Liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen,
ich moechte Sie darueber informieren, dass vom 2. bis 5. Dezember 1999
am Mathematical Sciences Research Institute in Berkeley, Kalifornien
eine Tagung mit dem Titel
	     "The Future of Mathematical Communication, 1999"
stattfinden wird. Ziel der Tagung ist, den Stand der Mathematik bei
der Entwicklung der fachbezogenen elektronischen Information und
Kommunikation zusammenzufassen und die weltweiten Aktivitaeten zu
koordinieren. Unter anderem ist auch geplant, das (in Deutschland
entwickelte) Math-Net-System international zu starten.

In der Anlage finden Sie die erste Ankuendigung dieser Tagung

Mit freundlichen Gruessen
M.  Groetschel

ANLAGE

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	      The Future of Mathematical Communication, 1999

		 Mathematical Sciences Research Institute

			 Berkeley, California, USA

			     December 2-5, 1999




This is the first announcement for a workshop on the probable evolution of
mathematical communication in coming years.  It is presently sponsored by

- the International Mathematical Union (IMU)
- the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI)
- the Centre de Recherches Mathematiques (CRM)
- the Fields Institute (FI)
- the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS)

The workshop will take place almost exactly five years after the 1994 
MSRI meeting on "The Future of Mathematical Communication"
(www.msri.org/activities/events/9495/fmc/fmc.html) and is intended to
provide a snapshot at the start of the millennium of the present state of
mathematical communication and a provocative look at the future - from
various perspectives and engaging diverse stake-holder groups. It is 
hoped that this will provide a useful precursor to world-wide mathematical
activities in the World Mathematical Year, WMY 2000, as the IMU has
designated the year 2000.

The workshop will be preceded by a half-day training workshop on the
use of streaming video, and followed by a day of working sessions of
the IMU's Committee on Electronic Information and Communication
(CEIC).

A limited amount of funding is available for partial support of people
wishing to attend.  Students, recent Ph.D.'s, women, and minorities are
particularly encouraged to apply.  To apply for funding, send a letter
explaining your interest in the workshop together with a vita or
bibliography, estimated travel and/or living expenses.  If you are 
a student, also solicit a letter from a faculty advisor.  This
information should be sent to one of the co-chairs of the conference.

- Dec 2 (Thursday):  Streaming video workshop in the morning, as  
     well as registration, followed by four afternoon talks, on the 
     UC Berkeley campus, aimed at a very general audience. There will
      be a banquet in the evening.

- Dec 3 (Friday):  A day devoted to "publishing" broadly construed and 
     aiming for four morning talks and four afternoon talks addressing
     issues such as:  preprint servers, journals, books, subscription
     models, intellectual property and copyright.

- Dec 4 (Saturday):  A day devoted to "tools" of various sorts and again
     aiming at four morning and four afternoon presentations, addressing 
     issues such as:  protocols and languages for scientific communication, 
     meta-data and search mechanisms, multi-media, interactive tools, 
     computational packages, real time and asynchronous tools for 
     collaboration.

- Dec 5 (Sunday):  The IMU's Committee on Electronic Information and
     Communication} (CEIC) will hold a day of working sessions and 
     invites participants at the workshop to attend.


The Scientific Committee of the conference is:

-  bergeron@lacim.uqam.ca (Francois Bergeron, CRM)
-  jborwein@cecm.sfu.ca (Jonathan Borwein, PIMS & CEIC (co-chair))
-  jpb@msri.org (Joe Buhler, MSRI (co-chair))
-  hartb@mcmaster.ca (Bradd Hart, FI)
-  groetschel@zib.de (Martin Groetschel, IMU & CEIC)
-  Peter.Michor@esi.ac.at (Peter Michor, EMS & CEIC)
-  amo@research.att.com (Andrew Odlyzko) 


The precise schedule is still somewhat in flux, and it is possible that
there will be room for contributed papers; if you are interested in
speaking at the conference, please contact one of the co-chairs.