Conference Organization

1. Co-organized (with Stanly Steinberg) the 1st International IMACS (International Association for Mathematics and Computers in Simulation) Conference on Applications of Computer Algebra at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, May 16-19, 1995. 93 attendees from 16 countries participated.
2. Member of the local arrangements committee (with Stanly Steinberg and Nicolas Robidoux) for PASCO'97/ISSAC'97 held at the Aston Wailea Resort, Wailea, Maui, Hawaii, July 20-23, 1997. The combined conferences had 185 attendees.
3. General Chair of the 3rd International IMACS Conference on Applications of Computer Algebra held at the Aston Wailea Resort, Wailea, Maui, Hawaii, July 24-26, 1997. 95 attendees from 15 countries participated.
4. Member of the organizing committee and treasurer for the 4th International IMACS Conference on Applications of Computer Algebra held in Prague, Czech Republic, August 9-11, 1998. 171 attendees from 25 countries participated.
5. Member of the organizing committee for the 5th International IMACS Conference on Applications of Computer Algebra held in El Escorial, Spain, June 24-27, 1999. 166 attendees from 21 countries participated.
6. Member of the organizing committee, treasurer and program co-chair for the 6th International IMACS Conference on Applications of Computer Algebra held at the Steklov Institute of Mathematics, Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 25-28, 2000. 167 attendees participated.
7. Member of the organizing committee and treasurer for the 7th International Conference on Applications of Computer Algebra held jointly with the NMMATYC (New Mexico Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges) 12th Annual Conference at the Albuquerque Technical Vocational Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico, May 30-June 3, 2001. The combined conferences had 187 attendees.
8. Member of the organizing committee, treasurer and program co-chair for the 8th International Conference on Applications of Computer Algebra held at the University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece, June 25-28, 2002. 157 attendees from 24 countries participated.
9. Organized Biocomputing @ UNM (with Tudor Oprea) held at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, April 3, 2003. 18 speakers and approximately 60 attendees participated.
10. Member of the organizing committee and treasurer for the 9th International Conference on Applications of Computer Algebra held at North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, July 28-31, 2003. 110 attendees from 13 countries participated.
11. Organized Biocomputing @ UNM (with Tudor Oprea) held at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, April 12, 2004. 17 speakers and approximately 70 attendees participated.
12. Exhibition chair and a session chair for the 10th International Conference on Applications of Computer Algebra held in Beaumont, Texas, July 21-23, 2004. 93 attendees participated.
13. Organized Biocomputing @ UNM (with Tudor Oprea) held at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, April 22, 2005. 16 speakers and approximately 70 attendees participated.
14. Organized Biocomputing @ UNM (with Tudor Oprea) held at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, April 17, 2006. 18 speakers and approximately 50 attendees participated.
15. Member of the organizing committee, program co-chair and session co-chair for the 12th International Conference on Applications of Computer Algebra held at the International Home of Scientists, Varna, Bulgaria, June 26-29, 2006. 76 attendees from 15 countries participated.
16. Organized Biocomputing @ UNM (with Tudor Oprea) held at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, March 30, 2007. 16 speakers and approximately 50 attendees participated.
17. Session co-chair for the 13th International Conference on Applications of Computer Algebra held at Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan, July 19-22, 2007. 129 attendees participated.
18. Session co-chair for the 14th International Conference on Applications of Computer Algebra held at RISC-Linz, Hagenberg, Austria, July 27-30, 2008. 184 attendees from 27 countries participated.
19. Program co-chair and session co-chair for the 15th International Conference on Applications of Computer Algebra held at École de technologie supérieure, Université du Québec, Montréal, Québec, Canada, June 25-28, 2009. 134 attendees from 19 countries participated.
20. Program co-chair and session co-chair for the 16th International Conference on Applications of Computer Algebra held at the University of Vlora, Vlora, Albania, June 24-27, 2010. 92 attendees from 23 countries participated.
21. Session co-chair for the 17th International Conference on Applications of Computer Algebra held in Houston, Texas, June 27--30, 2011. 65 attendees from 12 countries participated.
22. Advisory committee member and session co-chair for the 18th International Conference on Applications of Computer Algebra held in Sofia, Bulgaria, June 25-28, 2012. 90 attendees from 20 countries participated.
23. Advisory committee member and session co-chair for the 19th International Conference on Applications of Computer Algebra held in Málaga, Spain, July 2-6, 2013. 109 attendees from 25 countries participated.
24. Advisory committee member and session co-chair for the 20th International Conference on Applications of Computer Algebra held at Fordham University, Bronx, New York City, New York, July 9--12, 2014. 140 attendees from 15 countries participated.
25. Advisory committee member and session co-chair for the 21st International Conference on Applications of Computer Algebra held in Kalamata, Greece, July 20-23, 2015. 151 attendees participated.
26. Program co-chair, advisory committee member and session co-chair for the 22nd International Conference on Applications of Computer Algebra held in Kassel, Germany, August 1-4, 2016. 118 attendees participated.
27. Advisory committee member and session co-chair for the 23rd International Conference on Applications of Computer Algebra held in Jerusalem, Israel, July 17-21, 2017. 118 attendees from 22 countries participated.
28. Advisory committee member and session co-chair for the 24th International Conference on Applications of Computer Algebra held in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, June 18-22, 2018. 139 attendees from 26 countries participated.
29. Program co-chair and session co-chair for the 25th International Conference on Applications of Computer Algebra held at École de technologie supérieure, Université du Québec, Montréal, Québec, Canada, July 16-20, 2019. 150 attendees from 24 countries participated.
30. Program co-chair and session co-chair for the 26th International Conference on Applications of Computer Algebra held virtually, held virtually July 23-27, 2021. 166 talks were given.
31. Advisory committee member and session co-chair for the 27th International Conference on Applications of Computer Algebra held in Gebze Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey, August 15--19, 2022. 150 attendees (50 virtual) from 27 countries participated.

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