Research Workshop of the Israel Science Foundation

New Trends in Approximation Theory

Ein-Gedi, Israel, January 4-7, 2012

The Workshop will be held at the Ein Gedi Hotel near the Dead Sea


The subjects covered will include Multivariate Approximation, Splines, Wavelets, Sparse Approximation and related topics.

Scientific Committee:

Nira Dyn
Dany Leviatan
Allan Pinkus

Participation by invitation only.

Confirmed Participants

Photos of the workshop

Workshop Program

Altogether we are planning about 30 lectures. There will be no parallel sessions.

Workshop schedule

Abstracts

Accommodation

The Workshop will be held at the Ein Gedi Hotel, and participants will be staying at the hotel.
Please contact the organizers for reservation and other questions.

Special Hotel Prices for the Workshop

Travel Information

Arrival day is January 3 and departure day is January 8.
We plan to organize transportation from the airport and from Tel-Aviv to the conference venue
on January 3 from the morning until the early afternoon (3pm).
For participants arriving in the late evening of January 3 or leaving at/before noon of January 8 we recommend to contact
the transportation company Seshir ltd. located at the first floor of the Ben-Gurion International Airport and offering transfers
by sharing cars to Ein Gedi at any time for a price of $60 per person by order of at least 2-3 days in advance.
Information (also in English) about intercity buses in Israel may be found at
the Israel's Public Transport Info site and Egged bus company
Please let us know your flight schedule.

If you decide to come to Israel before January 3, we can assist you with hotel reservations.

Special Hotel Prices in Tel Aviv

Social Program

An excursion to Masada is planned Thursday afternoon culminating in a workshop dinner.
We plan a one-day excursion on January 8 that will end in the late afternoon in Jerusalem.
The excursion bus will continue to the airport (it is expected to arrive in the evening) and to Tel Aviv.
If you are interested in participating, it is worth checking night flights back or staying one more night in Tel Aviv.
We can assist you in reserving a hotel in Tel Aviv on January 8.

Sponsors

  • Israel Science Foundation
  • Minkowski Center for Geometry   Tel Aviv University
  • School of Mathematical Sciences   Tel Aviv University
  • The Irene Halmos Chair in Approximation Theory   Tel Aviv University
  • Margaret Mosenfelder Harris Chair in Mathematics   Technion
        

    Organizers:

    Shai Dekel
    Elza Farkhi
    David Levin

    E-mail for contacts: wtmat2012@post.tau.ac.il

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