Conference Information
Conference Information
Monday, May 14th to Friday, May 18th, 2018
This conference, taking place at Rice University, in Houston, TX, will explore interactions between Thin Groups and SuperApproximation, with applications to Geometry and Arithmetic. The conference will include two days of talks to celebrate the 60th birthday of Darren Long.
Organizers:
The workshop is organized by Daryl Cooper (UCSB), Alex Kontorovich (Rutgers/IAS), Darren Long (UCSB), Alex Lubotzky (HUJI), and Alan Reid (Rice).
Speakers:
S. Ballas, M. Belolipetsky, D. Cooper, J. Danciger, U. Hamenstadt, J. Lagarias, J. Manning, C. Mieri, N. Miller, A. Mohammadi, S. Mozes, K. Nakamura, H. Oh, P. Patel, J. Paupert, A. Reid, A. Salehi Golsefidy, J. Whang
Agenda:
Registration:
To register, please Click here
If you have any problems with registration or other practical questions, please write to thingroups@rice.edu.
Meals:
Click here for local meal options
Transportation and Housing:
Information regarding transportation and accommodations in the Houston area is as follows.
The conference hotel is the Wyndham Hotel Houston Medical Center, 6800 S Main St, Houston TX 77030.
Other possibilities nearby to Rice are:
Hilton Houston Plaza Medical Center, 6633 Travis Street, Houston, TX, 77030.
ZaZa Hotel, 5701 S Main St, Houston, TX 77005.
Marriot Medical Center, 6580 Fannin Street, (Driveway Entrance on 1730 Dryden Road), Houston, TX 77030.
There are two airports in Houston: IAH (Bush Intercontinental) and HOU (Hobby). Participants are encouraged
to use Taxis, Lyft, Uber or Super Shuttle to get from either airport to the Wyndham Hotel.
Participant Funding:
Funds are available to support participation by graduate students and early career scientists. (We may ask funded junior participants to share a room.) To apply for funding, please follow the instructions on the Registration Page. Funding applications should be received by March 15th 2018 for full consideration.
Sponsors:
This workshop gratefully acknowledges support from the organizers' NSF FRG grant, DMS-1463940, and from Rice University.
