From feldman at pstat.ucsb.edu  Thu Nov 19 19:47:08 2009
From: feldman at pstat.ucsb.edu (Raya Feldman)
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:47:08 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [SCPG] Southern California Probability Symposium, Dec 5, UC Irvine
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.1.00.0911191745140.2807@wiener>


             *** Southern California Probability Symposium ***

              ** University of California at Irvine (UCI) **
                            (organized by UCSB)

                        *SATURDAY, December 5, 2009*

A Web page for the conference can be found at
http://www.pstat.ucsb.edu/

PROGRAM:

9:45 Coffee and bagels

10:00 -11:00    Plenary Talk: Mike Harrison (Stanford)
                 "On the Positive Recurrence of Semimartingale Reflecting
                 Brownian Motions in Three (and Higher) Dimensions"

Coffee Break

11:15 -12:00    Weian Zheng (UCI)
                 "How to match two pictures"

12:00 -12:45    Sebastien Roch (UCLA)
                 "Probabilistic Techniques in Mathematical Phylogenetics"

12:45- 2:15  Lunch

2:15 -3:00      Ery Arias-Castro (UCSD)
                 "Detection of an Abnormal Cluster in a Network"

3:00-3:15 Coffee Break

3:15 -4:00      Sergey Lototsky (USC)
                "Parameter Estimation in Stochastic Equations That are
                 Second-Order in Time"

4:00 -4:45      Mike Ludkovski (UCSB)
                "A Simulation Approach to Optimal Stopping under Partial Information"

LOCATION: Doheny Beach Room B  (next to the West Courtyard, room A134B on map)
at the UCI Student Center (building 113 on the map). BA on the UC Irvine 
Campus.

PARKING: Recommended parking is at the SCPS (Student Center Parking Structure)
which is adjacent to the student center and is on Pereira Dr. and West 
Peltason, just off Campus Drive.  On the parking map 
(http://www.parking.uci.edu/maps/) the student center
is building 113 (in the Red Administration block and North-West of Aldrich
park) and SCPS is North-West from it, marked in yellow.  Participants must pay 
for their parking;
UCI will honor monthly parking passes from other UC campuses.

DINNER: Dinner will start at 5:30 pm at Aysia Fusion. If you would like to go 
to the dinner, please send email to Raya Feldman at feldman at pstat.ucsb.edu by 
Tuesday, December 1.

QUESTIONS?  Send e-mail to Raya Feldman at feldman at pstat.ucsb.edu