Permutation Patterns 2007

Photograph by kind permission of James Mitchell.

Permutation Patterns 2007 was held in St Andrews, Scotland, UK, from 11 to 15 June 2007. This was the fifth meeting of the conference. The subsequent meetings have been:

PP2010, to be held at Dartmouth College, in Hanover, New Hampshire
PP2009, held at the University of Firenze, in Florence, Italy
PP2008, held at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand

PROGRAMME

ADDRESS

To contact the organizers, please send an email to PermutationPatterns2007@mcs.st-and.ac.uk

TOPICS

The conference topics include (but are not limited to) enumeration questions, forbidden pattern questions, study of the involvement order, algorithms for computing with permutation patterns, applications and generalisations of permutation patterns, and others.

ST ANDREWS

St Andrews is a small town on the scenic east coast of Scotland, with a long and distinguished history. In particular, the University, founded in 1413, is the oldest in Scotland, and third oldest in Britain. For more information please see this site; a map of the town can be found here.

PLENARY SPEAKERS

Mike Atkinson, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand,
Martin Klazar, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.

CONTRIBUTED TALKS

If you would like to give a 30 min contributed talk at the conference, please submit by e-mail to PermutationPatterns2007@mcs.st-and.ac.uk a title and a short abstract (maximum one A4 side) by 1 May 2007.

ACCOMMODATION

Conference Accommodation will be provided in New Hall. The cost is 67 GBP per person per day and this includes a single en-suite room, dinner, breakfast, morning and afternoon coffee/tea and the use of lecture theatres and other standard university conference facilities. The accommodation can be booked by completing the registration form linked below and then following the instructions. If you encounter any problems, please contact the organizers.

Participants travelling with their partner can book a double room in New Hall for a supplement of 29 GBP per night. Participants requiring other special arrangements should contact the organisers.

TRANSPORTATION

The University's travel guidelines can be found here.

A shortened version which should be suitable for most participants:

From Edinburgh Airport:

Take the Airport Express bus to Haymarket station.
From Haymarket, there is an hourly train to Leuchars, which is on the East Coast line. The National Rail Enquiries site may be useful.
Leuchars is 4 miles from St Andrews, with good taxi service and buses about every 15 minutes to St Andrews.
This map will be helpful for finding New Hall (building 4, section C3/D3) and Fife Park (building 1, section A4/A5). Note that if you are staying at Fife Park, check-in is next door in David Russell Hall.
Registration begins on Monday 11 June, at 9:00, in the Mathematics Institute (building 15, section E3 of the above map).

From Glasgow Airport:

Take the shuttle bus to Queen Street station.
From Queen Street, the easiest route is to take the train to Haymarket station.
Then follow steps 2–5 above.

For the especially keen, the Fife Coastal Path may provide an interesting alternative, although you are advised to travel with a minimum of luggage.

SOCIAL EVENTS

A half-day trip (Wednesday 13 June) and the conference dinner (Thursday 14 June) are planned. Further details will be available in due course.

POSTGRADUATE COMBINATORIAL CONFERENCE

The Postgraduate Combinatorial Conference will also be held in St Andrews this year, from 6 to 8 June. PCC2007 is aimed at current research students in all areas of combinatorics and discrete mathematics. For details see here.

PROCEEDINGS

It is expected to publish a proceedings of the conference. The organizers are currently in negotiations with prospective publishers, and more details will be available in due course. The deadline for submission of articles will be in Autumn 2007.

FINANCIAL SUPPORT

It is expected that limited financial support will be available for Ph.D. students wishing to attend the conference. If you require such support please let the organizers know as soon as possible, and certainly by 1 April. Your request should be accompanied by a short CV and a supporting letter from your supervisor.

REGISTRATION

The registration will be 120 GBP, rising to 150 GBP after 1 May. This can be paid on-line: follow the link below. The registration fee will cover the cost of the proceedings, conference trip and conference dinner and will contribute to the support for Ph.D. students.

To register, please visit the registration form

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Nik Ruskuc (nik -at- mcs.st-and.ac.uk)
Lynn Hynd (conference secretary, circa-sciadm -at- cs.st-and.ac.uk)
Steve Linton (sal -at- mcs.st-and.ac.uk)
Vince Vatter (vince -at- mcs.st-and.ac.uk)
Miklos Bona (bona -at- math.ufl.edu)
Einar Steingrimsson (einarst -at- ru.is)
Julian West (westj -at- mala.bc.ca)