PROGRAM
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WEDNESDAY, March 26

9:00 Registration
9:30  Introduction
10:00 Differential Galois theory of difference equations, Michael Singer, North Carolina State University.[talk]
11:00

Coffee Break

11:30 Algebra, Automata, Algorithms, Biology and Beyond, Bud Mishra, New York University.[talk]
12:30 Lunch break
15:30 Brief Communications (30 minutes each)
      Alexey Zobnin, Moscow State University Recent results on differential analogues of Grobner basis ( a summary report ) [talk]
      Dahira Dali, U.S.T.H.B Gršobner bases in polynomial differential systems [talk]
17:00 Coffee Break
17:30 Characteristic set method for difference and differential-difference polynomial systems, Xiao-Shan Gao, Chinese Academy of Sciences.[talk]



THURSDAY, March 27

9:30
Logical methods in differential algebra, Volker Weispfenning, Universität Passau.[talk]
10:30 Coffee Break

Brief Communications (30 minutes each)
     William Sit, City College of New York On differential Rota-Baxter words
      M. G. Marinari, Università di Genova Borel ideals construction and gin [talk]
      Sonia Rueda, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid Implicitization of DPPEs and differential resultants [talk]
13:000 Lunch break
Brief Communications (30 minutes each)
     Carlo Traverso, Università di Pisa Non-commutative factorisation and GCD with applications to public-key cryptography
     Marc Giusti, Universitè de La Rochelle Efficient computation of square-free Lagrange resolvents
     Daniela Ferrarello, University of Catania Polynomial ideals and directed graphs
17:000 Coffee break
17:30 Algebra of differential invariants of Lie group actions, Evelyne Hubert, INRIA Sophia Antipolis.


FRIDAY, March 28
10:00 Differential elimination and reduction of biochemical networks, François Boulier, Université Lille I. [talk]
11:00 Coffee break
11:30 Generalized Groebner bases and multivariate differential dimension polynomials, Alexander Levin, Catholic University of America.[talk]
12:30 Lunch break
Giuseppa Carrà  Memoration
    Tributes by Vladimir Gerdt [talk]
    Tributes by William Sit    
    Tributes by Giovanni Gallo
    Reminiscences by friends and relatives
19:300 Departure of the bus from the conference site to the Restaurant
20:00 Social dinner at the "Locanda del Vinattiere"


SATURDAY, March 29


Workshop: Commutative, combinatorial and computational algebra

 
9:00 Risulatati recenti del gruppo di ricerca del PRIN di Catania
S. Strano
9:45 Integrally closed ideals
A. Conca
10:30 Coffee break
Generators of the ideal of an algebraic space curve
E. Fortuna, P. Gianni, B. Trager
11:45 From Oil Fields to Hilbert Schemes [talk]
L. Robbiano
12:30 Lunch break
15:00 Grobner bases for submodules of Zn
G. Boffi, A. Logar
15:45 Grobner bases in public key cryptosystems
M. Caboara, F. Caruso, C. Traverso


 

Speakers

The major focus of the conference will be Differential Algebra, its computational aspects, and its applications. Topics include, but are not limited to the following:

  • Differential and difference algebra

  • Differential and difference Galois theory

  • Differential algebraic geometry

  • Differential algebraic groups

  • Differential dimension theory and invariants

  • Model theory and differential algebra

  • Computational differential algebra

  • Dynamical systems

  • Integrability theories, and applications

  • Commutative, combinatorial, computational algebra

In addition, the Conference will also be open to other topics that are related to the research interest of Carrà-Ferro.

The Conference will be structured to include up to 8 invited plenary talks (40 minutes) and a number of shorter talks (25 minutes) on state of the art contributions. As of this announcement, the following have accepted our invitation for plenary talks:

          • François Boulier, Université Lille I, France
            Differential elimination and reduction of biochemical networks.
             
          • Xiao-Shan Gao, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
            Characteristic set method for difference and differential-difference polynomial systems.
             
          • Evelyne Hubert, INRIA Sophia Antipolis, France
            Algebra of differential invariants of Lie group actions.
             
          • Alexander Levin, Catholic University of America, U. S. A.
            Generalized Groebner bases and multivariate differential dimension polynomials.
             
          • Bud Mishra, Courant Institute, New York University, U. S. A.
            Algebra, Automata, Algorithms, Biology and Beyond.
             
          • Michael Singer, North Carolina State University, U. S. A.
            Differential Galois theory of difference equations.
             
          • Volker Weispfenning, Universität Passau, Germany
            Logical methods in differential algebra.
             

Subject to scheduling limitations, the short talks are open to the research community.

Interested short-talk speakers are required to submit a brief abstract (limited to 2 pages) to the Program Committee no later than February 4, 2008. Acceptance to the short talks will be announced by February 13, 2008.