Professor Dennis P. Sullivan, the holder of the
Einstein Chair
at the
Graduate Center of CUNY has been awarded the
2004 National Medal of
Science, the nation's highest scientific honor. He is also the recipient
of the
2006 AMS Steele Prize for Lifetime Achievement.
A conference to
celebrate these awards will be held at the Graduate
Center on April 29, 2006.
The speakers at the conference will be young mathematicians, including
former students of Sullivan, working in areas of his current research
interests. The talks will be given by:
Kevin Costello, University of Chicago
Veronique Godin, Harvard University
Michael Sullivan, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
John Terilla, Queens College of CUNY
Scott
Wilson,
University of Minnesota
Mahmoud Zeinalian, Long Island University
The
program with abstracts
The conference is organized by
Martin Bendersky
and
Józef Dodziuk.
REGISTRATION
is free but we need to know that you will be attending. Please register
by sending the following information to Karen Marinez (kmarinez AT
gc.cuny.edu)
Name:
_____________________________________
Affiliation:
_____________________________________
E-mail address:
_____________________________________
Will attend banquet: ___ Yes
How many persons: ___
___ No
The banquet will take place at
Minado Restaurant at 6 East 32nd Street
(see a
review).
ACCOMMODATIONS:
We do not have an arrangement made with any
particular hotel and recommend that you reserve rooms as soon as
possible. The
Comfort Inn, (212)947-0200,
is located half-a-block from the Graduate Center.
Some inexpensive midtown hotels are Hotel
31,
and Hotel Grand Union.
Other midtown hotels can be found in this hotel guide.
Keep in mind that we are at 34th Street and 5th Avenue and that 20
blocks is a mile. We are diagonally across the street from the
Empire State Building.
The
Sheraton Laguardia East Hotel and the
Best Western Queens Court Hotel
are located in Flushing near Chinese restaurants and the Long Island
Railroad
Flushing Main Street Station. They are 20 minutes by LIRR to nearby Penn Station.
PARKING:
There are many parking garages in immediate area of the Graduate Center.
One may park at a lot on 33rd Street between Broadway and 5th Avenue for $25.
There is on-street parking in the 30s between 1st and 3rd Avenues.
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