SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITES

June 1-3, 2006 Carleton Applied Probability Workshop held at Carleton University, Ottawa In memory of Dr. Amitava Bose Organizers:
A. Bose	Z. Gao, A. Jarai, D. Panario, and Y. Zhao (Carleton)

Overview

There will be two minicourses, six talks and contributed sessions.

Invited speakers:

Fan Chung Graham, Mathematics and Computer Science and Engineering, UC San Diego.
Qi-Ming He, Department of Industrial Engineering, Dalhousie University
J. D. Dixon, School of Math & Stats, Carleton
Jim Fill, Applied Mathematics and Statistics, Johns Hopkins
Ingemar Kaj, Mathematics, Uppsala
Boris Pittel, Mathematics, Ohio State
Nick Wormald, Combinatorics and Optimization, Waterloo
Susan Xu, Supply Chain and Information Systems, Smeal College of Business, Penn State

Schedule & Abstracts

Thursday June 1, 2006 Room HP4351 Herzberg Building
9:00-- 9:20	On site registration
9:20--9:30	Opening Remarks
9:30--10:30	Fan Chung Graham, University of California at San Diego Random graphs and Internet graphs
10:30--11:00	Coffee
11:00--12:00	Nick Wormald, University of Waterloo Exploring the cores of random graphs
12:00--14:00	Lunch
14:00--16:00	Boris Pittel, Ohio State University Critical percolation on a random regular graph
16:00--16:30	Coffee
16:30--17:30	Contributed/Problem Session 1 Graeme Kemkes, University of Waterloo Colouring random regular graphs Wei Xu, University of Ottawa Comparative genomics and the distribution of the number of cycles and paths in fragmented random 3-regular graphs Carlos Hoppen, University of Waterloo Bounding the size of an induced forest in a graph with large girth Li Dong, Carleton University Combinatorial Decomposable Structures with Restricted Pattern
Friday June 2, 2006 Room HP4351 Herzberg Building
9:30--10:30	Susan H. Xu, The Pennsylvania State University Service performance analysis and improvement for a ticket queue with balking customers
10:30--11:00	Coffee
11:00--12:00	Qi-Ming He, Dalhousie University Algorithms for Computing Bi-diagonal Representations of Matrix-Exponential Distributions
12:00--14:00	Lunch
14:00--16:00	MINI COURSE Ingemar Kaj, University of Uppsala Aspects of Wireless Network Modeling and the Poisson Point Process
16:00--16:30	Coffee
16:30--17:30	Contributed/Problem Session 2 Gang Li, Carleton University Variance reduction and long-range dependence preservation by leaky bucket Jun Li, Carleton University Mean Value Analysis of Resequencing Delay in a Discrete-time Queueing Model
17:30	Reception
Saturday June 2, 2006 Room HP4351 Herzberg Building
9:30--10:30	John D. Dixon, Carleton University Groups, algorithms and probability
10:30--11:00	Coffee
11:00--12:00	Jim Fill, The Johns Hopkins University Precise logarithmic tail asymptotics for some limit random variables for random trees
12:00--14:00	Lunch
14:00--16:00	Contributed/Problem Session 3 Daniel Panario, Carleton University Degree Distribution of the Greatest Common Divisor of Polynomials over Fq Alois Panholzer, Vienna University of Technology, Institute of Discrete Mathematics and Geometry Recent results on the analysis of increasing trees Conrado Martinez, University Politecnica de Catalunya On the Variance of Quickselect Mohamed Hamdouni, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal Parking buses in a depot with stochastic arrival times
16:00--16:30	Closing Remarks

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Accommodation Resources

Participants are asked to make their own accommodation reservations. We are happy to provide the information below to assist in your selection.

There is a list of hotels and B&Bs at http://www.carleton.ca/housing/tourandconf/overnights.html

B&Bs in the Glebe:

A Rose on Colonel By 9 Rosedale Ave., Ottawa (At canal, close to Carleton) Tel: (613) 291-7831 Site: www.rosebandb.com Rates: From $95.00 single, $110 double/ night	By the Way 310 First Ave., Ottawa Tel: (613) 232-6840 Email: bytheway@magma.ca Site: www.magma.ca/~bytheway Rates: $70.00 single, $85.00 double/ night
Alanbury House Bed & Breakfast 119 Strathcona Ave., Ottawa Tel: (613) 234-8378 Email: alanbury@magma.ca Site: www.magma.ca/~alanbury Rates: From $109.00 to $159.00	Echo Bank House 700 Echo Dr., Ottawa Tel: (613) 730-0254 Rates: $85.00/night

Hotels (none within walking distance)

Monterey Inn Resort 2259 Prince of Wales Dr., Ottawa Tel: (613) 226-5813, 1-800-565-1311 (CAN/USA) E-mail: info@montrereyinn.cominfo@montrereyinn.com Rates: From $125.00/ night	Lord Elgin Hotel 100 Elgin Street Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5K8 Tel: 613-235-3333, toll-free: 1-800-267-4298 Fax: 613-235-3223 Rates: $ 113, single/double occupancy Blackout: Wnterlude in February, Jun 29/03 - Jul 02/03
Delta Ottawa 361 Queen Street Ottawa, Ontario, K1R 7S9 Tel: 613-238-6000, toll-free: 1-800-268-1133 Fax: 613-238-2290 Rates: $ 135, single/double occupancy	Crowne Plaza Ottawa 101 Lyon Street Ottawa, Ontario, K1R 5T9 Tel: 613-237-3600, toll-free: 1-1-800-227-6963 Fax: 613-237-2351 Rates: $ 132, single/double occupancy
The Westin Ottawa 11 Colonel By Drive Ottawa, Ontario K1N 9H4 Tel: 613-560-7000, toll-free: 1-800-937-8461 Fax: 613-560-2707 Website: http://www.crowneottawa.ca Rates: $ 179, single/double occupancy Blackout: December 31	Les Suites Hotel Ottawa 130 Besserer Street Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 9M9 Tel: 613-232-2000, toll-free: 1-800-267-1989 Fax: 613-232-1242 Rates: $ 134, single/double occupancy Blackout: July 1
Arc The Hotel 140 Slater Street Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5H6 Tel: 613-238-2888, toll-free: 1-800-699-2516 Fax: 613-235-8421 Rates: $ 135, single/double occupancy	Extended Stay Deluxe Hotel 141 Cooper St (East of Elgin St, Downtown) Phone 800/563-5634, 613/236-7500 Fax 613/563-2836 210 units Prices C$99-C$159 (US$71-US$114) double Credit Cards AE, DC, MC, V In Room Amenities A/C, TV w/pay movies, dataport, kitchen facilities, coffeemaker, hair dryer, iron Parking Parking C$10 (US$7.20)
Cartier Place Suite Hotel 180 Cooper St (East of Elgin St, Downtown) Ottawa, Ontario, From Canada and U.S.: 1-800-236-8399 In Ottawa: (613) 236-5000 Fax: (613) 238-3842 E-Mail: reservations@suitedreams.com sales@suitedreams.com generalmanager@suitedreams.com

For additonal inforamtion contact: gensci(PUT_AT_SIGN_HERE)fields.utoronto.ca

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