15th
Annual Applied Probability Day
IN HONOR OF CHRIS C. HEYDE
Saturday, June 28th, 2008
9:00AM-6:00PM
(Location: Room 303 in
SPEAKERS:
Five (5) Speakers include:
David Pollard,
Random chromatic numbers, some statistical
folklore, and some puzzling inequalities
Søren Asmussen, Aarhus University, Denmark [DOWNLOAD
TALK .PDF]
Failure probabilities for checkpointing and
parallel computing
Steve Kou,
The Recent Financial Turmoil and Related
Financial Engineering Research Problems
J. Michael Steele,
Martingale Markets
Sidney Resnick,
Multivariate regular variation on 3 cones
yields three theories
SCHEDULE:
10:00 –
10:15AM Opening remarks, Karl
Sigman, Director of CAP
10:15 –
11:00AM David Pollard
11:00 –
11:45AM
11:45 –
12:00PM Comments about Chris Heyde from his Colleagues
12:00
– 1:30PM Lunch
1:30 –
2:15PM Søren Asmussen
2:15
– 3:00PM J. Michael Steele
3:00
– 3:30PM Coffee Break
3:30
– 3:45PM Comments about Chris Heyde from his
Colleagues
3:45
– 4:30PM Steve Kou
6:00
– 8:00PM Reception
[PDF SCHEDULE – CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD]
We particularly warmly
welcome all of those who remember Chris C. Heyde; his students, his colleagues
and his friends.
To Register:
REGISTRATION IS FREE, all are very welcome;
but please email manny@ieor.columbia.edu to let
us know that you plan to attend.
History:
Applied Probability Day (APD) first took place in April 1992
at
Directions and parking information
For inquiries:
sigman@ieor.columbia.edu (Karl
Sigman)
Applied Probability Day 1992-2007
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