New Journal First Issue

[Amelia Taylor]

Dear Colleague:

We are excited to announce the publication of the first issue of

The Journal of Software
for Algebra and Geometry: /Macaulay 2/

This new electronic-only journal is devoted to software for research
in algebra and geometry, accompanied by short articles that explain
their use and purpose. The software is in the form of packages for use
with the Macaulay2 system, though this may be broadened at a later
time to include other systems as well. All software and articles are
refereed, and the software is made available with the Macaulay2
distribution. The first issue can be found at

http://j-sag.org/current.html

and its contents are

EdgeIdeals: a package for (hyper)graphs
Christopher A. Francisco, Andrew Hoefel, and Adam Van Tuyl

Computing inclusions of Schur modules
Steven V Sam

and both papers are accompanied by the relevant, refereed Macaulay 2
package. For other information regarding the journal, see http://j-sag.org/

Issues will be published quarterly and announced through an e-mail
list. If you would like to receive such announcements please go to

http://j-sag.org/announce.html

and complete the brief subscription form.

-- Greg Smith and Amelia Taylor

[Alex Ghitza]

Hi,

I realise that this is an electronic-only journal and therefore this
question probably does not make sense, but let me try anyway: What is
the publisher of the journal?

Here's why I'm asking: I want to fill out a form to get the journal
recognised by the Australian Research Council, and "Publisher" is
among the compulsory fields.

If you are intrigued and want to know more: the Australian Government
has launched a new initiative called "Excellence in Research for
Australia", which "will assess research quality within Australia's
higher education institutions using a combination of indicators and
expert review". Part of what this entails is having a list of
officially-sanctioned journals, which will moreover be ranked
according to some criteria. The research output of individuals,
groups, departments, faculties, and universities will be measured in
reference to this list, and research grants and other government
funding will be awarded accordingly. Yes, it is utterly crazy, and
yes, Australian researchers are stuck with this, at least until the
can-and-must-assess-and-quantify-everything silliness goes away.

Best,
Alex

--
Alex Ghitza -- Lecturer in Mathematics -- The University of Melbourne
-- Australia -- http://www.ms.unimelb.edu.au/~aghitza/