SIG
SIGSAM, Special Interest Group on Symbolic & Algebraic Manipulation
Mission
SIGSAM provides members with a forum in which to exchange ideas about the practical and theoretical aspects of algebraic and symbolic mathematical computation. Its scope of interests includes design, analysis and application of algorithms, data structures, system and languages.
Newsletter
Communications in Computer Algebra is issued quarterly
Title changed from SIGSAM Bulletin effective w/vol.40, no.1
VolumeIssueDate # of PagesArrived at ACM HQ
381March 2004 323/18/04
382June 2004 247/26/04
383Sept 2004 52 11/16/04 Note: Proceedings from ISSAC conference distributed to membership
384Dec 2004 323/19/05each year in August/September.
391March 2005 40 6/7/05
392June 2005 3210/5/05
393Sept 2005 28 12/30/05
394Dec 2005 484/25/06
401March 2006 327/18/06
402June 2006 32 10/18/06
403Sept 2006 3212/4/06
Membership1st yr2 + yearsTotal
ProfessionalAffiliateStudentInstitutionalTotalSubscribersRetentionRetentionRetention
June ’03 223 190 15 4 43275 30.4 83.863.6
June ’04 220 123 17 3 36368 24.5 84.158.9
June ’05 209 119 24 4 35647 41.7 83.169.7
June ’06 211 73 11 2 297 56 31.6 84.169.7
Fund Balance
DateAmountDeltaRequiredDiscretionaryDiscretionary/Member
June’03 $15,938 ($17,951) $20,455 --
June’04 ($1,121) ($17,059) $28,329 --
June’05 $8,887 $10,007 $19,084 --
June’06$4,449 ($4,438) $27,152 --
Conference ActivityPapersPapers
FY’04 EventsSponsorshipLocationAttendanceStatusSurplusDateSubmittedAccepted
ISSAC ’03 100% Philadelphia, PA 139 Closed $3,850 8/3-6/03 68 36
SIGSAM was in cooperation with one conference in FY’04.
FY’05 EventsSponsorshipLocationAttendanceStatusSurplusDateSubmittedAccepted
ISSAC ’04 100% Santander , 165 closed$5,864 7/4-7/04 131 43
SPAIN
FY’06 EventsSponsorshipLocationAttendanceStatusSurplusDateSubmittedAccepted
ISSAC ’05 100% Beijing, CHINA closed ($3,894) 7/24-27/05 111 48
SIGSAM was in cooperation with one conference in FY’06.
FY’07 EventsSponsorshipLocationAttendanceStatusSurplusDateSubmittedAccepted
ISSAC ’06 100% Genoa, ITALY 133 closed$1,534 7/9-12/06 97 48
SIG Officers2001-2003 2003-2005 2005-2007
ChairmanRobert Corless Emil Volcheck Emil Volcheck
Vice-ChairmanWolfgang W. Kuechlin Manuel Bronstein (deceased 6/6/05) Werner Krandick (appointed 11/1/05)
SecretaryEmil Volcheck Mark van Hoeij Mark van Hoeij (resigned 3/20/06)
Fabrice Rouillier (appointed 3/21/06)
TreasurerB. David Saunders Wayne Eberly Wayne Eberly
Past Chairman Bruce Char Robert Corless Rob Corless
N/L EditorDavid Jeffrey David Jeffrey (thru 12/31/03) Ilias Kotsireas/Austin Lobo
Ilias Kotsireas/Austin Lobo (as of 1/1/04)
Awards
ISSAC Distinguished Paper Award
ISSAC Distinguished Student Author Award
ACM SIGSAM Richard Dimick Jenks Memorial Prize
Viability History
10/1/1992Found Viable
2/1/1997Found Viable
3/11/01 Found viable
3/20/05 Found viable, return in 2 years
Annual report submitted
Annual report submitted for FY’01, FY’03, FY’04, FY’05, FY’06
SGB meeting attendance
SIGSAM represented at all SGB meetings from October 2000 to October 2006, except 9/02 and 3/03.
Current FY benefits
1) Four issues of the SIGSAM quarterly bulletin "Communications in Computer Algebra",
2) A CD containing the current proceedings of the International Symposium on Symbolic and Algebraic Computation (ISSAC), with selected open source computer algebra software, sent with an issue of our bulletin,
3) Discounted registration to attend the International Symposium on Symbolic and Algebraic Computation (ISSAC),
4) Access to SIGSAM-sponsored content in the ACM Digital Library, including ISSAC proceedings.