A conference in honor of Persi Diaconis' 60th birthday
will be held at the University of California
at San Diego, starting Thursday afternoon, January 27, 2005,
and ending in the early evening of Saturday, January 29, 2005.
Click here for a listing of Persi Diaconis' papers.
Click here for a listing of his collaborators.
The speakers will include Persi Diaconis, David Aldous, Ron Graham, Susan Holmes, Barry Mazur, Robin Pemantle, Eric Rains, Laurent Saloff-Coste, and Donald Ylvisaker.
There will be a conference dinner on Friday evening, January 28, 2005, at the UCSD Faculty Club. The cost is $25 per person. If you plan to attend the dinner, please write a check for $25 times the number of people in your party, and send it to Anita McKee, Department of Mathematics, UCSD, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla CA 92093-0112, USA. Your check should be made payable to UC Regents and should arrive before Wednesday, January 12, 2005.
If you are interested in attending the conference please send email to Robert Guralnick (guralnic@usc.edu) and Anita McKee (amckee@ucsd.edu); please indicate your dates of attendance.
We have received funding from various sources and in particular from the National Security Agency. We hope to be able to at least partially fund the travel expenses of postdocs and graduate students who attend the conference. If you are interested in applying for such funding, please mention that in your registration email.
Thursday, January 27, 2005
Natural Sciences Building, Room 1205
Friday, January 28, 2005
Natural Sciences Building, Room 1205
Saturday, January 29, 2005
Center Hall, Room 115 (note change of room from that on Thursday and Friday)
Three hotels have agreed to special rates for the conference. Please make reservations directly with the hotel of your choosing.
Radisson Hotel La Jolla
3299 Holiday Court
La Jolla, CA 92037
(858) 452-4010 - direct
(858) 453-9909 - fax
Individual reservations can be made by calling the Hotel directly at (858)
453-5500, or by calling Radisson Reservations at (800) 333-3333. Please
reference "Diaconis Conference" to receive the group rate. Rates are
$129 for a single room plus $10 per person (for up to three extra
persons). The hotel is within walking distance of campus (it is a fairly
good walk and somewhat uphill). There are a limited number of rooms at
this rate, so participants are encouraged to make early reservations.
Marriott Residence Inn $129 (+ tax) per night.
8901 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, California 92037 USA
Phone: 1-858-587-1770
Fax: 1-858-552-0387
Toll-Free: 1-800-876-1778
Please reference "Diaconis Conference" to get this rate. This hotel
is within walking distance although it is a good walk and mostly
uphill.
Del Mar Inn $69 (+ tax) per night (Sunday-Thursday nights), $99 (+ tax) per night
(Friday and Saturday nights).
720 Camino Del Mar, Del Mar, CA 92014
Local - (858) 755-9765; Toll free - 1 800 451-4515
Ask for the UCSD rate (mention Mathematics if they ask for a
department and if asked, the mail code for the Mathematics
department is 0112). This is the furthest away, but they have
shuttles to campus. It is very close to the ocean.
Last updated: February 5, 2005