Meetings & Conferences of the AMS

IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING MEETINGS PROGRAMS: AMS Sectional Meeting programs do not appear in the print version of the Notices. However, comprehensive and continually updated meeting and program information with links to the abstract for each talk can be found on the AMS website.See http://www.ams.org/meetings/. Programs and abstracts will continue to be displayed on the AMS website in the Meetings and Conferences section until about three weeks after the meeting is over. Final programs for Sectional Meetings will be archived on the AMS website in an electronic issue of the Notices as noted below for each meeting.

Niky Kamran, McGill University, Wave equations in Kerr Montréal, Quebec geometry. Rafael de la Llave, University of Texas at Austin, Title to Canada be announced. Centre de Recherches Mathématiques, Special Sessions Université de Montréal Asymptotics for Random Matrix Models and Their Appli- cations, Nicholas M. Ercolani, University of Arizona, and May 3–5, 2002 Kenneth T.-R. McLaughlin, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and University of Arizona. Meeting #976 Combinatorial Hopf Algebras, Marcelo Aguiar, Texas A&M Eastern Section University, and François Bergeron and Christophe Associate secretary: Lesley M. Sibner Reutenauer, Université du Québec á Montréal. Announcement issue of Notices: March 2002 Combinatorial and Geometric Group Theory, Olga G. Khar- Program first available on AMS website: March 21, 2002 lampovich, McGill University, Alexei Myasnikov and Program issue of electronic Notices: May 2002 Vladimir Shpilrain, City College, New York, and Daniel Issue of Abstracts: Volume 23, Issue 3 Wise, McGill University. Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry, Irena Deadlines Peeva, Cornell University, and Hema Srinivasan, Univer- For organizers: Expired sity of Missouri-Columbia. For consideration of contributed papers in Special Sessions: Curvature and Topology, Regina Rotman, Courant Insti- Expired tute, New York University, Christina Sormani, Lehman For abstracts: Expired College, CUNY, and Kristopher R. Tapp, SUNY at Stony Brook. Invited Addresses Function Spaces in Harmonic Analysis and PDEs, Galia D. Nicholas M. Ercolani, University of Arizona, Title to be an- Dafni and Jie Xiao, Concordia University. nounced. Potential Theory, Paul M. Gauthier, Université de Mon- Lars Hesselholt, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, tréal, K. Gowri Sankaran, McGill University, and David H. Title to be announced. Singman, George Mason University.

