This workshop, part of the on-going program on Singularity Theory and Geometry, will be a synergetic meeting intended to bring together researchers interested in various algorithmic and constructive aspects of geometry, topology, geometric group theory and related subjects.

Invited Speakers

• *G. Baumslag, CUNY
• M.-F. Coste-Roy, Universit� de Rennes I
• D.B.A. Epstein, University of Warwick
• A. Gabrielov, Purdue University
• S. Gersten, University of Utah
• D. Grigoriev, Pennsylvania State University
• M. Gromov, IHES
• W. Haken, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• A. Khovanskii, University of Toronto
• L. Levin, Boston University
• C. Miller, University of Illinois at Chicago
• *N. Mnev, Steklov Mathematical Institute
• A. Nabutovsky, University of Toronto
• E. Rips, The Hebrew University
• J. Rubinstein, University of Melbourne
• Z. Sela, Columbia University
• F. Sergeraert, Universit� Josef Fourier
• M. Shub, T.J. Watson IBM Research Center
• L. van den Dries, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• N. Vorobjov, Jr., University of Bath
• S. Weinberger, University of Pennsylvania
• D. Welsh, Oxford University
• S. Yakovenko, Weizmann Institute of Science
• Y. Yomdin, Weizmann Institute of Science
  • * subject to confirmation

During the workshop, Professor Mikhael Gromov of the Institut des Hautes �tudes Scientifiques will deliver three lectures under the Fields Institute Distinguished Lecture Series.