Meetings & Conferences of the AMS IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING MEETINGS PROGRAMS: AMS Sectional Meeting programs do not appear in the print version of the Notices. However, comprehensive and continually updated meeting and program information with links to the abstract for each talk can be found on the AMS website. See http://www.ams.org/meetings/. Final programs for Sectional Meetings will be archived on the AMS website accessible from the stated URL and in an electronic issue of the Notices as noted below for each meeting. Program first available on AMS website: December 13, San Diego, California 2012 Program issue of electronic Notices: March 2013 San Diego Convention Center and San Issue of Abstracts: Volume 34, Issue 2 Diego Marriott Hotel and Marina Deadlines January 9–12, 2013 For organizers: Expired Wednesday – Saturday For consideration of contributed papers in Special Ses- sions: Expired Meeting #1086 For abstracts: December 4, 2012 Joint Mathematics Meetings, including the 119th Annual Meeting of the AMS, 96th Annual Meeting of the Math- The scientific information listed below may be dated. ematical Association of America, annual meetings of the For the latest information, see www.ams.org/amsmtgs/ Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) and the sectional.html. National Association of Mathematicians (NAM), and the winter meeting of the Association for Symbolic Logic (ASL), Invited Addresses with sessions contributed by the Society for Industrial and Patricia Hersh, North Carolina State University, An Applied Mathematics (SIAM). Associate secretary: Georgia Benkart interplay of combinatorics with topology. Announcement issue of Notices: October 2012 Daniel Krashen, University of Georgia, Topology, arith- Program first available on AMS website: November 1, 2012 metic, and the structure of algebraic groups. Program issue of electronic Notices: January 2012 Washington Mio, Florida State University, Taming Issue of Abstracts: Volume 34, Issue 1 shapes and understanding their variation. Slawomir Solecki, University of Illinois at Urbana- Deadlines Champaign, An abstract approach to Ramsey theory with For organizers: Expired applications. For consideration of contributed papers in Special Ses- sions: Expired Special Sessions For abstracts: Expired Algebraic Combinatorics (Code: SS 1A), Patricia Hersh, North Carolina State University, and Dennis Stanton, University of Minnesota. Oxford, Mississippi Approximation Theory and Orthogonal Polynomials (Code: SS 5A), David Benko, University of South Alabama, University of Mississippi Erwin Mina-Diaz, University of Mississippi, and Edward March 1–3, 2013 Saff, Vanderbilt University. Banach Spaces and Operators on Them (Code: SS 4A), Friday – Sunday Qingying Bu and Gerard Buskes, University of Mississippi, Meeting #1087 and William B. Johnson, Texas A&M University. Southeastern Section Commutative Algebra (Code: SS 3A), Sean Sather- Associate secretary: Robert J. Daverman Wagstaff, North Dakota State University, and Sandra M. Announcement issue of Notices: December 2012 Spiroff, University of Mississippi. 1614 NOTICES OF THE AMS VOLUME 59, NUMBER 11 Meetings & Conferences Connections between Matroids, Graphs, and Geometry early checkout penalties; be sure to ask for details when (Code: SS 10A), Stan Dziobiak, Talmage James Reid, and making your reservation. The deadline for reservations Haidong Wu, University of Mississippi. is February 14, 2013. Dynamical Systems (Code: SS 8A), Alexander Grigo, University Inn Oxford,1101 Bickerstaff Dr., Oxford, MS University of Oklahoma, and Sasˇa Kocic´, University of 38655; phone: 662-234-9500; fax: 662-234-9330. US$70 Mississippi. for single/double (note that no rooms are available at Fractal Geometry and Ergodic Theory (Code: SS 2A), this rate on Thursday night, Feb. 28). Rooms are equipped Manav Das, University of Louisville, and Mrinal Kanti with a coffee maker, microwave, and refrigerator. Rates Roychowdhury, University of Texas-Pan American. include complimentary hot/cold breakfast buffet, free Graph Theory (Code: SS 7A), Laura Sheppardson and wired/wireless Internet access. There are several popular Bing Wei, University of Mississippi, and Hehui Wu, McGill restaurants within a mile or so. Distance to the meeting University. site is 1.6 miles. Hotels have varying cancellation or early Homology and Cohomology of Arithmetic Groups checkout penalties; be sure to ask for details when mak- (Code: SS 11A), Avner Ash, Boston College, Darrin Doud, ing your reservation. The deadline for reservations is Brigham Young University, and David Pollack, Wesleyan February 8, 2013. University. Super 8 Oxford, 2201 Jackson Ave., West, Oxford, MS Modern Methods in Analytic Number Theory (Code: SS 38655; phone: 662-234-7013; fax: 662-236-4378. US$72.99 6A), Nathan Jones and Micah B. Milinovich, University for single/double. Rooms are equipped with refrigerators, of Mississippi, and Frank Thorne, University of South microwaves, and coffee makers. Rates include compli- Carolina. mentary continental breakfast with some hot items, free Set Theory and Its