ECCAD is an annual conference that provides opportunities to learn and share new developments
and to present research results in the areas of symbolic and mathematical computation. The meeting includes invited talks and contributed poster/software demo sessions, covering the breadth of computer algebra: algorithms, software, and applications.
The 15th Annual East Coast Computer Algebra Day (ECCAD'2008) will be held on Saturday, May 10, 2008. It will be hosted by the Department of Computer Science, Mathematics and Engineering at Shepherd University, located at Shepherdstown, WV, USA, in cooperation with ACM SIGSAM and SIAM.
ECCAD'2008 features five invited talks and a moderated discussion panel on hybrid symbolic-numeric computation. Among our invited speakers is Professor John F. Nash Jr., a Nobel Prize winner and Professor of Mathematics from Princeton University.
Registration is free. Limited travel assistance may be available pending NSF grant.
Themes *Hybrid Symbolic-Numeric Computation *Algebraic Algorithms *Computer Algebra Systems *Mathematical Communication *Complexity of Algebraic Problems *Symbolic and Numerical Linear Algebra *Applications of Symbolic Computation
Invited Speakers
The following speakers have been confirmed. Titles and abstracts of their talks will be announced.
Professor John F. Nash, Jr. Nobel Prize Winner Department of Mathematics Princeton University
Professor Erich Kaltofen Department of Mathematics and Computer Science North Carolina State University
Professor Y. V. Ramana Reddy Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering West Virginia University
Professor
Paul S. Wang Department of Computer Science Kent State University
Panel on Hybrid Symbolic-Numeric Computing
ECCAD 2008 will include a moderated discussion panel on the hybrid symbolic-numeric computing. The following panelists have been confirmed.
Professor Erich Kaltofen Department of Mathematics and Computer Science North Carolina State University
Professor Mark Giesbrecht School of Computer Science University of Waterloo
Professor Christopher W. Brown Department of Computer Science U.S. Naval Academy
Poster Sessions
Two poster sessions will be held at the conference. Participants are invited to submit their posters by the submission deadline of April 28, 2008. Poster abstracts received before the submission deadline will be included in The ECCAD'2008 Book of Abstracts
which will be available at the conference, and included in a special issue of ACM SIGSAM Bulletin.
Poster Submission
Poster abstracts may be up to 2 pages long. The submission deadline is April 28, 2008. To submit a poster, either use the online registration form to provide the title and abstract of your poster, or send the title and abstract of your poster by email to eccad2008@gmail.com.
Travel Support
Pending NSF support,
the conference hopes to be able to provide limited travel support for some participants to attend ECCAD'2008. Graduate students and junior faculty are particularly encouraged to apply. Support may cover only partially travel expenses and lodging for up to two nights. There will be no stipends. Please make sure that the flight has a flight number of a US carrier. If you plan to attend and apply for support, please send your inquiry with an itemized estimate of your expenses
to eccad2008@gmail.com. Please note that if your application is approved and if funding is available, you will receive your reimbursement after the meeting. All applications for support are due by May 1, 2008. Support is subject to successful funding.
ECCAD 2008 is hosted by Department of Computer Science, Mathematics and Engineering (CME) at Shepherd University, in cooperation with ACM SIGSAM and SIAM. Among our organizers are the faculty members in CME Department at Shepherd University and Professor Mark Giesbrecht, chair of ACM SIGSAM, and Professor Bruce Char, Professor of Computer Science from Drexel University and the SIAM representative for ECCAD 2008.
Sponsors
Shepherd University School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics -- Shepherd University Department of Computer Science, Mathematics and Engineering--Shepherd University The National Science Foundation (Pending) The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) NASA WV Space Grant Consortium
Contact Information: see http://www.shepherd.edu/eccad2008/ Weidong Liao Department of Computer Science, Mathematics and Engineering Shepherd University
Reza Mirdamadi Department of Computer Science, Mathematics and Engineering Shepherd University
Other Information
Up-to-date information regarding accommodations, directions, schedule, area restaurants, conference
banquet, registration, etc. will be posted at the conference Website at http://www.shepherd.edu/eccad2008/