The 1996 Joint
Spring Topology Conference
and
Southeast Dynamical Systems Conference

The 1996 conference will be held at Ball State University in Muncie, near Indianapolis , in east central Indiana. Invited and contributed presentations will fill the mornings and afternoons of Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, March 7--9. In addition, an opening reception and 30th anniversary celebration will be held the evening of Wednesday, March 6 at the Ball State Museum of Art.

This year's conference is partially supported by the National Science Foundation and Ball State University.

• Invited Speakers (Complete List)

• Abstracts

• Travel Information

• Lodging Information

• Schedule

• Registration

• Local Organization

Invited addresses will be given by:

• Marcy Barge (Montana State University),
• Nadia Benakli (York University),
• Joan Birman (Columbia University),
• Dennis Burke (Miami University),
• Beverly Diamond (College of Charleston),
• Alan Dow (York University),
• Alexander Dranishnikov (University of Florida),
• John Franks (Northwestern University),
• Istv n Juh sz (Hungarian Academy of Sciences),
• Judy Kennedy (University of Delaware),
• Krystyna Kuperberg (Auburn University),
• Wayne Lewis (Texas Tech University),
• Jerome Los (Universit‚ de Nice),
• John Luecke (University of Texas),
• Shigenori Matsumoto (Nihon University),
• Robert Meyerhoff (Boston College),
• Arnold Miller (University of Wisconsin),
• Kent Orr (Indiana University),
• Alan Reid (University of Texas),
• Judy Roitman (University of Kansas),
• Martin Scharlemann (University of California, Santa Barbara),
• Reinhard Schultz (Purdue University),
• Richard Stong (Rice University & University of California, San Diego),
• Abby Thompson (University of California, Davis),
• Stephen Watson (York University), and
• Maciej Wojtkowski (University of Arizona).

Abstracts for this conference are available through the Topology Atlas.

An abstract book will also be printed and distributed at the conference.

Travel Information

By Air: United Express provides connections between the Muncie airport (MIE) and Chicago O'Hare. Flights to Muncie leave O'Hare from gate F5. United Airlines (including United Express) has been designated the official airline of the conference for this year. They are offering 5-10% discounts to all attendees who call their Meetings Reservation Number (800-521-4041) and mention the ID Number of this conference (565RG). These discounts are available on flights into Muncie, Indianapolis and Dayton (see below for information on the latter two airports). In our experience, United offers competitive rates for flights into Muncie, and we encourage you to use this service. We will meet your flight and shuttle you to the hotels. National also rents cars at the Muncie airport.

Alternately, the Indianapolis and Dayton airports are each about 70 miles from Muncie. The major car rental agencies have counters at the Indianapolis and Dayton airports. Unfortunately, no convenient scheduled shuttle service currently exists between these airports and Muncie. However, if sufficient interest exists, we will arrange for a 3:00 pm pickup Wednesday, March 6 at Indianapolis and Dayton, returning to the airports 11:00 am Sunday, March 9. If you use the Indy or Dayton van, we will ask that you make a contribution to help defray the additional expense.

By Rail: Amtrak provides connections to downtown Indianapolis, about 60 miles from Muncie. Several car rental agencies have counters in downtown Indianapolis.

By Road: Muncie is approximately 3 hours from Columbus, Ohio; 4 hours from downtown Chicago; and 2 1/2 hours from Cincinnati, Ohio. Detailed driving directions will be provided in a later announcement. By Road: Muncie is approximately 3 hours from Columbus, Ohio; 4 hours from downtown Chicago; and 2 1/2 hours from Cincinnati, Ohio.

