Sage Days 11
Special functions and computational number theory meet scientific computing
November 7 -- 10, 2008, Austin, Texas
Organizers: William Stein, Fernando Perez, Fernando Rodriguez-Villegas, Salman Butt, Craig Citro
NOTE: The Supercomputing 2008 conference (officially known as SC08) is described here: http://sc08.supercomputing.org/ It takes place from November 15-21 at the Austin convention center.
Official Webpage
We have an official webpage for the conference [http://www.math.utexas.edu/sage here]. Please visit this page to register for the conference!
Registration and Funding
We have some limited funding available for participants. Please register [http://www.ma.utexas.edu/sage/rform1.php here] if you are planning on attending, and indicate whether you would like reimbursement for travel, hotel, or both.
Participants
Please add your name to the list if you're going to be coming to SD11.
- Fernando Rodriguez-Villegas
- Fernando Perez
- Salman Butt
- Craig Citro
- David Harvey (Nov 7-9)
- Michael Abshoff
- Michael Rubinstein
Hotel Info
A block of rooms has been reserved for us at the Doubletree Guest Suites, 303 W. 15th St, Austin, Texas. [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=doubletree,+15th+st,+austin,+texas&ie=UTF8&ll=30.27986,-97.741971&spn=0.020161,0.025878&z=15 Here] is a link to a google maps view of the hotel.
Ground Transportation
Austin's bus system is run by [http://www.capmetro.org/ Capital Metro] which has a number of bus routes that service the UT campus.
To and From the Airport
There are a couple of options to get to and from the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (ABIA).
Capital Metro has a bus (the Airport Flyer, Route 100) that runs between ABIA and central Austin. Its schedule can be found [http://www.capmetro.org/riding/schedules.asp?f1=100 here]. It doesn't have many stops, but they are all centrally located and intersect other bus routes. Many UT graduate students use the Airport Flyer and find that it is a very inexpensive and easy way to travel ($1 for a 24-hour pass). This may be due to their knowledge of the bus system and knowing what bus to take get home.
- There are also plenty of cabs and shared-ride vans as well.
My suggestion would be to use the Airport Flyer if your hotel is centrally located. Otherwise a cab or shared-ride van is probably your best option.