ICM98-CL13 (97/06/28): Session on MATHEMATICAL SOFTWARE: Call for participation

TO ALL MATHEMATICIANS WHO HAVE PRELIMINARILY PREREGISTERED FOR 
 THE INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF MATHEMATICIANS 1998 IN BERLIN

Thirteenth Circular Letter, June 28, 1997

Subject: ICM98-CL13: Session on MATHEMATICAL SOFTWARE: 
                     Call for participation

Dear colleague:

The President of the International Mathematical Union (IMU) has 
asked the Organizing Committee of the International Congress of
Mathematicians 1998 (ICM98, Aug 18 to 27, 1998 in Berlin, see URL:
http://elib.zib.de/ICM98) to consider arranging - in addition to the
scientific program under the responsibility of the ICM98 program
committee - a special session on mathematical software. 

No special focus or form of presentation was suggested. The only wish
was to cover a broad spectrum. Thus, if possible, the session should
include general purpose computer algebra systems as well as, e.g.,
software systems specialized on number theory, algebra or optimization,
or systems assisting the work of the mathematicians in some other
specific way. The session should be open for presentations from
commercial and academic software development groups.

This is the first call for contributions to get an idea about how 
many groups or companies are interested in such presentations and to 
find out their specific wishes. 

The current idea is that the Organizing Committee will set up a small
committee to select up to 10 software systems for oral 30 minute
presentations during one or two afternoons of the congress. Detailed
plans can only be made if a good estimate on the number of participants
is available. 

The organizing committee is als contemplating to offer, for a fee to be
determined, space for computer demonstrations of the software packages
during the congress - possibly in connection with the book exhibition at
ICM98. Technical support from the Technische Universitaet Berlin, where
the congress will take place, will be very modest, though.

Any response or comment on this first call for participation is
welcome. Please send your reply to

Winfried Neun 
Konrad-Zuse-Zentrum 
Takustrasse 7 
D-14195 Berlin
Germany 
e-mail: neun@zib.de

preferrably via e-mail and feel free to give suggestions or to ask
questions.

If sufficiently many groups show an interest in this event by August 31,
1997, the ICM98 Organizing Committee will go ahead with the planning.


Sincerely

Martin Groetschel
President of the 
ICM98 Organizing Committee

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