General Information
Binghamton University is located in the Greater Binghamton area in south central New York State. The Greater Binghamton area contains the narrow valley at the confluence of the Susquehanna and Chenango Rivers and the hills surrounding this valley.
Binghamton University is on the south side of the Route 434 in Vestal, one mile west of the city of Binghamton. Binghamton is 45 miles south-east of Ithaca, 70 miles south of Syracuse, 190 miles north of Philadelphia, and 200 miles north-west of New York City.
The sessions will take place in the Lecture Hall (LH) and Student Services Wing (SW).
(North is at the bottom in this map)
Registration
The registration desk and AMS book display will be located in LH 13. They will operate: Saturday, 10/11/2003, 7:30 AM-4:30 PM; Sunday, 10/12/2003, 8 AM-noon.
The registration fees are $40 for members of the AMS or Canadian Mathematical Society; $60 for nonmembers, and $5 for students/unemployed/emeritus. All participants are expected to register. All registration is done on site; there is no advance registration.
Food Service
At lunch time, the Hinman Dining Hall (serving cafeteria food) will be open on Saturday (11am-7pm) and Sunday (11am-8pm). The Hinman Dining Hall is located south of the Student Services Wing (see map above). Besides, Hinman Dining Hall the closest restaurants to campus are at the north west corner of campus around the intersection of Bunn Hill Road and Route 434, just across from the Holiday Inn (see map below). There is also a restaurant in the Holiday Inn. A few more places are on the route 434 west of its intersection with Bunn Hill Road (towards the Howard Johnson).
Social Event
On Saturday, October 11, 5.30 - 7.30 PM, there will be an informal reception to mark the 80th birthday of Peter Hilton. This reception is hosted by the Binghamton University Department of Mathematical Sciences in the Chenango Room (Science 1 Building) and all participants are invited. Wine and soft drinks will be served.
Peter Hilton is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Binghamton.
While still an undergraduate at Oxford Peter was selected to work with Alan Turing at Bletchley Park on breaking German codes; he was especially involved in understanding the "Fish" machine, successor to "Enigma" . There he met J. H. C. Whitehead and became his graduate student at Oxford after the War. Subsequently, Peter held positions at Cambridge and Manchester as well as the Chair of Mathematics at Birmingham before moving to the US. He has been professor at Cornell, University of Washington, Case Western Reserve and, since 1982, Binghamton. He now spends each spring semester as Distinguished Professor at the University of Central Florida. He was Director of mathematical activities at the Battelle Institute, first in Seattle and later in Cleveland, during most of the 1970's concurrently with his academic positions. He is the author of over 300 papers in mathematics and more than 20 books, as well as numerous papers on topics in mathematics education and other subjects. His 80th birthday was on April 7 2003.
Weather
The climate in the Binghamton area is pleasant in Fall. The normal temperatures for October 11-12 are: high of 59°, mean of 50° and a low of 41°. However, fall temperatures are quite variable. The Fall foliage should be at its best that weekend.
