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12th Max-Planck Summer School
Advanced Course on the Foundations of Computer Science
ADFOCS 2011 will be held in the week before ALGO'11:
August 29 - September 2, 2011
Saarbruecken, Germany
http://www.mpi-inf.mpg.de/conference/adfocs
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DEADLINES
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Grant applications: June 30
Early registration: July 15
Late registration: August 15
ABOUT ADFOCS
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ADFOCS is an international summer school held annually at the Max Planck
Institute of Informatics (MPII). It is organized as part of the
activities of the MPII, in particular the International Max-Planck
Research School (IMPRS), MPII's graduate program. The purpose of this
summer school is to introduce young researchers to topics which are the
focus of current research in theoretical computer science. We bring
together three leading researchers in the field and international
participants at the graduate level and above.
PROGRAM
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Our invited speakers give three 90-minute lectures with subsequent
exercise and discussion sessions. The topics and lecturers are:
* Designing Approximation Algorithms using Semidefinite Programming
Sanjeev Arora, Princeton University
* Additive Integrality Gaps and Discrepancy Theory
Friedrich Eisenbrand, EPFL
* Algorithmic Mechanism Design: Fundamental Techniques and Future Challenges
Robert Kleinberg, Cornell University
LOCATION and TRAVEL INFORMATION
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ADFOCS will be held at the Max Planck Institute for Informatics in
Saarbruecken, Germany. Saarbruecken is the capital of one of Germany's
16 federal states, the Saarland. It is conveniently located in the
center of Europe, on the border of Germany with France, between
Luxembourg, the Saar-Mosel valley, Frankfurt, and Strasbourg. Being
located on several main train and road routes, Saarbruecken is easily
reachable from Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Paris, or Luxembourg. Saarbruecken
also has its own international airport.
REGISTRATION
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The registration fee is EUR 120 for *early registration before July 15*
and EUR 170 after that date. The fee covers lunches and social events.
It does not include accommodation, but we can help you with your
reservations. Per-night prices, including taxes and breakfast, typically
range from EUR 20 (youth hostel, double room) to about EUR 60 (hotel,
single room). A limited number of grants for graduate students or young
researchers are available, for application please send a CV and a letter
of recommendation before *June 30*.
Please note that grants roughly cover your registration and
accommodation fees, but will not be sufficient to cover your travel costs.
CONTACT
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The homepage of ADFOCS, providing forms for registration and hotel
reservation can be found at
http://www.mpi-inf.mpg.de/conference/adfocs
If you have further questions, please do not hesitate to contact the
ADFOCS team by sending an email to adfocs at mpi-inf.mpg.de
Organizers: Anke van Zuylen and Christine Rizkallah, MPII Saarbruecken
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