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Shape Theory in Dynamics, Alex Clark, University of North Algebraic Vector Bundles, Vincenzo Ancona, University of Texas, and Krystyna M. Kuperberg, Auburn University. Firenze, Mohan Kumar, Washington University, Giorgio Spectral Geometry, Dmitry Jakobson, McGill University, and Maria Ottaviani, University of Firenze, Christopher Yiannis Petridis, McGill University and Centre de Peterson, Colorado State University, and Prabhakar Rao, Recherches Mathématiques. University of Missouri. Analytic Aspects of Convex Geometry, Stefano Campi, Uni- versity of Modena, Richard Gardner, Western Washington Pisa, Italy University, Erwin Lutwak, Polytechnic University Brook- lyn, and Alijosa Volcic, University of Trieste. June 12–16, 2002 Classification Theory and Topology of Algebraic Varieties, Fabrizio Catanese, University of Gottingen, Janos Kollar, Meeting #977 Princeton University, and Shing-Tung Yau, Harvard Uni- First Joint International Meeting between the AMS and the versity. Unione Matematica Italiana. Commutative Algebra and the Geometry of Projective Va- Associate secretary: Lesley M. Sibner rieties, Ciro Ciliberto, University of Roma II, Anthony Announcement issue of Notices: March 2002 Geramita, University of Genova, Rick Miranda, Colorado Program first available on AMS website: Not applicable Program issue of electronic Notices: Not applicable State University, and Ferruccio Orecchia, University of Issue of Abstracts: Not applicable Napoli. Commutative Algebra: Hilbert Functions, Homological Meth- Deadlines ods and Combinatorial Aspects, Aldo Conca, University of For organizers: Expired Genova, Anna Guerrieri, University of L’Aquila, Claudia For consideration of contributed papers in Special Sessions: Polini, University of Oregon, and Bernd Ulrich, Michigan Expired State University. For abstracts: Expired Commutative Rings and Integer-valued Polynomials, Ste- fania Gabelli, University of Roma III, and Thomas G. Lucas, Invited Addresses University of North Carolina Charlotte. Luigi Ambrosio, Scuola Normale Superiore, Title to be an- Complex, Contact and Quaternionic Geometry, David E. nounced. Blair, Michigan State University, and Stefano Marchiafava, Luis A. Caffarelli, University of Texas at Austin, Title to University of Roma, La Sapienza. be announced. Contemporary Developments in Partial Differential Equa- Claudio Canuto, Politecnico of Torino, Title to be an- tions and in the Calculus of Variations, Irene Fonseca, nounced. Carnegie Mellon University, and Paolo Marcellini, Univer- L. Craig Evans, University of California Berkeley, Title to sity of Firenze. be announced. Didattica della Dimostrazione, Ferdinando Arzarello, Uni- Giovanni Gallavotti, University of Rome I, Title to be an- versity of Torino, Guershon Harel, Purdue University, and nounced. Vinicio Villani, University of Pisa. Sergiu Klainerman, Princeton University, Title to be an- Dynamical Systems, Antonio Giorgilli, University of Milano- nounced. Bicocca, Stefano Marmi, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, and John Norman Mather, Princeton University. Rahul V. Pandharipande, California Institute of Technol- ogy, Title to be announced. Elliptic Partial Differential Equations, Angelo Alvino, Uni- versity of Napoli, Luis Caffarelli, University of Texas, Gior- Claudio Procesi, University of Roma, Title to be announced. gio Talenti, University of Firenze, and Vladimir Oliker, Special Sessions Emory University. Advances in Complex, Contact and Symplectic Geometry, Equazioni di Evoluzione Nonlineari, Alberto Tesei, Uni- Paolo De Bartolomeis, University of Firenze, Yakov Eliash- versity of Roma, La Sapienza, and Wei-Ming Ni, University berg, Stanford University, Gang Tian, MIT, and Giuseppe of Minnesota, Minneapolis. Tomassini, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa. Free Boundary Problems, Ricardo Horacio Nochetto, Uni- Advances in Differential Geometry of PDEs and Applications, versity of Maryland, College Park, and Augusto Visintin, Valentin Lychagin, New Jersey Institute of Technology, and University of Trento. Agostino Prastaro, University of Roma, La Sapienza. Geometric Properties of Solutions to PDEs, Donatella Algebraic Logic and Universal Algebra, Paolo Agliano, Danielli, Purdue University, and Sandro Salsa, Politecnico University of Siena, Keith A. Kearnes, University of Col- of Milano. orado, Franco Montagna, University of Siena, Don Pigozzi, Harmonic Analysis, Fulvio Ricci, Scuola Normale Superi- Iowa State University, and Aldo Ursini, University of Siena. ore, Pisa, and Elias M. Stein, Princeton University.

