Seminars during 1997

• Prof. V. Lakshmibai,
  Northeastern University, Boston, U.S.A.
  Gave talks on "Ladder determinantal varieties and Schubert varieties", "Standard monomial theory for Bott-Samelson varieties" and "Configuration varieties" (January 1997).

• Prof. Jurgen Herzog,
  Universitaet GH Essen, Essen, Germany.
  Gave a talk on "Hilbert functions and generic forms" (January 1997).

• Prof. David J. Saltman,
  University of Texas at Austin, Austin, U.S.A.
  Gave talks on "A very general division algebra" and "Division algebras and algebraic geometry" (February 1997).

• Dr. J.S. Prakash,
  Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai.
  Gave a talk on "A calculus for SU(3) - and applications" (February 1997).

• Prof. Eric Allender,
  Rutgers University, New Jersey, U.S.A.
  Gave a talk on "The permanent requires large uniform threshold circuits" (February 1997).

• Prof. E. Viehweg,
  University of Essen, Essen, Germany.
  Gave a talk on "Moduli of algebraic varieties" (February 1997).

• Dr. David C. Butler,
  Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai.
  Gave a talk on "When is M_L(r,d) rational" (March 1997).
• Dr. David C. Butler,
  Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai.
  Gave a talk on "Birational isomorphism of Brill-Noether pairs" (April 1997).

• Dr. Satyanarayana V. Lokam,
  University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
  Gave a talk on "Simultaneous messages in multiparty communication" (April 1997).

• Prof. H. Lange,
  Mathematisches Institute, Universitat Erlangen-Nurnberg, Germany.
  Gave a talk on "Complex Tori" (July 1997).
  Prof. L.B. Paz,
  Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Iztapalapa, Mexico. Gave a talk on "Bill Noether Theory" (August 1997).

• Prof. P. Debes,
  University of Lille, France.
  Gave a talk on "G-functions and Hilbert's irreducibility theorem" (September 1997).

• Prof. G. Boudol,
  INRIA Sophia Antipolis, France.
  Gave a series of talks on "pi-calculus" (November 1997).

• Dr. Elizabeth Gasparim,
  Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil.
  Gave a talk on "Vector bundles over rational surfaces" (November 1997).

• Prof. A. Arabia,
  University Paris VII, France.
  Gave a talk on "Equvariant Euler classes and rational smoothness" (December 1997).