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====== WORKSHOP: 9th Atelier PARI/GP in Besancon ==(First announcement)======

We would like to announce a week-long workshop on the computer algebra system "PARI/GP", from 15th to 19th January 2018, at Besancon University (France).

Website: http://pari.math.u-bordeaux.fr/Events/PARI2018/

Organizers: Bill Allombert Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux.fr Karim Belabas Karim.Belabas@math.u-bordeaux.fr Jean-Robert Belliard jean-robert.belliard@univ-fcomte.fr Marine Rougnant marine.rougnant@univ-fcomte.fr

This workshop is organized to discuss the current and future development of the PARI/GP system. Anyone interested in helping out is welcome !

The workshop will include

(1) Short status reports on the current development projects.

(2) Tutorial sessions.

(3) Brainstorming sessions, to spell out and discuss ideas about the system development: new features, new algorithms, improving old implementations, bug fixes, extensions to GP syntax, documentation overhaul ...

(4) Hacking sessions: inspired by (3), but bring also your own problems !

Please share your ideas for Discussion topics (3) or Coding sessions (4) with the development mailing list pari-dev@pari.math.u-bordeaux.fr. Feel free to suggest subjects for the Tutorial sessions (2).

REGISTRATION: Please register as soon as possible with one of the organizers; participation to the Atelier is free of charge.

FINANCIAL AID: Deadline for financial help application October 15th 2017. Funding to cover travel and local costs is available thanks to the OpenDreamKit project http://opendreamkit.org/. Email Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux.fr to apply, priority will be given to graduate students.