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Higher Dimensional Algebra, John Baez, University of Partial Differential Equations of Mixed Elliptic-Hyperbolic California, Riverside, and Giuseppe Rosolini, Univer- Type and Applications, Daniela Lupo, Politecnico of Milano, sity of Genova. Cathleen S. Morawetz, Courant Institute, and Kevin R. History of Mathematics, Piers Bursil-Hall, Cambridge Uni- Payne, University of Milano. versity, Enrico Giusti, University of Firenze, and James J. Periodic Solutions of Differential and Difference Equations, Tattersall, Providence College. Massimo Furi, University of Firenze, and Mario Umberto Hyperbolic Equations, Sergiu Klainerman, Princeton Uni- Martelli, Claremont McKenna College. versity, and Sergio Spagnolo, University of Pisa. Poisson Geometry and Integrable Systems, Franco Magri, Hyperbolic Systems of Conservation Laws, Alberto Bressan, University of Milano, and Ping Xu, Pennsylvania State Uni- SISSA, Trieste, and Shi Jin, University of Wisconsin. versity. Inverse Boundary Problems and Applications, Giovanni Quantum Cohomology and Moduli Spaces, Angelo Vistoli, Alessandrini, University of Trieste, and Gunther Uhlmann, University of Bologna, and Aaron Bertram, University of University of Washington. Utah. Jump Processes in Option Pricing Theory, Claudio Albanese, Scaling Limits and Homogenization Problems in Physics University of Toronto, and Marco Isopi, University of Bari. and Applied Sciences, Mario Pulvirenti, University of Roma, Kolmogorov Equations, Giuseppe Da Prato, Scuola Normale and George Papanicolaou, Stanford University. Superiore, Pisa, and Nicolai V. Krylov, University of Min- Semigroups of Operators and Applications, Francesco Al- nesota. tomare, University of Bari, and Frank Neubrander, Logarithmic De Rham Cohomology and Dwork Cohomol- Louisiana State University. ogy, Alan Adolphson, Oklahoma State University, Still- Semigroups, Automata and Formal Languages, Alessandra water, Francesco Baldassarri, University of Padova, Arthur Cherubini, Politecnico of Milano, and John Meakin, Uni- Ogus, University of California Berkeley, and Steven Sper- versity of Nebraska-Lincoln. ber, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. Some Mathematics Around Composites, Robert V. Kohn, Mathematical Problems in Soft Matter Modelling, Eugene Courant Institute, and Vincenzo Nesi, University of Roma, C. Gartland, Kent State University, and Epifanio Virga, Uni- La Sapienza. versity of Pavia. Structured Matrix Analysis with Applications, Dario Andrea Mathematical Problems in Transport Theory, Carlo Cer- Bini, University of Pisa, and Thomas Kailath, Stanford cignani, Politecnico of Milano, and Irene Gamba, Univer- University. sity of Texas. The Topology of 3-manifolds, Ricardo Benedetti and Carlo Mathematical Schools: Italy and the United States at the Turn Petronio, University of Pisa, Dale Rolfsen, University of of the Twentieth Century, Umberto Bottazzini, University British Columbia, Vancouver, and Jeffrey Weeks, Canton, of Palermo, and Karen Hunger Parshall, University of Vir- New York. ginia. Variational Analysis and Applications, Franco Giannessi, Mathematics in Polymer Science, Antonio Fasano, Univer- University of Pisa, Boris S. Mordukhovich, Wayne State Uni- sity of Firenze, and Kumbakonam R. Rajagopal, Texas A&M versity, Detroit, Biagio Ricceri, University of Catania, and University. R. Tyrrell Rockafellar, University of Washington. Microlocal Analysis and Applications to PDE, Daniele Del Viscosity Methods in PDEs and Applications, Piermarco Santo, University of Trieste, M. K. Venkatesha Murthy, Uni- Cannarsa, University of Roma II, Italo Capuzzo Dolcetta, versity of Pisa, and Daniel Tataru, Northwestern Univer- University of Roma, La Sapienza, and Panagiotis Sougani- sity. dis, University of Texas, Austin. Nonlinear Analysis, Antonio Ambrosetti, SISSA, Trieste, White Noise Theory and Quantum Probability, Luigi Accardi, Vieri Benci, University of Pisa, Haim Brezis, Rutgers Uni- University of Roma, Tor Vergata, and Hui-Hsiung Kuo, versity, and Paul Rabinowitz, University of Wisconsin. Louisiana State University. Nonlinear Elliptic and Parabolic Equations and Systems, Gary Lieberman, Iowa State University, and Antonio Maugeri, University of Catania. Portland, Oregon Nonstandard Methods and Applications in Mathematics, Portland State University Alessandro Berarducci, University of Pisa, Nigel Cutland, University of Hull, Mauro Di Nasso, University of Pisa, and June 20–22, 2002 David Ross, University of Hawaii. Operator Algebras, Sergio Doplicher, University of Roma, Meeting #978 La Sapienza, and Edward George Effros, University of Cal- Meeting held in conjunction with the Pacific Northwest Sec- ifornia Los Angeles. tion of the Mathematical Association of America. Optimization and Control, Roberto Triggiani, University Western Section of Virginia, and Tullio Zolezzi, University of Genova. Associate secretary: Bernard Russo

