SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES

June 18-23, 2007 Conference on Combinatorics and Optimization University of Waterloo
Organizing Committee: Andris Ambainis, Bill Cunningham, Ian Goulden, Alfred Menezes, Bruce Richter (Chair), Paul Schellenberg, Levent Tuncel

In celebration of the 40th anniversary of the department, and the 50th anniversary of the university, the Department of Combinatorics & Optimization at the University of Waterloo is hosting a six day conference June 18-23, 2007. The theme is to focus on the six main research areas represented by the department: algebraic combinatorics; combinatorial optimization; continuous optimization; cryptography; graph theory; and quantum computing. The goal of the conference is to encourage and stimulate both further research within these areas, and cross-discipline interaction. We are greatly honoured by the 54 invited speakers whose participation ensures that this will be an outstanding event for established research scientists and graduate students alike.

Contributed Poster Session - Monday June 18, 2007

Immediately following the last invited talk of the afternoon, there will be a poster session, accompanied by refreshments for all conference participants.

Invited Speakers

Dorit Aharonov, Hebrew University Noga Alon, Tel Aviv /IAS George Andrews, Pennsylvania State Eric Bach, Wisconsin Michael Ben-Or, Hebrew University Charles Bennett, IBM T.J. Watson Nantel Bergeron, York University Philippe Biane, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris Gilles Brassard, Montréal Maria Chudnovsky, Princeton Andrew R.Conn, IBM Bill Cook, Georgia Institute of Technology Gérard Cornuéjols, Carnegie Mellon/Marseille Claude Crépeau, McGill Ronald de Wolf, CWI, Amsterdam Bert Gerards, CWI & Eindhoven Univ. of Technology Ira Gessel, Brandeis University Michel Goemans, MIT Mark D. Haiman, UC, Berkeley Patrick Hayden, McGill Satoru Iwata, Kyoto University Julia Kempe, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud Neal Koblitz, Washington Adrian Lewis, Cornell Bojan Mohar, Simon Fraser Jorge More, Argonne National Labs Mike Molloy, Toronto

Assaf Naor, Microsoft, Seattle Yurii Nesterov, CORE - Université Catholique de Louvain Andrew Odlyzko, Minnesota Oded Regev, Tel Aviv University James Renegar, Cornell Alexander Schrijver, CWI, Amsterdam Andras Sebö, IMAG Paul Seymour, Princeton Leonard J. Schulman, California Institute of Technology Peter Shor, MIT Alice Silverberg, UC, Irvine Richard Stanley, MIT John Stembridge, University of Michigan Benny Sudakov, Princeton Eva Tardos, Cornell U Robin Thomas, Georgia Institute of Technology Carsten Thomassen, Technical University of Denmark Andrew Thomason, Cambridge Michael J. Todd, Cornell Umesh Vazirani, UC, Berkeley Hugh Williams, Calgary David Williamson, Cornell Richard Wilson, California Institute of Technology Margaret H. Wright, Courant Institute Steve Wright, Wisconsin Andrew Yao, Princeton Yinyu Ye, Stanford

Financial Support

Financial support for a limited number of graduate students is available in the form of free accommodation during the conference. To apply, students need to send their cv and a letter from their supervisor by March 15, 2007 to co40@uwaterloo.ca . The deadline for applications is now past.

Accommodation

Accommodations has been reserved for use by conference participants at the following locations, please indicate that you are attending the Conference when booking

Conrad Grebel University College (University of Waterloo)(dorm style, shared accommodation)

Waterloo Inn

The Comfort Inn

King Street Residences (Wilfrid Laurier University) (dorm style, shared accommodation)

Other accommodation on or close to campus:

Best Western St. Jacobs

Travel to Waterloo

There is a very small airport in Kitchener-Waterloo (YKF) with flights to Detroit and several other cities. Toronto (YYZ) is a very large airport. Hamilton also has an airport (YHM). Both of these airports are about an hour from Waterloo.Airways Transit provides transportation if you don't want to rent a car.
Airways transit will give our conference participants a reduced rate on their transportation to and from the airport, if they identify themselves as C&O@40 conference attendees. Airways Transit Information

Details on how to reach the campus.

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