Max-Planck Summer School ADFOCS 2005

[Martin Kutz]

(please forward to potentially interested students and postdocs)


                     * CALL FOR PARTICIPATION *

                    6th Max-Planck Summer School

       Advanced Course on the Foundations of Computer Science

                           ADFOCS 2005

        Saarbrücken, Germany, August 29 -- September 2, 2005

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




PROGRAM
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For this year's ADFOCS we have four speakers, each giving two 90-minute
lectures with subsequent exercise and discussion sessions.  The lecturers
and topics are:

  -- Jeff Erickson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
     Computing (with) Curves on Surfaces

  -- Rolf Klein, Universität Bonn
     Dilation of Graphs and Point Sets

  -- Raimund Seidel, Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken
     Exact Computations with Plane Curves

  -- Uri Zwick, Tel Aviv University
     Approximating Distances in Graphs


ABOUT ADFOCS
------------

ADFOCS is organized as part of the activities of the Max-Planck
Institute for Computer Science (MPII), in particular the International
Max-Planck Research School (IMPRS), MPII's graduate program.  The
scope of ADFOCS is international and it is addressed to young
researchers at the PhD student or postdoc level.  The goal of ADFOCS
is to have hot topics from fundamental areas of computer science
presented by top researchers in the field, bringing participants to
the frontiers of current resarch.


LOCATION & TRAVEL INFORMATION
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ADFOCS will be held at the Max-Planck-Institute for Computer Science
in Saarbruecken, Germany. Saarbruecken is the capital of one of
Germany's 16 federal 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, Saarbruecken is easily
reachable from Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Paris, or Luxembourg.
Saarbruecken also has its own international airport.


REGISTRATION
------------

The registration fee is EUR 100 for early registration until July 31
and EUR 150 after that date.  The fee covers lunches and social
events.  It does not include accomodation; but we can help you with
your reservations.  Per-night prices, including taxes and breakfast,
typically range from EUR 20 (youth hostel, double room) to about
EUR 50 (hotel, single room).  For students with little or no travel
money to their disposition, some grants will be provided.


CONTACT
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The homepage of ADFOCS, providing forms for registration, hotel
reservation, and grant application, can be found at

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

If you have further questions, please do not hesitate to contact the
ADFOCS team by sending an email to adfocs at mpi-inf.mpg.de



Martin Kutz & Nicola Wolpert,  MPII Saarbrücken


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