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Announcement issue of Notices: April 2002 Quantum Topology (Code: AMS SS G1), Douglas G. Bullock, Program first available on AMS website: May 9, 2002 Joanna M. Kania-Bartoszynska, and Uwe Kaiser, Boise Program issue of electronic Notices: June 2002 State University. Issue of Abstracts: Volume 23, Issue 2 The Quintic Equation: Algebra and Geometry (Code: AMS Deadlines SS C1), Jerry Shurman, Reed College, and Scott Crass, California State University, Long Beach. For organizers: Expired For consideration of contributed papers in Special Sessions: Expired For abstracts: April 30, 2002 Boston, For summaries of papers to MAA organizers: Various Massachusetts Joint Invited Addresses Northeastern University Kenneth A. Ribet, University of California Berkeley, Title to be announced (AMS-MAA Invited Address). October 5–6, 2002 AMS Invited Addresses Meeting #979 Richard W. Montgomery, University of California Santa Eastern Section Cruz, Variational methods for the N-body problem. Associate secretary: Lesley M. Sibner Edriss S. Titi, University of California Irvine, Title to be an- Announcement issue of Notices: August 2002 nounced. Program first available on AMS website: August 22, 2002 Michael Wolf, Rice University, Minimal surfaces, flat struc- Program issue of electronic Notices: October 2002 tures, and moduli spaces. Issue of Abstracts: Volume 23, Issue 4

MAA Invited Addresses Deadlines Edward B. Burger, Williams College, Innovative Experi- For organizers: Expired ments...and how I Survived Them. For consideration of contributed papers in Special Sessions: June 18, 2002 Tina H. Straley, Mathematical Association of America, The MAA’s Role in the Future of Undergraduate Mathe- For abstracts: August 13, 2002 matics. Invited Addresses Jim H. Valerio, Intel Desktop Architecture Labs, Improv- ing PC Graphics. Lou P. van den Dries, University of Illinois, Urbana-Cham- paign, Title to be announced. AMS Special Sessions Hillel Furstenberg, Einstein Institute of Mathematics, Title Algebraic Geometry and Combinatorics (Code: AMS SS B1), to be announced (Erdo˝s Memorial Lecture). Eric Babson and Rekha Thomas, University of Washing- Diane Henderson, Pennsylvania State University, Title to ton, and Sergey Yuzvinsky, University of Oregon. be announced. Association Schemes and Distance-Regular Graphs (Code: Christopher K. King, Northeastern University, Title to be AMS SS J1), John S. Caughman, Portland State University, announced. and Paul M. Terwilliger, University of Wisconsin. Xiaobo Liu, University of Notre Dame, Title to be an- Flat Structures, Moduli Spaces, and Minimal Surfaces (Code: nounced. AMS SS F1), Matthias Weber, Indiana University, and Michael Wolf, Rice University. Special Sessions Low Dimensional Homotopy and Combinatorial Group The- Developments and Applications in Differential Geometry ory (Code: AMS SS H1), F. Rudolf Beyl and Paul Latiolais, (Code: AMS SS C1), Chuu-Lian Terng, Northeastern Uni- Portland State University, William A. Bogley, Oregon State versity, and Xiaobo Liu, University of Notre Dame. University, and Micheal N. Dyer, University of Oregon. Mathematical Biology (Code: AMS SS D1), Richard S. Go- Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems (Code: AMS SS B1), mulkiewicz, Washington State University, and Sebastian Stanley J. Eigen, Northeastern University, and Vidhu S. Schreiber, Western Washington University. Prasad, University of Massachusetts, Lowell. Matroid Theory (Code: AMS SS E1), Jennifer M. McNulty, Hilbert Schemes (Code: AMS SS G1), Mark De Cataldo, University of Montana, and Nancy Ann Neudauer, Pacific SUNY at Stony Brook, and Anthony A. Iarrobino, North- University. eastern University. Qualitative Properties and Applications of Functional Equa- Modern Schubert Calculus (Code: AMS SS A1), Frank Sot- tions (Code: AMS SS A1), Theodore A. Burton, Southern Illi- tile, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and Christo- nois University. pher T. Woodward, Rutgers University.

