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The fifth edition of the Seminar on Categories and Applications will be held in Pontevedra, Spain, from 10th to 12th of September of 2008. In this edition as in its predecessors held in Logroño (2003), Granada (2004), Santiago de Compostela (2005) and Barcelona (2007), category theory will be the main topic although related areas as homotopy theory, homological algebra or algebraic geometry, will be considered. We also plan to cover applications in varied fields such as computation, topological robotics, etc.

The conference features the following twelve speakers:

  • Daniel Arias Mosquera, Universidad de León, Spain
  • Julia Bergner, University of California, Riverside, USA
  • Josep Elgueta, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain
  • David Gepner, University of Sheffield, UK
  • Christian Blohmann, Universität Regensburg, Germany
  • Jean-Louis Loday, CNRS, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France
  • Michael Müger, Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen, The Netherlands
  • Fernando Muro, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
  • Frank Neumann, University of Leicester, UK
  • Ma José Souto, Universidad de A Coruña, Spain
  • Enrico Vitale, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
  • Mark Weber, Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7, France

There will be parallel sessions of short communications and a poster session in which participants may exhibit their work after an evaluation by the scientific committee.

Seca V is part of the activities of the "Rede Temática Galega de Álxebra, Computación e Aplicacións" (REGACA).

Scientific Committee
  • José Manuel Casas, Universidad de Vigo
  • Joachim Kock, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
  • Antonio Martínez Cegarra, Universidad de Granada
  • Ieke Moerdijk, Universiteit Utrecht
  • Teimuraz Pirashvili, University of Leicester
  • Manuela Sobral, Universidade de Coimbra
Organizing Committee
  • Carles Broto, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
  • José Manuel Casas, Universidad de Vigo
  • Nuria Corral, Universidad de Cantabria
  • Manuel Ladra, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
  • Antonio Viruel, Universidad de Málaga
Place and Date

The meeting will take place from Wednesday, September 10th until Friday, September 12th at the E.U.E.T. Forestal in the Campus Universitario A Xunqueira (Pontevedra) of the Universidad de Vigo.

Important Dates
  • 27th of June of 2008: Deadline for reduced registration.
  • 13th of June of 2008: Deadline for submission of abstracts. (Abstract Template) Send to the address malg2007@uvigo.es
  • 18th of July of 2008: Deadline for answering with presentations acceptance.
Contact

To resolve any questions or obtain additional information can contact the organizing committee at malg2007@uvigo.es