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On Nov 4, 2016, 4:12 PM, at 4:12 PM, Northeast Probability Seminar <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >[Sorry for the second "final" announcement, but this has extra >information.] > >:_-::|-|-__--|.._...|.|_:-.:|_:-_.-_.|-.:.___:.:_||_:-:.:||---_-:-|-:..-|-| > > >Fifteenth Northeast Probability Seminar > >November 17th-18th, 2016 > >New York, NY > >:|-:._.|-:_|.:-:.:-_...--__.||-_:-.|:..---:..|::--_:.__._|_::_:_|:::-_||:-| > > >** Final Announcement: Please share with ** >** colleagues and graduate students ** > > >The Fifteenth Northeast Probability Seminar (NEPS) will be held in >Room 750 of the Baruch College Conference Center, CUNY, 151 East 25th >street (between Lexington Ave and 3d Ave). > > >Thursday, Nov. 17 > >8:30 - 10:00 am Registration, light refreshments >10:00-11:00 Vincent Vargas (Ecole Normale Sup��rieure de Paris) > >"Ward and Belavin-Polyakov-Zamolodchikov (BPZ) identities for Liouville >quantum field theory on the Riemann sphere" > >11:00 - 11:30 am Refreshments > >11:30-12:30 Sandrine P��ch�� (Universit�� Paris Diderot) > >"Some results on delocalization and localization of eigenvectors of >random matrices." > >12:30 - 2:15 pm Lunch >2:15 - 3:15 pm Informal talks and discussion, part I >3:15 - 3:30 pm Break >3:30 - 4:30 pm Informal talks and discussion, part II >4:45 - 5:45 pm Reception >6:30 - Conference Dinner > > >Friday, Nov. 18 > > >10:00 - 11:00 am Balint Virag (University of Toronto) > >"Random relaxed sorting networks." > >11:00 - 11:30 am Refreshments > >11:30 - 12:30 Nike Sun (University of California, Berkeley) > >"Phase transitions in random constraint satisfaction problems." > >12:30 - 1:30 pm Lunch > 1:30 - 2:15 pm Informal talks and discussion, part I > 2:15 - 2:30 pm Break > 2:30 - 3:30 pm Informal talks and discussion, part II > >Young researchers are encouraged to volunteer short talks for the >afternoon 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 Pe��a, and Jay >Rosen. > > >|-:._.|-:_|.:-:.:-_...--__.||-_:-.|:..---:..|::--_:.__._|_::_:_|:::-_||:-| > >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, >please visit our website http://womeninprobability.org > >We will be hosting a dinner the last evening of the Northeast >Probability Seminar, Friday, November 18 at 6pm. We can offset >costs for attendees. Anyone interested in participating in the dinner >should please email Tai Melcher ([log in to unmask]). > > >|:..<< REGISTRATION >>>.|-|_.|:_:::.-._..|:.|__-:-|.----||_:_|_:|-:||::.-:_: > >There is no official registration required to attend the seminar. > > > >||:.<< UPDATES >>>--.::..:-|..-|.__:_.||:_.|:-:-||___:--:|_-|::..|.-.:.-::__ > >Consult the seminar Web site > >http://www.math.csi.cuny.edu/probability/NortheastProbabilitySeminar > >for updates regarding the schedule, the seminar dinner, and >accommodations in New York City. > >Ramada Inn rates are around $155-170/night (on the web now). It is >located at the intersection of the 30th street and Lex Ave, 5 blocks >from Baruch. Reservations can be made through the web: > >https://www.wyndhamhotels.com/ramada/new-york-city-new-york/ramada-eastside/overview > > > >.:__<< THANKS >>>-|:__::_.|_.::.:-:_::_-_.-.|:._.-....-_.-.:---.|_.::..:|_|: > >We gratefully acknowledge the generous funding from the National >Science Foundation that makes this event possible. > > >|:::<< FINANCIAL SUPPORT IS AVAILABLE >>>.-:|.._.:_:-||:_:.:_||:::||--:.|||_ > > >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 >[log in to unmask] > > >_:-...:||-:|-..|__....-:-_.::.---_-|:-:.:|-__-:-:..|___-_|..:.__-.-:-:|-_-: > > >We look forward to seeing you this November, > > >Louis-Pierre Arguin ([log in to unmask]) >Michael Carlisle ([log in to unmask]) >Elena Kosygina ([log in to unmask]) >Ivan Matic ([log in to unmask]) > >(the local organizers)