DIMACS:

DIMACS Fall Mixer Series

First Mixer - Friday, September 21, 2001

Second Mixer - Tuesday, October 9, 2001

DIMACS invites you to its Fall Mixer Series. All DIMACS members, visitors, postdocs, and students are invited to join us on Friday, September 21, at AT&T Labs - Research in Florham Park, hosted by David Johnson and on Tuesday, October 9, at NEC Research in Princeton, hosted by Lance Fortnow. The purpose of this mixer program is to introduce the new postdocs, graduate students and DIMACS visitors to each other and to DIMACS members from the different DIMACS institutions.

September 21, 2001 Mixer at AT&T Labs

On September 21, we have an exciting scientific program, featuring talks by DIMACS members Emina Soljanin from Bell Labs and Mikkel Thorup from AT&T Labs - Research, as well as talks by DIMACS postdoctoral fellows and graduate students, including DIMACS/AT&T postdoctoral fellow Ofer Melnik and Rutgers graduate students Detlef Ronneburger and Gabriela Alexe.

The program on September 21 starts with lunch at 12:15 on the first floor of Building 103, in Room B104 at AT&T Labs - Research in Florham Park. In order to plan for the luncheon, we would appreciate your letting us know in advance of your intention to come for lunch. Please RSVP to Thelma Pickell (thelma@research.att.com) by September 17. Those who do not RSVP are still be welcome, but we would appreciate your letting us know your intentions in advance.

October 9, 2001 Mixer at NEC Research

On October 9, the featured talks are by DIMACS members Carl Pomerance from Bell Labs and Mario Szegedy from Rutgers. DIMACS postdoctoral fellows Kobbi Nissim (joint DIMACS-NEC Research postdoc) and Venkatesh Srinivasan (joint DIMACS-Institute for Advanced Study postdoc), Rutgers graduate student Michal Koucky and Princeton graduate student Anthony Wirth have accepted invitations to speak as well.

The program on October 9 starts with lunch at 12:15 on the second floor, in the multipurpose room, at NEC Research in Princeton. In order to plan for the luncheon, we would appreciate your letting us know in advance of your intention to come for lunch. Please RSVP to Renee Bartuska (olliecar@research.nj.nec.com) by October 4. Those who do not RSVP are still be welcome, but we would appreciate your letting us know your intentions in advance.

If there are any questions concerning the DIMACS Mixer Series, please contact Christine Houck at houck@dimacs.rutgers.edu. We look forward to meeting you all this Fall at the mixers!