MEGA is the acronym for Effective Methods in Algebraic Geometry (and its equivalent in Italian, French, Spanish, German, Russian, etc.), a series of roughly biennial conferences on computational and application aspects of Algebraic Geometry and related topics with very high standards. Previous meetings were held in 1990 (Castiglioncello,
Italy), 1992 (Nice, France), 1994 (Santander, Spain), 1996 (Eindhoven, Nederlands), 1998 (St. Malo, France), 2000 (Bath, United Kingdom), 2003 (Kaiserslautern, Germany), 2005 (Porto Conte, Italy) and 2007 (Strobl, Austria). As in previous conferences, we plan to publish selected papers from the conference in a special issue of the Journal of Symbolic Computation.
Proceedings containing a selection of the papers and invited talks presented at previous Mega conferences
have been published by Birkhäuser in the series Progress in Mathematics (volumes no. 94, 109 and 143), by the Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra (volumes no. 117 and 118, 139 and 164) and by the Journal of Symbolic Computation (volumes no. 39 3-4 and 42 1-2). A Special Issue of the Journal of Symbolic Computation devoted to selected papers of MEGA'2007 will soon appear.
MEGA 2009 will be held at the University of Barcelona, Spain.
Submissions -----------
Submissions should contain recent original research relevant to the topics of the conference. There are two possible modes of submission:
* Full papers with complete proofs. In this case also an abstract of two to four pages is requested. * Extended abstracts of at least four pages containing full results, an outline of
the proofs and all of the main ideas.
Submitted contributions to this conference must not have been accepted or be under review by another conference with a published proceedings or by a journal.
Acceptance of a submitted contribution means acceptance for oral presentation only. A Call for Papers for the Conference Proceedings will be announced during (and after) the conference.
Deadline for Submissions ..........................: January 15,2009 Deadline for Submissions of Software Presentations : March 1, 2009 Notification of acceptance/rejection ..............: March 15, 2009 Deadline for Early Registration ...................: April 1, 2009
Conference Topics -----------------
Effective Methods and Theoretical
and Practical Complexity Issues in: Commutative Algebra, Geometry, Real Geometry, Algebraic Number Theory, Algebraic Geometry, Arithmetic Geometry and related fields: Algebraic Analysis of Differential Equations, Differential Geometry, Associative Algebras, Group Theory, Algebraic Groups and Lie Algebras, Algebraic and Differential Topology, as well as applications in these fields.
* Marta Casanellas Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain * Jan Draisma Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, The Nederlands * Manfred Husty Leopold-Franzens Universitaet Innsbruck, Austria * Gregoire Lecerf Universite de Versailles, France * Joseph Landsberg Texas A&M, USA
* Michael Shub University of Toronto, Canada * William Stein University of Washington, USA * Ravi Vakil Stanford University, USA
Executive Committee -------------------
Wolfram Decker (Saarbrucken), Alicia Dickenstein (Buenos Aires), Joan Elias (Barcelona), Marc Giusti (Paris), Antonio Montes (Barcelona), Luis M. Pardo (Chair, Cantabria)
Ragni Piene (Oslo), Frank Sottile (College Station, USA), Carlo Traverso (Pisa).
Local Arrangements Committee ----------------------------
Maria Alberich, Josep Alvarez-Montaner, Marta Casanellas, Teresa Cortadellas, Carlos D'Andrea (Chair), Joan Elias, Jesus Fernandez-Sanchez, Montserrat Manubens, Antonio Montes, Tomas Recio, Martin Sombra, Luis Felipe Tabera.
Advisory Board --------------
Coordinator: Carlo Traverso (Pisa)
Isabel Bermejo (La Laguna, Spain) Arjeh Cohen (Eindhoven, Netherlands) Carlos D'Andrea (Barcelona, Spain) James H. Davenport (Bath, UK) Wolfram Decker (Saarbrücken, Germany) Alicia Dickenstein (Buenos Aires, Argentina) Ioannis Z. Emiris (Athens, Greece) Jean-Charles Faugere (Paris-Rocquencourt, France) Andre Galligo (Nice, France) Vladimir Gerdt (Dubna, Russia) Patrizia Gianni (Pisa, Italy) Laureano Gonzalez-Vega (Santander, Spain) Gert-Martin Greuel (Kaiserslautern,
Germany) Dima Y. Grigoriev (Rennes, France) Herwig Hauser (Innsbruck, Austria) Mark van Hoeij (Tallahassee, FL, USA) Evelyne Hubert (Sophia Antipolis, France) Rimvydas Krasauskas (Vilnius, Lithuania) Daniel Lazard (Paris, France) Gunter Malle (Kassel, Germany) Bernard Mourrain (Sophia Antipolis, France) Luis M. Pardo (Santander, Spain) Ragni Piene (Oslo, Norway) Tomas Recio (Santander, Spain) Lorenzo Robbiano (Genova, Italy) Marie-Françoise Roy (Rennes, France) Massimiliano
Sala (Dublin, Ireland) Josef Schicho (Linz, Austria) Michael Singer (Raleigh, NC, USA) Pablo Solerno (Buenos Aires, Argentina) Frank Sottile (Amherst, MA, USA) Nobuki Takayama (Kobe, Japan) Franz Winkler (Linz, Austria)