31st Annual Texas Partial Differential Equations Conference

April 5-6, 2008

University of Houston-Downtown, Houston, Texas

Welcome to the home page for the 31st Annual Texas Partial Differential Equations Conference to be hosted by the Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences at University of Houston-Downtown, Houston, Texas. The conference will be held on Saturday and Sunday, April 5 and April 6 on the campus of University of Houston-Downtown.

In keeping with tradition, there will be no registration fee, no principal speakers, and all talks will be limited to 20 minutes. Graduate students are particularly encouraged to participate. Those wishing to speak should submit a title and short abstract (plain text, MS Word document, or LaTex text file) by Friday, March 28 to chany@uhd.edu.

If you have any question(s), please send requests for information to

Steve London
Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences
University of Houston-Downtown
Houston, TX 77002-1001
Fax: (713) 221-8086
Phone: (713) 221-8122

E-Mail: LondonS@uhd.edu

Directions

Please see UHD’s Map and Directions.

Parking

If you are driving to the meeting, we have reserved spaces in our visitor’s parking lot. To access the visitor’s parking lot, go north on Travis street through downtown. When you pass the stoplight at the Spaghetti Warehouse, you will see a sign that says you are entering IH-45. Turn right at the next stoplight, which is UH-Downtown. Then almost immediately, turn right again and you will be facing the entrance to the visitor’s parking lot. Enter the lot; we will provide you with tokens to exit the lot. Check the UH-Downtown website for more directions and maps.

Conference Building & Room

Academic Building, Room A405

Accommodations

A block of 25 rooms have been reserved at the Courtyard by Marriott Houston Downtown, 916 Dallas Street, Houston, TX 77002, at a rate of $85.00/night for Friday and Saturday nights, April 4 and 5, 2008. These rooms will be held at this rate until March 15, 2008. Call the toll free number 1-888-269-2163 and use the reservation code UHM when making reservations. Note that the hotel is basically on the Houston light rail line which stops right at the door of the University of Houston-Downtown.

Restaurants in Downtown Houston

Conference Schedule

(Schedule has been updated on March 31, 2008.)

Dinner Party

Dinner party will be held on Saturday (April 5) evening at “Hong Kong Diner” (909 Franklin St. @ Main, Houston, TX 77002, Tel: 713-236-1689) at 7:00p.m.

The cost will be $15.00 plus 15% tip. If you will attend the dinner party, please let Youn-Sha Chan (chany@uhd.edu) know when you submit your abstract.