Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry
Organizers: A. Corso, C. Polini and W.V. Vasconcelos

Lawrenceville, NJ
April 17-18, 2004

This session will be devoted to Commutative Algebra and its interaction with other areas. In particular, we want to focus on:

• its relations with Algebraic Geometry, which played a fundamental role in its formation and development;
• its recent and fruitful interactions with Combinatorics that appear, in particular, in the study of monomial and toric ideals;
• the computational aspects of Commutative Algebra.

At 3:00pm on Friday April 16 there will be a talk by Uwe Nagel at Rutgers University in their algebra seminar. Later that day, at 4:30pm, there will be a colloquium talk by Dale Cutkosky.

Events: If you are interested, on Saturday April 17, from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m., there will be a concert in celebration of William Browder's 70th birthday. All participants are invited to this free concert featuring performances by Risa Browder and John Moran. It will take place in Taplin Room, Fine Hall, Princeton University Campus
The concert will be followed by a banquet on Saturday evening as part of the celebration of William Browder's 70th birthday. The banquet will take place at 8:15 p.m. in the Common Room in Fine Hall on the Princeton University campus. The cost is $28; interested participants should send a check payable to Princeton University to Scott Kenney, Mathematics Department, Princeton University, 302 Fine Hall-Washington Road, Princeton, NJ 08544-1000 no later than April 10.

Our Speakers: The following colleagues will give an invited 20 minute talk

Luchezar Avramov			University of Nebraska
Joseph Brennan			North Dakota State University
C.-Y. Jean Chan			University of Arkansas
Karen Chandler			University of Notre Dame
Hara Charalambous			SUNY at Albany
Dale Cutkosky			University of Missouri
Kia Dalili			Rutgers University
Neil Epstein			University of Chicago University of Kansas
Sara Faridi			Université du Québec à Montréal
Elisa Gorla			University of Notre Dame
Li Guo			Rutgers University
Jooyoun Hong			Purdue University
Andrew Kustin			University of South Carolina
Anthony Iarrobino			Northeastern University
Juan Migliore			University of Notre Dame
Uwe Nagel			University of Kentucky
Hans Schoutens			College of Technology, CUNY
Hema Srinivasan			University of Missouri
Janet Striuli			University of Kansas
Adela Vraciu			University of South Carolina

For further information, please feel free to contact directly the organizers of the special session --- Alberto Corso (University of Kentucky), Claudia Polini (University of Notre Dame) and Wolmer V. Vasconcelos (Rutgers University).