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3rd JEM Workshop

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Facultat de Matemàtiques i Estadística (FME)
Carrer Pau Gargallo, 5
31 Jan. 2008 - 2 Feb. 2008, Barcelona, Spain

The third JEM workshop will be hosted by the Spanish partners UPC in collaboration with UOC and will take place at the Polytechnical University of Catalonia between 31 Jan. and 2 Feb. 2008.

Topics

Topics of special interest for this meeting will be:

 A special session, follow-up of the 2nd JEM workshop Joint with OpenMath, will be devoted to the alignment efforts between Openmath and MathML3. In particular, contributions are welcome on:

  • OpenMath3
  • MathML3
  • new Content Dictionaries
  • revisions of Content Dictionaries

Invited speakers

The program will consist of contributed talks by the participants and invited contributions from leading experts in the special interest areas, including:

Program at a Glance

Thursday, 31st January 2008
13.30 Lunch
14.30 Registration
15.00 Opening session (5’)
15.05 Antonio Costa (35’)
15.40 Contributions (4×20’)
17.00 Coffee Break (20')
17.20 JEM Panel Session (60')
18.30 OpenMath Walk-through (30')

 Friday, 1st Februry, 2008
09.00 Dominique Archambault (35’)
09.35 Contributions (3×20’)
10:35 Coffee Break (20’)
10.55 Michael Gage (35')
11.30 Contributions (3×20’)
12.30 Contributions (3×20’)
13.30 Lunch Break
15.00 Erik Duval (35’)
15.35 Contributions (3×20’)
16.40 Coffee Break (20')
17.00 OpenMath Contributions (2x20')
17:40 Hands-on session (60'): offer your demo
18.40 JEM Business Meeting
20.00 Dinner 		Saturday, 2nd Februry, 2008
''Towards OpenMath3''
09:00 Current Status (30')
09.30 James Davenport (35')
10:05 Moderated Discussion (50')
10.55 Coffee Break (20')
11:15 OpenMath3 Final Decision & Business Meeting (45')
12:50 - 13:30 Business Meeting - Conclusion

Detailed program

Abstracts

Registration

You will need to be registered and logged into the JEM portal to access the signup page (Login\Create a new account\).

Early registration fee is 100 Eur. and includes coffee breaks and lunches. It will be paid on site. '''Signing-up on the event page before 15 Jan. 2008 entitles to early registration fee'''. Afterwards, late and on-site registration fee is 140 Eur.

Contributions

Registered participants should submit their contribution as a Dissemination item on these pages,entering the following data as the publication details: 3rd JEM Workshop, 31 Jan.-1 Feb. 2008, Barcelona Spain.. Afterwards, they should contact the chair of the track (see below).
Abstract due: 15 Jan. 2008


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Hotel reservation

To book a room in the area where the 3rd JEM Workshop will take place (this area is about 20 minutes by subway from the center of the city) you can send an email to Ms. Rosa Bielsa (rosa.bielsa@racc.es), specifying 3rd JEM Workshop 2008 (UOC).

You can book for yourself with http://deals.hotels.com/, http://www.booking.com/, or http://www.solmelia.com/, for instance.

See the map for the workshop location (in red) and the hotels in the area (in blue).

To get to the Workshop place

The Faculty of Mathematics and Statistics (FME)
C. Pau Gargallo, 5. Building U. 08028 Barcelona

By using public transport
Line Metro L3: Stops Palau Reial and Zona Universitaria
Bus: Lines 7, 33, 74, 75 (A. Diagonal)
Tram lines: T1, T2, T3 (Av. Diagonal)

By walking: distances are short in Barcelona

See in the map how to get to the building FME, the Workshop and lunches place.

We recommend the integrated Travel card T-10 (10 combined journeys bus+metro) or the Single metro ticket (bus+metro), depending on the days you are staying.

More information on travelcards (prices and were to buy them)

More information on Barcelona public transport here

Transportation Barcelona Airport

Bus:The airbus has 3 stops in the external enclosure of the airport, one in each terminal. It takes about 25 minutes until it carries out its first stop in the Plaza España, the last stop is in the Plaza Cataluña, but it carries out frequent stops through the city of Barcelona where we will find also connections of subway of the lines L1, L3 and several lines of bus.
Taxis:The taxi stand is in front of the terminals. The cost payable is as indicated on the meter. Users are advised to request a receipt. Price approx to the centre city in normal traffic conditions is 20 €.
More information here

Organizing Committee

Olga Caprotti (Chair)

Sebastian Xambó (Diagnostic testing track)
Maria-Antonia Huertas (Repositories track) 		Michael Kohlhase (OpenMath track)
Mika Seppälä (JEM Quality track)
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