Applications (Code: SS 9A), Christian high-speed wireless, heated outdoor pool, and on-site fit- Rosendal, University of Illinois at Chicago, and Slawomir ness room. University Mall is across the street; a variety of Solecki, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. restaurants and cocktail lounges are within easy walking distance. Distance to the meeting site is 1.5 mi. Hotels Session for Contributed Talks have varying cancellation or early checkout penalties; be There also will be a session for 10-minute contributed sure to ask for details when making your reservation. The talks. Please see the abstracts submission form at http:// deadline for reservations is February 7, 2012. www.ams.org/cgi-bin/abstracts/abstract.pl. The deadline Other options for accommodations: For other types for all submissions is December 4, 2012. of accommodations, please see the website maintained by the Oxford Convention and Visitors Bureau at www. Accommodations oxfordcvb.com/lodging.html. Participants should make their own arrangements directly with the properties listed below. Special rates Dining on Campus for the meeting have been negotiated and are available There are a number of dining options in the Student at the properties shown below for the period of February Union Food Court, open 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. on Friday, 28–March 3, 2013, except where noted. When making res- and 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. There ervations participants should state that they are with the are many other options if one walks about 1/2 mile west American Mathematical Society meeting on campus. Ho- on University Ave. out to N. Lamar Blvd. tels have varying cancellation or early checkout penalties; be sure to ask for details when making your reservation. Local Information and Maps The room rates listed do not include applicable taxes; the The University of Mississippi Department of Math- current tax rate on hotel rooms is 7%. ematics website is found at www.olemiss.edu/depts/ Inn at Ole Miss, 1 Alumni Dr. (on campus), Uni- mathematics/. A campus map is found at www.olemiss. versity, MS 38677; phone: 662-234-2331 or 888-486- edu; click on “MAP” in the links references at the top of 7666; fax: 662-536-4835. http://theinnatolemiss.com. the page. Standard double accommodations are US$94/night and are equipped with two double beds. Deluxe accommoda- Other Activities tions are US$114/night and are equipped with two double AMS Book Sale: Stop by the on-site AMS bookstore and beds, one king bed, one queen bed, or two queen beds review the newest titles from the AMS, enjoy up to 25% and may also include microwaves or minirefrigerators. off all AMS publications, or take home an AMS t-shirt! One-bedroom suites are the newest rooms in the hotel Complimentary coffee will be served courtesy of AMS for US$159/night and are equipped with two queen beds, Membership Services. a separate living area, a kitchenette, and pull-out sofa. AMS Editorial Activity: An acquisitions editor from the Rates include free wireless Internet access, in-room AMS book program will be present to speak with prospec- coffeemaker, complimentary deluxe continental breakfast, tive authors. If you have a book project that you would like fitness center, and complimentary shuttle service to and to discuss with the AMS, please stop by the book exhibit. from Oxford Square nightly, where many restaurants are located. The McCormick Cafe on premises is open for Parking breakfast Monday–Sunday, 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m., and Please watch the AMS website at http://www.ams. lunch Monday–Friday. Hotels have varying cancellation or org/meetings/sectional/sectional.html and follow DECEMBER 2012 NOTICES OF THE AMS 1615 Meetings & Conferences this link for this meeting for information on regulations, Weather fees, and locations to park near the buildings where ses- Early March weather can be quite variable with tempera- sions will be held. tures ranging from the high 50s into the 80s, so dressing Registration and Meeting Information in layers is advised. Passing showers are a possibility. The meeting will take place on the campus of the Uni- Information for International Participants versity of Mississippi. Registration will be conducted in Hume Hall (also the location of the Department of Math- Visa regulations are continually changing for travel to ematics) and sessions will be held in Hume Hall, The Ole the United States. Visa applications may take from three to Miss Union, and Fulton Chapel. The registration desk will four months to process and require a personal interview, be open Friday, 1:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m., and Saturday, 7:30 as well as specific personal information. International a.m.–4:00 p.m. Fees are US$53 for AMS members, US$74 participants should view the important information for nonmembers; and US$5 for students, unemployed about traveling to the U.S. found at http://sites.na- mathematicians, and emeritus members. Fees are payable tionalacademies.org/pga/biso/visas/ and http:// on-site by cash, check, or credit card.