Conference in Amsterdam 1-2 December
 

[url]http://event.cwi.nl/wcnt2011/[/url]

is a conference to celebrate the retirement of Herman te Riele.

The Dec 1 session is on factorising large numbers, and features xilman, jasonp and akruppa of this vicinity, as well as Thorsten Kleinjung, Joppe Bos and Peter Montgomery.

The Dec 2 session is on computations on zeta functions, with Joost Batenburg, Pieter Moree, Andrew Odlyzko, Rob Tijdeman.

It seems likely to be an absolutely fantastic event; unfortunately at the time I will be half-way through a cycling holiday in Kerala, though I'm seriously considering if that can be rescheduled.

[QUOTE=fivemack;263323][URL]http://event.cwi.nl/wcnt2011/[/URL]

is a conference to celebrate the retirement of Herman te Riele.

The Dec 1 session is on factorising large numbers, and features xilman, jasonp and akruppa of this vicinity, as well as Thorsten Kleinjung, [b]Joppe Bos[/b] and Peter Montgomery.[/QUOTE]Aka [URL="http://mersenneforum.org/member.php?u=5095"]Joppe_Bos[/URL] .

Paul

Sounds like a good excuse to revisit that lovely city!

Excuse me if I fail to appear at all the lectures.

David

[QUOTE=davieddy;263379]Sounds like a good excuse to revisit that lovely city!

Excuse me if I fail to appear at all the lectures.

David[/QUOTE]

Sounds like one of theese expensive events...

[QUOTE=moebius;263775]Sounds like one of theese expensive events...[/QUOTE]Clearly, you need to fund your own travel to and from Amsterdam and at least one night's accommodation.

Previous factoring workshops organized by Herman have [b]not[/b] had any registration fee. I don't know whether this is the case for the December meeting but it seems to me quite likely that a charge may be made for lunch. Doubtless the situation will become clearer as time goes by.


Paul

[url="http://event.cwi.nl/wcnt2011/program.html"]The slides[/url] are now available. It was a great workshop.

[QUOTE=jasonp;281939][url="http://event.cwi.nl/wcnt2011/program.html"]The slides[/url] are now available. It was a great workshop.[/QUOTE]Seconded.

It was also good to meet several people for the first time whom I've known and worked with electronically for a number of years, including jasonp and akruppa.

Herman was given a very good send off. As well as all the professional tributes, he was awarded an impressive piece of jewellery by the mayor of his home town. As near as I can make out, it's the Dutch equivalent of a British CBE.

Paul