National Sun Yat-sen University
Last updated: April 14, 2006.
Workshop on
in analysis and geometry
分析和幾何學中的約當結構研討會2006
Organizing Committee
Cho-Ho
Recent years have seen many important developments and
applications of Jordan structures in geometry, analysis and operator algebras.
The aim of the workshop is to bring together experts in relevant areas to
exchange ideas and inform recent progress, with a view to stimulate new
research as well as generating new directions and opportunities for young
researchers including research students.
Invited
Participants:
L. J. Bunce (Reading),
Registration Form:
Please fill in the registration
form on-line (English version) (Chinese version中文版),
or click
this to fetch the registration form (MS Word) (PDF)
and send the filled form by email, or
fax, to Ms. YS Chen before February
28, 2006.
Accommodation:
Kingship Hotel (漢王飯店).
See details in the
registration form. (Shuttle service 交通車接送時刻表).
Social Event:
A one-day trip to the Kenting National Park
and a half day
tour to the
historical city Tainan are planned.
Please indicate in the
registration form if you wish to participate. Click to fetch a budget
statement for the trip.
There is also a concert performed
by the faculty and students of the Department of Music, NSYSU, for the guests
of the Workshop. It is held for
Maps:
·
Click and
fetch a campus map of the venue, Department of Applied Math., National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan (in Chinese or English versions), a map
showing the route to the venue, and
a map of the
Kaohsiung city.
Travel
Information:
·
If you
travel by air, please make sure that
your
final destination is Hsiaokang International Airport
at Kaohsiung.
The airport
code of Kaohsiung Airport
on your ticket is KHH. There is another (much bigger) Chiang Kai-shek International
Airport located at Taoyuan, 5 hours highway drive
from
·
If you
travel by train, you can take a taxi from Kaohsiung Train Station to the
University for about NT $150 per single trip. Or you can take the No. 248 bus
and get off from the bus at the University Tunnel Entrance bus stop. The fare
is NT $12.
·
If you
travel by car, exit at the Chung Cheng Road rump on Highway 1. Then turn right
at the first traffic light and you will be on Chung Cheng Road. Follow Chung
Cheng Road until the end for about 20 minutes. Soon after you pass the Love
River Bridge, make a right turn at the loop. You will be on Dagung
Road and after a few blocks, you will be on the joint of a `T' shape bridge.
Make a left turn there. Drive straight and make a right turn at Lin Hai 2nd Road. After four traffic lights you will arrive at
the University Tunnel Entrance (for bicycles and walkers only). Make a left
turn and follow the `S' sharp river side Lienhai
road. About 5 minutes you will see the Main Entrance of the National Sun Yat-sen University. Tell the guards there you are attending
an international mathematics workshop and then you will know how to drive to
the venue.
·
If you plan
to arrive after Sunday, April 2, 2006, please note that we might have a one-day
trip out of the city. These update will be shown in the subsequent
announcements.
Foreign
nationals may obtain tourist visas to enter Taiwan if they hold foreign
passports or travel documents valid for more than six months. The Visitor Visa
Application Form can be downloaded from the Bureau of Consular Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The completed form should be submitted to Bureau
of Consular Affairs or a Taiwan
Embassy in your country, for visa issuance, visit also Information on Republic of China Visitor Visas.
·
30-day
visa-free privileges are afforded to citizens of 31 countries and 30-day
landing visas are afforded to citizens of 3 countries. For any further
information, please visit the website of the Bureau of
Consular Affairs, Ministry
of Foreign Affairs. For any further questions about visa application,
please contact : on-line,
Tel: +886-2-2343-2888 or by Fax: +886-3-2343-2968.
One may find
other useful information from the web page of the Tourism Bureau, ROC at http://www.tbroc.gov.tw. A brief history of
Taiwan, as well as travel information, is available there, too. The temperature
of Kaohsiung in April is about 20--25 degrees C. No heavy clothing is in need.
Currency Exchange:
The current
exchange rate is about US $1= NT $32 (New Taiwan Dollars). It is best to make
exchange at Kaohsiung
Airport right after you walk out from the custom. You can also make
exchange at banks in downtown or at the hotels. Almost no service charge or
surplus applies when you do it in a bank or at the airport. You can change it
back to US dollars or other currencies at the airport again before you leave
the country. Credit cards are popular here.
Other informations:
1.
Electricity
is supplied at 110 V - 60 Hz AC with American standard plugs.
2.
Local
weather in April is very warm and pleasant. It is easy to reach over
3.
Computer LCD
projectors, overhead transparency projectors, real object projectors, black and
white blocks are available.
4.
Window based
PCs are available to participants to check E-mails during the Workshop.
5.
Picp-ups are
provided at the
6.
Phone cards
are now popular and cheap in
7.
Please note
that talks arranged on Friday, April 7, will be given at another venue at
8.
To all registered participants: Please download the arrival/accommodation
and excursion request data sheet to check your data. Please send an email to Ms YS Chen immediately if you change
your schedule. Thank you!
9.
Here is a map of
restaurants nearby the Kingship Hotel.
Contact:
YS
Fax: +886-7-5253809.
Sponsors:
Taiwan National Science Council, National Center for
Theoretical Sciences, Ministry of
Education,
National Cheng Kung University and
National Sun Yat-sen University
Call for
papers
To give a contributed
talk, please contact the organizers before
Cho-Ho
