The tenth Algorithmic Number Theory Symposium (ANTS) meeting will be held July 9-13, 2012, at the University of California, San Diego. It will include approximately 5 invited lectures, about 25 contributed lectures chosen through a competitive review process, and a poster session. It is expected that 100-150 mathematicians will attend, including a sizable fraction of graduate students and postdocs and some scientists from nonacademic institutions. There will also be a proceedings volume issued shortly after the conclusion of the meeting. The ANTS meetings, held biannually since 1994, are the premier international forum for new research in computational number theory. They are devoted to algorithmic aspects of number theory, including elementary number theory, algebraic number theory, analytic number theory, geometry of numbers, arithmetic algebraic geometry, finite fields, and cryptography.
As an established conference series, ANTS attracts invited and contributed lectures of the highest quality, and serves as a forum for dissemination of new ideas and techniques throughout the research community in the area of computational number theory. The review process for contributed lectures and the subsequent production of a proceedings volume provides documentation of the presented results at the level of quality of an international research journal in mathematics. The ANTS meeting also serves an important training function, by drawing (with partial funding) many US-based graduate students and postdocs (for whom partial funding will be available), who will benefit both from exposure to the latest work in computational number theory and from the opportunity to present their own work. In addition, the interaction between academic, industry, and government researchers should prove mutually beneficial to all sides.
The ANTS meetings, held biannually since 1994, are the premier international forum for new research in computational number theory. They are devoted to algorithmic aspects of number theory, including elementary number theory, algebraic number theory, analytic number theory, geometry of numbers, arithmetic algebraic geometry, finite fields, and cryptography. This project provided partial funding for the 2012 ANTS conference, held July 9-13, 2012 at the University of California, San Diego. About 150 researchers from academia, government, and industry worldwide participated in the conference. The scientific program consisted of 5 invited presentations from senior researchers, 25 presentations of papers chosen through a competitive review process, and a poster session. The selected papers will be published in a conference proceedings volume (in print and open-access electronic versions) by Mathematical Science Publishers. The presentations at the 2012 ANTS meeting provided a snapshot of the frontiers of research in computational number theory, and fostered communication and new collaborations across national and scientific boundaries. The proceedings volume will provide a lasting basis for future work in the subject. NSF funding for this conference was primarily directed towards participant support for US-based graduate students and postdocs. The intent was to provide these younger researchers with opportunities both to bring themselves up to speed with current developments and to present their own work in front of a wider audience. Both of these activities promote the development of the next generation of US-based researchers in computational number theory; due to the close proximity of this field to computer science, this should enhance US competitiveness in scientific areas of pressing national interest.
