Preliminary Announcement;

Summer workshop on groups and algebras in M-theory
May  31 -  June 4, 2005
Department of Mathematics
Rutgers University

Modern particle physics could not have progressed without an understanding of 
symmetries and group transformations.  Our objective is to identify and explore 
problems in algebra and group theory that are of relevance to the development of 
string theory,  M-theory and other aspects of contemporary physics. In particular 
we will explore the role of conformal field theory, vertex operator algebras,
representation theory and (extensions of) Lorentzian Kac-Moody groups and
algebras in physics.