PROVISIONAL LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

Abatangelo Luca Maria

Bari - Italy

E-mail: abatlm@pascal.dm.uniba.it

Abatangelo Vito

Bari - Italy

E-mail: abatvito@pascal.dm.uniba.it

Aguglia Angela

Napoli - Italy

E-mail: aguglia@math.udel.edu

A Combinatorial Characterization of Classical Unitals

Alinovi Benedetta

Hamburg - Germany

E-mail: ms9a009@math.uni-hamburg.de

Halfordered Chain Structures

Ando Kiyoshi

Tokyo - Japan

E-mail: ando@im.uec.ac.jp

A Forbidden Subgraph Condition for a Graph to have a k-contractible Edge

Bader Laura

Napoli - Italy

E-mail: bader@matna2.dma.unina.it

Generalizing Flocks of Q+(3,q) (with Guglielmo Lunardon & Antonello Cossidente)

Balconi Giorgio

Pavia - Italy

E-mail: marpaolo@dimat.unipv.it

A Class of Dense Self-clique Graphs

Ball Simeon

London - U.K.

E-mail: s.ball@qmw.ac.uk

Arcs, Multi-arcs, Polynomials and Ovoids

Barlotti Adriano

Firenze - Italy

E-mail: barlotti@udini.math.unifi.it

Bartolone Claudio G.

Palermo - Italy

E-mail: cg@dipmat.math.unipa.it

Batten Lynn M.

Victoria - Australia

E-mail: lmbatten@deakin.edu.au

Partitions of Finite Projective Planes

Bean Richard

Queensland - Australia

E-mail: rwb@maths.uq.edu.au

On the Size of the Largest Critical Set in a Latin Square

Benz Walter

Hamburg - Germany

E-mail: ms3a001@math.uni-hamburg.de

Berardi Luigia

L'Aquila - Italy

E-mail: berardi@ing.univaq.it

Bernardi Marco Paolo

Pavia - Italy

E.mail: marpaolo@dimat.unipv.it

On a Problem in the Geometry of Self-affine Fractals

Bernasconi Carlo

Perugia - Italy

E-mail: matber@unipg.it

Neighborhood Spaces: Connectedness and Topological Curves in Finite Spaces

Betten Dieter

Kiel - Germany

E-mail: betten@math.uni-kiel.de

Unitals and Codes (with Vladimir D. Tonchev)

Bichara Alessandro

Roma - Italy

E-mail: bichara@dmmm.uniroma1.it

Biliotti Mauro

Lecce - Italy

E-mail: biliotti@ilenic.unile.it

The Non-solvable Rank 3 Affine Planes

Bisztriczky Tibor

Calgary - Canada

E-mail: tbisztri@math.ucalgary.ca

Matroidally Rigid Polytopes

Blunck Andrea

Vien - Austria

E-mail: blunck@geometrie.tuwien.ac.at

Generalized Chain Geometries and a non-Classical Chain Space

Bluskov Iliya

Prince George - Canada

E-mail: bluskovi@unbc.ca

Difference Families and Optimization

Bonisoli Arrigo

Potenza - Italy

E-mail: bonisoli@unibas.it

Collineation Groups of Finite Planes: Any Progress?

Bonoli Giovanna

Napoli - Italy

E-mail: bonogiov@matna2.dma.unina.it

Brown Julia M. N.

Toronto - Canada

E-mail: juliamnb@YorkU.CA

Embeddings of PG(3,q) in Hughes Planes of Order q4

Bryant Darryn

Queensland - Australia

E-mail: db@maths.uq.edu.au

Buekenhout Francis

Bruxelles - Belgium

E-mail: fbueken@ulb.ac.be

Incidence Geometry and Finite Groups

Buratti Marco

Perugia - Italy

E-mail: buratti@mat.uniroma1.it

A description of any Rregular and 1-rotational Design by Difference Methods

Cameron Peter J.

London - U.K.

