CALL FOR PAPERS
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                              ISSAC 2003
      International Symposium on Symbolic and Algebraic Computation
       Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA,  August 3-6, 2003
                  http://www.drexel.edu/issac2003/

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ISSAC is the yearly premier international symposium in Symbolic and
Algebraic Computation.  It provides an opportunity to learn of new
developments and to present original research results in all areas of
symbolic mathematical computation.  Planned activities include invited
presentations, research and survey papers, poster sessions, tutorial
courses, vendor exhibits and software demonstrations.

ISSAC 2003 will be held at Drexel University in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, USA, from August 3 to 6, 2003.


Important Dates
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- Deadline for Submissions:     January 13, 2003
- Notification of Acceptance:   March 25, 2003
- Camera-ready copy received:   April 14, 2003


ISSAC Organization
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General Chair              Hoon Hong              (USA)

Program Committee          Manuel Bronstein       (France)  Chair
                           John Abbott            (Italy)
                           Jose Cano              (Spain)
                           David Cox              (USA)
                           Alicia Dickenstein     (Argentina)
                           Richard Fateman        (USA)
                           Xiao-Shan Gao          (China)
                           Karin Gatermann        (Germany)
                           Mark Giesbrecht        (Canada)
                           Laureano Gonzalez-Vega (Spain)
                           Jieh Hsiang            (Taiwan)
                           Evelyne Hubert         (France)
                           Tetsuo Ida             (Japan)
                           Tudor Jebelean         (Austria)
                           Steve Linton           (Scotland)
                           Scott McCallum         (Australia)
                           Marko Petkovsek        (Slovenia)


Poster Committee           Olga Caprotti          (Austria)      Chair
                           Willem De Graaf        (Netherlands)
                           Lihong Zhi             (China)

Tutorials                  Josef Schicho          (Austria)

Proceedings                Rafael Sendra          (Spain)

Local Arrangement          Werner Krandick        (USA)          Chair
                           Bruce Char             (USA)
                           Jeremy Johnson         (USA)

Treasurer                  Chris Brown            (USA)

Fund Raising               David Saunders         (USA)

Registration               George Nakos           (USA)

Publicity                  Manfred Minimair       (USA)

Web                        William Turner         (USA)

Exhibits                   Agnes Szanto           (USA)


Conference Topics
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Topics of the meeting include, but are not limited to :

- Algorithmic  mathematics.  Algebraic, symbolic  and symbolic-numeric
  algorithms.   Simplification,   function  manipulation,   equations,
  summation,  integration,  ODE/PDE,  linear algebra,  number  theory,
  group and geometric computing.

- Computer  Science. Theoretical  and practical  problems  in symbolic
  computation. Systems, problem solving environments, user interfaces,
  software, libraries,  parallel/distributed computing and programming
  languages for symbolic computation, concrete analysis, benchmarking,
  theoretical and practical complexity of computer algebra algorithms,
  automatic  differentiation,   code  generation,   mathematical  data
  structures and exchange protocols.

- Applications.  Problem  treatments   using  algebraic,  symbolic  or
  symbolic-numeric  computation  in  an  essential  or a   novel  way.
  Engineering,   economics  and   finance,  physical   and  biological
  sciences,   computer   science,   logic,  mathematics,   statistics,
  education.


Instructions to Authors
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Original research results and  insightful analyses of current concerns
are  solicited  for submission.   Submissions  must not  substantially
duplicate work published or  submitted for publication elsewhere. Late
submissions will be rejected.

Survey articles  may  be suitable for submission if clearly identified
as such.  They  will be  considered in  a  separate category  from the
research papers.  Papers will be  reviewed  by a program committee and
additional referees. Proceedings will be distributed at the symposium.

Papers  must be  in  English and  should  not exceed  8  pages in  the
standard format  for ACM  proceedings, or  20 to 22  pages of  text in
LaTeX 12pt article style.

Electronic submission  is  encouraged.  To submit,  send your paper in
either PDF, DVI or PostScript format to
                  issac2003-submit@sophia.inria.fr
indicating in the subject line  the format and the compression command
used,  if any.  If you cannot submit by e-mail,  send one copy of your
paper by regular mail to:
Manuel Bronstein
INRIA - Projet CAFE
2004 route des Lucioles - B.P. 93
06902 Sophia Antipolis Cedex, France.

Each paper should have an abstract as well as an introductory section
that:
- Describes the problem.
- Motivates the study of the problem.
- States the main results and compares them to other work
  (including theoretical or empirical performance).
- Summarizes the original aspects of the contribution.

Formatting requirements will be based on the ACM Proceedings Templates.
For instance in LaTeX2e  you  should use  the  acm_proc_article-sp.cls
document class to format your document.
For information concerning ACM Proceedings Templates see
  http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html

Authors of accepted  papers are expected to present  their work at the
symposium,  or  make  arrangements  to have it presented,  and will be
required to sign the ACM copyright agreement
(cf. http://www.acm.org/pubs/copyright_form.html).
Some papers  may  be  accepted for poster-session presentation;  these
will not appear  in the proceedings. Abstracts of  all posters will be
distributed at  the symposium.  For poster submissions  please consult
the Call for Posters.


Notification and final version
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Authors will be sent notification of acceptance or rejection by e-mail
on or  before March 25, 2003. A final copy of each accepted paper will
be required by April 14, 2003.  Formatting  requirements will be based
on the  ACM Proceedings Templates,  for instance in LaTeX2e you should
use the acm_proc_article-sp.cls document class to format your document.


Best student author award
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This award  will be given  to the best  student author. An  author is
eligible if full-time student at the time of submission, which should
be indicated.


Program Committee
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John Abbott                 Xiao-Shan Gao             Tetsuo Ida
Manuel Bronstein (Chair)    Karin Gatermann           Tudor Jebelean
Jose Cano                   Mark Giesbrecht           Steve Linton
David Cox                   Laureano Gonzalez-Vega    Scott McCallum
Alicia Dickenstein          Jieh Hsiang               Marko Petkovsek
Richard Fateman             Evelyne Hubert


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