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Number Theory and Arithmetic Geometry (Code: AMS SS Arrangements of Hyperplanes (Code: AMS SS E1), Daniel D1), Matthew A. Papanikolas, Brown University, and Siman C. Cohen, Louisiana State University, Peter Orlik, Univer- Wong, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. sity of Wisconsin-Madison, and Anne Shepler, University Quantum Information Theory (Code: AMS SS J1), Christo- of California Santa Cruz. pher K. King, Northeastern University, and Mary Beth Biological Computation and Learning in Intelligent Sys- Ruskai, University of Massachusetts Lowell. tems (Code: AMS SS S1), Shun-ichi Amari, RIKEN, Amir Quivers and Their Generalizations (Code: AMS SS E1), Alex Assadi, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Tomaso Martsinkovsky, Gordana G. Todorov, Jerzy M. Weyman, Poggio, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. and Andrei V. Zelevinsky, Northeastern University. Characters and Representations of Finite Groups (Code: AMS Recent Developments in the Orbit Method for Real and p- SS U1), Martin Isaacs, University of Wisconsin, Madison, adic Groups (Code: AMS SS F1), Donald R. King, North- and Mark Lewis, Kent State University. eastern University, and Alfred G. Noel, University of Mass- Combinatorics and Special Functions (Code: AMS SS T1), achusetts, Boston. Richard Askey and Paul Terwilliger, University of Wis- Singularities in Algebraic and Analytic Geometry (Code: AMS consin-Madison. SS H1), Terence Gaffney and David B. Massey, North- eastern University, and Caroline Grant Melles, U. S. Naval Dynamical Systems (Code: AMS SS P1), Sergey Bolotin and Academy. Paul Rabinowitz, University of Wisconsin-Madison. The Mathematics of Water Waves (Code: AMS SS K1), Diane Effectiveness Questions in Model Theory (Code: AMS SS J1), Henderson, Pennsylvania State University, and Gene Charles McCoy, Reed Solomon, and Patrick Speissegger, Wayne, Boston University. University of Wisconsin-Madison. The History of Mathematics (Code: AMS SS L1), Adrian C. Geometric Methods in Differential Equations (Code: AMS SS Rice, Randolph-Macon College, and Amy E. Shell, U. S. Mil- H1), Gloria Mari Beffa, University of Wisconsin-Madison, itary Academy. and Peter Olver, University of Minnesota. Geophysical Waves and Turbulence (Code: AMS SS M1), Paul Milewski, Leslie Smith, and Fabian Waleffe, Univer- Madison, Wisconsin sity of Wisconsin-Madison. University of Wisconsin-Madison Group Cohomology and Homotopy Theory (Code: AMS SS G1), Alejandro Adem, University of Wisconsin-Madison, October 12–13, 2002 and Jesper Grodal, Institute for Advanced Study. Meeting #980 Harmonic Analysis (Code: AMS SS C1), Alex Ionescu and Central Section Andreas Seeger, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Associate secretary: Susan J. Friedlander Hyperbolic Differential Equations and Kinetic Theory (Code: Announcement issue of Notices: August 2002 AMS SS K1), Shi Jin, Marshall Slemrod, and Athanassios Program first available on AMS website: August 29, 2002 Tzavaras, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Program issue of electronic Notices: October 2002 Lie Algebras and Related Topics (Code: AMS SS N1), Geor- Issue of Abstracts: Volume 23, Issue 4 gia Benkart and Arun Ram, University of Wisconsin-Madi- Deadlines son. For organizers: Expired Multiresolution Analysis and Data Presentation (Code: AMS For consideration of contributed papers in Special Sessions: SS F1), Amos Ron, University of Wisconsin-Madison. June 25, 2002 Partial Differential Equations and Geometry (Code: AMS SS For abstracts: August 20, 2002 D1), Sigurd Angenent and Mikhail Feldman, University of Invited Addresses Wisconsin-Madison. Probability (Code: AMS SS R1), David Griffeath, University Lawrence Ein, University of Illinois at Chicago, Title to be announced. of Wisconsin-Madison, and Timo Seppalainen, Iowa State University. Eleny Ionel, University of Wisconsin, Title to be announced. Ring Theory and Related Topics (Code: AMS SS L1), Don Mikhail Safonov, University of Minnesota, Title to be an- Passman, University of Wisconsin-Madison. nounced. John Sullivan, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Several Complex Variables (Code: AMS SS B1), Pat Ahern, Title to be announced. Xianghong Gong, Alex Nagel, and Jean-Pierre Rosay, Uni- versity of Wisconsin-Madison. Special Sessions Arithmetic Algebraic Geometry (Code: AMS SS A1), Ken Ono and Tonghai Yang, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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Invited Addresses Salt Lake City, Utah Steven J. Cox, Rice University, Title to be announced. University of Utah James Haglund, University of Pennsylvania, Title to be an- nounced. October 26–27, 2002 Marius Mitrea, University of Missouri-Columbia, Title to be Meeting #981 announced. Western Section Ricardo H. Nochetto, University of Maryland, College Park, Associate secretary: Michel L. Lapidus Title to be announced. Announcement issue of Notices: September 2002 Program first available on AMS website: September 16, 2002 Baltimore, Maryland Program issue of electronic Notices: October 2002 Issue of Abstracts: Volume 23, Issue 4 Baltimore Convention Center

