(last update: Dec. 8, 2001)
The conference is tentatively planned for two days. Each day, the meeting will feature four one hour lectures and parallel sessions of 20-minute talks. The following researchers have agreed to give invited lectures: Doron Lubinsky (Georgia Tech.), Marian Neamtu (Vanderbilt), Wenjie He (Missouri at St. Louis), Jian-Guo Liu (Maryland) on classic approximation theory, multivariate splines, wavelets and numerical solution of partial differential equations. There will be a banquet at 7 PM Saturday, March 23, 2002 for the conference participants to gather together. The conference registration fee is $20 which will offset the banquet cost. A small amount of funding will be available for supporting graduate students and new PHD's or post-doc's without any means of support to attend the conference. The funding is subject to the availability of the Army Research Office funds. Mainly, we hope to be able to reimburse the local expenses for their participation during the conference. Those who wish to get this support, please apply for it when registering. The conference will take place in the Boyd Graduate Studies & Research Building.
Contact Information:
Name, e-mail address, and
phone
Affiliation and mailing
address
Participation:
Whether you wish to give
a 20-minute talk* .
Whether you plan to attend
the banquet Saturday evening; whether you are
bringing any guests
Whether you plan to request
support from the conference.
Special requests
* If you are giving
a talk, we would like a (plain text or TeX) title and abstract.
This information is being posted on the conference
website as it is received.
For the budget-minded, there is also the Holiday Inn Express, 513 West Broad St., Athens. This is a slightly reduced service hotel, at which rooms currently go for $74 per night. The above phone number can also be used to book rooms at this hotel. We have also reserved 15 rooms at this location.
Finally, the Georgia Center for Continuing Education is on campus. It is a 5 minute walk from the Boyd Graduate Studies& Research Building where the conference will take place. The rate is $69/night for single occupancy and $79/night for double occupancy. The phone number is (706)542-6364. You do not need to mention the conference since it is NOT listed there.
The two versions of the Holiday Inn are essentially downtown, within a block of each other. They are about a 20-25 minute walk from the Boyd Graduate Studies Research Building, where the talks will be held.
2) The only airline that has flights into Athens is US Airways (800-428-4322), which flies to Athens from Charlotte. There are three flights a day from Charlotte to Athens, and there are many flights to Charlotte from the Northeast. The Athens airport is just a couple of miles from town, and there is taxi service from the airport. (Someone from the math department may be able to pick you up at the Athens airport during Friday, March 22, 2002. Please call 542--2211 for a ride.)
3) There are three major interstate highways connected to Atlanta, i.e., I-20, I-85, and I-75. When you drive to Atlanta, you need to be on North I-85 towards Greenville. After leaving Atlanta about 10 miles, you will see a connection to Athens which is a state highway 316. Keep driving on highway 316 which will lead you to Downtown Athens. The University of Georgia is located in the downtown of Athens. Check out the driving direction to Athens.
A list of participants as well as their talk titles and abstracts. If you like a ps file version, check here.
1) March is the nicest time in Athens. All sorts of flowers will be blooming everywhere. Especially, the State Botanic Garden , located in Athens, is worth seeing.
2) The Georgia Museum of Art is located on the campus of the University of Georgia. It is a 8 minute walking distance from the Boyd Graduate Studies Research Building.
3) The Ramsey Student Center for Physical Activities is a state-of-the-art recreational facility for UGA students, faculty, and staff. It is nearby the Georgia Museum of Art. Thus, it is very close to the building at which our conference takes place.