Sixth Northeast Probability Seminar
November 15th and 16th 2007
Martin E. Segal Theatre Center
CUNY Graduate Center
365 Fifth Avenue New York
New York, NY

Invited Speakers

• Martin Barlow (University of British Columbia)
  
  
• Mireille Bousquet-Melou (Universite Bordeaux)
  
  
• Thomas Liggett (UCLA)
  
  
• Jonathan Mattingly (Duke University).
  
  

There will be time for short, informal presentations as at the Seminar on Stochastic Processes.

Sponsorship

The Northeast Probability Seminar continues to enjoy the support of the National Science Foundation. This years seminar is also co-sponsored by the CUNY Graduate program in Mathematics.

Accommodations

See Hotels.tex for details.

Financial support to attend the conference.

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:

John Verzani
verzani@math.csi.cuny.edu
Department of Mathematics, 1S-215
College of Staten Island, CUNY
2800 Victory Boulevard
Staten Island, N.Y. 10314

Consideration of applications will commence around September 15th and will continue until the available funds are allocated.

Scientific Committee

The scientific committee for Fall 2007 Northeast Probability Seminar is Richard Bass (University of Connecticut), Gerard Ben Arous (New York University), James Fill (Johns Hopkins University), Daniel Ocone (Rutgers University), Robin Pemantle (University of Pennsylvania), Victor de la Peña (Columbia University), and Jay Rosen (City University of New York).