Workshop: Computational Opportunuties in Algebra, Number Theory, and Combinatorics, September 21-22, 2002

本次研讨会将汇集关键人物讨论的机会，通过有组织的计算工作，在代数，数论和组合学的研究基础设施。 预期参与者的名单包括在研究中使用计算工具的研究人员，已经开发出用于研究的计算工具的研究人员，以及目前没有大量使用计算工具的研究人员。 目前正在努力吸收妇女和其他来自在数学领域代表性不足的群体的研究人员。研讨会的成果将是一份文件，其中将包含一般原则，战略和长期目标，旨在为ANTC的计划官员提供帮助，因为他们决定未来的建议，包括计算方面。 我们希望这份文件也将激发研究界的进一步讨论和行动。一些主要问题将在这次研讨会上讨论：1。我们要解决什么样的问题？2.我们需要什么工具？3.知道我们需要什么工具，如何提供它们以及如何实施它们？4.我们如何简化向任何想要使用数据的人提供数据的过程？该讲习班旨在作为一次集思广益会议，系统地组织社区在这些问题上的努力。

This workshop will bring together key people to discuss opportunities for enhancing, via organized computational efforts, the research infrastructure in Algebra, Number Theory, and Combinatorics. The list of anticipated participants includes researchers who use computational tools in their research, researchers who have developed computational tools for use in research, and researchers not currently making significant use of computational tools. An effort is being made to include women and other researchers from groups under-represented in mathematics. The outcome of the workshop will be a document that will contain general principles, strategies, and long-range goals intended to be useful for the program officers in ANTC as they decide on future proposal that contain computational aspects. It is hoped that this document will also stimulate further discussion and action within the research community.Some of the main issues that will be addressed at this workshop are:1. What kind of problems do we want to solve?2. What tools do we need?3. Knowing what tools we need, how to we make them available and how do we implement them?4. How can we simplify the process of making data available to anyone who would like to use it?The workshop is intended as a brainstorming session to systematically organize the communities' efforts regarding these issues.