(please forward this email to anyone who might be interested; contact fpsac13@liafa.univ-paris-diderot.fr to be added to the list) ================================================== FPSAC'13 ================================================== 25th Annual International Conference on Formal Power Series and Algebraic Combinatorics ================================================== June 24-28, 2013 Université Paris 7 (Diderot) Paris, France =================================================== http://www.liafa.univ-paris-diderot.fr/fpsac13 =================================================== Topics ----- All aspects of combinatorics and their relations with other parts of mathematics, physics, computer science and biology. Conference program ----- Invited lectures, contributed presentations, poster session, problem session, and software demonstrations. As usual there will be no parallel sessions. Official languages ----- The official languages of the conference are English and French. Location ----- The conference will take place in Université Paris Diderot (Paris 7) downtown Paris in the 13th arrondissement. Invited Speakers ----- Olivier Bernardi (Brandeis University, USA) Mireille Bousquet-Mélou (CNRS & Université Bordeaux I, France) Patricia Hersh (NCSU, USA) Bernhard Keller (Université Paris Diderot, France) Svante Linusson (KTH, Sweden) Grigori Olshanski (Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia) Eric Rains (Caltech, USA) Francisco Santos (Universidad de Cantabria, Spain) Andrea Sportiello (CNRS & Université Paris Nord, Paris) Call for papers and posters ----- Authors are invited to submit extended abstracts of at most twelve pages by November 16, 2012. Instructions for paper submission will be soon available on the conference website http://www.liafa.univ-paris-diderot.fr/fpsac13/ The accepted extended abstracts will be published in a volume dedicated to FPSAC'13 of Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science Proceedings http://www.dmtcs.org/dmtcs-ojs/index.php/proceedings If authors desire to publish full versions of papers elsewhere, this is no problem, as long as the extended abstract is indeed a short version of the full paper. Software demonstrations ----- Demonstrations of software relevant to the topics of the conference are encouraged. Propositions should be submitted by March 15, 2013. Instructions for submission will be soon available on the conference website http://www.liafa.univ-paris-diderot.fr/fpsac13/ Best Student Paper Award ----- In an ongoing FPSAC tradition, an award will be made for the best paper submitted by a graduate student. Students submitting extended abstracts are invited to indicate their eligibility for this award. Participant support ----- Limited funds are available for partial support of participants; in particular for students, junior scientists, and mathematicians from under-represented groups. Requests should contain a letter of recommendation and include the estimated transportation and living expenses for the duration of the conference as well as the amount of any support available from other sources. All requests should be sent by March 15, 2013. Details for funding application will be available on the conference website. Summary of important dates ----- Deadline of paper and poster submission: November 16, 2012. Notification of acceptance: February 15, 2013. Deadline for software demonstration submission: March 15, 2013. Requests for support: March 15, 2013. Conference: June 24-28, 2013. Further information ----- All important information concerning FPSAC'13 can be found on the conference website at http://www.liafa.univ-paris-diderot.fr/fpsac13/ More details will be given in future announcements. Please direct further questions to fpsac13@liafa.univ-paris-diderot.fr Program Committee ----- Chairs Alain Goupil (UQTR, Canada) Gilles Schaeffer (CNRS & Ecole Polytechnique, France) Members Alin Bostan (INRIA, France) Petter Bränden (KTH, Sweden) Frédéric Chapoton (CNRS & Université Lyon I, France) Jan de Gier (University of Melbourne, Australia) Jim Haglund (University of Pennsylvania, USA) Christophe Hohlweg (UQAM, Canada) Luc Lapointe (Universidad de Talca, Chile) Peter McNamara (Bucknell University, USA) Jean-Christophe Novelli (Université de Marne la Vallee, France) Soichi Okada (Nagoya University, Japan) Dominique Poulalhon (École Polytechnique, France) Andrew Rechnitzer (UBC, Canada) Vic Reiner (University of Minnesota, USA) Mercedes Rosas (Universidad de Sevila, Spain) Anne Schilling (UC Davis, USA) Michael Schlosser (Universität Wien, Austria) Piotr Sniady (Uniwersytet Wroclawski, Poland) Einar Steingrimsson (University of Strathclyde, UK) Bridget Tenner (DePaul University, USA) Volkmar Welker (Universität Marburg, Germany) Paul Zinn-Justin (CNRS & Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France) Organizing Committee ----- Chair Sylvie Corteel (CNRS & Université Paris Diderot, France) Members Marie Albenque (CNRS & Ecole Polytechnique, France) Guillaume Chapuy (CNRS & Université Paris Diderot, France) Enrica Duchi (Université Paris Diderot, France) Alain Goupil (UQTR, Canada) Jeremy Lovejoy (CNRS & Université Paris Diderot, France) Roberto Mantaci (Université Paris Diderot, France) Anne Micheli (Université Paris Diderot, France) Marni Mishna (SFU, Canada) Vincent Pilaud (CNRS & Ecole Polytechnique, France) Marc Skandera (LeHigh University, USA)