Deadlines January 15–18, 2003 For organizers: Expired Meeting #983 For consideration of contributed papers in Special Sessions: Joint Mathematics Meetings, including the 109th Annual July 10, 2002 For abstracts: September 4, 2002 Meeting of the AMS, 86th Annual Meeting of the Mathe- matical Association of America (MAA), annual meetings of Invited Addresses the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) and the National Association of Mathematicians (NAM), and the Yakov Eliashberg, Stanford University, Title to be an- winter meeting of the Association for Symbolic Logic (ASL). nounced. Associate secretary: Susan J. Friedlander Hart F. Smith, University of Washington, Title to be an- Announcement issue of Notices: October 2002 nounced. Program first available on AMS website: To be announced Michael Ward, University of British Columbia, Title to be Program issue of electronic Notices: To be announced announced. Issue of Abstracts: To be announced Amie Wilkinson, Northwestern University, Title to be an- Deadlines nounced. For organizers: April 15, 2002 Special Sessions For consideration of contributed papers in Special Sessions: August 6, 2002 Area-Minimization and Minimal Surfaces (Code: AMS SS A1), For abstracts: October 1, 2002 Michael Dorff, Denise Halverson, and Gary R. Lowler, For summaries of papers to MAA organizers: To be an- Brigham Young University. nounced Orlando, Florida Baton Rouge, University of Central Florida November 9–10, 2002 Louisiana Louisiana State University Meeting #982 Southeastern Section March 14–16, 2003 Associate secretary: John L. Bryant Southeastern Section Announcement issue of Notices: September 2002 Associate secretary: John L. Bryant Program first available on AMS website: September 26, Announcement issue of Notices: To be announced 2002 Program first available on AMS website: To be announced Program issue of electronic Notices: November 2002 Program issue of electronic Notices: To be announced Issue of Abstracts: Volume 23, Issue 4 Issue of Abstracts: To be announced

Deadlines Deadlines For organizers: April 10, 2002 For organizers: August 14, 2002 For consideration of contributed papers in Special Sessions: For consideration of contributed papers in Special Sessions: July 23, 2002 To be announced For abstracts: September 17, 2002 For abstracts: To be announced

