Texas-Oklahoma   Representations and Automorphic forms  V September 20-22, 2013 Oklahoma State University

Description:  Texas-Oklahoma Representations and Automorphic forms (TORA) is a series of conferences hosted in rotation by Oklahoma State University, the University of Oklahoma, and the University of North Texas.  The TORA meetings will bring together the automorphic forms and representation theory community of the South Central region to hear about recent research in automorphic forms and representation theory.  For more information see the TORA main page.

TORA V is funded by NSF grant DMS 1302776.

Information on TORA V

• Dates:  Friday, September 20 - Sunday September 22

• Location:   Room 101, MSCS Building Oklahoma State University.

• Plenary Speakers:

	Dan Barbasch	Cornell University
	Dihua Jiang	University of Minnesota

• Invited Graduate Student Lecturer:

Anna Puskás

Columbia University

• Schedule of Talks:   The conference runs from 3:30 PM on Friday through 1:00 PM Sunday. All lectures will take place in MSCS 101. See the detailed SCHEDULE. Titles and abstracts for lectures can be found HERE.

• Registration:   Registration will be done on site starting at 3:30 PM on Friday in MSCS 423.

• Confirmed participants: A list of participants can be found here.

• Participant support:   We will have funding available.  Priority will be given to graduate students, junior researchers, researchers from the South Central US, and researchers with no other means of support.   NOTE: The deadline to apply for funding has elapsed.

• Accommodations: Participants will be staying at the Atherthon Hotel. This hotel is a 3-5 minute walk from the MSCS building, where talks will be held.
• There will be a conference dinner on Saturday evening. The dinner will be in the Sequoyah Room (208) of the Student Union Building (attached to the hotel). Since this is a catered event we need to know in advance who is attending. Please register for the TORA V dinner by Monday, September 16, at 4:00pm.

• Suggested places to have lunch during the conference are indicated on the following map.
• Travel:  Oklahoma State University is located in Stillwater, OK. The Department of Mathematics is in the MSCS building, which can be located on the campus map.  Also look at this map. Stillwater is about 75 minutes drive from Oklahoma City airport (OKC). There is no convenient shuttle service from the airport to Stillwater. Some of the participants are arranging to share rides from and to the airports. If you would like more information about this option, please contact Roger Zierau.

• Parking:   Parking is available for free in campus parking lots after 5pm and all weekend. Those staying at the AthertonHotel can park for free in the garage/lot adjacent to the hotel for their entire stay. This lot is accessed from either West University Avenue or South Hester Street. There is a covenient lot adjacent the MSCS building on South Monroe St. Please pay attention to the posted signs as some parking spaces are restricted to certan vehicles all the time including weekends. Those (not staying in the hotel) who need parking prior to 5 PM on Friday can use the few metered parking spots available in the lot adjacent to the MSCS building, which have limited time and availability, or use the (fee) lot/garage at the hotel, or use street parking south of campus on the streets south of University Avenue.

• Local Organizers:   Mahdi Asgari, Roger Zierau.