Discrete Mathematics Day

Speakers

• Ira Gessel , Brandeis University
• Ruth Haas , Smith College
• John Little , College of the Holy Cross
• Alin Popescu , Renesys Corporation
• Seth Sullivant , Harvard University

Talks

• Titles and abstracts

Schedule

• 9:00 - 10:00am -- Arrival, light breakfast available in Swords Hall 3rd Floor Faculty Lounge
• All talks will be held in O'Neil Hall, Room 112
• 10:00 - 10:50am -- John Little, ``Toric Codes''
• 11:00 - 11:50am -- Ira Gessel, ``Symmetric Inclusion-Exclusion''
• 12:00 noon - 1:30pm -- Lunch in Swords Hall 3rd Floor Faculty Lounge
• 1:30 - 2:20pm -- Alin Popescu, ``Statistical Tools for Digital Image Forensics"
• 2:30 - 3:20pm -- Ruth Haas, ``The Combinatorics of Involutions and Twisted Involutions in Weyl groups''
• 3:20 - 4:00pm -- Coffee break
• 4:00 - 4:50pm -- Seth Sullivant, ''Combinatorial secant varieties and symbolic powers''

Directions, Parking and Accommodations

• Driving directions to the Hogan Campus Center at Holy Cross (location of visitor parking).
• Refer to this campus map.
• All Discrete Math Day events will take place in the O'Neil-Swords-Haberlin Science Complex (buildings 6-7-8 on the map). The talks will take place in O'Neil 112, a medium-size lecture hall on the first floor of O'Neil Hall (building 6). Breakfast and lunch will be served in Swords Hall (building 7) in the 3rd floor Faculty Lounge (Swords 352).
• To get from the visitor parking area (32 on the map) at the Hogan Campus Center (building 29 on the map) to the Science Complex, you will take the paths down the hill behind the main Library (building 4) and in front of Wheeler Residence Hall (building 20) to the entry plaza between Swords (building 7) and Beaven Hall (building 5). Enter the Swords Hall atrium from the plaza, walk past the Science Library on your left, and go up the spiral staircase. The entrance to O'Neil Hall (building 6) and the location of the talks is on the second floor. Follow the signs to O'Neil 112 from the second floor landing. The Faculty Lounge is on the third floor of Swords -- go to the top of the stairs, take a right, and then another right. The Faculty Lounge is in Room 352.
• Information on local hotels for overnight visitors.

Financial Support

• Students and postdocs traveling more than 50 miles (each way) may apply for a $50 travel stipend.
• Participants traveling more than 100 miles can apply for lodging reimbursement up to $100.
• Please indicate when you register if you are applying for travel support.

Other General Information

As with the other Discrete Math Day conferences, there is no registration fee, but preregistering is strongly encouraged.  To preregister, send an email to Cristina Ballantine (cballant@holycross.edu), or John Little (little@mathcs.holycross.edu). For information on financial support, please see above.

About Discrete Mathematics Days in the Northeast

This conference is one of a series of one-day conferences, titled "Discrete Mathematics Days in the Northeast" and styled after the earlier "CoNE" meetings.  Information on previous meetings can be found here.

In the past, Discrete Math Days have been held at U Mass Amherst, Dartmouth College, SUNY Albany, University of Rhode Island, WPI, SUNY Binghamton, Bard College, and Skidmore College.

Discrete Math Days are funded in part by the National Security Agency.

Local organizers

• Cristina Ballantine
• Sharon Frechette
• John Little

Last modified: November 1, 2006