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，讨论通过有组织的计算努力，加强代数、数论和组合学研究基础设施的机会。预期的参与者包括在研究中使用计算工具的研究人员，开发了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。正在努力将女性和其他在数学领域代表性不足的群体的研究人员纳入其中。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的项目官员在决定包含计算方面的未来提案时提供帮助。希望这份文件也将在研究界激发进一步的讨论和行动。本次研讨会将讨论的一些主要问题是：1。我们想解决什么样的问题？我们需要什么工具？知道我们需要什么工具，我们如何使它们可用，以及我们如何实现它们？我们怎样才能简化将数据提供给任何想要使用它的人的过程？该讲习班旨在作为一次头脑风暴会议，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.