Commutative Algebra and its Interactions A conference in honor of Mel Hochster July 31 - August 5, 2008 Participants Name Affiliation Aberbach, Ian University of Missouri Al-Ayyoub, Ibrahim Jordan Univ. of Sciences and Tech Alvarez Montaner, Josep Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya Avramov, Luchezar University of Nebraska -- Lincoln Berkesch, Christine Purdue University Blickle, Manuel Universität Essen Brenner, Holger University Osnabrück Bruns, Winfried Universität Osnabrück, FB Mathematik/Informatik Buchweitz, Ragnar-Olaf University of Toronto Chan, Julian University of Utah Chan, C-Y. Jean Central Michigan University Dao, Hailong University of Utah Dietz, Geoffrey Gannon University Dinh, Trung University of Utah Dutta, Sankar University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Eagon, John University of Minnesota Eisenbud, David UC Berkeley Enescu, Florian Georgia State University Erman, Daniel UC Berkeley Faridi, Sara Dalhousie University Fields, J. Bruce University of Michigan Fischbacher-Weitz, Helena Universität Osnabrück Fouli, Louiza University of Texas, Austin Ghezzi, Laura City University of New York Hara, Nobuo Mathematical Institute, Tohoku University Hariharan, Ananthnarayan University of Kansas Heitmann, Raymond University of Texas at Austin Hsiao, Jen-Chieh Department of Mathematics, Purdue University Huneke, Craig University of Kansas Johnson, Brian University of Nebraska - Lincoln Jorgensen, David University of Texas at Arlington Kashcheyeva, Olga University of Illinois at Chicago Kim, Youngsu Purdue University Koh, Jee Indiana University Kohlhaas, Angela University of Notre Dame Kraus, Melissa Purdue University Lakshmibai, Venkatramani Northeastern University Leuschke, Graham Syracuse University Li, Jinjia Syracuse University Lin, Kuei-Nuan Purdue University Lipman, Joseph Purdue University Lyubeznik, Gennady University of Minnesota Majidi-Zolbanin, Mahdi University of Illinois-Springfield McCullough, Jason University of Illinois McDermott, Moira Syracuse University Miller, Claudia Syracuse University Mustata, Mircea University of Michigan Polini, Claudia University of Notre Dame Puthenpurakal, Tony IIT Bombay Roberts, Paul Department of Mathematics, University of Utah Roberts, Leslie Department of Mathematics and Statistics sannai, Akiyoshi university of tokyo Sather-Wagstaff, Sean North Dakota State University Schwede, Karl University of Michigan Sharp, Rodney University of Sheffield Shen, YiHuang Purdue University Shibuta, Takafumi Department of Mathematics, Kyushu University Shimomoto, Kazuma University of Minnesota Singh, Anurag University of Utah Smith, Bonnie University of Notre Dame Snapp, Bart Coastal Carolina University Stella, Leah Cleveland State University Striuli, Janet University of Nebraska-Lincoln Swanson, Irena Reed College Takagi, Shunsuke Kyushu University Thompson, Howard Spring Arbor University Ulrich, Bernd Purdue University Validashti, Javid University of Kansas Vitulli, Marie A. University of Oregon Vraciu, Adela University of South Carolina Walther, Uli Purdue University Wiegand, Roger University of Nebraska XIE, YU Purdue University Yao, Yongwei Georgia State University Yoshida, Ken-ichi Nagoya University Zarzuela, Santiago Universitat de Barcelona Zhang, Wenliang University of Minnesota