5-9 Aug 2013
Orange CA, U.S.A.
================================= BLAST 2013 (2nd Announcement) ================================= It is a pleasure to announce the fifth BLAST conference, August 5 - 9, 2013 at Chapman University, Orange, California, USA. The BLAST conference series brings together researchers in B = Boolean algebra L = Lattice theory, algebraic and quantum Logic A = Universal Algebra S = Set theory T = Set theoretic and point-free Topology Please consider filling out the Expression of Interest form at the end of this email. The first four BLAST conferences were at the University of Denver, New<http://subsessile.nmsu.edu/blast/index.htm> Mexico State University<http://subsessile.nmsu.edu/blast/index.htm>, the University of Colorado at Boulder<http://euclid.colorado.edu/~kasterma/blast/> and the University of Kansas<http://www.math.ku.edu/conferences/blast2011/>. BLAST 2013 will feature invited talks by * Bernhard Banaschewski (McMaster University) * William DeMeo (University of South Carolina) * Francois Dorais (Dartmouth College) * Mai Gehrke (Université Diderot - Paris 7 and CNRS) * Steven Givant (Mills College) * Steve Jackson (University of North Texas) * Michael Pinsker (Technische Universität Wien) * Dima Sinapova (University of Illinois at Chicago) * Sam van Gool (Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen) and invited tutorials by * Martin Escardo (University of Birmingham) * Heinz-Peter Gumm (Universität Marburg) * Hilary Priestley (University of Oxford) The conference is funded by NSF, Chapman University and the Center for Excellence in Computation, Algebra and Topology (CECAT). Abstract submission is through Atlas-conferences by July 1 at http://atlas-conferences.com/cgi-bin/abstract/submit/cbgq-01. Registration will be $90 before July 1, 2013, and $110 after that. Electronic registration is available on the conference web page http://www.chapman.edu/events/blast-2013/. A limited amount of financial support is available for graduate students and recent PhDs. To apply for support, send an email of request to blast2013@chapman.edu<mailto:blast2013@chapman.edu> by May 15, 2013 (see web page for details). More information can be found at the conference web page: http://www.chapman.edu/events/blast-2013/ A printable poster to advertise this conference can be downloaded from http://math.chapman.edu/blast2013/poster.pdf The conference organizers can be contacted at blast2013@chapman.edu<mailto:blast2013@chapman.edu> Best regards, the organizing committee Peter Jipsen and Andrew Moshier (Chapman University, CECAT) Natasha Dobrinen (University of Denver) Fred Dashiell and Joanne Walters-Wayland (Chapman University, CECAT) (apologies for multiple copies) =============================== Expression of interest: To help us with planning of BLAST 2013 we request that anyone interested in attending this event fill out the (non-binding) form below and email it back to us at blast2013@chapman.edu<mailto:blast2013@chapman.edu> (or just reply to this email) Name: Institution: Attendance: definite/likely/possible (delete inapplicable choices) Would you like to give a talk? Yes/No If Yes, please give provisional title (or indicate topic): (Note that the above information is just for planning; to be considered for the program, a title and abstract needs to be submitted at http://atlas-conferences.com/cgi-bin/abstract/submit/cbgq-01) ===============================