ANNOUNCEMENT [Updated Oct. 11, 2002]
Thirty-Fifth
MI
DWESTERN G
RAPH
T
HEORY
CONFERENCE
(MIGHTY XXXV)
Friday, Sept. 27 - Saturday, Sept. 28, 2002
Illinois State University
Normal, Illinois
You are warmly invited to participate in MIGHTY XXXV, the Thirty-Fifth Midwestern Graph Theory Conference, to be held September 27-28, 2002 at Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois. This regional conference brings together researchers in graph theory and combinatorics from the midwestern states. As a special feature, this conference will include two one-hour invited lectures. There will also be the traditional sessions of 20-minute contributed talks.
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CONFERENCE RECEPTION: Friday evening, 7:30-9:30p.m. in the University Galleries ( Center for the Visual Arts -CVA )
CONTRIBUTED TALKS: Authors who wish to contribute 20-minute talks are invited to submit an abstract of at most 300 words. We prefer abstracts to be written in LaTeX, but any reasonable electronic form is preferable to hard copy. Abstracts will be reviewed by the organizing committee and all acceptances will be promptly confirmed by e-mail.
DEADLINE: To ensure consideration, abstracts should be e-mailed by midnight on Monday, September 16. (We will try to accommodate later requests, but we give no assurances of inclusion beyond that deadline.)
REGISTRATION: In keeping with the tradition of the MIGHTY conference series, there will be no registration fee. We request that you notify us if you are planning to attend, preferably by e-mailing . Alternatively, write to us at: MIGHTY XXXV, Department of Mathematics, Campus Box 4520, Illinois State University, Normal, IL 61790-4520.
CONFERENCE LOCATION: All conference e vents will be held at the Illinois State University campus. A Campus Map is available online. For additional local information, visit the websites of ISU and Bloomington-Normal .
TRAVEL: Bloomington-Normal is easily accessible to visitors. It is located at the intersection of three interstate highways (I-55, I-74 and I-39), is served by the Central Illinois Regional Airport , and is linked with Chicago and St. Louis by Amtrak .
HOTEL/MOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS: We have a limited number of rooms block-booked for conference participants at the hotels listed below. When making your reservation, please indicate that you are with the MIGHTY Conference. Cut-off dates for rooms at conference rates apply as listed. Please note that there are many other hotels in the Bloomington-Normal area besides the ones listed here.
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Phone |
Single |
Double |
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(309) 454-4070 |
$59 |
$62 |
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Fairfield Inn Cut-off date: Sept. 26 |
(309) 454-6600 |
$62 |
$62 |
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(309) 452-8300 |
$72.50 |
$72.50 |
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Motel 6 Cut-off date: Sept. 16 |
(309) 452-0422 |
$38 |
$44 |
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Ramada Hotel, Bloomington Cut-off date: Sept. 16 |
(309) 662-5311 |
$62 |
$62 |
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE :
FRIDAY, Sept. 27, 2002
| 3:00-3:45 p.m. | Registration & Coffee |
| 3:45-4:00 p.m. | Curtain Raiser |
| 4:00-5:00 p.m. | The Secretary Problem [First Invited Lecture] |
| 5:30-7:00 p.m. | Informal Dinner at a local restaurant |
| 7:30-9:30 p.m. | Reception |
SATURDAY, Sept. 28, 2002
| 8:30-9:00 a.m. | Registration & Coffee |
| 9:00-9:10 a.m. | Welcome by Illinois State Provost |
| 9:10-10:45 a.m. | Contributed Talks |
| 10:45-11:00 a.m. | Coffee Break |
| 11:00-noon | Chromatic Number of the Plane [Second Invited Lecture] |
| Noon-1:30 p.m. | Lunch at local restaurants |
| 1:35-2:45 p.m. | Contributed Talks |
| 2:45-3:00 p.m. | Coffee Break |
| 3:00-4:35 p.m. | Contributed Talks |
| 5:15-7:00 p.m. | Survivors' Dinner at Ned Kelly's Restaurant |
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: Roger Eggleton,
Chair; Saad El-Zanati, Heather Gavlas, Michael Plantholt, Shailesh Tipnis
and Charles Vanden Eynden.
MIGHTY HOMEPAGE: For a history of the MIGHTY Conference, please see MIGHTY
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