SAMSA2018: Southern African Mathematical Science Association Annual Conference 2018 Botswana International University of Science and Technology Palapye, Botswana, November 19-22, 2018 |
Conference website | https://sites.google.com/a/biust.ac.bw/samsa2018/home |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=samsa2018 |
Abstract registration deadline | August 31, 2018 |
Submission deadline | August 31, 2018 |
SAMSA stands for Southern Africa Mathematical Sciences Association. It was established in 1981 by a group of mathematicians in the Southern African countries who were concerned with furtherance of mathematical sciences in the region. The nucleus member countries included those from the conglomeration then called the Southern African Development Coordination Council (SADCC) with the provision that countries outside this region may apply to join. Today, the association boasts of membership from countries beyond Southern Africa, including Uganda in Eastern Africa, Norway and UK in Europe, and USA. The first ever SAMSA conference was held in Botswana in 1981.
The Botswana International University of Science and Technology (BIUST) will host the annual SAMSA conference from 19th to 22nd November 2018 in Palapye, Botswana. The conference will be co-hosted by the University of Botswana (UB) and Botswana University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (BUAN). This conference will create, among other things, meaningful avenues for new and established researchers to learn, network and present provoking new ideas and problem solving techniques.
BIUST will also host in conjunction with the SAMSA 2018 conference the two following workshops:
- The 2018 Masamu Advanced Study Institute (MASI) and workshop from from 16th-25th November 2018 .
- A two -day workshop for African Women in Mathematics (22nd-23rd November 2018) to be organized by the African Mathematical Union Commission for African Women in mathematics in collaboration with SAMSA.
Submission Guidelines
All abstract submissions should be prepared using the Abstract Template (see the LaTeX and PDF template files) and should be submitted electronically as PDF to the online submission system. The abstract should not be longer than one page (including references, if there are any), and must be at most 250 words.
Authors are encouraged to submit abstracts for some new scholarly works as there will be a possibility for selected papers to be published in some Journals (ISI Web of Science or SCOPUS) as special issue. The remaining accepted full papers are to be published as proceedings by international leading publishers and they will also be submitted to ISI Web of Science or SCOPUS for evaluation for inclusion in their list. (The details on this will be announced soon.)
Students (postgraduate and undergraduate) are also encouraged to present their work or their projects in mathematics in the themes listed below but not limited to. Such presentations will only be accepted as poster form and there will be a prize for the best posters presented at this conference. The Poster Template will be designed and posted on the conference webpage in due time.
The subject categories for this conference are listed as follows,
- Algebra (Abstract Algebra, Algebraic Geometry, Category Theory, Algebraic Topology, Computational Algebra, Algebraic Number Theory, Combinatorics and everything related to these subareas)
- Analysis (Real and Complex Analysis, Harmonic Analysis, Functional Analysis, Operator Theory, Analysis of Differential and Integral Equations, Dynamical Systems and everything related to these subareas)
- Industrial Mathematics (Fluid Dynamics, Control Theory, Numerical Analysis, Operations Research, Theoretical Physics, Theoretical Computer Science, High performance computing, Coding Theory, Artificial intelligence, big data and all mathematical problems that are applied to industry)
- Mathematical Biology (Mathematical Ecology, Mathematical and/or Statistical Analysis of Epidemiology, Systems Biology, and any application of mathematics related to biological phenomena)
- Mathematical Finance (Mathematical Finance, Actuarial Mathematics, Analysis of Stochastic Processes, and any application of mathematics related to finance and financial economics)
- Statistics (Everything related to probability and statistics, except those listed in the previous categories)
- Mathematics Education (Everything related to the teaching of Mathematics, at any level)
- Posters The discription for Posters will be given soon.
Committees
SAMSA2018: International Scientific Committee:
- Prof Knut K. Aase, The Norwegian School of Economics, Bergen- Norway
- Prof Charles Chidume ,African University of Science and Technology, Nigeria
- Prof Nouzha El Yacoubi, African Mathematical Union (AMU), Mohammed V University in Rabat, Morocco
- Prof Abba Gumel, Arizona State University, USA
- Prof Senelani Dorothy Hove-Musekwa, National University of Science and Technology (NUST) -Zimbabwe
- Prof Overtoun Jenda, Auburn University, USA
- Prof Peter Johnson, Auburn University, USA
- Prof Livingstone S. Luboobi, Strathmore University, Kenya
- Prof Anotida Madzvamuse, University of Sussex, UK
- Prof Joseph.Y.T. Mugisha, Makerere University, Uganda
- Prof Allen Mushi, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
- Prof Farai Nyabadza, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
- Prof Wandera Ogana, University of Nairobi, Kenya
- Prof Bernt Øksendal, University of Oslo, Norway
- Prof Patrick O. Weke, University of Nairobi, Kenya
- Prof Abdul-Aziz Yakubu, Howard University, USA
Local Scientific Sub Committee:
- Dr Semu M. Kassa (Chairman)
- Dr Sachin Shaw
- Prof Laszlo Szekelyhidi
- Dr Moatlhodi Kgosimore
- Dr Dimane Mpoeleng
- Mr Chiapo Sam
- Dr Obonye Doctor
Venue
The conference will be held in Palapye, Botswana (Please see the conference website https://sites.google.com/a/biust.ac.bw/samsa2018/home for the details.)
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to kassas@biust.ac.bw or shaws@biust.ac.bw