E-mail: p.j.cameron@qmw.ac.uk

Codes, Matroids and Trellises

Capursi Maria

Newark - USA

E-mail: capursi@math.udel.edu

Cara Philippe

Brussel - Belgium

E-mail: pcara@vub.ac.be

Constructing Geometries for PSL(2,11)

Cardinali Ilaria

Siena - Italy

E-mail: icardinali@unisi.it

Casse Rey

Adelaide - Australia

E-mail: rcasse@maths.adelaide.edu.au

Cauchie Sara

Gent - Belgium

E-mail: scauchie@cage.rug.ac.be

Ceccherini Pier Vittorio

Roma - Italy

E-mail: pvcecch@mercurio.mat.uniroma1.it

Cellini Paola

Padova - Italy

E-mail: cellini@math.unipd.it

Cerroni Cinzia

Palermo - Italy

E-mail: cerroni@dipmat.math.unipa.it

Cherowitzo William E.

Denver - USA

E-mail: wcherowi@carbon.cudenver.edu

On Conic Blocking Sets

Chouikha A. Raouf

Villetaneuse - France

E-mail: chouikha@zeus.math.univ-paris13.fr

Some Plane Isoperimetric Inequalities and Applications

Cieslik Dietmar

Greifswald - Germany

E-mail: cieslik@mail.uni-greifswald.de

The Steiner Ratio of Several Discrete Metric Spaces

Colbourn Charles J.

Waterloo - Canada

E-mail: cjcolbou@math.uwaterloo.ca

Group Testing, Combinatorial Designs, and Computational Biology

Cossidente Antonio

Potenza - Italy

E-mail: cossidente@unibas.it

Caps on Classical Varieties and their Projections

Crapo Henry

Paris - France

E-mail: henry.crapo@ehess.fr

Matroids and Tensor Algebra

Culbert Craig

Delaware - USA

E-mail: culbert@math.udel.edu

Polarity-paired Spreads of PG(3,q), q Odd

De Clerk Frank

Gent - Belgium

E-mail: fdc@cage.rug.ac.be

Partial and Semipartial Geometries, an Update

De Resmini Marialuisa J.

Roma - Italy

E-mail: resmini@mat.uniroma1.it

Partitioning Segre Varieties

De Salvo Mario

Messina - Italy

E-mail: desalvo@www.unime.it

De Vito Paola

Napoli - Italy

E-mail: devito@matna2.dma.unina.it

Ovoidal Linear Spaces

Del Fra Alberto

Roma - Italy

E-mail: delfra@dmmm.uniroma1.it

Dimensional Dual Hyperovals, Steiner Systems and c.L*Geometries

Delanote Mario

Gent - Belgium

E-mail: md@cage.rug.ac.be

Affine Semipartial Geometries and Projections of Quadrics

Donati Giorgio

Napoli - Italy

E-mail: donati@matna2.dma.unina.it

Pappus' Configuration in non Commutative Projective Geometry with Applications to a Theorem of A. Schleiermacher

Dover Jeremy

USA

E-mail: ajdover@aol.com

Blocking Semiovals in PG(2,7) and Beyond

Doyen Jean

Bruxelles - Belgium

E-mail: jdoyen@ulb.ac.be

Durante Nicola

Napoli - Italy

E-mail: durante@matna2.dma.unina.it

Ebert Gary

Newark - USA

E-mail: ebert@math.udel.edu

Cyclotomy and Three-Dimensional Flag-Transitive Planes

Elia Michele

Torino - Italy

E-mail: elia@polito.it

On the Linear Labeling of Lattice Constellations from Algebraic Number Fields (with Jose Carmelo Interlando)

