We are pleased to bring to your attention the upcoming special edition of the Southeastern Probability Conference that will take place at Duke University on May 15-17, 2017. 
The conference will focus on interacting particle systems, random graphs, stochastic growth models, and their applications in biology, ecology, and statistical physics.  
It will also be an occasion to honor the contributions of Professor Rick Durrett on the occasion of his 65th birthday.

Below you find some information about the conference. More details are available on the conference webpage at http://sites.duke.edu/sepc/. 

We would be extremely grateful if you could pass this information to the graduate students, the postdocs, and the faculty members in your department that might be interested in the meeting.

Respectfully yours,

The Organizing Committee 
(Alessandro Arlotto, Nathanael Berestycki, Shankar Bhamidi, Amarjit Budhiraja, Jonathan Mattingly, Sayan Mukherjee, Jim Nolen, Lea Popovic)


CONFIRMED SPEAKERS

- David Aldous (University of California, Berkeley)
- Antonio Auffinger (Northwestern University)
- Ted Cox (Syracuse University)
- Christina Curtis (Stanford University)
- Michael Damron (Georgia Institute of Technology)
- Alison Etheridge (University of Oxford)
- Elchanan Mossel (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
- Robin Pemantle (University of Pennsylvania)
- Sarah Penington (University of Oxford)
- Ed Perkins (University of British Columbia)
- Daniel Remenik (Universidad de Chile)
- Sebastien Roch (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
- Timo Seppäläinen (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
- Allan Sly (Princeton University)


REGISTRATION

Registration is required of all participants, although participation is free.


FINANCIAL SUPPORT

Some financial support is available through a grant from the National Science Foundation to support participants. 
Junior researchers and members of under-represented groups are especially encouraged to apply for financial support. 


--
Alessandro Arlotto 
http://www.duke.edu/~aa249/