5 January - 3 July 1998
Organisers: J-L Colliot-Thélène (Orsay); J Nekovár (Cambridge); C Soulé (IHES)
The workshop will focus on computations on curves and surfaces defined over number fields and finite fields. Topics covered will include determining Mordell-Weil groups, rational and integral points and applications to cryptography and coding theory.
J Cremona (Exeter)
G Everest (East Anglia)
EV Flynn (Liverpool)
S Galbraith (Royal Holloway)
F Leprevost (Berlin)
B Poonen (UC Berkeley)
S Siksek (Kent)
N Smart (Hewlett-Packard)
C Smyth (Edinburgh)
N Stephens (Goldsmith's College)
Applications: The workshop will take place at the Newton Institute and accommodation for participants will be provided at Wolfson Court, adjacent to the Institute. The conference package costs £150 which includes registration fees, accommodation, breakfast and evening meals plus lunch and refreshments during the days that the workshop takes place.
For matters about the programme, contact Nigel Smart.
Closing Date for the receipt of applications is 30 January 1998