Columbia-Princeton Probability Day 2013

Friday, March 29, 2013 • Princeton University

Continental breakfast and lunch will be provided for all registered participants.

Registration is now closed. For further information, contact Carol Smith, Event Coordinator.

A streaming video of each talk is also available on TechTalks.tv.

9:00-10:00 AM	Registration/continental breakfast
10:00-11:00 AM	Alice Guionnet [video]	About Heavy Tails Random Matrices
11:00-12:00 PM	Michel Ledoux [video]	Heat Flow, Harnack Inequalities, and Optimal Transportation
12:00-1:30 PM	Lunch
1:30-2:30 PM	Elchanan Mossel [video]	Robust Optimality of Gaussian Noise Stability
2:30-3:30 PM	Assaf Naor [video]	Geometric Applications of Markov Chains
3:30-4:00 PM	Coffee break
4:00-4:30 PM	Marcel Nutz [video]	A Stochastic Game of Control and Stopping
4:30-5:00 PM	Percy Wong [video]	Regularity Conditions in the CLT for Linear Eigenvalue Statistics of Wigner Matrices

The workshop will be held in Jadwin Hall, Room A10 on the Princeton University campus.
Enter the lower level of Jadwin/McDonnell Hall through the stairs on Washington Rd. (between
McDonnell and Fine Hall), and turn right after the doors. The lecture room is straight ahead.
Parking: Lot 21 visitor parking (near Jadwin Gym).
Then take the East Line Shuttle Bus, and get off at the South Campus stop on Washington Rd.
Alternatively, Jadwin/McDonnell Hall is a short (10 min.) walk past the stadium.
Train: take the NJ Transit Northeast Corridor line to Princeton Junction, then transfer on the
"Dinky" train to Princeton Station. Walk to Jadwin/McDonnell hall through campus (directions),
or take the Stanworth Line Shuttle Bus and get off at the South Campus stop on Washington Rd.
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