Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
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<li> <strong>Field-theoretic aspects of finite fields:</strong>
structure of finite fields, normal bases, polynomials,
primitive elements, number-theoretic aspects of finite fields, exponential sums, arithmetic
theory of function fields.

<li><strong>Computational aspects:</strong>
algorithms and complexity, polynomial factorization, decomposition
and irreducibility testing, sequences and functions.

<li><strong>Applications:</strong> algebraic coding theory, cryptography, affine and projective geometry over finite
fields, algebraic geometry over finite fields, finite incidence geometry, designs and congurations, difference sets, combinatorics, generalisations of finite fields.
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