The workshop was set up in order to stimulate the interaction between
(finite and algebraic) geometries and groups. Five areas of concentrated
research were chosen on which attention would be focused, namely:
diagram geometries and chamber systems with transitive automorphism
groups, geometries viewed as incidence systems, properties of finite
groups of Lie type, geometries related to finite simple groups, and
algebraic groups. The list of talks (cf. page iii) illustrates how these
subjects were represented during the workshop. The contributions to
these proceedings mainly belong to the first three areas; therefore, (i)
diagram geometries and chamber systems with transitive automorphism
groups, (ii) geometries viewed as incidence systems, and (iii)
properties of finite groups of Lie type occur as section titles. The
fourth and final section of these proceedings has been named graphs and
groups; besides some graph theory, this encapsules most of the work
related to finite simple groups that does not (explicitly) deal with
diagram geometry. A few more words about the content: (i). Diagram
geometries and chamber systems with transitive automorphism groups. As a
consequence of Tits' seminal work on the subject, all finite buildings
are known. But usually, in a situation where groups are to be
characterized by certain data concerning subgroups, a lot less is known
than the full parabolic picture corresponding to the building.
