Finite Geometries
Second Irsee Conference
Sunday 10 to Saturday 16
September 2006
Organisers: Aart Blokhuis, James Hirschfeld, Dieter Jungnickel,
Jef Thas
Conference
web site http://www.math.uni-augsburg.de/fingeom06/
Dear Colleague,
we invite you to participate in
this research workshop
and, if you wish, to give a talk of 20 minutes on some aspect of your
research
related to the main topics of this workshop, which extends the series
of previous meetings which took place at the Isle of Thorns (2000), in
Oberwolfach (2001), in Irsee (2003) and at La Roche (2004). As before,
the conference
topics are
- Combinatorial
structures in finite projective spaces;
- Algebraic curves
over finite fields;
- Geometric and
algebraic coding theory;
- Finite groups and
geometries;
- Algebraic design
theory.
- Antonello Cossidente
(Universita di Basilicatà, Potenza)
- Hans Cuypers (Eindhoven
University of Technology)
- Andras Gacs
(Eötvos-Lorant-University, Budapest)
- Hendrik van Maldeghem
(Ghent University)
- Bernhard Muhlherr
(Université Libre de Bruxelles)
- Bernhard Schmidt (Nanyang
Technological University, Singapore)
- Qing Xiang (University of
Delaware)
Additional Information
As
in
2003, the conference will take place at Kloster
Irsee, an
early 18th century monastery which has been transformed into a
high class conference centre, preserving many of the original late
baroque features, including a beautiful church. It is set in the
attractive little town of Irsee in the northern part of the
Allgäu, a few kilometres from Kaufbeuren. The rooms have all
modern amenities (all en-suite, with phones, minibar and the
possibility of internet connection, but excluding TV which is only
available on special request); the facilities include a bar (in
the historic cellars and serving the local Klosterbräu beer),
table tennis, pool table, etc. See
http://www.kloster-irsee.de/
Irsee
is about 7 kilometres from Kaufbeuren, which has direct
train
connections
to both Augsburg and Munich; from Kaufbeuren it is simplest
to take a taxi. It would be advisable to fly into
Munich airport. By car, Irsee is
easily accessible from the
Stuttgart-Munich and the Lindau-Munich motorways.
The
conference is for up to 90 participants, mainly by invitation.
Kloster Irsee has 62 single rooms and 19 double rooms; so we would
be able to accommodate a few accompanying persons.
Arrival
time is from 3 p.m. on Sunday 10 September. The first
session will begin on Monday morning and the last session will end
before
dinner Friday 15 September. Participants are expected to leave Saturday
morning.
The
conference fee is 150 Euro (reduced to 100 Euro for accompanying
persons); this includes the proceedings volume as well as the formal
conference dinner. Accommodation and all meals (including two
tea/coffee breaks per day) comes to 726 EUR in a
single room, and 630 EUR Euro in a double room. However, due to
successful grant applications, it will be possible to subsidise
this for some of the participants. Please let us know if you
want to attend, but require assistance to do so, before the end
of 2005.
Please
submit by 1 May 2006
an abstract of between
one half and a whole page, in LaTeX, modifying the
attached sample file.
Abstracts should be sent to James by e-mail as below.
We
would be grateful for a reply by 1
March 2006. If you
wish to book a double room, please indicate with whom you want to
share it. Payment for both the conference fee and accommodation
needs to be made by credit card and will be processed via the
Kloster Irsee administration. If you intend to come please fill in
the
attached registration form
(including your credit card
information); your card will only be charged shortly before the
conference. If credit card information is sent by email, the
message will be deleted immediately afterwards. Please use a
separate registration form for accompanying persons.
We have to confirm the final
number of rooms needed by July 15
2006; till then, there is no penalty for cancellation. In case of
cancellation between 16 July 2006 and 7 September 2006, Kloster
Irsee will charge 50 % of the accommodation costs; in case of
cancellation after 7 September, the entire cost will be charged.
Hence we can only waive the registration fee in such cases. By
sending in your registration, you agree to these conditions.
Please send all correspondence
other than the abstract,
to Dieter, either by email as below, or to
Prof. Dr. Dieter
Jungnickel
Lehrstuhl für Diskrete Mathematik
Universität Augsburg
D-86135 Augsburg
Germany
For any questions, consult any one of the organisers.
Aart: aart@win.tue.nl
James: jwph@susx.ac.uk
Dieter: jungnickel@math.uni-augsburg.de
Jef: jat@cage.rug.ac.be
Hoping to see you at Irsee, Aart, James, Dieter, Jef
Matthias
Tinkl, updated: August 28, 2006