PANTS is funded for the 2008-2009 academic year by grants from the NSA and NSF (DMS-0801150).

For links to webpages of past PANTS meetings (PANTS I-VII), see the PANTS home page.

Information on PANTS IX

• Dates:   Saturday, February 7 and Sunday, February 8, 2009.

• Location: M101 Martin Hall,   Department of Mathematical Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC.

• Plenary Speakers:

  	Kartik Prasanna	University of Maryland, College Park
  	Tonghai Yang	University of Wisconsin

• Contributed Talks: Contributed talks are typically twenty minutes in length, though we will try to accomodate talks of other lengths. If you wish to contribute a talk please send an e-mail to Jim Brown (jimlb at clemson dot edu) with your name, affliation, title, and abstract (when available).

• Schedule of Talks (with abstracts).

• Registration:   The meeting is free of charge for all participants.

• Participant support: PANTS has a limited budget from which to provide support for travel. Here is a visitor expense form which may be used to request support.

• Accommodations:
  • Participants are responsible for making their own arrangements.
  • The Comfort Inn in Clemson has a block of rooms reserved for conference participants. The rate is $64 + tax/night. Mention PANTS when booking your reservation to receive the conference rate. The last day to get the conference rate is January 30.
  • Other Local hotels.

• Travel:   Clemson University is located in Clemson, South Carolina. The mathematics department is in O-Martin Hall, which can be located the campus map. The talks will take place in M-Martin Hall.

• Parking: Parking on the weekend will be considered a Special Event no Permit Required.  

• Local Organizers:   Jim Brown, Kevin James, Hiren Maharaj, Hui Xue.

• Other Contacts:

  • At College of Charleston:   James Carter, Paul Young.

  • At University of South Carolina:   Matthew Boylan, Michael Filaseta, Ognian Trifonov.

    Please feel free to e-mail us if you have any questions.