Macaulay2 Mini-School
July 14-15, NC State, Raleigh, USA.
Organizers: Timothy Duff, Martin Helmer, Anton Leykin, Mike Stillman
Synopsis
Preceding the ISSAC meeting there will be two full days of M2 tutorials on July 14 and 15 (Sunday, Monday), taking place at NC State. These tutorials are intended to appeal to participants with any level of prior M2 experience. The topics will range from the basic functionality of M2 to modeling problems in the M2 language to more specialized tutorials on algebraic statistics and numerical algebraic geometry. We will also reserve ample time for practice and Q&A sessions.
For those new to Macaulay2, please try to install Macaulay2 on your machine before arriving. Instructions can be found here: https://macaulay2.com/Downloads/
There is no fee to attend this mini-school.
Tutors/Speakers.
Martin Helmer
Michael Burr
Timothy Duff
Jose Israel Rodriguez
Schedule
10:00 am -- 12:00 pm : Tutorial & Practice Session (Martin Helmer). Topic: Computational Algebraic Geometry and Singularity Theory in Macaulay2 with an introduction to some programming tools and M2 language structures. Files for the tutorial below:
12:00 pm -- 1:30 pm: Lunch off campus
1:30 pm -- 3:00 pm : Tutorial & Practice Session (Timothy Duff). Topic: Reasoning about Varieties Numerically.
3:00 pm -- 3:30 pm : Coffee Break (SAS 4401)
3:30 pm -- 4:30 pm : Tutorial & Practice Session (Timothy Duff), continued.
9:30 am -- 12:00 pm : Tutorial & Practice Session (Jose). Topic: Algebraic Optimization Degrees in Macaulay2: from conormal varieties to nearest point problems.
12:00pm -- 1:30 pm: Lunch off campus
1:30 pm -- 3:00 pm : Q&A with Mike Stillman and Anton Leykin (please post questions in Q&A Zulip Thread)
3:00 pm -- 3:45 pm : Coffee Break (SAS 4401)
3:45 pm -- 5:45 pm : Tutorial & Practice Session (Michael Burr).
Venue
All activities will take place in SAS Hall on the main campus of North Carolina State University.
We will have rooms SAS 2225 and SAS 2229 for the duration. Tutorials will be in SAS 2225 with SAS 2229 avalible for breakout work groups during practice sessions.
Registration
Registration fees will be around $30, to be collected at a later time, this is to cover the cost of some coffee breaks etc. There is no registration fee for the mini-school. Thanks to generous funding from the NSF and NSA, we will be able to support a number of junior participants interested in this event, with a preference to those who will also participate in ISSAC. Please let us know what funding you would need and if you would be also attending ISSAC using the link below.
Please register your interest here. Registration closes June 27.
(Please apply by June 20th to be considered for funding.)
Travel and Accommodation Funding
Funding is available for some US based participants to attend the M2 mini-school and ISSAC. Please apply here for travel and accommodation funding (this link is also on the main ISSAC page): https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSctDy6bTT02HS0tcMmVFuiP_fhEUHi-0zRNaLq_hRI59E-ntw/viewform
If you would require funding please apply by June 20. We hope to notify participants of what funding they have been awarded sometime on the week of June 24.