Enomoto Hikoe

Yokohama - Japan

E-mail: enomoto@comb.math.keio.ac.jp

Eugeni Franco

Teramo - Italy

E-mail: eugeni@met.spol.unite.it

Faina Giorgio

Perugia - Italy

E-mail: faina@dipmat.unipg.it

Falcone Giovanni

Palermo - Italy

E-mail: falcone@mi.uni-erlangen.de

Dividing Cyclotomic Polynomials

Ferrara Dentice Eva

Napoli - Italy

E-mail: eva.ferraradentice@unina2.it

An Intrinsic Characterisation of Quadrics

Fiori Carla

Modena - Italy

E-mail: fiori@unimo.it

Fisher J. Chris

Regina - Canada

E-mail: fisher@math.uregina.ca

Fleming Kirsten

Michigan - USA

E-mail: kirsten.fleming@cmich.edu

Francot Eliana

Lecce - Italy

E-mail: francot@ilenic.unile.it

Unitary Polarities in non Commutative Twisted Field Plane

Freni Sveva

Napoli - Italy

E-mail: simone@unina2.it

Funk Martin

Potenza - Italy

E-mail: funk@unibas.it

Canonically Pfaffian cubic bigraphs and blocking-set-free configurations

Garner Cyril

Ottawa - Canada

E-mail: cgarner@math.carleton.ca

Gewurz Daniele

Roma - Italy

E-mail: gewurz@mat.uniroma1.it

Actions of Permutation Groups

Ghinelli Dina

Roma - Italy

E-mail: dina@mat.uniroma1.it

Gionfriddo Lucia

Catania - Italy

E-mail: gionfriddo@dipmat.unict.it

Upper and Lower Chromatic Numbers for P3-Designs

Gionfriddo Mario

Catania - Italy

E-mail: gionfriddo@dipmat.unict.it

Giulietti Massimo

Perugia - Italy

E-mail: giuliet@dipmat.unipg.it

On Complete Arcs Arising from Plane Curves

Giuzzi Luca

Brescia - Italy

E-mail: giuzzi@dmf.bs.unicatt.it

Govaerts Patrick

Gent - belgium

E-mail: pg@cage.rug.ac.be

Maximal Partial t-spreads and Minimal t-covers in Finite Projective Spaces

Grone Robert

San Diego - USA

E-mail: grone@math.sdsu.edu

Gropp Harald

Heidelberg - Germany

E-mail: d12@ix.uni-heidelberg.de

On some Generalizations of Symmetric Designs

Grundhoefer Theo

Wuerzburg - Germany

E-mail: grundh@mathematik.uni-wuerzburg.de

Hachenberger Dirk

Augsburg - Germany

E-mail: hachenberger@math.uni-augsburg.de

The Combinatorics of Generators for Galois Fields

Haemers Willem

Tilburg - The Netherlands

E-mail: haemers@kub.nl

Characterizations of Some Distance-regular Graphs their Spectra

Hagita Mariko

Yokohama - Japan

E-mail: hagita@comb.math.keio.ac.jp

 

 

Havlicek Hans

Vienna - Austria

E-mail: havlicek@geometrie.tuwien.ac.at

Veronese Varieties over Fields with non-zero Characteristic: A Survey

Hering Christoph

Tuebingen - Germany

E-mail: christoph.hering@uni-tuebingen.de

On the Steiner System S(24, 8, 5)

Hirschfeld James W. P.

Sussex - U.K.

E-mail: jwph@sussex.ac.uk

Arcs and curves over a Finite Field

Hotje Herbert

Hannover - Germany

E-mail: hotje@math.uni-hannover.de

Skewaffine Spaces in the Language of Distance Spaces

Huybrechts Cecile

London - U.K.

E-mail: c.huybrechts@qmw.ac.uk

Dual Polar Spaces and Fully Gated Graphs

Iden Oddvar

Bergen -Norway

E-mail: iden@mi.uib.no

On Subplanes of Free Planes

Jaeger Ragnhild

Bergen - Norway

E-mail: ragnhily@mi.uib.no

Jungnickel Dieter

Augsburg - Germany

E-mail: jungnickel@math.uni-augsburg.de

Karzel Helmut

Muenchen - Germany

E-mail: karzel@mathematik.tu-muenchen.de

Khelladi Abdelkader

Alger - Algeria

E-mail: kader_khelladi@yahoo.fr

Generalized Tensions and Potentials

Kiechle Hubert

Hamburg - Germany

E-mail: ms8a017@math.uni-hamburg.de

Circularity of certain F-pairs

King Oliver

Newcastle - U.K.

