6TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON

LATTICE PATH COMBINATORICS AND APPLICATIONS

July 12 - 14, 2007     

NEW!!! Schedule of Talks     

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       Johnson City, TN, United States

We are pleased to announce that tutorial lectures will be presented by the following:

G. Andrews - Partitions, Ferrers Graphs and q-Hypergeometric Functions

A. Kemp - Discrete Distributions (Delivered by N. Balakrishnan)

I. Gessel - Lattice Path Enumeration

 
Topics to be covered include:
Lattice path enumeration Random walks
Plane partitions Nonparametric statistical inference
Discrete distributions and urn models
Young tableaux Queueing theory
q-calculus Analysis of algorithms
Orthogonal polynomials Graph Theory and Applications
  Self-dual codes and unimodular lattices

 

Submission of papers:

Presenters of Invited and Contributed talks should submit extended abstracts of at most four pages before April 15, 2007, by sending one TeX or LaTeX  file to Anant Godbole, godbolea@etsu.edu

 

Local Committee

Scientific Committee
Teresa Haynes G. Andrews, Pennsylvania State University, USA
Debra Knisley

N. Balakrishnan, McMaster University, Canada
Robert Gardner Ch. A. Charalambides, University of Athens, Greece
Yali Liu

A. Godbole, East Tennessee State University, USA
Edith Seier

A. Kemp, University of Saint Andrews, Scotland
Yared Nigussie

C. Krattenthaler, University of Vienna, Austria
Robert Price, Jr. W. Panny, University of Economics, Austria
Anant Godbole R. Pinzani, University of Florence, Italy
  B. Sagan, Michigan State University, USA
  D. Zeilberger, Rutgers University, USA

Coordinator: Sri Gopal Mohanty, McMaster University, Canada

Registration

Click here to Register.

Registration fees are $140/person (regular); $60/person (non-mathematical accompanying persons); and $75/person (undergraduate or (post)graduate student) and will cover the following:

Click here to Register.

 

List of Talks

List of Talks as of 18 June 2007

 

Special Proceedings Volume

A special volume of Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference will contain selected refereed papers from among those presented at the conference. Guest editors will be Sri Gopal Mohanty and Anant Godbole. Contributers and referees are asked to adhere to the following schedule:

  • As soon as possible and no later than at the conference: Indicate intent to submit a paper;
  • August 31, 2007: Papers due
  • September 15: Papers sent to referees;
  • December 1: Referee reports due
  • February 1: Revised versions of papers due

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    Lodging

    Lodging options:

    Carnegie Hotel ($79)

    In order to get the quoted rate you must book your room through ETSU

    More modest but cheaper on campus accomodation. 

    Social Events and Meals

    Appalachian Trail Hiking Trek

    Friday Night Banquet with A local Bluegrass Band

    Thursday evening reception.

    Directions and Additional Info.

    Johnson City can be accessed by Interstate 26 which connects to Interstate 81 to the north (allowing access from Knoxville, Nashville, and Lexington), and runs to Asheville, NC to the south (allowing access from Birmingham, Atlanta, and Columbia, SC). Airline service is provided by Tri-Cities Airport (TRI) in nearby Blountville, TN, about 20 miles from Johnson City. There are about 25 flights in and out of the Tri-Cities with flights to and from the Northwest hubs of Memphis and Detroit, the American Airlines hub in Nashville, the US Airways hubs of Pittsburgh and Charlotte, and the Delta hubs at Atlanta and Cincinnati. There is also Greyhound Bus Line service at the Johnson City bus station.

    For detailed directions click below:

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    ETSU is located in Johnson City, Tennessee approximately 90 miles east of Knoxville. The region is rich with scenic mountains and streams and a treat for a geology or outdoors enthusiast. Several mountains are visible from the ETSU campus, including Buffalo Mountain (elevation 3217 feet) which contains Buffalo Mountain Park. Roan Mountain State Park is about a 30 minute drive from Johnson City and offers scenic views and hiking trails. The Great Smoky Mountain National Park is 60 miles southeast of Johnson City. In addition to natural beauty, the region also has a rich history. Jonesborough, the oldest town in Tennessee, lies 8 miles west of Johnson City, and the birthplace of Davy Crockett is another 10 miles west of there.

    For additional information about ETSU, lodging, and the Johnson City are, check out: