The 18th SCGAS will be held at the Department of Mathematics of University of California at San Diego on Saturday, February 26, 2011 and Sunday, February 27, 2011. The lectures will be held in Center Hall 105. For directions on how to get to Center Hall 105, here is a map.
And here are directions from the hotel to the UCSD campus.Registration starts at 10 am Saturday morning. The first talk will be at 11:00am and the last talk will finish at 12:30pm on Sunday, to allow for travel.
Graduate students, fresh Ph.D.s and minorities are especially welcome to join our annual seminar. Partial financial support is available.
The Seminar is supported by the NSF.
Participants are asked to register and send payment $15 by February 15th (Late registrations and registrations at the conference will be accepted. However you must pay by cash and it will be $20.) An electronic Registration form is now available. See here the list of people already registered.
The registration fee is $15, payable in advance by check made out to UC Regents and mailed to
Joyce Cheng, Department of Mathematics, UC-San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive #0112, La Jolla, CA 92093-0112.
The SCGAS will provide breakfast on Sunday and refreshments throughout the weekend for all participants. There will be a banquet at the Pearl Chinese Cuisine on Saturday, 26th. The cost is $30 (cash only) to be paid on Saturday morning at the conference. We will provides rides to and from the restaurant. Here are directions. If you wish to attend the dinner please reserve a spot by sending an email to scgas@math.ucsd.edu. We cannot guarantee a place at the dinner if you do not do this.
The 18th SCGAS is supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation. At least 50% of the total expenses will be given to graduate students, junior faculty members who do not have NSF or other grant or school support and members of under-represented groups.
For travel and hotel information please click here. When
you book your hotel make sure to
tell them that you are visiting the UCSD math department.
People interested in applying for travel funds should check the appropriate box in the electronic registration form. The deadline for sending in requests for travel support is February 15th, 2011. Priority will be given to those who send their request for support before January 15th, 2011.
As of January 16th, 2011, almost all travel funds have now been allocated. It is very unlikely that we will be able to grant any further requests for funding for anyone coming from outside of Southern California. If you have requested support before January 15th, 2011 and have not received an email with a decision on your request, please contact us via scgas@math.ucsd.edu.
Reimbursement forms: Please download the instructions for reimbursements and fill out the Expenses Form. Any B-1, B-2, WB or WT visa holder should also fill out the Certification of Academic Activity form.
Questions? e-mail to: scgas@math.ucsd.edu