CAP Summer School in Applied Probability

Columbia University, New York City, June 24-27, 1997

The Center for Applied Probability (CAP) at Columbia University in New York City will hold its first Summer School in Applied Probability, Tuesday-Friday, June 24-27, 1997. It is aimed at Ph.D students, faculty and those in industry. The level will be from introductory (e.g. introduction to the topic) onwards and is meant to allow people to learn about and get active in cutting-edge research topics in applied probability.

Each day will (tentatively) be broken down as follows:

9:30-10:30 (Talk by main speaker)
10:30-11:00 (Coffee Break)
11:00-12:00 (Talk by main speaker)
12:00-2:00 (Lunch)
2:00-3:00 (Talk by main speaker)
3:00-3:30 (Coffee Break)
3:30-4:30 (Mini-presentations and discussion)

Opportunities are also available for participants to give informal presentations on research topics of interest.

Topics, Main Speakers and Tentative Daily Schedule (9:30AM-4:30PM daily):

Tuesday: Steve Kou (U. of Michigan)Mathematical and Computational Finance, (Mini-presentations and Discussion led by Sid Browne and Paul Glasserman)
Wednesday: Hong Chen (U.B.C., Canada/ Hong Kong U. of Science and Technology) Stochastic Networks, (Mini-presentations and Discussion led by David Yao)
Thursday: C.S. Chang (National Tsing Hua U., Taiwan) Telecommunication Systems and Large Deviations, (Mini-presentations and Discussion led by Perwez Shahabuddin)
Friday: Reade Ryan (CAP Postdoctoral Fellow, Columbia U.)Long Range Dependence, (with 3:30PM-4:30PM Mini-presentations and Discussion led by Karl Sigman)

Special Events

Tuesday: Reception at 5:00PM: Wine and snacks
Wednesday: Dinner at 7:00PM

Columbia/CAP Participants include:

Sid Browne
Mark Broadie
Awi Federgruen
Paul Glasserman
Chris C. Heyde
Karl Sigman
Perwez Shahabuddin
Larry Shepp
Jeannette Song
Garrett van Ryzin
David D. Yao
Tim Zajic

LOCATION: Columbia University, Room 327 Mudd Building, 500 West 120th Street, NYC, 10027.

FINANCIAL SUPPORT: A limited number of allowances ($100 per day) will be made available to assist current doctoral students to attend the CAP Summer School from out of town. Such students will also have the $50.00 registration fee (mentioned below) waived. Interested applicants must send (or FAX) a CV (with email address), a letter of interest, and name of dissertation advisor to:

CAP
Attention: Summer School Applicant
601 CEPSR
Columbia University
530 West 120th Street
Mail Code: 8906
NY, NY 10027
FAX: (212) 854-6989

Registration:

REGISTRATION COST (flat fee, includes reception on Monday and dinner on Wednesday): Students: $50.00 USA; $200.00 otherwise (Industry and Academia).

TO REGISTER

Send Name, Affiliation, Address, and Email address with a check or money order made out to "CAP" to

CAP
Attention: Summer School Registration
601 CEPSR
Columbia University
530 West 120th Street
Mail Code:8906
NY, NY 10027
USA

For further information, contact:

CAP
601 CEPSR
Columbia University
530 West 120th Street
Mail Code: 8906
NY, NY 10027
USA
PHONE: (212) 854-6096
FAX: (212) 854-6989
Email: cap@columbia.edu
URL: CAP on the World Wide Web
(http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cap)

For further enquiries:
chris@wald.stat.columbia.edu (Chris Heyde, Director of CAP)
sigman@ieor.columbia.edu (Karl Sigman, Secretary of CAP)