E-mail: o.h.king@newcastle.ac.uk

Group-theoretic Ccharacterizations of Classical Ovoids

Kiss Gyorgy

Budapest - Hungary

E-mail: kissgy@cs.elte.hu

A Construction of Arcs in High-dimensional Projective Spaces

Korchmaros Gabor

Potenza - Italy

E-mail: korchmaros@unibas.it

Caps of the Hermitian Variety Arising from Maximal Curves

Kovaks Istvan

Pecs - Hungary

E-mail: kovacsi@math.ttk.pte.hu

On automorphisms of Cayley-graphs of abelian groups

Kuijken Elisabeth

Gooik - Belgium

E-mail: ekuijken@cage.rug.ac.be

A geometric description of Hermitian two-graphs and its applications

Labbate Domenico

Potenza - Italy

E-mail: ld487sci@unibas.it

On 2-factor Hamiltonian Bipartite Graphs

Larato Bambina

Bari - Italy

E-mail: larato@pascal.dm.uniba.it

Transitive Parabolic Unitals in Translation Planes

Lauri Josef

Malta

E-mail: jlau@um.edu.mt

Constructing Graphs with Several Pseudosimilar Vertices or Edges

Law Maska

Nedlands - Australia

E-mail: maska@maths.uwa.edu.au

Leonard Philip

Tempe - USA

E-mail: pal@math.la.asu.edu

Li Marzi Enzo Maria

Messina - Italy

E-mail: limarzi@dipmat.unime.it

Lindner Curt

Auburn - U.S.A.

E-mail: lindncc@mail.auburn.edu

 

Lizzio Angelo

Catania - Italy

E-mail: lizzio@dipmat.unict.it

Lo Faro Giovanni

Messina - Italy

E-mail: lofaro@unime.it

Lo Re Pia Maria

Napoli - Italy

E-mail: pialore@matna2.dma.unina.it

Lorimer J.W. (Michael)

Toronto - Canada

E-mail: lorimer@math.toronto.edu

Lueneburg Heinz

Kaiserslautern - Germany

E-mail: luene@mathematik.uni-kl.de

Lunardon Guglielmo

Napoli - Italy

E-mail: lunardon@matna2.dma.unina.it

Maenhaut Barbara

Milton Keynes - U. K.

E-mail: b.m.maenhaut@open.ac.uk

Graphs which are Both H1 and H2-decomposable

Maks Johannes

Delft - The Netherlands

E-mail: j.g.maks@twi.tudelft.nl

Invariants of m-dimensional Linear Subspaces of a Binary [n,k]-code

Mammana Maria Flavia

Catania - Italy

E-mail: flavia@dipmat.unict.it

On the Achromatic Number of P(a , Kn) and P (a , K1,n)

Marchi Mario

Brescia - Italy

E-mail: geomet@dmf.bs.unicatt.it

Marcote Ordax Xavier

Barcelona - Spain

E-mail: francisco.javier.marcote@upc.es

Using a Progressive Withdrawal Algorithm to Study Superconnectivity in l1-Digraphs

Marino Maria Corinna

Messina - Italy

E-mail: marino@ingegneria.unime.it

Maroscia Paolo

Roma - Italy

E-mail: maroscia@dmmm.uniroma1.it

Mascella Raffaele

Teramo - Italy

E-mail: eugeni@met.spol.unite.it

Mavron Vassili

Aberystwyth - U.K.

E-mail: vcm@aber.ac.uk

Generalized Balanced Weighing and Difference Matrices

Mazzocca Francesco

Napoli - Italy

E-mail francesco.mazzocca@unina2.it

Mellinger Keith

Newark - USA

E-mail: kmelling@math.udel.edu

Mixed Partitions and 3-Spreads of PG(7,q)

