Combinatory Analysis 2008:  Partitions, q-series, and Applications

A Conference in Honor of George Andrews' 70th Birthday

When and Where 

December 5-7, 2008, Penn State University

Program

The program will feature a number of plenary speakers giving 45-minute talks.  Confirmed plenary speakers include: 

• Krishna Alladi, Florida
• George Andrews, Penn State
• Richard Askey, Wisconsin
• Bruce Berndt, Illinois
• Kimmo Eriksson, Malardalen University (Sweden)
• Jim Lepowsky, Rutgers
• Jeremy Lovejoy, CNRS, LIAFA (France)
  
• Ken Ono, Wisconsin
• Peter Paule, Johannes Kepler University Linz (Austria)
• Richard Stanley, MIT
• Ae Ja Yee, Penn State

Several sessions of 20-minute talks will be also offered throughout the weekend.  Confirmed 20-minute speakers include the following:  

• Sylvie Corteel, LRI (France)
• Frank Garvan, Florida
• Christian Krattenthaler, University of Vienna (Austria)
• Steve Milne, Ohio State
• Carla Savage, North Carolina State University
• Anne Schilling, UC Davis
• James Sellers, Penn State
• Drew Sills, Georgia Southern
• Dennis Stanton, Minnesota

Please see the web-based form below for the submission of talk titles and abstracts. 

Banquet

A banquet in George's honor is planned for Saturday evening, December 6.  More details will follow. 

A Special Issue of the Ramanujan Journal

We are excited to announce that a special issue of the Ramanujan Journal will be published based on the papers delivered at this conference.  More details will follow regarding submitting papers to this special issue. 

Registration Information (for both attendees and speakers) 

• Registration Form (Deadline: October 15, 2008)


• Talk Submission Form (Deadline: October 15, 2008)  

Advertisement Poster

A poster (in PDF form) advertising the event is available here. 

Local Information

• Lodging Options


• State College Area Information (parking, downtown restaurants, etc.)
  

Funding

Funding for the conference is being provided by: 

• National Science Foundation (Grant DMS-0758565)
• Number Theory Foundation
• Penn State's Eberly College of Science
• Penn State's Department of Mathematics

Additional funding is being pursued from a number of other sources.   Our hope is that such funding will be used to cover costs for junior faculty, postdocs, and graduate students wishing to be part of this conference. 

For More Information

• For more information about the conference, feel free to contact the conference organizers:
  • Krishnaswami Alladi
  • Peter Paule
  • James Sellers (local organizer)
  • Ae Ja Yee  (local organizer)
    
• For more information about George Andrews, see his website.