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Tentative Schedule 25-29 Aug 2008


  Mon 25 Aug Tues 26 Aug Wed 27 Aug Thurs 28 Aug Fri 29 Aug

7-8 am

  Interviews
Locations TBA
required
     

8-9 am

       
9-9:50am Meet the Director
Scot Adams
Start: Vincent 120
End: Physics 166
required
TeX Demo
Instruction TBA
Vincent 5
slides
strongly
recommended
     
10-10:50am Meet the Teachers
Physics 166
required
     
11-11:50 am Computer Lab Demo
Instruction TBA
Vincent 5
slides
required
   

12-12:50 pm

Free lunch
  and photos

Vincent 120
required
       

1-1:50 pm

Walk along the
  the Mississippi

Meet in front
of Vincent Hall.
Two hours planned,
but usually takes
only one hour.
optional, and fun
Picture
Free lunch
until 2pm.

Vincent 120.
optional, and fun
   

2-2:50 pm

Schedule your
interview

Vincent 120
required
     

3-3:50 pm

  Title and Speaker TBA
Vincent 16
slides
optional, and fun
     

4-4:50 pm

Interviews
Locations TBA
required
Central Limit
  Theorem

Scot Adams
Vincent 16
slides
optional, and fun
Title TBA
Gary Hatfield (Securian)
Vincent 16
   

5-5:50 pm

Interviews
Locations TBA
required

Walk from
Vincent 120
to meet the bus
to go to
the cruise
Leave from
Vincent 120
at 5:30 pm.

optional, and fun
Matlab WebEx
Vincent 16
strongly
recommended
See a smiliar presentation
Party
Sgt. Preston's
(at "Seven Corners")
221 Cedar Ave S
(612) 338-6146
Free appetizers.
Drinks not free.
optional, and fun

6-6:50 pm

Free (but bring your ticket) cruise along
the Mississippi.

Leave from
Boom Island Park.
Free appetizer.
Drinks not free.
optional, and fun
 

7-7:50 pm

     

8-8:50 pm

     
Financial Mathematics
(612) 625-1306     mfmath@umn.edu
127 Vincent Hall
206 Church St. S.E.
Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA
www.math.umn.edu/finmath/orientation/index.shtml
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