Formal Power Series and Algebraic Combinatorics: an International Combinatorics Conference

2005年6月，将在意大利的陶尔米纳举行第十七届国际会议，题为“形式幂级数和代数组合学”。 这次FPSAC会议将有一个广泛的跨学科的广度，与主要议题具有代数和枚举组合数学及其应用和关系的其他领域的数学，物理，生物学和计算机科学。 跨学科的跨度是由全会发言人的选择证明，包括克莉丝汀Bessenrodt从德国，Serge Dulucq从法国，罗纳德国王从英国，Corrado De Concini，Renzo Pinzani，和Claudio Procesi从意大利，和沃恩琼斯和杰夫Remmel从美国。这个会议系列的相当大的跨度是独特的国际会议，重点是组合数学。 这次会议将联系在组合学的领先研究人员与强大的研究人员在盟军领域从纯数学和应用数学，理论计算机科学，物理学和生物学绘制。 FPSAC会议的另一个显著特点是共同努力表彰和鼓励杰出的年轻科学家。 这部分是通过选择至少一个全体发言人是一个"新兴“的星星，并通过确保有才华的年轻研究人员在发言人中有很好的代表性选择贡献talks.The会议旨在吸引大量的参与群体一直在传统上代表不足的数学科学。 FPSAC 2005将为年轻研究人员提供一个极好的机会，使他们能够在国内和国际上进行接触，这对他们的职业发展可能具有重要价值。

In June 2005, the seventeenth international conference entitled Formal PowerSeries and Algebraic Combinatorics (FPSAC) will be held in Taormina, Italy. This FPSAC conference shall have a wide interdisciplinary breadth, with principal topics featuring algebraic and enumerative combinatorics andtheir applications and relations to other areas of mathematics, physics, biology and computer science. The interdisciplinary span is evidenced by the choice of plenary speakers, including Christine Bessenrodt from Germany, Serge Dulucq from France, Ronald King from England, Corrado De Concini, Renzo Pinzani, and Claudio Procesi from Italy, and Vaughan Jones andJeff Remmel from the US.The considerable span of this conference series is unique among international conferences with an emphasis on combinatorial mathematics. This conference will link leading researchers in combinatorics with strong researchers in allied fields drawn from pure and applied mathematics, theoretical computer science, physics, and biology. Another distinguishing characteristic of FPSAC conferences is the concerted effort to recognize and encourage outstanding young scientists. This is accomplished in part by choosing at least one plenary speaker to be an ``emerging'' star, and by ensuring that talented young researchers are well represented among the speakers selected for contributed talks.The conference seeks to draw substantial participation from groups which have been traditionally under-represented in the mathematical sciences. FPSAC 2005 promises to be an excellent opportunity for young researchers to make both domestic and international contacts that are likely to be of great value in developing their careers.