September 1-5,  2003 Institut Henri Poincaré 11, rue Pierre et Marie Curie Paris, France

The first edition of the conference "Discrete Random Walks" will hold in Paris 1-5 September 2003.

Authors are invited to submit papers presenting original research on theoretical aspects or applications of Discrete Random Walks. Surveys are also warmly welcomed. Typical areas include (but are not limited to):

• Combinatorics: enumeration & asymptotics of lattice paths, non-crossing paths and Young tableaux, polyominos & animals, statistics on permutations, loop-erased random walks, bijective approach, continued fractions and orthogonal polynomials...
• Computer science: analysis of algorithms, automata and attribute grammars, random generation of combinatorial structures, approximate counting, random walks on convex sets, applications of MCMC algorithms... simulated annealing and local search, lattices in temporal logic...
• Probability theory: queueing theory, limit laws for walk parameters, Brownian motion (transformation, identities), econometrics, analysis of Markov chains...
• Biology: genetic distance & pattern matching, genetic algorithms, PCR analysis, population dynamics...
• Statistical Physics: analysis of Glauber dynamics, connections with phase transitions, Markov chain Monte Carlo methods, self avoiding walks, determinant evaluation, eigenvalues of random matrices, solvable models...

Authors are invited to submit a draft of a full paper with at most 12 pages. The paper should contain a succinct statement of the issues and of their motivation, a summary of the main results, and a brief explanation of their significance, accessible to non-specialist readers. Authors are encouraged to give (at least in their introduction) a discrete mathematics motivation for their work (analytical and algebraic methods are then welcome) explaining what their work brings to the knowledge of discrete random walks in a lattice or a graph, or to an equivalent model. Submissions must be made via the DMTCS Submission Server. (Select "new" and "Conference volume: Discrete Random walks"). [If you meet any problem with this process (e.g. after one day, you didn't receive any email saying that your submission is ok) you can send your .ps file to random@blagny.inria.fr]

Authors are expected to present their accepted papers at the conference.

Submissions were due for May 9, 2003.

Questions can be sent to Cyril.Banderier at inria.fr
Notification will be sent July 5, 2003 (formerly June, 25 2003) and final versions are due for July 25, 2003.

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