Groebner Bases and Statistics
Lorenzo Robbiano

The talk describes how to use methods of Algebraic Geometry and Commutative
Algebra to study some problems arising in Design of Experiments (DoE), a branch
of  Statistics.  In the history of DoE algebraic methods are not rare, so this
kind of interaction falls into the  category of natural events. Furthermore, it
is now clear how strong is the influence of Computer Algebra methods in
Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry.  From now on we can safely say that
this influence extends into the realm of DoE.