Local Arrangements Committee  Co-Chairs: Doug Down, McMaster University David Stanford, University of Western Ontario  Local Arrangements Committee Members: Peter Glynn, Stanford University Reg Kulperger, University of Western Ontario David McDonald, University of Ottawa Yiqiang Zhao, Carleton University For any questions regarding local arrangements, please contact Doug Down at downd@univmail.cis.mcmaster.ca. Doug Down Associate Professor Department of Computing and Software McMaster University 1280 Main St. West, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4L7 Canada Tel: (905) 525-9140, x-24054 Email: downd “at” mcmaster.ca Webpage: http://www.cas.mcmaster.ca/~downd/ David Stanford Professor Department of Statistical and Actuarial Sciences University of Western Ontario 1151 Richmond Street North Western Science Center Room 211 London, Ontario N6A 5B7 Canada Tel: (519) 661-3612 (ext. 83612) Fax: (519) 661-3813 Email: stanford “at” stats.uwo.ca Webpage: http://www.stats.uwo.ca/faculty/stanford/ Peter W. Glynn Thomas Ford Professor Terman Engineering Center Department of Management Science and Engineering Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305 USA Tel: (650) 725-0554 Fax: (650) 723-1614 Email: glynn@stanford.edu Webpage: http://www.stanford.edu/dept/MSandE/faculty/glynn/ Reg Kulperger Professor Department of Statistical and Actuarial Sciences WSC Room 262 University of Western Ontario London, Ontario Canada N6A 5B7 Email: kulperger “at” uwo.ca Website: http://www.stats.uwo.ca/faculty/kulperger/ David McDonald Professor Department of Mathematics and Statistics University of Ottawa 585 King Edward Avenue Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5 Canada Tel: 613) 562-5864 (ext. 3505) Fax: (613) 562-5776 Email: dmdsg “at” uottawa.ca Webpage: http://www.mathstat.uottawa.ca/profs/mcdonald/homepage/ Yiqiang Zhao Professor and Director School of Mathematics and Statistics Carleton University 1125 Colonel By Drive Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6 Canada Tel: (613) 520-3531 Fax: (613) 520-3536 Email: zhao “at” math.carleton.ca Webpage: http://mathstat.carleton.ca/~zhao/