2001 Illinois Number Theory Conference and
Workshop on the Interface of Probability and Number Theory

May 18 - 20, 2001
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

First announcement

Schedule of talks

REGISTRATION

Registration for the Illinois Number Theory Conference and the Probability Workshop will be Friday, 5/17, 8:30 am - 9:00 am, outside the lecture room, 314 Altgeld Hall. There is no registration fee.

TALKS

All talks will be given in Room 314 of Altgeld Hall, the building housing the UIUC Mathematics Department. Altgeld Hall is the historic building with a bell tower at the southeast corner of Green and Wright Streets. Altgeld Hall is adjacent to the Illini Union, about a third of a mile west of Hendrick House (along Green Street), and about half a mile south of the Hampton Inn (along Wright Street, or across the "Engineering Quad").

Invited talks: The conference will feature two hour-long survey talks:

Contributed talks: Contributed talks have been scheduled in 25 minute blocks, to allow for a 5 minute break between talks. Please adhere to the 20 minute limit for contributed talks in order to keep the schedule on track.

TRANSPARENCIES

We encourage speakers to prepare transparencies for their talks, since the blackboard is hard to read from the back of the room. Two overhead projectors will be available. A limited number of transparencies and pens will be available at the registration desk for those who have not prepared transparencies in advance.

BANQUET

The conference banquet will be Friday, May 18, at 6:30 pm, in Room 407 of the Levis Faculty Center, located on Illinois Street, about a third of a mile east of Altgeld Hall. Banquet tickets had to be reserved in advance, but a few extra tickets may become available due to cancellations. The banquet will offer a choice of two meat entrees (steak and turkey), and a vegetarian (Vegan) entree (eggplant). The vegetarian entree had to be prereserved. The two meat entrees have been ordered in equal numbers. Banquet tickets will be given out at registration; the tickets will be color coded according to the entree choice. The tickets will be collected by the wait staff, so be sure not to lose your tickets.

MEALS

The campus area houses many restaurants and coffee shops, mostly of the fast food variety. The registration packet will include a list of restaurants in the campus area, and a map. See also the section "Maps and Visitor Information" below for a link to a listing of restaurants in the Champaign-Urbana area.

AIRPORT TRANSPORTATION

For participants arriving Thursday at the Champaign airport who have notified us of their travel schedule, we will provide transportation to the Hendrick House dormitory, the Hampton Inn, or the Illini Union. In case we miss your arrival, or if you arrive on Friday, there is a door-to-door shuttle service which has a desk at the airport near the baggage claim area. Those staying at the Hampton Inn can use the free hotel shuttle service provided by the hotel; call the hotel from the airport to request the shuttle. Transportation back to the airport on Sunday will be arranged during the conference.

DRIVING DIRECTIONS AND PARKING

From I-74, take the Lincoln Avenue exit in Urbana and proceed south on Lincoln Avenue for about 1 1/2 miles to the traffic light on Green Street, then turn right. Hendrick House is the highrise building located immediately to your right at the northwest corner of Lincoln Avenue and Green Street. Altgeld Hall and the Illini Union are located about a half mile further down Green Street, at the southeast corner of Green and Wright Streets. Parking in the campus area is very limited; if you need to park on campus, we suggest you use the University parking garage at John and 6th Streets, located one block west of Altgeld Hall; the top floor of the garage has metered spaces for visitors. The meters are in effect on Friday; parking is free on Saturday at the University garage and on other University lots; refer to the campus parking map for location of parking lots. An alternative to the parking garage is the attended municipal parking lot at the northwest corner of 6th and Wright Streets. Note, however, that municipal parking is not free on Saturday. The Hampton Inn offers free parking for its guests. The parking lot at Hendrick House is closed for renovation, but guests at Hendrick House can park for $2.50 per day at Unversity Lot D9, located at the southwest corner of the intersection of Green and Lincoln, directly across from Hendrick House; this map shows the exact location. Permits can be purchased at the Hendrick House reception desk.

MAPS AND VISITOR INFORMATION

MORE INFORMATION AND CONTACT ADDRESSES

Organizing Committee: Harold Diamond (diamond@math.uiuc.edu) and A.J. Hildebrand (ajh@uiuc.edu). Please feel free to contact one of us if you have questions.

Conference web page (this page): http://www.math.uiuc.edu/~hildebr/nt2001/. We will post updates, changes, and additional information, on this page, so please revisit the page as we get closer to the conference.


Last modified Sat May 26 08:57:31 2001 ajh@uiuc.edu