Fountainfest
"Semigroups, categories and automata"
A conference celebrating John Fountain's 65th birthday and his mathematical achievements
Thursday 12th October to Saturday 14th October 2006

• Schedule of Talks
• Abstracts
• Speakers
• Other participants
• Organisers
  

Fountainfest 2006 was supported by the London Mathematical Society and the Edinburgh Mathematical Society.

Speakers

• João Araújo (Aberta, Portugal), jaraujo@ptmat.fc.ul.pt
• Syd Bulman-Fleming (Wilfrid Laurier, Canada), sbulman@wlu.ca
• John Fountain (York), jbf1@york.ac.uk
• Gracinda Gomes (Lisboa, Portugal), ggomes@cii.fc.ul.pt
• Victoria Gould (York), varg1@york.ac.uk
• Peter Hines (York), peter.hines@cs.york.ac.uk
• Chris Hollings (Research Student, York), cdh500@york.ac.uk
• John Howie CBE (St Andrews), jmh@st-andrews.ac.uk
• Mark Kambites (Manchester), Mark.Kambites@manchester.ac.uk
• Mark V Lawson (Heriot-Watt, Edinburgh), M.V.Lawson@ma.hw.ac.uk
• László Márki (Rényi, Hungary), marki@renyi.hu
• Jean-Eric Pin (Paris 7, France), Jean-Eric.Pin@liafa.jussieu.fr
• Jim Renshaw (Southampton), J.H.Renshaw@maths.soton.ac.uk
• Nik Ruskuc (St Andrews), nik@mcs.st-and.ac.uk
• Ben Steinberg (Carleton, Canada), bsteinbg@math.carleton.ca

Other participants

• Bassima Afara (Research Student, Heriot-Watt), B.Afara@ma.hw.ac.uk
• Filipa Soares Almeida (Research Student, CAUL, Portugal), falmeida@deea.isel.ipl.pt
• Mario Branco (CAUL, Portugal), mbranco@ptmat.fc.ul.pt
• Catarina Carvalho (Durham), catarinacarvalho@yahoo.com
• Abdulsalam El Qallali (Ambassador, Permanent Delegate, UNESCO), el-qallali@UNESCO.org
• Nick Gilbert (Heriot-Watt), ndg@ma.hw.ac.uk
• Robert Gray (Leeds), robertg@maths.leeds.ac.uk
• Anthony Hayes, tonydhayes@hotmail.com
• Jonathan Hillier (UCL), jhillier@geog.ucl.ac.uk
• Mati Kilp (Tartu, Estonia), mkilp@math.ut.ee
• Andreas Krebs (Tübingen, Germany), krebs@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de
• Lucinda Lima (Porto, Portugal), lclima@fc.up.pt
• Joana Matos (Research Student, CAUL, Portugal), mmatos.joana@gmail.com
• Don McAlister (Northern Illinois, USA), don@math.niu.edu
• Elizabeth Miller (Research Student, Heriot-Watt), E.C.Miller@ma.hw.ac.uk
• Douglas Munn (Glasgow), w.munn@maths.gla.ac.uk
• Rebecca Noonan Heale (Research Student, Heriot-Watt), rfn1@hw.ac.uk
• Ana Oliveira (Porto, Portugal), amoliv@fc.up.pt
• Steve Pride (Glasgow), sjp@maths.gla.ac.uk
• Sarah Rees (Newcastle), sarah.rees@ncl.ac.uk
• Elaine Render (Research Student, Manchester), Elaine.Render@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk
• Nimish Shah (Research Student, Computer Science, York), nimish@cs.york.ac.uk
• Rick Thomas (Leicester), rmt@mcs.le.ac.uk
• Laila Tunsi, laila_tunsi@hotmail.com
• Suha Wazzan (Research Student, Heriot-Watt), S.A.Wazzan@ma.hw.ac.uk

Organisers

• Dr Victoria Gould (York), varg1@york.ac.uk
• Dr Mark Kambites (Manchester), Mark.Kambites@manchester.ac.uk
• Dr Mark V Lawson (Heriot-Watt), M.V.Lawson@ma.hw.ac.uk
• Christopher Hollings (Research Student, York), cdh500@york.ac.uk