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DIMACS/Georgia Tech 2006-2010 Special Focus on Discrete Random Systems: Calendar
Conference on Probabilistic Combinatorics & Algorithms:
a Conference in Honor of Joel Spencer's 60th Birthday
Dates: April 24 - 25, 2006
Location: DIMACS Center, CoRE Building, Rutgers University
Organizers: Noga Alon, Tel Aviv University and the Institute for Advanced Study; Janos Pach, NYU and Renyi Institute, Budapest, Hungary; Aravind Srinivasan, University of Maryland; and Prasad Tetali, Georgia Tech
Email: nogaa@post.tau.ac.il, pach@cims.nyu.edu, srin@cs.umd.edu, tetali@math.gatech.edu
Discrete Random Systems Special Focus Kickoff Lecture
Dates: October 5, 2006
Time: 11:25 am - 12:05 pm
Location: DIMACS Center, CoRE Building, Rutgers University
Speaker: Gregory Sorkin, IBM Research
Title: Phase Transitions in Optimization Problems, and Algorithmic Implications
Workshop: Properties of Large Graphs: From Combinatorics to Statistical Physics and Back
Dates: October 16 - 20, 2006
Location: DIMACS Center, CoRE Building, Rutgers University
Organizers: László Lovász, Microsoft Research and Eötvös Loránd University; and Benny Sudakov, Princeton University
Email: lovasz@cs.elte.hu, bsudakov@math.princeton.edu
Georgia Tech Kickoff for the Special Focus on Discrete Random Systems
Dates: November 20, 2006
Location: Georgia Institute of Technology
Organizers: Dana Randall, Georgia Tech
Email: randall@cc.gatech.edu
Workshop: Complex Networks and their Applications
Dates: January 22 - 24, 2007
Location: Georgia Institute of Technology
Organizers: Fan Chung Graham, UCSD, Ashish Goel, Stanford University, Milena Mihail, Georgia Tech,
and Chris Wiggins, Columbia University
Email: fan at ucsd.edu, ashishg at stanford.edu, mihail at cc.gatech.edu, chris.wiggins at columbia.edu
Workshop: Phase Transitions in Random Structures and Algorithms
Dates: March 19 - 23, 2007
Location: Georgia Institute of Technology
Organizers: Gregory Sorkin, IBM Research, Eric Vigoda, Georgia Institute of Technology
Email: sorkin@watson.ibm.com, vigoda@cc.gatech.edu
Working Group: Current Topics in Markov Chains and Phase Transitions
Dates: March 26 - 30, 2007
Location: Georgia Institute of Technology
Organizers: Dana Randall and Eric Vigoda, Georgia Institute of Technology
Email: randall@cc.gatech.edu, vigoda@cc.gatech.edu
Workshop: Markov Chain Monte Carlo: Synthesizing Theory and Practice
Dates: June 4 - 7, 2007
Location: DIMACS Center, CoRE Building, Rutgers University
Organizers: Jim Fill, Johns Hopkins University, Jim Hobert, University of Florida, Antonietta Mira, University of Insubria (Italy), Luke Tierney, University of Iowa, Peter Winkler, Dartmouth College
Email: jimfill@jhu.edu, jhobert@stat.ufl.edu, amira@eco.unisubria.it, luke@stat.uiowa.edu, peter.winkler@dartmouth.edu
Workshop on Puzzling Mathematics and Mathematical Puzzles: a Gathering in Honor of Peter Winkler's 60th Birthday
Dates: June 8 - 9, 2007
Location: DIMACS Center, CoRE Building, Rutgers University
Organizers: Graham Brightwell, London School of Economics; Dana Randall and Tom Trotter, Georgia Institute of Technology
Email: GRBrightwell@lse.ac.uk, randall@cc.gatech.edu, trotter@math.gatech.edu
Workshop on Random Matrices
Dates: March 17 - 19, 2008
Location: DIMACS Center, CoRE Building, Rutgers University
Organizers: Van Vu, Rutgers University
Email: vanvu at math.rutgers.edu
Working Group: Message-Passing Algorithms
Dates: October 13 - 17, 2008
Location: DIMACS Center, CoRE Building, Rutgers University
Organizers: Riccardo Zecchina, International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste; Gregory Sorkin, IBM Research
Email: riccardo.zecchina at polito.it, sorkin@watson.ibm.com
Workshop: Discrete Mathematics and Statistical Mechanics
Dates: December 17 - 18, 2008
Location: DIMACS Center, CoRE Building, Rutgers University
Organizers: Joel Lebowitz, Rutgers University; Peter Winkler, Dartmouth College
Email: lebowitz at math.rutgers.edu, peter.winkler at dartmouth.edu
Algorithms, Combinatorics, and Optimization Theory Day Jointly Sponsored by DIMACS and Geogia Tech
Dates: October 24, 2009
Location: Georgia Institute of Technology
Organizers: Milena Mihail, Georgia Institute of Technology; and Vijay Vazirani, Georgia Institute of Technology
Email: mihail at cc.gatech.edu, vijay.vazirani at cc.gatech.edu
DIMACS Miniworkshop on Algorithms and Energy
Dates: May 21, 2010
Location: DIMACS Center, CoRE Building, Rutgers University
Organizers: Komandur Krishnan, Telcordia; Linda Ness, Telcordia;
Tom Reddington, Bell Labs; Fred Roberts, DIMACS; Emina Soljanin, Bell Labs; and Lisa Zhang, Bell Labs
Email: krk at research.telcordia.com, lness at telcordia.com,
treddington at bell-labs.com, froberts at dimacs.rutgers.edu, Emina at research.bell-labs.com, ylz at research.bell-labs.com
