Fourteenth Northeast Probability Seminar

 November 19th-20th, 2015

 New York, NY

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** colleagues and graduate students       **

The  Fourteenth Northeast Probability Seminar (NEPS) will be held in Room 912/914 of the Kimmel Center at NYU on November 19th and Room 109 of the Courant Institute, NYU on November 20th, 2015.

The speakers are:

* Jian Ding  (University of Chicago)

 "Some geometric aspects for two-dimensional Gaussian free fields."

* Francis Comets  (Université Paris Diderot)

 "Localization in one-dimensional log-gamma polymers"

* Jean-François Le Gall (University Paris-Sud Orsay)

 "First-passage percolation on random planar graphs."

* Sandrine Péché (Université Paris Diderot)

 "Universal versus Non universal features in random matrix theory via

deformed ensembles."

As at the previous seminars, there will be time for short,

informal talks and discussion sessions.

The program was chosen by the seminar's scientific committee:  

Yuri Bakhtin, Gerard Ben Arous, Nayantara Bhatnagar, Paul Bourgade, Ivan Corwin,  Eyal Lubetzky, Carl Mueller, Daniel Ocone, Robin Pemantle, Victor de la Peña, and Jay Rosen.

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Dinner for Women in Probability:

Women in Probability is an organization for women active in probability research. Our primary purpose is to provide networking and mentoring opportunities for early career women. Our activities are funded by the NSF. For more information on Women in Probability and its activities, please visit our website http://womeninprobability.org

We will be hosting a dinner. Time and location details are TBA. We can offset costs for women graduate student and postdoc dinner attendees.  The invitation is open to all, and anyone interested in participating in the dinner should please email Tai Melcher ([log in to unmask]).

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There is no official registration required to attend the seminar.

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Consult the seminar Web site

  http://www.math.csi.cuny.edu/probability/NortheastProbabilitySeminar

for updates regarding the schedule, a seminar dinner, and accommodations in New York City.

NYU has arrangements with the following hotel:

Washington Square Hotel

To reserve rooms, guests can contact the hotel directly by phone:

212-777-9515 with group #4929

Also they can go to the website and input the group # 4929 and make

their reservations.  http://washingtonsquarehotel.com/

Washington Square Hotel

103 Waverly Place, New York, NY 10011

phone: 212-777-9515

http://washingtonsquarehotel.com/

There are 15 available rooms for guests to reserve on their own at WSH.

WSH will release the hold on the rooms on September, 30.

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We gratefully acknowledge the generous funding from the National Science Foundation that makes this event possible.

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There are still available funds.

The NSF grant allows us to offer some financial support to participants from US Universities. We will give preference to graduate students, postdocs, women and minorities, and junior faculty.

Applicants for this financial support should provide:

* a one-page letter explaining their interest in the seminar and its relation to their research interests

* a current CV

* graduate students and postdocs should also arrange for a letter of recommendation to be sent from their advisor or some expert familiar with their work

Materials should be sent either by e-mail (preferred) or postal mail to:

Ivan Matic

Department of Mathematics

Baruch College of the City University of New York

One Bernard Baruch Way

New York, NY 10010 O

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We look forward to seeing you this November,

Yuri Bakhtin ([log in to unmask])

Paul Bourgade ([log in to unmask])

Eyal Lubetzky ([log in to unmask])

Olympia Hadjiliadis ([log in to unmask])

(the local organizers)