A Workshop for Women in Probability

October 5-7, 2008 at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY

The conference begins Sunday morning and ends at noon Tuesday. The scientific program, which is being organized by Lea Popovic (Concordia) and Amber Puha (San Marcos) will feature talks by:

Nina Gantert (Muenster)
Masha Gordina (U. Conn.)
Elena Kosygina (Baruch)
Elizabeth Meckes (Case Western)
Tai Melcher (Virginia)
Kavita Ramanan (CMU)
Deena Schmidt (IMA)
Anja Sturm (Delaware)
Ruth Williams (UCSD)
Anita Winter (Erlangen)

Women probabilists, especially young researchers and advanced graduate students are invited to participate. Female participants are invited to submit a title and abstract of one recent paper.

Registration and information on how to apply for supporting for lodging and local expenses.

Tips on flying to Ithaca.

Help us advertise the conference by circulating our conference poster . This conference is supported by an NSF Research Training Grant to the probability group at Cornell, so preference will be given to supporting US citizens, nationals, and permanent residences. For questions about local arrangements, contact the conference secretary, Rick Durrett, rtd1@cornell.edu.