Melone Nicola

Napoli - Italy

E-mail: nicola.melone@unina2.it

Merola Francesca

Roma - Italy

E-mail: merola@mat.uniroma1.it

Sequences from Groups

Migliorato Renato

Messina - Italy

E-mail: miglior@dipmat.unime.it

Migliori Grazia

Roma - Italy

E-mail: migliori@mat.uniroma1.it

Milazzo Lorenzo

Catania - Italy

E-mail: milazzo@dipmat.unict.it

Upper and Lower Chromatic Number for Steiner Systems

Milici Salvatore

Catania - Italy

E-mail: milici@dipmat.unict.it

Musumeci Silvia

Palermo - Italy

E-mail: musumeci@dipmat.math.unipa.it

A Class of Imprimitive Permutation Groups

Napolitano Vito

Potenza - Italy

E-mail: nv354sci@pzuniv.unibas.it

Okamura Haruko

Kobe - Japan

E-mail: okamura@center.konan-u.ac.jp

On 2-reducible Paths in k-edge-connected Graphs

Olanda Domenico

Napoli - italy

E-mail: olanda@matna2.dma.unina.it

Pambianco Fernanda

Perugia - Italy

E-mail: fernanda@dipmat.unipg.it

The Smallest Size of A Complete Cap in PG(3,7)

Pasini Antonio

Siena - Italy

E-mail: pasini@unisi.it

On Absolutely Universal Embeddings

Pelayo Ignacio

Barcelona - Spain

E-mail: ignacio.m.pelayo@upc.es

Superconnected Digraphs and Graphs with Small Conditional Diameters

Pellegrini Silvia

Brescia - Italy

E-mail: spellegr@bsing.ing.unibs.it

Penttila Tim

Australia

E-mail: penttila@maths.uwa.edu.au

A new Family of Flocks in Characteristic 2

Pfeiffer Thorsten

Muenchen - Germany

E-mail: thorsten.pfeiffer@ercgroup.com

Pappus' Theorem for Ring-Geometries

Pianta Silvia

Brescia - Italy

E-mail: geomet@dmf.bs.unicatt.it

Partial K-loops of Exponent 2 and Factorizations of Graphs with Trapezium Condition

Pica Giustina

Napoli - Italy

E-mail: pica@cds.unina.it

Piper Fred

London - U.K.

E-mail: f.piper@rhbnc.ac.uk

What is a Binary String?

Polverino Olga

Napoli - Italy

E-mail: polverin@matna2.dma.unina.it

On Buekenhout-Metz Unitals

Pott Alexander

Magdeburg - Germany

E-mail: alexander.pott@mathematik.uni-magdeburg.de

On the Geometry of Power Mappings in Finite Fields

Pralle Harm

Giessen - Germany

E-mail: harm.pralle@math.uni-giessen.de

Baer Cone Intersection

Priess-Crampe Sibylla

Muenchen - Germany

E-mail: schoerne@rz.mathematik.uni-muenchen.de

Prince Alan R.

Edinburgh - Scotland

E-mail: a.r.prince@ma.hw.ac.uk

Quattrocchi Gaetano

Catania - Italy

E-mail: quattrocchi@dmi.unict.it

Quattrocchi Pasquale

Modena - Italy

E-mail: quattrocchi@unimo.it

Riemenschneider Maren

Darmstadt - Germany

E-mail: mr@mathematik.tu-darmstadt.de

Riesinger Rolf

Wien - Austria

E-mail: havlicek@geometrie.tuwien.ac.at

Extending the Thas-Walker construction

Rinaldi Gloria

Modena - Italy

E-mail: rinaldi@unimo.it

Complete Unital-derived Arcs in the Hall Planes

Rosa Alexander

Ontario - Canada

E-mail: rosa@mcmail.cis.McMaster.CA

Specialized Colourings of Steiner systems S(2,4,v)

 

 

Rutherford Carrie

London - U.K.

E-mail: c.g.rutherford@qmw.ac.uk

Sarmiento Irasema

Berlin - Germany

E-mail: sarmient@math.fu-berlin.de

Hopf Algebras and the Penrose Polynomial

Scafati Tallini Maria

Roma - Italy

E-mail: tallini@mat.uniroma1.it

Schmidt Stefan E.

M.I.T. - (U.S.A.)

E-mail: Schmidt@math.mit.edu

Expectation Values for Codes over Rings

Schoerner Erwin

Muenchen - Germany

E-mail: schoerne@rz.mathematik.uni-muenchen.de

Maximally Valued Division Algebras

Schulz Ralph-Hardo

Berlin - Germany

E-mail: schulz@math.fu-berlin.de

On Divisible Designs with Dual Translation Group

Sebille Michel

Bruxelles - Belgium

E-mail: msebille@cso.ulb.ac.be

Line-transitive Point-imprimitive Linear Spaces

Shaw Ron

Cottingham - U. K.

