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CALL FOR TALKS AND PARTICIPATION

USMaC 2016: Universal Structures in Mathematics and Computing
June 28 and June 29, 2016.

La Trobe University, city campus (Collins Street, Melbourne)


This workshop aims to bring together researchers working in category theory,  logic, universal algebra, relational and graph theoretic foundations for computer science and mathematics in order to highlight recent advances in these fields and to facilitate dialogue between the different camps. Of particular interest is work which spans two or more of these areas.

Keynote Speakers:

* Rob Goldblatt (Victoria University of Wellington)
* Walter Guttmann (University of Canterbury)
* Michael Johnson (Macquarie University)
* Yoshihiro Mizoguchi (Kyushu University) 
* Jochen Renz (Australian National University)
* Tim Stokes (University of Waikato)

Please see the workshop website for further details on registration (which is free), submission of talks, topics of interest and accommodation details.  Limited travel support is available for students.

The workshop is sponsored by La Trobe University's Discipline Research Program in Mathematical and Computing Sciences.