FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT

                                  IMACS-ACA'97
  The Third International IMACS Conference on Applications of Computer Algebra

(IMACS = International Association for Mathematics and Computers in Simulation)

July 24-26, 1997
Aston Wailea Resort
Maui, Hawaii, USA

General Chair: Michael Wester
Program Chairs: Jacques Calmet, Vladimir Gerdt
Local Arrangements: Stanly Steinberg, Nicolas Robidoux

The meeting will focus on actual or possible applications of nontrivial
computer algebra techniques to other fields and substantial interactions of
computer algebra with other fields.

For more information see:
	http://math.unm.edu/ACA/1997.html

NOTE: PASCO'97 and ISSAC'97 will be held just previous to this meeting
(July 20-22 and July 21-23, respectively) also at the Aston Wailea Resort.

Meeting Format:

The meeting will be run in the standard IMACS format where individuals are
invited to organize a special session.  Individuals can propose a special
session by contacting the program chairs.  All paper submissions must be
directed to an organizer of an appropriate special session, which will be
listed at the web sites.

Jacques Calmet   (calmet@ira.uka.de)
Vladimir Gerdt   (gerdt@jinr.dubna.su)
Stanly Steinberg (stanly@math.unm.edu)
Michael Wester   (wester@math.unm.edu)