CONFERENCE IN HONOR OF THE 65^th BIRTHDAY OF MIKHAIL SHUBIN

SPECTRAL THEORY AND GEOMETRIC ANALYSIS

July 29 - August 2, 2009
Northeastern University, Boston

Organizers: Maxim Braverman, Leonid Friedlander, Thomas Kappeler, Peter Kuchment, Peter Topalov, Jonathan Weitsman

Invited Speakers: 
Jean-Michel Bismut (U. Paris-Sud, Orsay, France),
Jochen Brüning (Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany)
Gregory Eskin (UCLA)
Boris Fedosov (Moscow Institute of Electronic Technology, Russia)
Andrei Gabrielov (Purdue)
Carolyn Gordon (Dartmouth College)
Victor Guillemin (M.I.T.)
Bernard Helffer (U. Paris-Sud, Orsay, France)
Victor Ivrii (U.Toronto, Canada)
Yuri Kordyukov (Institute of Mathematics, Ufa, Russia)
Ari Laptev (KTH, Stockholm and Imperial College London)
Grigory L. Litvinov (Independent University of Moscow)
Vladimir Maz'ya (University of Liverpool, UK)
Richard Melrose (M.I.T.)
Peter A. Perry (University of Kentucky)
Steve Rosenberg (Boston U.)
Daniel Sternheimer (U. Bourgogne & Keio  University)
Israel Michael Sigal (U. Toronto, Canada)
Isadore Singer (M.I.T.)
Toshikazu Sunada (Meiji University, Japan)
Alexander Turbiner (UNAM, Mexico )

Conference Schedule:  click here                 Conference Abstracts:  click here

Conference Registration:
All participants are asked to register. Please download the registration form here, fill it out and email it to the organizing committee at shubinconference@gmail.com (click on "registration form here'', then save the registration form to a file, edit it and email the file as an attachment to the organizing committee). If you prefer an email version of the registration form, please request it by email from the organizing committee. If you intend to request support, please read the section "Application for Support'' before filling out the registration form.

To view current registration click here

Application for support:
We hope that financial support will be available to (partially) fund graduate students, postdoctoral researchers and other participants without grant support. We encourage those of you who are asking for support to share accommodations. If you plan to apply for funding, please fill out the registration form (see section "Registration'') at your earliest convenience and provide the information requested. Please submit your request for financial support by April 29, 2009. Late applications will be considered as long as financial support is available. Note that we are unable to provide any support in advance.

Reimbursement policy.

Please see Traveling to the United States (The National Academies), US State Department and US State Department Visa Waiver Program for information about visas.

Please be advised that according to U.S. immigration laws, individuals who enter the U.S. and wish to be reimbursed for travel related expenses should enter only on a B-1, WB or J-1 visa (WT and B-2 visa do not permit reimbursement of any expenses). See the web pages above for visitors entering from Canada and Mexico. Please call your local US consulate or embassy and inquire what the rules are pertaining to your country.

NSF funds can be used for reimbursement of air fare only if a U.S. flag carrier (i.e. a U.S. airline) has been used.

Accommodation:  Below is a list of suggested hotels. Some of them have agreed to give a special rate for our guests, so please mention that you are comming for "Sepctral theory and Geometric Analysis conference" at Northeastern.

Northeatern Summer Conference Housing Service   
This is by far the cheapest option, just $70 per night which at least twice as cheap as the second best. It is also located on campus, while from any other available hotel you need to take either public transportation or a long walk.  However, this is not really a hotel, but an apartment style room. You will have a private room in a 2 or 3 bedroom apartment. If you would like to use this option you have to contact us at shubinconference@gmail.com  ASAP.

Bed and Breakfast Associates Bay Colony
This is probably the cheapest option, except the Northeastern Conference Housing. They have a variety of rooms (some of them quite expensive, but some of them relatively cheap) at different locations.
Reservation Service: 888-486-6018

Longwood Inn
123 Longwood Avenue, Brookline, MA  02446                             
Phone  617.566.8615    Fax  617.738.1070 

Hampton Inn
811 Massachusetts Ave., Boston, Massachusetts, USA 02118-2605
Tel: +1-617-445-6400  Fax: +1-617-445-6411

Beacon Inn
They have two locations equally accesssible from Northeastern.
Reservation: 617-566-0088 or online

Midtown Hotel
220 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115   
Telephone: (617) 262-1000    Fax: (617) 262-8739