From wiskgenoot@wiskgenoot.nl Fri Jul 15 16:58:10 2005 Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 16:56:26 +0200 From: Koninklijk Wiskundig Genootschap To: m.a.peletier@tue.nl Subject: Mededelingen van het KWG, 2005, nr. 13 [ The following text is in the "iso-8859-1" character set. ] [ Your display is set for the "iso-8859-15" character set. ] [ Some characters may be displayed incorrectly. ] ********************************************************************** MEDEDELINGEN VAN HET KONINKLIJK WISKUNDIG GENOOTSCHAP, 2005 nr. 13 (elektronische aflevering) De eerstvolgende aflevering verschijnt omstreeks 2 september 2005. Kopij kan worden gestuurd naar medwg@cwi.nl; agenda-items kunnen ook worden aangeboden via de website www.wiskgenoot.nl ********************************************************************** 1. Agenda 2. Colleges, voordrachtenseries, cursussen e.d. 3. Promoties 4. Vacature ********************************************************************** 1. Agenda Van de in onderstaande opsommingen met * aangeduide activiteiten treft men bijzonderheden aan in de rubriek 2. Colleges, voordrachtenseries, cursussen e.d. 5/11-8 Budapest, Hongarije: Logic in Hungary 2005 Conference celebrating the 100th anniversary of Laszlo Kalmar and Rozsa Peter http://www.renyi.hu/~lh05/ 14/19-8 Oisterwijk: GAC 3 Conference: Geometric and Algebraic Combinatorics 3 http://few.kub.nl/gac/ 21/26-8 Bandung, Indonesia: International Conference on Applied Mathematics (ICAM05) Email ICAM05: icam05@labmath-itb.or.id for registration and paper submission, see: http://www.labmath-itb.or.id/~icam05 26/27-8 TUE: Vakantiecursus 2005 - De Schijf van Vijf Aanmelden voor 12 augustus http://www.cwi.nl/events/2005/VC2005/ 29-8/2-9 Lorentz Center: Workshop `Arithmetic Geometry and High Energy Physics' Organizers: Gunther Cornelissen (Utrecht), Matilde Marcolli (MPIM, Bonn), Andrew Waldron (UC Davis) http://www.lc.leidenuniv.nl/ 2/3-9 CWI: Vakantiecursus 2005 - De Schijf van Vijf Aanmelden voor 12 augustus http://www.cwi.nl/events/2005/VC2005/ 15/17-9 UU: Freudenthal 100 Viering van de honderdste geboortedag van Hans Freudenthal (1905-2005) 15 september: Freudenthal en onderwijs 16 september: Freudenthal en wiskunde 17 september: Freudenthal voor iedereen http://www.freudenthal100.nl 16/18-9 Barcelona, Spain: EMS-SCM Joint Mathematical Weekend Topics: Combinatorics and Graph Theory, Dynamical Systems, Evolution PDEs and Calculus of Variations, Module Theory and Representation of Algebras, Non-commutative Geometry http://www.iecat.net/scm/emsweekend 19-9 CWI: CWI Lectures `Mathematics for Efficiency' Laszlo Lovasz (Microsoft Res. and Eotvos Univ.) Paul Seymour (Princeton Univ.) 14-17 u., Turingzaal 23-9 EURANDOM: `Stochastics Afternoon' State-of-the-Art lectures on Probability, Statistics and Operation Research http://www.eurandom.tue.nl/workshops/2005/ISS/stochasticsafternoon_23sept.htm http://www.eurandom.tue.nl/feedback-forms/mail-formSept23.html 27/30-9 Scheveningen, The Hague: 8th European Multigrid Conference This conference is devoted to dissimination of recent advances and ideas concerning multigrid, multilevel and multiscale methods, a.o. for the solution of elliptic partial differential equations http://pcse.tudelft.nl/emg2005/ 7-10 Brussel, Belgie: Workshop Coding Theory and Cryptography register before September 15 http://cage.ugent.be/~ls/website/contactforum2005.html 7-10 VUA: BWI-middag http://www.math.vu.nl/bwi/bwimiddag 12/14-10 Woudschoten, Zeist: 2005 Conferentie van de Nederlands-Vlaamse Numerieke Wiskunde Gemeenschappen http://www.cwi.nl/projects/wnw/conf2005/nl_index.html 14-10 Utrecht: EIDMA Cryptography Working Group http://www.win.tue.nl/math/eidma/cwg.html 14/15-10 *Gent: Conference Buildings, Groups and Algebras. 2-12 Utrecht: EIDMA Cryptography Working Group http://www.win.tue.nl/math/eidma/cwg.html 20/22-12 UU: Workshop Fast Numerical Solution of Partial Differential Equations Invited Speakers: Wolfgang Dahmen, Wolfgang Hackbusch, Christoph Schwab, Endre Suli Organizers: Rob Stevenson, Tammo Jan Dijkema, Tsogtgerel Gantumur, Yaroslav Kondratyuk (Utrecht) http://www.math.uu.nl/Fastsolvers 30-1/3-2-06 Eindhoven: EIDMA - De 55ste Studiegroep Wiskunde met de Industrie (ESGI55 of SWI2006) http://www.win.tue.nl/swi2006/ 16/17-3-06 Basel, Switzerland: 10th Rhine Workshop on Computer Algebra (RWCA 2006) email: jan.draisma@unibas.ch http://www.math.unibas.ch/~draisma/rwca06 22/30-8-06 Madrid, Spain: International Congress of Mathematicians 2006 ICM 2006 is organized under the auspices of the International Mathematical Union. This world congress of mathematicians is held every four years. There are two prestigious prizes that will be awarded, namely, the Fields Medals and the Nevanlinna Prize. In addition, the Gauss Prize will be awarded for the first time. Preregistration is possible now. http://www.icm2006.org ************************************************************************** 2. Colleges, voordrachtenseries, cursussen e.d. EIDMA - Conference