E-mail: r.shaw@maths.hull.ac.uk

Partial Spreads in PG(4,2): Sym(6) Aspects

Siciliano Alessandro

Napoli - Italy

E-mail: sicilian@mat.uniroma1.it

Linear Sections of Line Grassmannians Over Finite fields

Simonis Juriaan

Eindhoven - The Netherlands

E-mail: J.Simonis@twi.tudelft.nl

Multilinear Representability of Matroids

Sonnino Angelo

Potenza - Italy

E-mail: sonnino@unibas.it

Complete Arcs Arising from Conics

Spence Edward

Glasgow - Scotland

E-mail: ted@maths.gla.ac.uk

Spera Antonino

Palermo -Italy

E-mail: spera@dipmat.math.unipa.it

Storme Leo

Gent - Belgium

E-mail: ls@cage.rug.ac.be

Caps in PG(5,3) and PG (6,3)

Street Anne

Queensland - Australia

E-mail: aps@maths.uq.edu.au

Decomposition of Sets of Triples into Small Planes (with Rudi Mathon)

Sziklai Peter

Budapest - Hungary

E-mail: sziklai@cs.elte.hu

Covers and Caps of the Klein Quadric Q+(5,q)

Szonyi Tamas

Budapest - Hungary

E-mail: szonyi@cs.elte.hu

Small defining Sets for PG(2,q) (with E. Boros)

Tallini Luca

Milano- Italy

E-mail: luca.tallini@polimi.it

On m-ary Balanced Codes

Thomsen Momme Johs

Hamburg - Germany

E-mail: momme.thomsen@unibw-hamburg.de

On Groups Whose Inner Automorphism Nearring is a Ring

Tonchev Vladimir D.

Houghton - U.S.A.

E-mail: tonchev@mtu.edu

A Mass Formula for Steiner Triple Systems STS (2n-1) of 2-rank 2n - n

Tonesi Cristina

Gent - Belgium

E-mail: tonesi@cage.rug.ac.be

Tsuchiya Morimasa

Tokio - Japan

E-mail: tsuchiya@ss.u-tokai.ac.jp

On Construction of Bound Graphs

Ughi Emanuela

Perugia - Italy

E-mail: ughi@dipmat.unipg.it

Vaccaro Maria Alessandra

Palermo - Italy

E-mail: vaccaro@dipmat.math.unipa.it

Simultaneous Reduction of a Pair of Symmetric Bilinear Forms to Canonical Form

Vincenti Rita

Perugia - Italy

E-mail: alice@unipg.it

Classical Varieties and Codes

Walker Keith

Keele - U. K.

E-mail: k.walker@keele.ac.uk

Watanabe Mamoru

Kurashiki - Japan

E-mail: watanabe@soft.kusa.ac.jp

On the Orientation Associated with a 3-Face-coloring of a Triangulation

Webb Bridget

Milton Keynes - U. K.

E-mail: b.s.webb@open.ac.uk

What is an Infinite Design?

Wefelscheid Heinrich

Duisburg - Germany

E-mail: wefelscheid@math.uni-duisburg.de

Infinite Permutation Groups with Nice Transitivity Properties

Weiner Zsuzsa

Budapest - Hungary

E-mail: weiner@cs.elte.hu

On Blocking Sets in Higher Dimension

Zagaglia Norma

Milano - Italy

E-mail: norzag@mate.polimi.it

Scattered Subsets

Zanella Corrado

Padova - Italy

E-mail: zanella@math.unipd.it

On Embedded Products of Grassmannians

Zeitler Herbert

Bayreuth - Germany

 

Zizioli Elena

Brescia - Italy

E-mail: geomet@dmf.bs.unicatt.it

Relations between Certain Classes of Incidence Loops, Codes and Chain Structures

Zuanni Fulvio

L'Aquila - Italy

E-mail: zuanni@ing.univaq.it

On Perfect Cayley Designs