Purpose:

This workshop was originally scheduled to take place in July of 2003 to celebrate the 60th birthday of Professor George Papanicolaou. It has been postponed due to the SARS outbreak in Hong Kong. Over the past 30 years, George Papanicolaou had made significant contributions in many fields of applied mathematics including waves in random media, nonlinear waves, financial mathematics andmore recently imaging and time reversal. We are organizing this international workshop to honor George Papanicolaou's research achievements. The purpose of the workshop is also to bring together some leading experts in various fields of applied mathematics to review recent developments, to explore new directions in the applied mathematics research. This workshop will also promote research interests in applied mathematics in Hong Kong.

List of Speakers (Confirmed):

Program:

Please click here for the program schedule (last updated on May 31, 2004).

Accommodation:

The Conference Hotel is Royal Park Hotel located at 8 Pak Hok Ting Street, Shatin, Hong Kong. Telephone: (852) 2601 2111, Fax: (852) 2601 3666, Webpage: http://www.royalpark.com.hk. All room reservations for invited speakers should be done through IMS, CUHK.


Direction from Hong Kong International Airport to Royal Park Hotel
You may reach the Royal Park Hotel from the Hong Kong International Airport in the following three ways:

1. By Taxi
   The fare is about US$40 from the airport to the hotel and the trip takes about 40 minutes.
   
   
2. By Airport Bus
   Take the Airport Bus route number A41 from the airport to the hotel. The fare is HK$20 (~US$2.6) and the bus ride takes about 70 minutes. (Please note that the hotel is NOT the terminal stop for the bus. Please ask the driver where to get off if you are not sure. You may check the route by visiting the bus company's webpage.)
   
   
3. By Hotel Transportation (Benz Services)
   Limousine service is provided by the hotel. Two transportation service counters are located at the airport. This service should be reserved in advance. The trip takes about 45 minutes. The fare is HK$400(~US$51.3)/trip for up to 4 guests and HK$500(~US$64.1)/trip for up to 7 guests. Please click here for details.

Half Day Hong Kong Tour & Banquet (June 3, 2004, Thursday):

All invited speakers are invited to join the Half Day Hong Kong Tour and Banquet with FREE charges in the afternoon of June 3, 2004 (Thursday), details please click here.

Proceedings for the Workshop

A proceedings for the Workshop will be published as a special issue of Methods and Applications of Analysis (MAA) and dedicated to Professor George Papanicolaou. The topics of this special issue will be from the broad areas of applied mathematics related to George's researches. The special issue is intended for original research papers, but high quality review articles will be welcome too.

All speakers are welcome to contribute a paper to this special issue of MAA. All papers will be refereed.

- Deadline of submission: September 15, 2004.
- Format: Electronic manuscript in form of TeX or LaTeX to maaedit@ims.cuhk.edu.hk.
                 For other details, please refer to the webpage: http://www.ims.cuhk.edu.hk/~maa.

Organizing Committee:

• Shiu-Yuen Cheng (HKUST)
• Ping Sheng (HKUST)
• Xiao-Ping Wang (Co-Chair, HKUST)
• Zhouping Xin (Co-Chair, CUHK)
• Shing-Tung Yau (CUHK)

Sponsors:

• Zheng Ge Ru Foundation
• The Institute of Mathematical Sciences
• The Chinese University of Hong Kong
• The Hong Kong Mathematical Society
• The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
• Royal Park Hotel

Inquiry:

Ms. Caris Chung, Conference Secretary
Unit 601, 6/F, Academic Building No.1,
The Institute of Mathematical Sciences,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong,
Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong.
Tel: (852) 2609-8036
Fax: (852) 2603-7636
Email: ims@ims.cuhk.edu.hk

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