ADFOCS 2002 -- Call for Participation

[Stefan Funke]

(please forward to potentially interested students and postdocs)




                  * CALL FOR PARTICIPATION *

                 3nd Max-Planck Summer School

    Advanced Course on the Foundations of Computer Science

                          ADFOCS 2002

           Saarbrücken, Germany, September 9-13, 2002

               http://www.mpi-sb.mpg.de/~adfocs




PROGRAM
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The program consists of 12 lecture blocks and 8 tutorial/discussion
sessions. The speakers and topics are the following.

- Timothy Chan, University of Waterloo: Random Sampling

- Michele Mosca, University of Waterloo: Quantum Computing

- Prabhakar Raghavan, Verity Inc.: Randomized Algorithms and the Probabilistic Method

- Gerhard Wöginger, University of Twente: Approximation Algorithms and Inapproximability



ABOUT ADFOCS
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ADFOCS is organized as part of the activities of the Algorithms and Complexity 
Group and the International Max-Planck Research School of the 
Max-Planck-Institut für Informatik.  The scope of ADFOCS is international and it 
is addressed mainly to young researchers at the PhD student or postdoc 
level.  The goal of ADFOCS is to provide an overview of selected topics
from the foundations of computer science and to highlight major research
directions in these areas.

This years ADFOCS will address topics like random sampling, randomized 
algorithms, approximation algorithms as well as quantum computing. 
The course will highlight important problems, techniques and ongoing 
research in these areas.
It will also emphasize the discussion of open problems and the active
involvement of the participants, thus strengthening the links of
cooperation between young researchers of the field.

LOCATION & TRAVEL INFORMATION
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ADFOCS will be held at the Max-Planck-Institut für Informatik in
Saarbrücken. Saarbrücken is the capital of one of Germany's 16 states,
the Saarland. It is conveniently located in the center of Europe, on
the border of Germany with France, between Luxembourg, the Saar-Mosel
valley, Frankfurt and Strasbourg.

Being located on several main train and road routes, Saarbrücken is
easily reachable from Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Paris or Luxembourg.
It also has its own international airport.

REGISTRATION
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The registration fee covers lunches and social events. The early
registration deadline has already passed. Now the registration fee 
is Euro 150.

Please note that the registration fee does not include accommodation,
although MPI can help for making reservations. Per-night price including
taxes and breakfast are ranging from 20 Euro (youth hostel, double room)
to about 50 Euro (hotel, single room).

ALCOM-FT will provides some grants for graduate students and young
researchers. Priority will be given to applications of students and
young researchers from ALCOM sites.

CONTACT
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The home page of ADFOCS with forms for registration and hotel
reservation and information about grants can be found at

  http://www.mpi-sb.mpg.de/~adfocs

For further information or questions, send an e-mail to
adfocs at mpi-sb.mpg.de.

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