Algorithmic Number Theory Symposium

Algorithmic Number Theory Symposium (ANTS) is an academic conference.

Since their inception in Cornell in 1994, the biennial ANTS meetings have become the premier international forums for the presentation of new research in computational number theory. They are devoted to algorithmic aspects of number theory, including elementary number theory, algebraic number theory, analytic number theory, geometry of numbers, algebraic geometry, finite fields, and cryptography.

Current events

ANTS IX will be held in Nancy, France in 2010 [http://www.lix.polytechnique.fr/Labo/Francois.Morain/ANTS9/] .

elfridge Prize

In honour of the many contributions of John Selfridge to mathematics, the Number Theory Foundation has established a prize to be awarded to those individuals who have authored the best paper accepted for presentation at ANTS. The prize, called the Selfridge Prize, will normally be awarded every two years in an even numbered year. The prize winner(s) will receive a cash award and a certificate. The successful paper will be selected by the ANTS Program Committee.

The Selfridge Prize at the ANTS VII meeting was awarded to Werner Bley and Robert Boltje for their paper "Computation of locally free class groups". The Prize at ANTS VIII was awarded to Juliana Belding, Reinier Bröker, Andreas Enge and Kristin Lauter for their paper "Computing Hilbert Class Polynomials".

Proceedings

The refereed Proceedings of ANTS are published in the Springer series Lecture Notes in Computer Science. The Lecture Notes in Computer Science are now also published [http://springerlink.com/openurl.asp?genre=journal&issn=0302-9743 electronically] .

History

ANTS VIII (2008)

:Dates: 17 - 22 May 2008:Location: Banff Centre (Alberta, Canada):Organizers: Mark Bauer (University of Calgary), Josh Holden (Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology), Mike Jacobson (University of Calgary), Renate Scheidler (University of Calgary) and Jon Sorenson (Butler University):Proceedings: [http://www.springer.com/computer/foundations/book/978-3-540-79455-4 LNCS 5011] :Web site: [http://ants.math.ucalgary.ca/ http://ants.math.ucalgary.ca/]

ANTS VII (2006)

:Dates: 23 - 28 July 2006:Location: Technische Universität Berlin (Berlin, Germany):Organizers: Florian Heß, Sebastian Pauli, Michael Pohst:Proceedings: [http://www.springer.com/computer/foundations/book/978-3-540-36075-9 LNCS 4076] :Web site: http://www.math.tu-berlin.de/~kant/ants/

ANTS VI (2004)

:Dates: 13 - 18 June 2004:Location: University of Vermont (Burlington, Vermont, USA):Organizers: Duncan Buell, Jonathan W. Sands, David S. Dummit:Proceedings: [http://www.springer.com/east/home/computer/foundations?SGWID=5-156-22-31057930-0 LNCS 3076] ; [http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1040034.1040041 Poster Abstracts] :Web site: http://web.ew.usna.edu/~ants/

ANTS V (2002)

:Dates: 7-12 July 2002:Location: University of Sydney (Sydney, Australia):Organizers: John Cannon, Claus Fieker, David Kohel:Proceedings: [http://www.springer.com/east/home/computer/foundations?SGWID=5-156-22-2240506-0 LNCS 2369] :Web site: http://magma.maths.usyd.edu.au/antsv/index.html

ANTS IV (2000)

:Dates: 2-7 July 2000:Location: University of Leiden (Leiden, Netherlands):Organizers: Peter Stevenhagen, Wieb Bosma:Proceedings: [http://www.springer.com/east/home/computer/foundations?SGWID=5-156-22-2037683-0 LNCS 1838] :Web site: http://www.math.leidenuniv.nl/~desmit/ants4/

ANTS III (1998)

:Dates: 21-25 June 1998:Location: Reed College (Portland, Oregon, USA):Organizer: Joe Buhler:Proceedings: [http://www.springer.com/east/home/computer/foundations?SGWID=5-156-22-1555021-0 LNCS 1423] :Web site: http://www.reed.edu/ants/

ANTS II (1996)

:Dates: 18-23 May 1996:Location: University of Bordeaux (Bordeaux, France):Organizers: Henri Cohen, Michel Olivier:Proceedings: [http://www.springer.com/east/home/computer/foundations?SGWID=5-156-22-2336487-0 LNCS 1122]

ANTS I (1994)

:Dates: 6-9 May 1994:Location: Cornell University (Ithaca, New York, USA):Organizers: Len Adleman, Ming-Deh Huang:Proceedings: LNCS 877 (out of print)