1. From Dayton and the Dayton airport, take I-70 west to Indiana 3 (Exit 123). Go north on Indiana 3 through New Castle to Indiana 67 (the Muncie bypass). (Do NOT follow the signs to Ball State University.) Take Indiana 67 north about 6 miles to McGalliard Rd. Turn left on McGalliard and proceed west about 6 miles. After passing Tillotson Ave. (the 9th traffic signal, and the only neon-free traffic signal on McGalliard) Lee's Inn will be on the right side of McGalliard, behind Shoney's. Signature Inn will be on the right side of McGalliard, near McDonald's. See the accompanying map for help with the route through town.
2. From Indianapolis and the Indianapolis airport, take the I-465 loop north and west to I-69. Take I-69 north to Indiana 332 (Exit 41). Go east on Indiana 332 (McGalliard Ave.) approximately 6 miles. Signature Inn will be on the left side of McGalliard at the third traffic signal. Lee's Inn will be on the left side of McGalliard between the third and fourth traffic signals. Tillotson Ave. crosses McGalliard at the fourth traffic signal.
3. From Cincinnati, take I-275 west and north to I-74. Go west on I-74 to Indiana 3 (Exit 134). Go north on Indiana 3 through Rushville and New Castle to Indiana 67 (the Muncie bypass). Then follow the directions in (2) above.
4. From Michigan, take I-69 to Exit 41, and follow (2) above.
5. From Chicago, take I-65 to Indiana 26 to I-69. Go south on I-69 to Exit 41, and follow (2) above. Or take I-65 to Indianapolis, and follow (1) above.

Turn left onto McGalliard, and go east to the first traffic signal, Tillotson Ave. Turn right onto Tillotson, and go south to the first traffic signal. Turn left onto Bethel Ave, and go east to the first traffic signal. Turn right onto McKinley Ave, and go south through the campus. Turn right between the first and second traffic signals into the large parking lot. See the accompanying local map for visual reinforcement.

Lodging Information

We have reserved blocks of rooms at two local hotels, located about 2 miles (see map) from the conference location. Both hotels are regional chains, with spacious rooms, 3- diamond AAA ratings, and include a very generous continental breakfast buffet each morning. They are within two blocks of each other, and adjacent to a variety of restaurants. We will provide shuttle service between the hotels and the conference location each morning and evening. In addition, city buses provide frequent service directly between the hotels and the conference location throughout the day.

Call the hotel directly to reserve your room, and ask for the "BSU-Math" conference rate. Please reserve your room as soon as possible. Any remaining rooms will be released from this block after February 1, 1996.

Signature Inn, (317) 284-4200
Rooms with two double beds, or one queen bed and a Lazyboy chair, $51/night + 10% tax.

Lee's Inn, (317) 282-7557 or (800) 733-5337
Ask for Muncie Rooms with two queen beds, or a suite with one queen bed, $59/night + 10% tax.

Schedule

See accompanying map for locations.

• Wednesday, March 6

  •  7:30 pm - 9:30 pm	Opening reception, Ball State Museum of Art

• Thursday, Friday, Saturday, March 7-9 (See details below.)

  •  9:00 am - 12:00 pm	Invited presentations

  •  1:30 pm - 5:30 pm	Invited and contributed presentations

• Saturday, March 9

  •  8:00 pm - 10:00 pm	Closing reception, Signature Inn

Legal Nonsense

The inclusion of hyperlinks to specific web pages in this schedule shall not be construed as an endorsement of any commercial product over another competing product. No official food or beverages have been designated for this conference.

Registration

To register, please send the following information by post or e-mail:
Name, School, Postal Address, E-mail Address.
( ) I intend to fly into ____________ airport and will need a shuttle to the hotel.
( ) I do not intend to attend the Wednesday evening opening reception.

Registration is $60 except for graduate students who pay $40 ($30 before February 15). Make your check payable to Ball State University and mail it to:

Support for Graduate Students:

We will help support the travel and lodging expenses of all attending graduate students. based on our current projections, we expect to offer at least $75 to each attending student.

To encourage advance registration, we have extended the graduate student advanced registration rate ($30) through February 15. If you know of attending graduate students who have not yet registered, please encourage them to e-mail their registration information and send a check fy February 15.

Local Organization

The local organization committee at Ball State University includes John Emert, Kerry Jones, and Roger Nelson. For more information, please e-mail:

Additional information and periodic updates will be posted to this site.

We are currently working to update and eliminate duplication among several distribution lists. We are sorry if you receive duplicate mailings or messages forwarded from outdated addresses. If we need to fix something, please send a message to spring@math.bsu.edu, citing the subject line(s) of duplicate mailings and messages using outdated addresses.