Mahler Measure in Mobile
Jan 5-8, 2006
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
University of South Alabama
Mobile, AL


This interdisciplinary conference will look at Mahler measure from the perspectives of number theory, geometry, topology, dynamics and combinatorics. Talks will begin on Thursday afternoon and end Sunday around midday.
Participants include:
Kenneth Baker, U. of Georgia
Marie Jose Bertin, Universite de Paris
John Condon, CUNY
Oliver Dasbach, LSU
Edward Dobrowolski, College of New Caledonia, BC
John Garza, UT Austin
Richard Kenyon, UBC
Ilya Kofman, CUNY
Matlide Lalin, IAS
James McKee, U. of London
Richard Miles, U. of East Anglia

Kunio Murasugi, U. of Toronto
Walter Neumann, Barnard College
Matt Rogers, UBC
Chris Sinclair, Pacific Inst. Math. Sci, Vancouver
Chris Smyth, U. of Edinburgh
Neal Stoltzfus, LSU
Jeff Vaaler, UT Austin
Thomas Ward, U. of East Anglia, UK
Wilbur Whitten, Cottontown, VA
Christian Zickert, Columbia U

Abstracts:
 The speakers are requested to submit their abstracts by Dec 15th. You can view the abstracts here. Thanks to Atlas Conferences for their services.
Program & Poster:
 Conference Poster. Please feel free to download and put it up in your department. Conference Program

Registration & Support:
 Registration is free. All interested participants should register by sending their name, address and affiliation to Susan Williams swilliam@jaguar1.usouthal.edu. Some support is available for participants, with first priority given to graduate students, early-career mathematicians and speakers. This conference is supported by NSF and the University of South Alabama.

Directions:
 The Mathematics and Statistics Department is located in ILB 325. Directions  to the department and Campus Map. Map of Mobile.
By Air: You can arrive at the Mobile Regional Airport. The airport has ground transportation available.  Directions  to the department from airport. Nearby airports which may be cheaper are: By Road: From I-65 take exit 3- Airport Blvd. Drive about 2 1/2 to 3 miles and turn right onto University Blvd. Continue driving about 1 1/2 miles. Directions  to the department. Parking permits are not needed in the winter break
Accommodations:
 We recommend Homewood Suites by Hilton. Their contact number is  251-634-8664. We have reserved a block of rooms for the conference. You can get the conference rates, $89 for 1-bedroom suite & $139 for 2-bedroom, 2-bath suite, by mentioning "USA Math Conference". The deadline for getting those rates is Dec 14. We ask supported participants to consider sharing a suite. They also have a shuttle service which serves the airport and the campus (upon request). Here is a link to more hotels. Weather in Mobile.
Attractions: Mobile
Organizers:
 Susan Williams (USA), Dan Silver (USA),  Michael Mossinghoff (Davidson College), Eriko Hironaka (FSU), Abhijit Champanerkar (USA) 

Related Events:
 There is a special session on Mahler measure in the Joint Mathematics Meeting, San Antonio, Texas on Jan 12 - Jan 13th.