Conference in honour of Nancy Nichols' 70th birthday, 2-3 July 2012

Registration is now open for the conference in honour of Nancy Nichols' 70th birthday that will be held at the University of Reading, UK, on 2-3 July 2012.  The conference will celebrate Nancy's contributions to control theory, numerical linear algebra and data assimilation.

Confirmed speakers include:

• Craig Bishop (Naval Research Laboratory, Monterey, USA)
• Angelika Bunse-Gerstner (Universität Bremen, Germany)
• Sarah Dance (University of Reading, UK)
• Volker Mehrmann (Technische Universität Berlin, Germany)
• Alan O'Neill (University of Reading, UK)
• Michael Overton (New York University, USA)
• Gil Strang (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
• Paul van Dooren (Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium)
• Andy Wathen (University of Oxford, UK)

REGISTRATION

To register for this event please send an email to Mrs Brigitte Calderon at nancy70@reading.ac.uk. The registration fee is £50 (£30 for students), which covers lunches and refreshments on both days. Early registration would be appreciated.

ACCOMMODATION

Accommodation is available for the night of 2 July in single en-suite rooms at a cost of £45 (including breakfast) and can be booked when you register. Limited accommodation may be also available for the nights of 1 July and 3 July. If you require accommodation for either of these nights then please let us know as soon as possible.

PAYMENTS

Payment of the registration fee and accommodation can be made either by cheque, credit/debit card or by bank transfer. For full details please click here.

PHD FUNDS

Limited financial support is available to assist PhD students who would like to attend the conference. To apply please send a short summary of your research and your reasons for wanting to attend (around 300 words) to nancy70@reading.ac.uk with the subject line "PhD support" and ask your supervisor to send a short message confirming his/her support.

CONTRIBUTED TALKS

There will be space in the programme for short contributed talks. Abstracts of up to 300 words should be submitted to nancy70@reading.ac.uk .

Organizing committee:  Mike Baines, Steve Langdon and Amos Lawless.

This conference is supported by the London Mathematical Society.