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The GAP CouncilThe GAP Council, consisting of a number of senior mathematicians and computer scientists engaged in a broad spectrum of areas in computational group theory, was formed in 1995 to provide broad policy advice for the future development of GAP. It served as an editorial board for GAP packages until 2024, but its interests extend more broadly, to include enhancing recognition not only of GAP itself but also of the whole field of computational group theory. This larger role means, in particular, that if you become aware of ways in which the Council can promote greater understanding and awareness of CGT (computational group theory) we would appreciate your telling us, so we can lend our support. Although the Council is not intended to be a representative body, its members come from all over the globe and from many parts of the CGT landscape, so there is a good chance that you already know, or know of, at least one Council member. Since one of the Council’s roles is to seek out and encourage the development of new contributions to GAP, and since we may not be aware of your interests, we encourage you not to wait to be contacted but to correspond directly with any of the Council members if you have information that we can use. In its former role as editorial board, the GAP Council used to coordinate the process by which submitted GAP packages were refereed. This process has been abolished by the GAP Council in February 2024, since there are other avenues for publishing software that did not exist in the past, such as specialist journals for research software packages. We still continue the list of deposited packages and encourage all users to submit their GAP packages to this list. The present (2024) members of the GAP Council are:
Chair: Bettina Eick, Braunschweig (since October 2021) Former members of the GAP Council are:
Former chairs:
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