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Computer Science Colloquium
 

Software for the Working Mathematician


Thursday and Friday, May 15-16, 2003
City College of New York

Working mathematicians are often too busy to sort through software that might or might not be useful to them. This conference is designed with this in mind. Thus there will be demonstrations of a variety of software packages, presented in a leisurely fashion, with time for questions and discussion. There will be a number of intermissions, with a liberal sprinkling of coffee and other refreshments during the day. The lectures will be held in a beautiful auditorium, the province of the Music Department of CCNY, in Shepard Hall, a grand building which houses the Great Hall of the College. A CD which contains a host of software, including everything that will have been demonstrated, will be made available to the participants. Lunch will also be provided free of charge. This should be an enjoyable, stress-free experience and everyone is cordially invited to attend and particpate. We expressly want to invite some of the hardest working members of the profession, the teachers, to join in what might be thought of as the celebration of the coming summer, after such a hard winter.
Speakers:
  • Anil Nerode (Cornell University) "The Emerging Role of Symbolic Computation in Science and Technology"
  • Walter Neumann (Barnard College, Columbia University) "Software for 3-manifolds and knots"
  • William Sit (City College of CUNY) "AXIOM, an Introduction to a Scientific Computing System"
  • Benjamin Fine (Fairfield University) "CAISS-Stat : A Graphical Interface Full Statistical Analysis Program"
  • Jason Hickey (Caltech) "Formal Abstract Algebra in the MetaPRL Logical Framework"
  • Robert Lewis (Fordham University) "Using Fermat to Solve Large Polynomial and Matrix Problems"
  • Steve Linton (University of St. Andrews, Scotland) "GAP:Groups, Algorithms and Programming"

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All lectures will be held in Shepard 95, the Music Recital Hall with refreshements and lunch provided.

Please let us know if you plan to come by emailing Sean Cleary or Bernice Ravitz or calling (212) 650-5167. Up-to-date information is available on our webpages at www.grouptheory.org and www.caissny.org

This event is sponsored by the CUNY Faculty Development Program, the CCNY Dean of Science Maria Tamargo, the CCNY Dean of Engineering Mohammad Karim and the CCNY Department of Computer Science and is hosted by the Center of Algorithms and Interactive Scientific Software (CAISS) and the New York Group Theory Cooperative.

Organized by Gilbert Baumslag , Sean Cleary , Sergei Artemov , Walter Neumann , William Sit Douglas Troeger .


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