FRONTIER PROBABILITY DAYS
           http://www.math.utah.edu/~firas/FPD
  University of Utah              March 15-17, 2009

"Frontier Probability Days 2009" (FPD'09) is a regional workshop,
taking place in Salt Lake City UT on March 15-17, 2009. Its purpose 
is to bring together mathematicians, both regionally and globally, 
who have an interest in probability and its applications. This 
will complement other regional conferences that are held annually 
elsewhere in the US.

Plenary Speakers:

  * Peter Baxendale (University of Southern California)
  * Michael Cranston (University of California, Irvine)
  * Steven N. Evans (University of California, Berkeley)
  * Gregory F. Lawler (University of Chicago)
  * Charles M. Newman (Courant Institute, New York University)
  * Rinaldo Schinazi (University of Colorado, Colorado Springs)
  * Timo Seppalainen (University of Wisconsin, Madison)

Registration is required but is free.

Deadline for registration is February 27, 2009.

Financial support may be available from a grant from the 
National Science Foundation.

Deadline for financial support applications is December 31, 2008.

Graduate students are especially encouraged to apply.

The proceedings will kick off Sunday morning with the opening 
lecture by Greg Lawler and will end on Tuesday afternoon with 
the closing lecture by Charles Newman. Also, note the Math 
Department's Probability Seminar the Friday before will be 
given by Sunder Sethuraman (Iowa State University); some 
participants might wish to arrive early for this event.


Organizers:

  * Firas Rassoul-Agha (University of Utah)
  * Brian Rider (University of Colorado-Boulder)
  * Davar Khoshnevisan (University of Utah)