Organized by: Jason Cantarella (UGA), Joe Fu (UGA) and Sa'ar Hersonsky (UGA).
The 19th Southeast Geometry Conference will be held in Athens, Georgia, on April 4–5, 2009.
The conference is hosted by the University of Georgia and sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the University of Georgia.
Jacob Bernstein (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Christine Breiner (Johns Hopkins University)
Chaim Goodman-Strauss (University of Arkansas)
Vladimir Oliker (Emory University)
Jeremy Tyson (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Stefan Wenger (University of Illinois, Chicago)
Paul Yang (Princeton University)
Arrival
If you are landing in Atlanta, take the AAA Athens/Atlanta AirportExpress to Athens, and get off at the Georgia Center. This will put you about 2 blocks from the math department, Boyd Graduate Studies.
On the map you'll find the Georgia Center Hotel in S11 and GraduateStudies in S05.
Coffee and bagels will be
served each morning at 9:00 in room
409 Boyd. All talks will be in room 304 Boyd.
Schedule
Coffee
and bagels will be
served each morning at
9:00 in room
409 Boyd.
All talks will
be in room Room 304 Boyd.
Click on a name to get title & abstract.
April 4, 2009
April 5, 2009
9:00 am
Morning refreshments
9:00 am
Morning refreshments
9:30–10:30 am
Paul
Yang (Princeton)
9:30–10:30
am
Jacob
Bernstein (Massachusetts Institute
of Technology)
10:45–11:45 am
Christine
Breiner (Johns Hopkins
University)
10:45–11:45
am
Vladimir
Oliker (Emory University)
11:45–12:15
Refreshments
12:00–1:30 pm
Lunch
12:15–1:15 pm
Stefan
Wenger
(University of Illinois, Chicago)
1:30–2:00
Coffee
2:00–2:45 pm
Jeremy
Tyson (University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign)
3:00–3:45 pm
Chaim
Goodman-Strauss (University of
Arkansas)
4:00–5:00 pm
Afternoon refreshments
All major airlines fly to Atlanta. From there, a shuttle service, AAA Athens/Atlanta (800-354-7874), can provide the 90 minutes trip to Athens for $45 one way. You should contact AAA directly to make a reservation.
Accommodations
A block of rooms will be
resereved at the Georgia
center hotel
(1-888-295-8894, Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m) only
until March 6th; after that, subject to
availability.
When
making reservations, the guests need to reference the SEGC
Conference. The rates are 89/night/1 bed; 99/night/2
beds.
There are also several hotels in Athens where you can stay if you prefer. Please make these arrangements yourself.
Registration
There is no registration fee, but please let us know if you are planning to come.
Additional Activities
One can do things in Athens other than the conference. Check out the Flagpole (Athens alternative newspaper) for information about local music, bars, restaurants and other stuff.Support
Please write to fu@math.uga.edu your request.
More information
You may want to have a look at some potentially relevant links: UGA Math Department, information about Athens and Flagpole (Athens alternative newspaper).