RIACA

At the eseach nstitute for pplications of omputer lgebra, now at the Technical University of Eindhoven, the formula of a project-oriented guest institution will remain. Main fields are interfaces and symbolic computation, hybrid numerical and symbolic software, and dynamical systems. Currently, there are the following projects running:

• Human Interaction for Symbolic Computation, which is related to the Askey-Bateman project for special functions;

• Interfaces for numerical software;

• Dynamical Systems Lab, headed by Jan Sanders. An important activity is the work on a continuation program CONTENT, done by Yu. Kuznetsov and V. Levitin;

• Innovation in Science Education; in which the Expertise Centre will be involved;

• European SAC-network coordination. Due to its close connections to the Expertise Centre, it will be located at the University of Amsterdam and coordinated by Thierry van Effelterre;

Of course, RIACA remains proposing new projects, such as the currently evaluated proposal for an optics project.

As for the personnel, the current manager, Jan Sanders, will resign, and his place will be taken by Hans Sterk and Hans Cuypers of TUE. Arjeh Cohen will remain scientific director. The positions of system manager for Alena Lacova, and secretary for Patricia Wirahadiraksa will not be prolonged, so they will stop working for us.