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Charles Fefferman, Princeton University, Title to be an- Bloomington, Indiana nounced. Indiana University Michael Hopkins, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Title to be announced. April 4–6, 2003 Ignacio Sols, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Title to be Central Section announced. Associate secretary: Susan J. Friedlander Announcement issue of Notices: To be announced Luis Vega, Universidad del Pais Vasco, Bilbao, Title to be Program first available on AMS website: To be announced announced. Program issue of electronic Notices: To be announced Efim Zelmanov, Yale University, Title to be announced. Issue of Abstracts: To be announced Special Sessions Deadlines Banach Spaces of Analytic Functions, Daniel Girela, Uni- For organizers: September 4, 2002 For consideration of contributed papers in Special Sessions: versity of Malaga, and Michael Stessin, SUNY at Albany. To be announced Biomolecular Mathematics, Thomas J. Head and Fernando For abstracts: To be announced Guzman, SUNY at Binghamton. Classical and Harmonic Analysis, Nets Katz, Washington University, Carlos Perez, Universidad de Sevilla, and Ana New York, New York Vargas, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid. Courant Institute Commutative Algebra: Geometric, Homological, Combina- April 12–13, 2003 torial and Computational Aspects, Alberto Corso, Univer- sity of Kentucky, Philippe Gimenez, Universidad de Val- Eastern Section ladolid, and Santiago Zarzuela, Universitat de Barcelona. Associate secretary: Lesley M. Sibner Announcement issue of Notices: To be announced Computational Methods in Algebra and Analysis, Eduardo Program first available on AMS website: To be announced Cattani, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and Fran- Program issue of electronic Notices: To be announced cisco Jesus Castro-Jimenez, Universidad de Sevilla. Issue of Abstracts: To be announced Constructive Approximation Theory, Antonio Duran, Uni- Deadlines versity de Sevilla, and Edward B. Saff, Vanderbilt Univer- sity. For organizers: September 12, 2002 For consideration of contributed papers in Special Sessions: History of Modern Mathematics—Gauss to Wiles, Jose Fer- To be announced reiros, Universidad de Sevilla, and David Rowe, Universi- For abstracts: To be announced tat Mainz. Interpolation Theory, Function Spaces and Applications , Fer- nando Cobos, University Complutense de Madrid, and Seville, Spain Pencho Petrushev, University of South Carolina. June 18–21, 2003 Mathematical Fluid Dynamics, Diego Cordoba, CSIC, First Joint International Meeting between the AMS and the Madrid, and Princeton University, and Susan Friedlander, Real Sociedad Matematica Española (RSME). University of Illinois, Chicago. Associate secretary: Susan J. Friedlander Nonlinear Dispersive Equations, Gustavo Ponce, University Announcement issue of Notices: To be announced of California Santa Barbara, and Luis Vega, Universidad del Program first available on AMS website: Not applicable Pais Vascos. Program issue of electronic Notices: Not applicable Issue of Abstracts: Not applicable Operator Theory and Spaces of Analytic Functions, Jose Bonet, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Pedro Paul, Uni- Deadlines versidad de Sevilla, and Cora S. Sadosky, Howard Univer- For organizers: May 15, 2002 sity. For consideration of contributed papers in Special Sessions: The Mathematics of Electronmicroscopic Imaging, Jose- To be announced Maria Carazo, Centro Nacional de Biotecnologia-CSIC, and For abstracts: To be announced Gabor T. Herman, City University of New York. Invited Addresses Variational Problems for Submanifolds, Frank Morgan, Xavier Cabre, Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña, Williams College, and Antonio Ros, Universidad de Barcelona, Title to be announced. Granada.

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Deadlines Binghamton, New For organizers: August 26, 2003 For consideration of contributed papers in Special Sessions: York To be announced SUNY-Binghamton For abstracts: To be announced

October 10–12, 2003 Eastern Section Atlanta, Georgia Associate secretary: Lesley M. Sibner Atlanta Marriott Marquis and Hyatt Regency Announcement issue of Notices: To be announced Atlanta Program first available on AMS website: To be announced Program issue of electronic Notices: To be announced January 5–8, 2005 Issue of Abstracts: To be announced Associate secretary: Lesley M. Sibner Deadlines Announcement issue of Notices: To be announced Program first available on AMS website: To be announced For organizers: March 10, 2003 Program issue of electronic Notices: To be announced For consideration of contributed papers in Special Sessions: Issue of Abstracts: To be announced To be announced For abstracts: To be announced Deadlines For organizers: April 5, 2004 Special Sessions For consideration of contributed papers in Special Sessions: Biomolecular Mathematics (Code: AMS SS A1), Thomas J. To be announced Head and Dennis G. Pixton, SUNY at Binghamton, Mit- For abstracts: To be announced sunori Ogihara, University of Rochester, and Carlos Mar- For summaries of papers to MAA organizers: To be an- tin-Vide, Universitat Rovira i Virgili. nounced Phoenix, Arizona Phoenix Civic Plaza

January 7–10, 2004 Associate secretary: Michel L. Lapidus Announcement issue of Notices: To be announced Program first available on AMS website: To be announced Program issue of electronic Notices: To be announced Issue of Abstracts: To be announced

Deadlines For organizers: April 2, 2003 For consideration of contributed papers in Special Sessions: To be announced For abstracts: To be announced For summaries of papers to MAA organizers: To be an- nounced Athens, Ohio Ohio University

March 26–27, 2004 Central Section Associate secretary: Susan J. Friedlander Announcement issue of Notices: To be announced Program first available on AMS website: To be announced Program issue of electronic Notices: To be announced Issue of Abstracts: To be announced

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