April 19-20, 2002

SCHEDULE and ABSTRACTS:

Southeast Applied Analysis Center, School of Mathematics and School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Tech

We are holding our sixth annual stochastics meeting in the Southeast. The keynote speakers this year will be

TED COX (Syracuse University) -- Super-Brownian Limits of Voter Model Clusters

RUTH WILLIAMS (UCSD) -- From Stochastic Networks to Reflecting Diffusions

The rest of the program will consist of 30-minute talks given (in series) by others in the SE or by other visitors.

As in previous years, the conference will be loosely structured, with opportunities for contributed talks.
The main objective is to make/renew contacts and exchange ideas.

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REGISTRATION FEE:
NONE (both attending and presenting a talk at the conference is free!)

We encourage attendees to contribute talks on their latest research.

CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS:
Russell Lyons, School of Mathematics
Richard Serfozo, School of Industrial and Systems Engineering

LODGING:
You can make your own hotel arrangements with one of the many hotels in town. Some hotels close by Tech's campus are:

Holiday Inn Express (404-881-0881),
Days Inn, 683 Peachtree Street (404-874-9200),
Renaissance Hotel, W. Peachtree Street (404-881-6000),
Wyndham Garden Hotel, 125 Tenth Street (404-873-4800), and
Regency Suites, 975 West Peachtree Street (404-876-5003).

In all cases, ask about the Georgia Tech rate.

LOCATION: The conference will be held in the first floor auditorium of the Manufacturing Research Center, 813 Ferst Drive, on the Georgia Tech Campus in Atlanta, Georgia.

MAP:
A map of campus can be found on the web at http://www.gtalumni.org. The conference is in the Manufacturing Research Center (building 126 on the map), which is the rectangular building directly north of the Groseclose building (#56 on the map) and the Instructional Center (#55 on the map).

DIRECTIONS:

By MARTA: Take the North-South Marta train ($1.75) to the North Avenue exit. The station is on the northeast corner of West Peachtree and North Avenue. Walk west along North Avenue past the Varsity and over the expressway. After the football stadium, take the steps up and enter the campus. Walk diagonally across the campus and ask some students where to find the Manufacturing Research Center.

By car, if you are entering Atlanta from I-20 or while travelling north on I-75 or I-85:
I-75 and I-85 merge in Atlanta to form I-75/85. (If you are on I-20, go north on I-75/85 in the center of Atlanta.) Exit the expressway at Exit 249D which is the Spring Street and West Peachtree Street exit. Turn left at the second light onto West Peachtree Street. Turn left at the first light onto North Avenue. Travel west on North Avenue and follow the signs to the "Center for the Arts". These signs will ask you to turn right onto Tech Parkway which is the second traffic light along the GT campus, then turn right at the first light, and then you are forced to turn either right or left onto Ferst Drive. Now go to the parking directions section below.

By car, if you are entering Atlanta while travelling south on I-75 or I-85:
I-75 and I-85 merge in Atlanta to form I-75/85. Exit the expressway at Exit 249D which is the North Avenue exit. Turn right at the top of the ramp onto North Avenue. Travel west on North Avenue and follow the signs to the "Center for the Arts." These signs will ask you to turn right onto Tech Parkway which is the second traffic light along the GT campus, then turn right at the first light, and then you are forced to turn either right or left onto Ferst Drive. Now go to the parking directions section below.

PARKING DIRECTIONS: Turn right onto Ferst Street, then turn left into the student center driveway which is the second driveway on your left. There is a fee of $5. Walk north past the Instructional Center to the Manufacturing Research Center.