NEWS

2nd Announcement

Dear colleagues,

this is the second announcement of ALCOMA 20 (international conference on algebraic combinatorics and applications).

It will take place in Kloster Banz close to Lichtenfels and Bamberg, Germany, from March 29th to April 3th, 2020.

The intention is to bring together representatives of research groups that work in particular in the following fields:

  • Algebraic coding theory
  • Design theory
  • q-analogues
  • Finite geometry
  • Finite group actions
  • Finite fields
  • Association schemes
  • Subspace codes
  • Rank-metric codes
  • Distance regular graphs
  • Frame theory
  • Combinatorial algorithms
  • Applications: focussing on, but not limited to data transmission, cryptography (traditional, post-quantum, code-based), storage (nano-structures, distributed, DNA) network coding, private information retrieval, batch codes, locally recoverable codes, CPU cooling, CPU security.

There will be invited talks by:

  • Peter Cameron, St. Andrews, Great Britain
  • Fabrizio Catanese, University of Bayreuth, Germany
  • Bence Csajbók, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
  • Emily King, University of Bremen, Germany and Colorado State University, USA
  • Akihiro Munemasa, Tohoku University, Japan
  • Esmeralda Nastase, Xavier College, USA
  • Kai-Uwe Schmidt, University of Paderborn, Germany
  • John Sheekey, University College Dublin, Ireland
  • Eitan Yaakobi, Technion, Haifa, Israel

For more information and for registration please check the home page of the conference

https://alcoma20.uni-bayreuth.de/

We would like to invite you to this conference and ask you to forward this announcement to colleagues and students.

Important dates

  • End of early bird registration: 31/01/2020
  • Abstract of contributed talks: 29/02/2020
  • Begin of conference: 29/03/2020

Update to the first announcement

  • The conference will end on Friday, April 3rd, around noon.
  • At the time being, there are no vacancies in Kloster Banz on April 3rd. If you intend to stay until Saturday, April 4th, please, contact the organizers for help with accommodation.
  • Support: We will be able to give partial support to a limited number of young researchers. Please, apply by sending an email to alcoma@uni-bayreuth.de.

Call for papers

  • Participants are invited to submit abstracts of their talk by 29/02/2020.
  • To submit your abstract please follow the instructions given on the conference website https://alcoma20.uni-bayreuth.de/
  • The proceedings of the conference will be published as a dedicated volume of the journal: Advances in Mathematics of Communications. The call for papers is also available on the website.

With thanks in advance and with best regards,

Michael Kiermaier, Sascha Kurz, Alfred Wassermann