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====== WORKSHOP: 9th Atelier PARI/GP in Besancon ==(First announcement)======
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We would like to announce a week-long workshop on the computer algebra system
"PARI/GP", from 15th to 19th January 2018, at Besancon University (France).

Website: http://pari.math.u-bordeaux.fr/Events/PARI2018/

Organizers:
  Bill Allombert        <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux.fr>
  Karim Belabas         <Karim.Belabas@math.u-bordeaux.fr>
  Jean-Robert Belliard  <jean-robert.belliard@univ-fcomte.fr>
  Marine Rougnant       <marine.rougnant@univ-fcomte.fr>

This workshop is organized to discuss the current and future development
of the PARI/GP system. Anyone interested in helping out is welcome !

The workshop will include

(1) Short status reports on the current development projects.

(2) Tutorial sessions.

(3) Brainstorming sessions, to spell out and discuss ideas about the system
development: new features, new algorithms, improving old implementations,
bug fixes, extensions to GP syntax, documentation overhaul ...

(4) Hacking sessions: inspired by (3), but bring also your own problems !

Please share your ideas for Discussion topics (3) or Coding sessions (4)
with the development mailing list <pari-dev@pari.math.u-bordeaux.fr>.
Feel free to suggest subjects for the Tutorial sessions (2).

REGISTRATION: Please register as soon as possible with one of the organizers;
participation to the Atelier is free of charge.

FINANCIAL AID: Deadline for financial help application October 15th 2017.
Funding to cover travel and local costs is available thanks to the
OpenDreamKit project <http://opendreamkit.org/>.
Email <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux.fr> to apply, priority will be given to 
graduate students.