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Monday, April 17

10:30 - 11:00: Opening & Session 1, Chair: Christiane Frougny

Opening Remarks: Peter Kornerup

Invited Talk:
Recent Development in the Theory and Applications of the Double-Base Number System (Abstract)
Vassil Dimitrov, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland

On Canonical Number Systems
S. Akiyama & A. Pethö; Niigata, Japan & Debrechen, Hungary

14:00-15:30 Session 2: Floating Point, Chair: Dominique Michelucci

Rounding Near Zero
Ulrich Kulisch; Univ. Karlsruhe, Germany

Some algebraic properties of floating-point arithmetic
J.-M. Muller, Lyon, France

Number Theoretic Foundations of Binary Floating Point Division
D. Matula & L.D. McFearin; Dallas, Texas

16:00-17:00 Session 3: Elementary Functions, Chair: David Matula

Exponential: Implementation Trade-Offs for Hundred Bit Precision
M. Daumas & C. Moreau-Finot; Lyon, France

Fast Evaluation of Elementary Functions with Combined Shift-and-Add and Polynomial Methods
J.C. Bajard, M.D. Ercegovac, L. Imbert & F. Rico; Montpellier, France & Los Angeles, USA & Marseilles, France & Lyon, France

Tuesday, April 18

9:00-10:30 Session 4: Chair: Jean-Claude Bajard

Invited Talk:
MPFR: A Library for Multiprecision Floating-point Arithmetic with Exact Rounding (Abstract)
Paul Zimmermann; Lorraine, France

An Analog Characterization of the Subrecursive Functions
M.L. Campagnolo, C. Moore & J.F. Costa; Santa Fe, New Mexico & Lisboa, Portugal

11:00-12:00 Session 5: Open Session, Chair: Peter Kornerup
List of abstracts