First CoDiMa Training School in Computational Discrete Mathematics
Alexander Konovalov
This is the announcement of the GAP and SageMath training event
in Manchester - hope this is the right mailing list to post it for the SageMath
community. On Twitter, the link to this announcement is in this Tweet:
https://twitter.com/gap_system/status/650979176472834048
Best wishes,
Alexander
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CoDiMa Training School in Computational Discrete Mathematics
University of Manchester, November 16th-20th, 2015
http://www.codima.ac.uk/school2015/
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This is the announcement of the CoDiMa Training School in Computational
Discrete Mathematics.
CoDiMa is the Collaborative Computational Project (CCP) in the area of
Computational Discrete Mathematics, supported by the EPSRC (EP/M022641/1).
It is centred on GAP and SageMath - open source software systems which are
widely used for research and teaching in abstract algebra, number theory,
cryptography, combinatorics, graph theory, coding theory, optimisation and
search, among other areas.
CoDiMa supports a number of activities to support users, extenders and
developers of these systems and encourage best practice in their use. One of
them is the Training School in Computational Discrete Mathematics, intended
for PhD students and researchers from UK institutions. It will start with
the 2-days hands-on Software Carpentry workshop covering basic concepts and
tools, including working with the command line, version control and task
automation, continued with introductions to GAP and SageMath systems, and
followed by the series of lectures and exercise classes on a selection of
topics in computational discrete mathematics. The school will finish at
Friday lunchtime, with an option to stay for the NBSAN (North British
Semigroups and Applications Network meeting on Friday afternoon
(http://www.maths.manchester.ac.uk/~mkambites/nbsan.php).
Speakers
* Derek Holt (Warwick)
* Christopher Jefferson (St Andrews)
* Alexander Konovalov (St Andrews)
* James Mitchell (St Andrews)
* Dmitrii Pasechnik (Oxford)
Registration
Participation in the Training School is free of charge, but attendees need
to be registered in advance as the number of places is limited. To register,
please proceed to the Software Carpentry workshop page:
http://kkwakwa.github.io/2015-11-16-manchester-codima/
where you will find further information and the link to the registration
form on Eventbrite. By registering there, you will automatically register
for the whole week. You will have an option to specify whether you are also
staying for the NBSAN meeting on Friday afternoon.
Financial Support
A limited financial support to cover travel expenses and stay in Manchester
is available to PhD students from UK Universities who are coming for the
whole duration of the Training School (from Monday until Friday lunchtime).
Students wishing to apply for the support should register online and then
ask their PhD supervisor to email to con...@codima.ac.uk a recommendation
that they should take part.
Travel and accommodation
Attendees are asked to make their own arrangements for travel and
accommodation. You may find some suggestions following the links below:
* Maps and travel information on the University of Manchester website:
http://www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/maps/
* Some informal information for visitors to Manchester collected by Mark
Kambites: http://www.maths.manchester.ac.uk/~mkambites/visitors.php
Contact
If you have questions or suggestions, please contact the organisers:
* Alexander Konovalov: alexander...@st-andrews.ac.uk
* Matthew Taylor (local organiser): matthew....@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk
You may also follow updates on Twitter: https://twitter.com/codima_project