The next meeting will take place in Manchester between 18-19 May, organised by Josiah Aakre, Thomas Aird and Marianne Johnson. The speakers will be by Ruiwen Dong, Dmitry Kudryavtsev, Ying-Fen Lin, James Mitchell, Tânia Paulista, Jamie Smith, and Jan Philipp Wächter, and the meeting will also feature a GAP workshop led by James Mitchell with support from Reinis Cirpons.
Please register your interest using the NBSAN registration form by Friday, 1st May.
Limited resources have been allocated to assist those who require financial support in order to attend. Please request assistance on the funding assistance form by Tuesday 31st March.
Monday 18th May
All sessions take place in the Frank Adams rooms on the first floor of the Alan Turing Building.
Note: Tea and coffee are provided in the coffee breaks, but lunch and dinner are not provided.
| 12:30-13:30: | Early arrivers meet for lunch in Alan Turing Building | |
| 13:30-14:30: | James Mitchell, University of St Andrews | |
| 14:30-15:00: | Coffee | |
| 15:00-16:00: | Jamie Smith, University of York | |
| 16:00-17:00: | Tânia Paulista, NOVA University of Lisbon | |
| 18:30-: | Conference dinner |
Tuesday 19th May
Note: Tea and coffee are provided in the coffee breaks, but lunch and dinner are not provided.
| 09:15-10:15: | GAP workshop session 1 (more details below) | |
| 10:15-10:45: | Coffee | |
| 10:45-11:45: | GAP workshop session 2 | |
| 11:45-12:45: | Jan Philipp Wächter, University of Manchester | |
| 12:45-14:15: | Lunch | |
| 14:15-15:15: | Ying-Fen Lin, Queen's University Belfast | |
| 15:15-16:15: | Ruiwen Dong, University of Oxford | |
| 16:15-16:35: | Coffee | |
| 16:35-17:35: | Dmitry Kudryavtsev | |
| 18:00-: | Informal dinner for those able to stay |
Wednesday 20th May
There are no talks scheduled for this date, however, if you would like to continue talking informally about semigroups before onward travel plans -- let us know!
GAP workshop sessions: The purpose of the sessions is to introduce NBSAN participants to the computational tools stemming from the libsemigroups C++ library https://libsemigroups.github.io, and their possible applications to research in semigroup theory.
In preparation for the sessions you'll require a laptop running Mac OS or some variant of linux, with at least one of the following installed:
- A recent version of GAP: https://www.gap-system.org/install/ (ideally 4.14.x or higher)
- Python 3.10 or higher
- Julia: https://julialang.org/downloads/
If you'd like to contribute code or issues, then please make sure you have a GitHub account (they are free).
To receive announcements about future NBSAN meetings, please email Mark Kambites and request to be added to the NBSAN mailing list.
You may also like to join the Semigroups Network -- a European Mathematical Society Topical Activity Group.