Invited Talks

  1. Expression Swell Analysis of the Computation of Matrix Characteristic Polynomials, special session on Symbolic Computing and Applications, Sixth Army Conference on Applied Mathematics and Computing, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, June 1, 1988.

  2. Symmetries of PDEs and Expression Swell using MACSYMA, Physics Institute of the University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Federal Republic of Germany, October 3, 1988.

  3. Some Things the Manuals Don't Always Tell You about a Computer Algebra System, Department of Mathematical Sciences colloquium, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, November 5, 1992.

  4. Algebraic Computing Concepts (with Richard Liska) and A Review of CAS Mathematical Capabilities, Workshop on Knowledge Engineering and Computer Algebra, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, June 30, 1994.

  5. A Review of CAS Mathematical Capabilities, Department of Optics and Fluid Dynamics, Risø National Laboratory, Roskilde, Denmark, September 14, 1994.

  6. A Review of CAS Mathematical Capabilities, Department of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University, Prague, Czech Republic, September 27, 1994.

  7. A Comparison of Computer Algebra System Capabilities, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science colloquium, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 7, 1994.

  8. Symbolic Calculation and Expression Swell Analysis of Matrix Determinants and Eigenstuff, Department of Computer and Information Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, October 7, 1994.

  9. Current Status of Computer Algebra Systems, Institute of Mathematics, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil, December 13, 1994.

  10. Symbolic Calculation and Expression Swell Analysis of Matrix Determinants and Eigenstuff, Institute of Mathematics, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil, December 14, 1994.

  11. A Review of CAS Mathematical Capabilities, session on Numerical Methods in Applied Mechanics, Fourth Pan American Congress of Applied Mechanics, University of Salvador, Buenos Aires, Argentina, January 6, 1995.

  12. Some Perspectives on the Usability of Computer Algebra Systems, Laboratory of Computing Techniques and Automation, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia, April 17, 1998.

  13. Some Computer Algebra Conundrums, Department of Mathematics, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, New Mexico, September 24, 1999.

  14. Some Perspectives on the Usability of Computer Algebra Systems, 2. MuPAD Workshop 2000, Paderborn, Germany, September 8, 2000.

  15. Some Perspectives on the Usability of Computer Algebra Systems, Department of Industrial Computing, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia. October 13, 2000.

  16. Some Perspectives on the Usability of Computer Algebra Systems, Department of Mathematics, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Republic of Singapore, October 18, 2000.

  17. Some Perspectives on the Usability of Computer Algebra Systems, École de technologie supérieure, Université du Québec, Montréal, Québec, Canada, September 4, 2001.

  18. Some Principles of Rational Structure-Based Drug Design, Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, September 10, 2001.

  19. Some Traits of Computer Algebra Systems, Workshop on Modeling in Interdisciplinary Sciences: Biological, Geophysical and Related Phenomena, Paraty, Brazil, June 13, 2005.

  20. Application of Dixon Resultants to Protein Structure Refinement, Department of Mathematics, University of Vlora, Vlora, Albania, July 23, 2008.

  21. 20 Years of Applications of Computer Algebra or Organizing (and Sometimes Disorganizing) Chaos or How to Juggle Cats, 20th Conference on Applications of Computer Algebra, Fordham University, Bronx, New York City, New York, July 11, 2014.

  22. Determining the Parameters in Spatially Resolved Models of the Motion of Proteins in the Membranes of Stimulated Cells, Department of Mathematics, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, April 29, 2015.

Michael Wester's Vita