Frequently Asked Questions Which travel expenses are reimbursed? What do I need to do in order to get reimbursed?  Most questions on travel reimbursements  should be answered on the                        Travel Reimbursement Policies page. What technical equipment do the lecture rooms provide? What should I be aware of in the preparation of my presentation? Most technical questions regarding the presentations  should be answered on the                         Information for Presenters page. The project I want to present has been done with X student collaborators and they all want to join the presentation and come to the conference. We will fund only one or two students per presentation - that is, every funded participant must be responsible for at least 50% of a presentation. Since requests for joint presentations have become notably more frequent this year (2005) we formulated the policy in the                             Note on Joint Presentations. In future years we plan to have  a more formal separation of single and double presentations already at the application stage.     I am a student and want to come, but my mentor will not. Is that OK? I am a mentor and want to come, but have no students applying. Is that OK? All your applications are welcome and there are no a-priori constraints that students and mentors need to come together. In the past, typically only a quarter to a third of all invited student participants have come with their mentors. Mentors have almost always  been accompanied by students' of theirs. In the application and scheduling process  we take into consideration (as best as we can) the fact that mentors and students applicants/participants may belong to the same research groups. I will be graduating this year. Can I still apply for the conference? Yes, you're still elgible to apply for a presentation and for funding. We tend to give preference, however, to underclassmen. I have been working on a research project while still in high school/before entering college. Can I already apply for the conference? We have funded and invited recent high school stundents in the past. We would thus encourage you to apply. My collaborator/student/mentor already completed an application/confirmation/preregistration form. Do I need to fill out and submit one myself since I'm already mentioned in his/hers? YES, if not explicitly stated every applicant/participant must submit all online forms separately and individually. The forms will contain fields in which you can indicate your collaborators/mentors. The online forms generate a variety of data bases for talk scheduling, hotel reservations, travel preapproval, baquet planning, etc. If you don't submit your forms, you will not be in those data bases, and we may easily forget about you!  Please observe the deadlines with all forms! Most deadlines for this conference are very close to the actual dates of the event so that there is not much leeway, and we often need to move on  with the organization on the same day of the deadline. Can I revise my title/abstract after submitting the application? Can I revise my title/abstract after submitting the confirmation? The answer to the first question is "Yes": We only ask a preliminary abstract on the application from you. There you can describe what other results you hope to achieve in the following weeks. You will have the chance to submit a revised abstract during preregistration. The short answer to the second question is "No": On the preregistration/confirmation forms you have ample opportunity to preview and carefully proof read your abstract. After that we will be very, very reluctant to make any changes since we will start producing the conference program in web, pdf and hard copy forms shortly after the preregistration from tedious-to-access data base of individual abstract files. How do I get to Columbus?  Basic travel information into Columbus and to the OSU campus is contained in the            Travel Information page. If invited you will be asked to make your own travel arrangements. We will usually try to organize shuttle trips back to the airport on Sunday as well as shuttle trips between the department and hotel. However, we will have to ask you to hire a taxi for the trip to your hotel when you arrive at Port-Columbus. Where will I stay? Can I make my own hotel reservation? Student and mentor participants will have paid for reservations at the hotel(s) of our choice. We will have two students share one double room, and provide single rooms for mentors. We try to accomodate the room mate preferences that you will be able to  declare on the  confirmation form. In some exceptional cases we allow students or mentors to make their own hotel reservations. However, the payment of the hotel will not be automatic, and will have to be dealt with togther with the other reimbursements after the conference. Moreover, even if the reservation is approved by us, we will  only cover up to the rate that we pay for the lodging of the other participants. What is the expected attire for presenter? Is there a dress code?   No, there is no dress code for the conference. If you are unsure, we recommend that you look at the way people dressed previously on the picture galleries of past conferences.  Most students dress casual, and many wear the conference T-shirt. It's best to keep in mind that, on the one hand, this is a conference mainly of young mathematicians for young mathematicians,  but, on the other hand, that an unusual appearance can become (for some at least) a disturbing distractor from your own  mathematical presentation.