East Coast Computer Algebra Day, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, May 3, l997

1997年5月3日，星期六，在波士顿的东北大学将举行一个为期一天的会议，名为“东海岸计算机代数日”。这次会议的目的是激发人们对计算机代数技术方面的兴趣，并加强对计算机代数技术方面的理解，为那些在该地区活跃或有兴趣在计算机代数方面变得更加活跃的人提供一种以廉价和方便的方式相互见面的方式。本次会议将比年度ISSAC会议更加非正式，有充足的时间进行非结构化的互动。特别鼓励该地区的研究生通过特别邀请为海报会议做出贡献，并提供旅费支持。此外，为研究生提供旅行和酒店资助的提议使这成为吸引更多女性和少数民族进入计算机代数社区的重要机会。对于东海岸的许多专业人士和研究生来说，目前的会议代表了两年多来与计算机代数社区的重要部分会面的最容易获得的机会。ISSAC和IMACS（主要的计算机代数会议）去年都在欧洲举行，并将于1997年夏天在夏威夷举行。东北大学就在波士顿市内，交通便利，包括地铁到公共汽车、火车和飞机。三名受邀演讲者将主持会议并帮助吸引与会者。由社区提供的邀请演讲和海报会议将涵盖计算机代数的广度：算法，软件和应用。

A one day meeting, called the East Coast Computer Algebra Day, will be held at Northeastern University, Boston, on Saturday, May 3, 1997. The purpose of this meeting is to stimulate interest in and enhance understanding of the technical aspects of computer algebra, by providing a way for those in the region who are active or interested in becoming more active in computer algebra to meet with each other in an inexpensive and easily accessible way. This meeting will be more informal than the annual ISSAC meetings, with ample time for unstructured interaction. Participation by the region's graduate students will be particularly encouraged through special invitation to contribute to the poster sessions, and through travel support. In addition, the offer to fund travel and hotel for graduate students makes this is an important opportunity to attract more women and minorities into the computer algebra community. For many professionals and graduate students on the East Coast, the current meeting represents the most accessible opportunity over two years to meet with a significant portion of the computer algebra community. Both ISSAC and IMACS (major computer algebra meetings) were held in Europe last year, and will be held in Hawaii in summer, 1997. Northeastern University is inside Boston itself, with excellent mass transportation, including subway connections to bus, train and plane. Three invited speakers will anchor the meeting and will help attract participants. The invited talks and poster sessions contributed by the community will cover the breadth of computer algebra: algorithms, software, and applications.