A special session will be dedicated to the work of Rodica Simion. Co-authors of Rodica Simion are encouraged to send a poster presentation of their joint work. The prefered way of submission is through the ``submission server'' of the conference. It is available at the http address:

If an author is not able to use the submission server, he/she can either send one single postcript file to the address

or send four hard copies of the extended abstract to the following address:

FPSAC01
Chairperson, Hélène Barcelo
Department of Mathematics
Box 1804, ASU
Tempe, AZ 85287-1804
USA
The submitted papers should contain a summary in English and in one of the other official language of the conference (translations will be provided if necessary). Authors should indicate the mode of presentation which they consider appropriate for their paper, i.e. lecture or poster session. The notifications of acceptance or rejection are scheduled for January 15, 2001.

Open problem session

Contributions to the problem session are invited in advance of the conference date. People interested in submitting a problem should submit it as described above, before May 1, 2001.

The prefered way of submission is through the ``submission server'' of the conference. It is available at the http address:

http://math.la.asu.edu:8087/

Software demonstration

Demonstrations of software relevant to the topics of the conference are encouraged. People interested in giving a software demonstration should submit a paper, including the hardware requirements, as described above, before January 15, 2001.
The prefered way of submission is through the ``submission server'' of the conference. It is available at the http address:

http://math.la.asu.edu:8087/