North British Semigroups and Applications Network

NBSAN is a network of researchers in Scotland and Northern England with interests in semigroup theory and its applications. It is funded chiefly by a grant from the London Mathematical Society, with additional contributions from host departments and occasionally from other sources. It holds two meetings per year in different locations around the region, plus occasional online activities. The main participant universities are East Anglia, Manchester, St Andrews and York, but our activities are open to all interested researchers. Attendance at all meetings is free. We especially welcome graduate students.

For enquiries about individual meetings, please contact the relevant local organiser as described below. To enquire about the network please contact the central coordinator Nóra Szakács. To join the mailing list please contact Mark Kambites.

Next Meeting

The second meeting of the 2024-25 academic year will be held in St Andrews on Thursday 12th and Friday 13th June 2025. The speakers are expected to include Gemma Crowe (Manchester), Joseph Edwards (St Andrews), Levent Dasar (York), Catherine Reilly (East Anglia), James East (Western Sydney), Victoria Gould (York), Yann Péresse (Hertfordshire) and Nóra Szakács (Manchester). Full details can be found here.

Future Meetings

To receive announcements about future meetings, please email Mark Kambites and request to be added to the NBSAN mailing list.

Past Meetings

For the archive of information about past meetings look here.

Other (non-NBSAN) Events and Semigroup News

• A short conference on Algebra and its Role in Computer Science, in tribute to Mikhail V. Volkov on his 70th birthday, will be held in Lisbon, Portugal on 26th and 27th June 2025.
• The conference Theoretical and Computational Algebra 2025 will be held in Évora, Portugal from 29th June to 3rd July 2025.