Conferences 1999

December 14 - 16 (Auckland) Symposium to mark the retirement of John Butcher*

January 2 - 10 (Raglan) NZMRI*

January 18-21 (Auckland) DMTCS `99 Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science and CATS `99 (Computing: The Australian Theory Symposium)
Contact Bakh Khoussainov, Department of Computer Science, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand.
home-page: http://www.tcs.auckland.ac.nz/~acsw99/

February 7 - 11 (Mollymook, New South Wales) ANZIAM `99 (The 35th Australian Applied Mathematics Conference) Contact Rod Weber
home-page: http://www.uow.edu.au/conferences/anziam99/

February 11 - 12 (Mollymook, New South Wales) Combustion Meeting in Honour of Professor Brian F Gray.
contact Geoff Mercer
homepage: http://www.mz.adfa.oz.au/Events/Conferences/BFG meeting.html

February 15 - 18 (Christchurch) Surface Approximation and Visualisation*

June 29 - July 2 (Dunedin) NZAMT 6 2000 Minus One, Dunedin 1999
http://www.dce.ac.nz/nzamt6

July 5 - 7 (Victoria University of Wellington) New Zealand Statistical Association 50th Anniversary Conference
http://www.mcs.vuw.ac.nz/

July 5-9 (Darwin) 24th Annual Conference on Combinatorial Mathematics and Combinatorial Computing (24ACCMC).
The conference precedes a Joint Australian and American Mathematical Society Conference to be held in Melbourne Australia beginning July 12th 1999.
For inclusion on further mailing lists send your address to: website: http://www.cs.ntu.edu.au/homepages/rsvp/ACCMCC99.html

July 7 - 9 (Christchurch) 1999 New Zealand Mathematics Colloquium*.

July 12 - 16 (Melbourne) Australian Mathematical Society 43rd Annual Conference
http://www.maths.monash.edu.au/~ams99

November 24 - December 3 (Sydney) Group Theory and Computation
Contact Laci Kovacs

Preliminary Notice 1999 NEW ZEALAND MATHEMATICS COLLOQUIUM Wednesday 7th from 9 a.m. - Friday 9th July at 5 p.m. 1999 (arrival possible p.m. 6th July 1999) University of Canterbury, CHRISTCHURCH. Hosted by the Department of Mathematics and Statistics Special Theme days:

• MATHEMATICS IN FINANCE
• SECONDARY/TERTIARY MATH EDUCATION

NOTICE TO STUDENTS PLANNING TO ATTEND THE 1999 NZ MATHEMATICS COLLOQUIUM

1. The 1999 NZ Mathematics Colloquium will be held at the University of Canterbury from Wednesday 7 July until Saturday 10 July. Students who wish to apply for financial assistance to attend this Colloquium should do so when they send in their registration form. The Colloquium organisers are empowered to distribute funds on behalf of the NZMS.
2. The New Zealand Mathematical Society offers a prize, known as the Aitken prize, for the best contributed talk by a student at the annual NZ Mathematics Colloquium. It consists of a cheque for NZ$250, accompanied by a certificate. Entrants for the prize should clearly indicate their willingness to be considered for the award when they register their intention to contribute a talk at the Colloquium. Further information about the Aitken prize will published in the April 1999 issue of the NZMS Newsletter.

• Markus Hegland, Australian National University
• Steve Hirschman, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• John Lewis, Boeing Corporation
• Terry Speed, University of California at Berkeley
• Grant Steven, University of Sydney
• Alistair Watson, University of Dundee

• Data mining
• High performance computing
• Scientific visualisation and virtual environments

At the end of 1998, John retires from his position at the University of Auckland which he has held for 33 years. To mark the occasion, the Department of Mathematics is organising a symposium. Details are: 14 - 16 December 1998 University of Auckland Auckland, New Zealand The following have been invited so speak at this symposium: Alan Feldstein (Tempe), Joe Flaherty (Troy), Arieh Iserles (Cambridge) Zdzislaw Jackiewicz (Tempe), Gaven Martin (Auckland), Ander Murua, Donostia (San Sebastian), Reinout Quispel (Melbourne), Manfred Trummer (Vancouver), Gerhard Wanner, (Geneva).
There will be a limited scope for additional lectures and anyone interested in presenting a lecture is urged to contact a member of the organising committee as soon as possible. The members of the organising committee are:

