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09/15/2002

Commutative Algebra: Presentations by Young Researchers

Sunday, July 20 - Thursday, July 24

Jürgen Herzog, Universität Essen
Craig Huneke, University of Kansas
Roger L. Wiegand, University of Nebraska

The goal of the conference is to bring together young researchers in several areas of commutative algebra in order to provide a showcase for important new ideas and to encourage collaboration among participants. All
research talks will be given by mathematically young researchers, primarily those no more than two or three years beyond the Ph.D., and graduate students in their final year of study. The conference will focus on the following topics: (1) homological methods in commutative algebra, (2) characteristic methods and tight closure, (3) combinatorics and commutative algebra, and (4) representation theory of local rings. Each topic will be introduced by an expository talk, and informal discussions will follow the research talks.

The following individuals have at least tentatively accepted invitations to give research talks: Holger Brenner, Ruhr-Universität Bochum; C-Y. Jean Chan, Purdue University; Catalin Ciuperca, University of California, Riverside; Sara Faridi, Université du Québec à Montréal; Laura Ghezzi, University of Missouri; Russell Goward, Xavier University of Louisiana; Tai Ha, University of Missouri; Wolfgang Hassler, Karl-Franzens Universität Graz/University of Nebraska; Michael Hellus, Universität Leipzig; Abdul Jarrah, New Mexico State University; Graham Leuschke, University of Kansas; Diane Maclagan, Stanford University; Laura Matusevitch, University of California, Berkeley; Uwe Nagel, Universität Paderborn/University of Kentucky; Hidefumi Ohsugi, Rikkyo University; Tim Roemer, Universität Essen; Sindi Sabourin, University of Notre Dame; Sean Sather-Wagstaff, University of Illinois; Hans Schoutens, Ohio State University; Amelia Taylor, Rutgers University; Emanoil Theodorescu, University of Kansas; Adela Vraciu, University of Kansas; Carolyn Yackel, Mercer University.

The following have tentatively agreed to give expository talks and/or lead discussion sessions: Luchezar Avramov, University of Nebraska; Juergen Herzog, Universität Essen; Craig Huneke, University of Kansas; Irena Peeva, Purdue University; Karen Smith, University of Michigan; Roger L. Wiegand, University of Nebraska.

In order to ensure ample time for informal discussions and mathematical interaction, there will be no contributed talks. The total number of research talks will be 30­35. It is expected that some support will be available for those wishing to attend talks and participate in the informal discussions. For further information about the scientific program, contact Roger Wiegand (rwiegand@math.unl.edu).