33rd Midwest Probability Colloquium

今年的中西部概率研讨会将于2011年10月13日至15日在西北大学举行。西北大学的这一系列年度会议已经进入了第33个年头。和过去一样，今年的研讨会包括两个项目。该研究计划的中心主题是分析和其他相关领域的概率，其核心内容将由印第安纳大学的拉塞尔·莱昂斯（Russell Lyons）讲授两场讲座。指导项目的主题是大众运输和概率应用，将由波恩大学的Karl-Theodor Sturm领导。除了为演讲者提供全额支持外，NSF的资金还将用于支付研究生、年轻研究人员、未被代表的少数群体成员和几位资深活跃参与者的部分旅行和住宿费用。

This year's Midwest Probability Colloquium will be held at Northwestern University October 13-15, 2011. This series of annual meetings at Northwestern University has entered its thirty-third year. As in the past, this year's Colloquium consists of two programs. The central theme of the Research Program is probability in analysis and other related fields, whose centerpiece will be two lectures by Russell Lyons of Indiana University. The topic of the Tutorial Program is mass transportation and applications to probability and will be led by Karl-Theodor Sturm of Bonn University. In addition to providing full support for the speakers, the funds from the NSF will be used to cover partial travel and lodging expenses for graduate students, younger researchers, members of unrepresented minority groups, and several senior active participants.