SAC Workshop - June 10 and 11, 1996 - Amsterdam

Tentative Program

Monday June 10

10:00- 12:15 The Computer Algebra Information Network: Design issues.
Presentation by Riaca + Discussion.

• The main categories of information

• The "3-stage rocket philosophy": The CA Teams - CAIN National nodes - CAIN Europe

• Are we trying to make CAIN a more distributed system ?(i.e. maintained at the team level, possibly using search engines) ? Pros and contras

• CAIN's support during and after SAC

• Web "style" issues (html new features)

12:15 - 13:45 Lunch (University Restaurant, "Symposium" room)

13:45 - 15:15 Gathering information for CAIN.
A short presentation by every participant.

• What has been achieved so far.

• Experience of the partners to gather information from the local CA teams

• Problems encountered, how to improve the information flow

• What remains to be done

15:15 Coffee-Tea Break

15:45 - 17:15 CAIN's support: now and after
Main issues, long-range solutions.

Tuesday June 11

• The "Virtual computer algebra library"

• Proposals for a CA Software repository using more interactive tools (Java,...)

10:30 Coffee-Tea break

11:00 - 12:30 Reaching SAC's main objectives - Achievements and Proposals (Part I) We suggest participants
- to present what has already been achieved with respect to the main objectives of the SAC Network,
- to make proposals to better achieve the objectives of the SAC network. These actions may involve the national teams and/or several SAC partners.

• CA Integration in Europe

• Training: education of the young scientists

• Better interactions between developers and (potential) users of CA softwares

12:30 - 13:30 Lunch (University Restaurant, "Spilia" room)

13:30 - 14:45 Reaching SAC's main objectives - Achievements and Proposals (Part II)

• How to make CA more useful for applications: Proposals from the partners (SCAFI' 97, ...)

• Software integration

• SAC's newsletter (Editorial board)

14:45 Coffee-Tea Break

15:00 - 15:30 Survey of the the Yearly reports for the Commission of the European Communities

15:30 - 16:00 Review of the actions to be taken during the next weeks + deadlines

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