From burdzy at math.washington.edu  Wed Apr 13 12:23:31 2011
From: burdzy at math.washington.edu (Krzysztof Burdzy)
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 10:23:31 -0700
Subject: [SSP] Thirty-third Midwest Probability Colloquium
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                Thirty-third Midwest Probability Colloquium

		        www.math.northwestern.edu/mwp

		     First Announcement (April 11, 2011)


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The Thirty-third Midwest Probability Colloquium (MPC33) will be held at
Northwestern University on October 13-15, 2011. This year's MPC is
orgainzed by

Elton Hsu       (Northwestern University)
Tom Kurtz       (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
Greg Lawler     (University of Chicago)


MPC33 will feature the following speakers and events:

Tutorial lectures on Mass Transportation and Probability on Thursday:

        Karl-Theodor Sturm     (Bonn University, Germany)
        Alessio Figali         (University of Texas, Austin)

The Thursday lectures will be held in Lunt 105, home of the Mathematics
Department.

Research lectures on Friday and Saturday:

        Russell Lyons         (Indiana University), two lectures
        Amarjit Budhiraja     (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
        Eric Carlen           (Rutgers University)
        Elena Kosygina        (Baruch College, City University of New York)

The Friday and Saturday lectures will be held in Swift Hall, Room 107, which is
directly  across the lawn from Lunt Hall (Mathematics Department).

On Friday evening we will host a buffet banquet in honor of Professor
Mark Pinsky
on the occasion of his 70th Birthday and for his long-time contribution to this
successful conference series. The cost is $25 per person in cash or
check payable
to Northwestern University at the conference.

Please note that MPC33 will begin on Thursday afternoon with the
tutorial program.
On site registration will be deferred until Friday beginning at 2:30
pm. You are encouraged
to registered online on the conference website www.math.northwestern.edu/mwp

Rooms have been reserved at the following five different locations:

    a. Hotel Orrington                        1-847-440-7352
    b. Homestead Residence                    1-847-475-3300
    c. Best Western University Plaza          1-847-491-6400
    d. Comfort Inn North shore Skokie         1-847-679-4200
    e. North Shore Doubletree Skokie          1-847-329-4324

Please note that, when making reservations, IT IS ESSENTIAL that you give the
name of the group: Midwest Probability Colloquium, in order to be
included in the
list for possible reimbursement; otherwise your name will be lost among a large
group of unaffiliated hotel guests.

We expect to have NSF funds to offset the expenses of graduate
students and younger investigators. According to NSF guidelines, the
term "younger
investigator" refers to individuals who received the PhD after June
30, 2004. If you
plan to request financial assistance, you must register online before
SEPTEMBER 15
in order to be eligible for full consideration. The necessary
paperwork can be picked up
at the conference and returned by U.S. mail to the Mathematics
Department. Other things
being equal, the funds will be distributed according to chronological priority.

For the most updated information, please visit the conference website:

                   www.math.northwestern.edu/mwp

This message is sent on behalf of Elton P. Hsu.
Please send replies to ehsu at math.northwestern.edu

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Krzysztof Burdzy
Department of Mathematics, Box 354350
University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
burdzy at math.washington.edu
http://www.math.washington.edu/~burdzy