• Robert Chan (Chair) chan@math.auckland.ac.nz
• Marston Conder conder@math.auckland.ac.nz
• Nicolette Goodwin goodwin@math.auckland.ac.nz
• Bev Grove grove@math.auckland.ac.nz
• Allison Heard heard@math.auckland.ac.nz

The New Zealand Approximation Theory Group presents ... Surface Approximation and Visualisation 15-18 February 1999 at Christchurch, New Zealand

The topic Surface Approximation and Visualisation will be interpreted broadly and we expect participants with interests covering the spectrum from Approximation Theory, through Numerical Analysis and Computer Aided Geometric Design, to those whose main interest is applications (e.g., data mining and geophysics). We plan to allocate lots of time without lectures for informal interactions, including a conference trip to Hanmer Springs thermal area. Currently confirmed speakers include: B. Barsky (Berkeley), M. D. Buhmann (Dortmund), N. Dyn (Tel Aviv), R. Goldman (Rice), M. Hegland (Canberra), S. L. Lee (Singapore), T. Lyche (Oslo), D. Leviatan (Tel Aviv), C. A. Micchelli (IBM), G. M. Nielson (Arizona), A. Pinkus (Technion), R. Schaback (Gšttingen), L. L. Schumaker (Vanderbilt), Zuowei Shen (Singapore).

Please register as soon as possible to help us with our planning.
Organising committee

• Rick Beatson (University of Canterbury)
• Keith Unsworth (Lincoln University)
• Shayne Waldron (University of Auckland)
  

Mathematics Summer Workshop 1999 Harmonic Analysis, Riemann Surfaces, Operator Theory 2 January 1999 - 10 January 1999, Raglan, New Zealand About New Zealand Mathematics Summer Workshops These now traditional Mathematics Summer Workshops usually take place in the beginning of January and are supported by grants from the New Zealand Marsden Fund.

• December 1994 Huia, Knot Theory
• January 1996 Tolaga Bay, Integrable Models and Statistical Physics
• January 1997 Tolaga Bay, Discrete Groups and Geometry
• January 1998 Napier, Complex Analysis, Conformal Geometry

1999 Summer Workshop in Harmonic Analysis This will take place in Raglan, New Zealand, during the period 2 January 1999 to 10 January 1999. The aim of our workshop is to introduce participants to current research and methods of the Spectral Theory of Nonselfadjoint Operators and Resonance Scattering Theory for Periodic Differential Operators, which incorporate both Harmonic Analysis and Topology on Riemann surfaces with the Geometry of the corresponding Hilbert Spaces. We also plan to cover some interesting applications of Spectral and Scattering Theory. The workshop will feature several main series of lectures by prominent analysts. There will also be scheduled lectures by other participants, organized to some extent into minisymposia. It is hoped to make provision for impromptu presentations on work, as it develops, arising from discussions amongst people taking part in the workshop. Venue This time the school will be in Raglan, a small resort on the west coast of the North Island, about 160km from Auckland. The venue will be the campus of the local school in Raglan, which will provide two lecture rooms (and sporting facilities). The weather in New Zealand during early January is usually stable and mild. Workshop format There will be two lecture sessions per day 9.30-12.30 and 5-9 (with a dinner break). It is planned to take Wednesday off (details of available activities are not yet available). It is anticipated that participants will want to spend part of this week working amongst themselves and the organizers will do all they can to facilitate this. It is expected that there might be a need to arrange times for informal and impromptu presentations; times for this will be scheduled into the program as the details become known. Invited speakers The following internationally known speakers have agreed to present series of lectures at the workshop: Professor L.Carleson (Stockholm), Professor M.Cowling (Sydney), Professor L.Faddeev (St. Petersburg), Professor D.Sarason (Berkeley), Professor H.Widom (Santa Cruz), Professor C.Sadosky (Washington),Professor S.Treil (Michigan), Professor V.Vinnikov (Rehovot) Draft Program A draft program, for the workshop (and the relevant link) will be available upon construction. Please let the organizers know as soon as possible of any late offers to speak at the workshop and we will do our best to accommodate you. Existing speakers are also invited to let the organizers know of any change they feel is necessary. List of Participants The link to a list of people who have already registered will be available upon construction. Accommodation For registered participants the Organizing Committee reserves lodging in Raglan and two meals a day (lunch, dinner). Important Dates 15 September - Deadline for booking lodging. Please confirm your participation for us before this date or as soon as possible after that. Organizing committee

• David Gauld gauld@math.auckland.ac.nz
• Vaughan Jones vfr@math.berkeley.edu
• Boris Pavlov pavlov@math.auckland.ac.nz