The 13th International Conference on Applications of Computer Algebra

计算机和计算代数是一个快速发展的领域，在教育、科学、工程、医学等领域有许多应用。为了开发和探索这些应用，数学家、计算机科学家、工程师和科学家之间需要密切合作。为了促进这种合作，奥克兰大学数学系将于2007年7月在奥克兰大学组织一次国际会议。本次会议的主要目标是促进计算机代数和符号计算的应用，并将数学，计算机科学，工程和其他科学的研究人员聚集在一起，以进一步合作。会议讨论的应用在教育，数学，计算机科学，电气工程，工业应用等领域非常重要。例如，其中一个会议是由查尔斯·万普勒组织的，他是通用汽车机器人研究和开发小组的负责人。该小组的主要活动是基于大量使用计算机代数的技术。这些技术将在会议上详细讨论，并将介绍其他研究人员和学生的需求，汽车工业，这是相当重要的经济底特律地区。密码学的应用包括编码理论和密码学，它们对破解恐怖威胁和确保安全的通信渠道非常重要.一些会议组织者是北约高级研究所的成员，该研究所将于2008年在阿尔巴尼亚组织。这个夏季研究所由北约资助，旨在培训东欧和地中海国家的数学家、计算机科学家和工程师，以监测这些国家的恐怖分子。最后，奥克兰大学计算机代数应用会议（ACA）的组织者希望这次会议产生的新思想将对工业应用和打击恐怖主义产生直接影响。

Computer and Computational Algebra is a fast growing field withmany applications in education, science, engineering, medical fields,etc. To develop and explore such applications close cooperation isneeded between mathematicians, computer scientists, engineers, andscientists. To facilitate such cooperation the Department of Mathematicsat Oakland University is organizing an international conferenceduring the month of July 2007 at Oakland University. The main goalsof this conference will be to promote the applications of ComputerAlgebra and Symbolic Computation and to bring together researchersfrom mathematics, computer science, engineering, and other sciencesin order to further cooperation.The applications discussed in the conference are important in areassuch as education, mathematics, computer science, electrical engineering,industrial applications etc. For example, one of the sessions isorganized by Charles Wampler who is the head of the GM Researchand Development group on robotics. The group's main activities arebased on techniques which make heavy use of computer algebra. Thesetechniques will be discussed in detail in the conference and will introduceother researchers and students to the needs of the auto industry,which is quite important for the economy of the Detroit area. Otherapplications include coding theory and cryptography which are veryimportant decoding terrorist threats and securing safe communicationchannels. Several of the session organizers are members of the NATOAdvanced Study Institute which will be organized in Albania in 2008.This summer institute is funded by NATO and aims at training mathematicians,computer scientists, and engineers from Eastern Europeand Mediterranean countries to monitor the terrorist elements in thosecountries. Finally, the organizers of the Applications of Computer Al-gebra (ACA) conference at Oakland University hope that the new ideasgenerated in this conference will have direct impact on industrial applicationsand combating terrorism.