All Workshop lectures and discussions on Friday and Saturday are scheduled to take place in Room 205 of the Instructional Center. The Workshop will begin at 9:05 a.m. Professor William D. Sudderth (School of Statistics, University of Minnesota at Minneapolis)will speak on gambling and stochastic games, between 9:15 a.m. and 12:15 p.m. Professor Stanley R. Pliska (Department of Finance, University of Illinois at Chicago) will speak on mathematical finance,between 1:45 and 4:45 p.m.
A buffet/reception is being planned for Workshop attendees from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the Alumni House on the Georgia Tech Campus.
Professor David O. Siegmund (Department of Statistics, Stanford University) will speak on "Change-point Problems and Applications," between 9:15 a.m. and 12:15 p.m. Professor P.R. Kumar (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Coordinated Science Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana) will speak on "New Directions in Scheduling Manufacturing Systems: Performance Analysis and Design," between 1:45 and 4:45 p.m.
The Workshop is scheduled to close at 5:15 p.m.
(e-mail) lshaw@isye.gatech.edu or or (fax) (404) 894-2301
Note: Expenses of $100/person will be given to out-of-town attendees as long as the funds last, so please contact us soon.
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The Workshop organizers have made special arrangements with the Castlegate Hotel, located at Interstate 75 & Howell Mill Road N.W., Atlanta, GA 30318 (Telephone/Fax (404) 351-6100).Attendees to the Workshop can reserve a room at the rate of $52.00/night. There are a limited number of these rooms available, and the reservation should be made before January 22, 1996. Attendees should make their own reservations, and state that they are attending the Georgia Tech Decision Process Workshop to obtain this rate. (Ask for a rate confirmation). If you arrive in Atlanta by airplane, you will have to take a taxi or limousine service to the Castlegate. In particular, the Castlegate is not easily accessed via public transportation.
There may be other hotel rooms available in the immediate area because of cancellations. If you want to try other hotels, here is a short list of a few in the proximity of Georgia Tech, with their rates as of this fall.
By car, entering Atlanta while travelling south on I-75 or I-85:
I-75 and I-85 merge in Atlanta to form I-75/85. Exit the expressway at Exit 100 which is the North Ave. exit. Turn right at the top of the ramp onto North Ave.. Travel west on North Avenue and follow the signs to the "Center for the Arts." (These signs will ask you to turn right onto Tech Parkway which is the secondtraffic light along the GT campus, then turn right at the first light, and then immediately turn right onto Ferst Drive.) Now go to the parking directions section below.
By MARTA:
Take the North-South Marta train ($1.50) to the North Avenue exit. The station is on the northeast corner of West Peachtree and North Ave. Walk west along North Ave. past the Varsity and over the expressway. After the football stadium take the steps up and enter the campus. Walk diagonally across the campus and ask some students where the Instructional Center for Management and Industrial Systems & Engineering is located. You will probably have to walk through the Student Center due to construction for the Olympics. The talks are in Room205 of the Instructional Center.
Parking: There are 2 options:
For the brave of heart: As you turn onto Ferst Street, turn left into the 2nd driveway on the left just past the parking structure. The Instructional Center Building is "up the hill" from the parkingstructure, between the parking structure and the Student Athletic Complex. The talks will be in Room 205 of the Instructional Center. Park in any legitimate parking spot even if you don't have an A05 sticker. You may get a parking ticket. Rumor has it that if you are NOT from Georgia Tech, you can write visitor on the ticket along with the reason for your visit to campus and the ticket will be voided. Lorraine Shaw might be able to help you with this.
For the faint of heart: As you turn onto Ferst Street, immediately turn left into the first driveway and follow the signs to the visitor parking area. I think there is a fee of $4. The Instructional Center is one of a grouping of three buildings next to this parking lot. Thetalks are in Room 205.
The reading lists, a map of the area around Georgia Tech and more information about the Center for Applied Probability at Georgia Tech can also be accessed through the World Wide Web at http://nanjing.isye.gatech.edu/cap/
