Article 8459 of sci.math.research: From: grossman@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Jerry Grossman) Newsgroups: sci.math,sci.math.research,comp.theory Subject: Combinatorics Conference Date: 22 Sep 1997 14:16:30 -0400 Organization: Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan, U.S.A. Lines: 55 Approved: Daniel Grayson , moderator for sci.math.research Message-ID: <606clu$fpb@saturn.acs.oakland.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: orion.math.uiuc.edu Originator: dan@orion.math.uiuc.edu Xref: clas.ufl.edu sci.math:202550 sci.math.research:8459 comp.theory:18251 FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT Conference on Algebraic Combinatorics and Applications Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan May 1-3, 1998 Invited one-hour speakers include: Anders Bjorner (Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm) Robert Calderbank (AT&T Research) Peter Cameron (Queen Mary College, London) Jennifer Chayes (Microsoft) Philippe Flajolet (INRIA) Ronald Graham (AT&T Research) David Jackson (University of Waterloo) Richard Stanley (MIT) There will also be sessions for invited half-hour talks. Persons in academia or industry interested in exploring this fertile and evolving area of mathematics and its interactions with and applications to other areas are encouraged to participate. Some support will be available to assist graduate students in attending the conference. Sponsors include the National Science Foundation, the National Security Agency, Oakland University, the Oakland University Foundation, and others still pending. Anyone interested in further information should send name, institution, e-mail address, and current estimated probability of attending, to the organizers by e-mail or snail-mail. Conference e-mail address: calca@oakland.edu Conference home page on the World Wide Web: http://www.oakland.edu/~calca Organizing Committee Ian Goulden (University of Waterloo) Jerrold Grossman (Oakland University), Local Arrangements Chair (248) 370-3443 grossman@oakland.edu Philip Hanlon (University of Michigan) Devadatta Kulkarni (Oakland University), Director (248) 370-4032 kulkarni@oakland.edu Marc Lipman (Oakland University) James McKay (Oakland University) Conference on Algebraic Combinatorics and Applications Department of Mathematical Sciences Oakland University Rochester, MI 48309-4485 22 September 1997