are the Falls turned off at night ?" (The answer: No) to "How far is the Bus terminal from the Falls?" (2.5 kilometers from the Rainbow bridge).

For more ideas see http://www.math.toronto.edu/toronto/ or http://www.toronto.ca/

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Further details will be posted here as they become available. Or you may contact one of the organizers Ragnar Buchweitz, Greg Smith and Alexander Yong.

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