Columbia-Princeton Probability Day 2011

15 April 2011, Princeton University

Registration

Continental breakfast and lunch will be provided for all registered participants.

Registration is now closed. For further information, contact Carol Smith, Event Coordinator.

Speakers

  • Alexei Borodin (Caltech)
  • Shige Peng (Shandong U.)
  • Yakov Sinai (Princeton) 
  • Horng-Tzer Yau (Harvard)

Student Speakers

  • Antonio Auffinger (Courant)
  • Hana Kogan (CUNY)
  • Ilya Vinogradov (Princeton)

Schedule

Schedule
Time Event/Speaker
9:00-10:00 AM Registration and continental breakfast
10:00-11:00 AM Alexei Borodin An algebraic approach to infinite-dimensional Markov processes
11:00-12:00 AM Shige Peng G-Brownian motion and its stochastic calculus under nonlinear expectation
12:00-1:30 PM Lunch
1:30-2:30 PM Yakov Sinai Möbius function and statistical mechanics
2:30-3:30 PM Horng-Tzer Yau Universality of random matrices, Erdös-Rényi graphs and beta ensembles
3:30-4:00 PM Coffee break
4:00-4:25 PM Antonio Auffinger Landscape of random function on many variables via Random Matrix Theory
4:25-4:50 PM Ilya Vinogradov Limiting distribution of visits of several rotations to shrinking intervals
4:50-5:15 PM Hana Kogan Permanental vectors: The question of existence

Directions & Local Information

  • The workshop will be held in Robertson Hall, Room 001 on the Princeton University campus.
    Enter the lower level of Robertson Hall through the stairs on Washington Ave. Lecture room is straight ahead.
  • Parking options:
    • Park in the meters on Olden St., Williams St., or Prospect Ave.
      (40 to 75 cents / hour, but they fill up quickly).
    • Park in Lot 21 visitor parking (near Jadwin Gym), then take the
      East Line Shuttle Bus. Get off at Woodrow Wilson (Robertson Hall).
  • Directions | Workshop Location