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7th Max-Planck Summer School "Advanced Course on the Foundations of Computer Science" (ADFOCS 2006), Saarbruecken, August 2006

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                    7th Max-Planck Summer School

       Advanced Course on the Foundations of Computer Science

                           ADFOCS 2006

        Saarbruecken, Germany, August 21 - August 25, 2006

                  http://www.mpi-inf.mpg.de/adfocs




PROGRAM
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For this year's ADFOCS we have three main speakers. Each of them is giving
two 90-minute
lectures with subsequent exercise and discussion sessions. There will be
further lectures and activities as well. The main speakers are:

  -- Tamal Dey, Ohio State University

  -- Joel Spencer, New York University

  -- Ingo Wegener, Universitaet Dortmund


ABOUT ADFOCS
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ADFOCS is organized as part of the activities of the Max-Planck
Institute for Computer Science (MPII), in particular the International
Max-Planck Research School (IMPRS), MPII's graduate program.  The
scope of ADFOCS is international. It addresses young
researchers at the PhD student or postdoc level.  The goal of ADFOCS
is to have hot topics from fundamental areas of computer science
presented by the leading researcher in the field, bringing participants to
the frontiers of current resarch.


LOCATION & TRAVEL INFORMATION
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ADFOCS will be held at the Max-Planck-Institute for Computer Science
in Saarbruecken, Germany. Saarbruecken is the capital of one of
Germany's 16 federal states, the Saarland.  It is conveniently located
in the center of Europe, on the border of Germany with France, between
Luxembourg, the Saar-Mosel valley, Frankfurt, and Strasbourg.  Being
located on several main train and road routes, Saarbruecken is easily
reachable from Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Paris, or Luxembourg.
Saarbruecken also has its own international airport.


REGISTRATION
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The registration fee is EUR 100 for early registration until July 21
and EUR 150 after that date.  The fee covers lectures, course material,
lunches and social
events.  It does not include accomodation; but we can help you with
your reservations.  Per-night prices, including taxes and breakfast,
typically range from EUR 20 (youth hostel, double room) to about
EUR 50 (hotel, single room).  Students with insufficient travel
funds may apply for support (deadline June 21).


CONTACT
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The homepage of ADFOCS providing further information on registration,
hotels,
and grant application can be found at

                 http://www.mpi-inf.mpg.de/adfocs

If you have further questions, please do not hesitate to contact the
ADFOCS team by sending an email to adfocs06 at mpi-inf dot mpg dot de.



Benjamin Doerr and Michael Sagraloff,  MPII Saarbruecken