Arizona Winter School

Arizona Winter School 2004

Local Info Page

This page contains some local information, about Austin , UT, etc.
Disclaimer: The opinions below are my own and not necessarily those of anybody else.

E-mail and UT math account

At registration time you can get a temporary account in the UT math department system. You can then login to this account either directly at a math department machine (there are labs on the 8-th through 11-th floors of RLM) or via secure shell from any machine connected to the web.

Most things on your math account will likely look familiar. If you have questions try this computer resources page and in particular the searchable FAQ pages.

For example, the browser to use if you want chinese characters would be mozilla (rather than netscape).

Library

The math and physics library is located at the gorund level of the the RLM building (where the math and physics departments are). It will be closed on the weekend but will be open 8:00-5:00 Monday through Wednesday.

The UT library subscribes to a large number of electronic journals , which you can check from any UT machine connected to the web.

Registration

Registration for the conference will take place at the informal gathering on Friday evening (7:00-10:00pm) at the hotel and also from 8:00 to 9:00am, on Saturday, in the lobby outside the conference room in the ACES building. You can get expense reimbursement forms, pay the banquet fee and sign in for the excursion at this time.

Mailing List

I will be sending periodically e-mail with updates. If you have not received an e-mail about the school yet from the address:

aw04@math.utexas.edu

this probably means you are not in the list. If you would like to be added to the list please send e-mail to this address. In general all correspondence concerning local issues of the school should be sent there. Thanks.

Travel

You should plan to arrive on Friday March 12 and leave Thursday March 18 at the Austin TX International airport . The workshop itself will run from Saturday morning to Wednesday afternoon with a banquet on Wednesday evening. Check the schedule of past schools to see the general outline; the actual schedule for the AWS 04 will posted soon. There are a number of options to get from and to the airport.

Hotel

Most participants will be staying at the Doubletree on 15th street.

WARNING There are TWO Doubletree hotel in Austin close to campus. Make sure you go to the right one!

The hotel is fairly close to math department (about a 15' to 20' walk) and also not too far from downtown, 6th street and the warehouse district (with the capitol, live music and nice restaurants respectively).

Conference Room

The lectures will be held in room 2.302 of the ACES Building on the UT campus

Math department

The UT math department is in the RLM building on the corner of 26th (Dean Keaton) and Speedway. .

Physics department

The UT Physics department is also in the RLM building on the corner of 26th (Dean Keaton) and Speedway. .

Schedule

A preliminary version of the schedule.

Excursion

There will be an excursion to Pedernales State Park on Tuesday March 16 in the afternoon stopping on the way back at the Salt Lick Restaurant . If interested please sign in for the excursion during the registration.

Details

Catering

The banquet on Wednesdy March 17 and daily coffee will be catered by the people at O's Cafe . The cafe is also an excellent choice for lunch (on weekdays).

You can check the scene before you go.

Restaurants

What's going on in town

For information on what's going in Austin check some of the following.

Music

More Info

This info page about things to do around campus was prepared by Stacey Shobe and Matt Casey at the UT math department office with help from Heather Lehr.

Other suggestions from the UT graduate students.

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Send questions, comments to villegas@math.utexas.edu

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