The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) has decided to fund a new trans-regional collaborative research centre (SFB-TRR 195) "Symbolic Tools in Mathematics and their Application" coordinated by TU Kaiserslautern (starting in January 2017). Co-applicant institutions are RWTH Aachen University and Saarland University.

In the SFB-TRR scientists of the Algebra, Geometry and Computer Algebra Group collaborate with scientists at RWTH Aachen University, Saarland University, TU Berlin, and the Universities of Siegen, Stuttgart and Tübingen.

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Gunter Malle

Deputy Speakers: Prof. Dr. Wolfram Decker, Prof. Dr. Gerhard Hiß (RWTH Aachen Univ.)

Steering Committee:

• Prof. Dr. Wolfram Decker
• Prof. Dr. Gerhard Hiß (RWTH Aachen University)
• Prof. Dr. Gunter Malle
• Prof. Dr. Hannah Markwig (Univ. of Tübingen)
• Prof. Dr. Gabriele Nebe (RWTH Aachen University)
• Prof. Dr. Frank-Olaf Schreyer (Saarland University)
• Prof. Dr. Roland Speicher (Saarland University)