Texas-Oklahoma   Representations and Automorphic forms II April 6-8, 2012 Oklahoma State University

Description:  Texas-Oklahoma Representations and Automorphic forms (TORA) is a series of conferences hosted in rotation by Oklahoma State University, the University of Oklahoma, and the University of North Texas.  The TORA meetings will bring together the automorphic forms and representation theory community of the South Central region to hear about recent research in automorphic forms and representation theory.  For more information see the TORA main page.

TORA II is funded by NSF grant DMS 1132750.

Information on TORA II

• Dates:  Friday, April 6 - Sunday, April 8, 2012.

• Location:   Room 101, MSCS Building Oklahoma State University.

• Plenary Speakers:

	Allen Knutson	Cornell University
	Jiu-Kang Yu	Purdue University

• Invited Graduate Student Lecturer:

Laura Peskin

Caltech

• Schedule of Talks:   The conference runs from 4 PM on Friday through mid-day Sunday. A detailed schedule, along with titles and abstracts can be found here. (PDF file)

• Registration:   Registration will be done on site starting at 3 PM on Friday.

• Confirmed participants: A list of confirmed participants can be found here.

• Participant support:   We will have funding available.  Priority will be given to junior researchers, to researchers from the South Central US, and to researchers with no other means of support.  NOTE: If you would like to apply for funding, please send the following information to Mahdi Asgari by February 17, 2012 : Your name, institution, position, Visa type (non US citizens), and estimated travel expenses.
  Note: The deadline for funding requests has elapsed and available funds have been offered.

• Accommodations: Particiapnts will be staying at the Atherthon Hotel. This hotel is within a 1-2 minute walk from the MSCS building, where talks will be held. Organizers have informed those participants receiving support about their hotel reservations.
• Travel:  Oklahoma State University is located in Stillwater, OK. The Department of Mathematics is in the MSCS building, which can be located on the campus map.  Also look at this map.
  Stillwater is about 75 minutes drive from either Oklahoma City airport (OKC) or Tulsa airport (TUL). There is no convenient shuttle service from the airports to Stillwater. Rental cars are recommended. Some of the participants are arranging to share rides from and to the airports. If you would like more information about this option, please contact Mahdi Asgari.

• Parking:   Parking after 5 PM and over the weekend is available for free in campus parking lots, e.g., the lot adjacent the MSCS building whose entrance is off "South Monroe St". Please pay attention to the posted sings as some parking spaces are restricted to certan vehicles all the time including weekends. Those staying at the Atherton Hotel can park in the parking lot adjacent to the hotel. The entrances to that lot are off "West University Avenue" and also off "South Hester Street". Those needing parking prior to 5 PM on Friday can use the few metered parking spots available in the lot adjacent to the MSCS building, which have limited time and availability, or use street parking south of campus on the streets south of University Avenue.

• Local Organizers:   Mahdi Asgari, Leticia Barchini, A. Raghuram, Roger Zierau.

Last updated: April 4, 2012.