Buildings, Groups and Algebras A conference in honour of Jacques Tits Date/place: 14-15 October 2005; University of Gent, building S25, Galglaan 2, Gent, Belgium On the occasion of the 75th birthday of Jacques Tits we organize a conference in Gent. This conference will start on Friday, October 14 in the afternoon, and end in the early afternoon on Saturday, October 15. Each day there will be three one-hour lectures given by Pierre-Emmanuel Caprace (Bruxelles), Tom De Medts (Gent), Gopal Prasad (Ann Arbor), Bertrand R my (Lyon), Jean-Pierre Serre (Paris) and Richard Weiss (Boston). A provisional programme, which will be updated from time to time, can be found on http://cage.rug.ac.be/~hvm/schedule.html Registration: There is no registration or conference fee. However, if you intend to come, please send us a short email (bmuhlher@ulb.ac.be). A conference dinner is planned on Friday evening. The restaurant is not confirmed yet, but as soon as it is fixed, we will put all information, including the price, on the web. You will be asked to send a short message to bmuhlher@ulb.ac.be or hvm@cage.ugent.be if you intend to participate. The deadline (probably beginning October) for this will also be on the web soon. Accomodation: If you need accommodation in Gent, we ask you to take care of the reservation yourself. You may find the following suggestions useful. - Hotel Astoria, http://www.astoria.be; tel.: +32 9 222 84 13, email: info@astoria.be; prices: single: 65-89 euro, double: 72-119 euro breakfast included; - Hotel Ascona, http://www.www.ascona.be; tel.: +32 9 221 27 56, email: hotel@ascona.be; prices: ingle: 64,5 euro, double: 77 euro, breakfast included. - Hotel Ibis-Kathedraal, http://www.ibis.com; tel.: +32 9 233 0000, email: H0961@accor.com; prices: single: 75 euro, double: 75 euro, breakfast: + 9 euro. - Hotel Ibis-Opera, http://www.ibis.com; tel.: +32 9 225 07 07, email: H1455@accor.com; prices: single: 69 euro, double: 69 euro, breakfast: + 9 euro. - Hotel Carlton, http://www.promin.be/hotel/ncarlton; tel.: +32 09 222 88 38, email: newcarlton@busmail.net; prices: single: 67 euro, double: 80 euro, breakfast included. Reservations can be made using the telephone, fax or email. You can pay with credit cards, cash or via an invoice. For a map of Gent with the above hotels and the conference site marked, see http://cage.ugent.be/bnlf/hotels.html Travel information: By Plane or train. There are direct trains from the airport (Zaventem) to Gent. In the airport, follow the signs to the train station and ask a ticket to Gent Sint-Pieters. In Gent, you may either take a taxi, or a bus or a tram to the hotel. From the airport to Gent it takes the train approximately 40 minutes. To reach the department by tram, take numbers 21/22 on the platform opposite the train station platforms. By car: travel directions can be found on http://cage.ugent.be/foto/map.html (the location is `Departments of Pure Mathematics'). ************************************************************************* 3. Promoties UL 2-9 Gabor Wiese, Modular Forms of Weight One Over Finite Fields, promotor prof.dr. S.J. Edixhoven,14.15 u., Senaatskamer van het Academiegebouw. TUE 7-9 V.S. Nikov, Verifiable Secret Sharing and Applications, promotoren: prof.dr.ir. H.C.A. van Tilborg, prof.dr.ir. B. Preneel (Leuven), copromotor: dr.ir. L.A.M. Schoenmakers, 16 u., Collegezaal 4, Auditorium. 8-9 S.P. Contini, Case Studies in Symmetric Key Cryptography, promotoren: prof.dr. A.K. Lenstra, prof.dr.ir. H.C.A. van Tilborg, 16 u., Collegezaal 4, Auditorium. ************************************************************************* 4. Vacature The University of Twente is looking for a Fulltime Professor Discrete Mathematics and Mathematical Programming The chair Discrete Mathematics and Mathematical Programming (DMMP) in the Department of Mathematical Sciences of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science focuses on research in Discrete Optimization and Mathematical Programming. Emphasis is put on the development of mathematical methods and techniques and their applications in various fields such as, e.g., embedded systems, ad-hoc networks, transportation systems and health care. The University offers a full time tenured position as Professor. The University offers competitive salary (maximum EURO 7962 gross per month) and benefits commensurate with experience and qualifications. For more detailed information see http://www.math.utwente.nl/dos/dwmp/ or contact Professor A. Bagchi (a.bagchi@utwente.nl; Tel.:+31-53-4893406). Interested candidates are invited to send a resume, publication list and a statement of their research and teaching interests by 30 September 2005 to the University of Twente, attn. Prof.dr.ir. A.J. Mouthaan, Dean of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science, P.O Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands, quoting vacancy number 05/072. ************************************************************************* (einde mededelingen)