Frontier Session I: Stochastic Models in Phylogenetics
Chair: Amaury Lambert,
Speakers:
Mike Steel, University of Canterbury, Christchurch
Title: TBA
Jens Lagergren, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm
Title: Probabilistic models of gene duplications and lateral gene transfers
Lea Popovic, Concordia University, Montreal
Title: Five statistical questions about the Tree of Life

Frontier Session II: New Uses of Random Matrices
Chair: Andrea Montanari, Stanford University
Speakers:
David Gross, ETH Zurich
Toshiyuki Tanaka, Kyoto University
Andrea Montanari, Stanford University

Session: Control and Asymptotics for Queueing Systems
Chairs: Rami Atar and Adam Shwartz, Technion
Speakers:
Mor Armony, New York University
Ger Koole, VU University Amsterdam
Sasha Stolyar, Bell Laboratories, Alcatel-Lucent

Session: Topics in revenue management
Chair: Baris Ata, Northwestern University
Speakers:
Assaf Zeevi
Stefanus Jasin
Baris Ata, Northwestern University

Session: Monte Carlo Methods for Large Scale Networks and Applications
Chair: Jose Blanchet, Columbia University
Speakers:
Jingchen Liu, Columbia University
Henry K. Lam, Boston University
Jose Blanchet, Columbia University

Session: Learning in Stochastic Systems
Chair: Vivek Borkar, TIFR, Mumbai
Speakers:
Nahum Shimkin, Technion
Shie Mannor, Technion
Huizen (Janey) Yu, University of Helsinki

Session: Stochastic Networks and Applications
Chair: Tom Britton, Stockholm University
Speakers:
Nelly Litvak, Univeristy of Twente
Maria Deijfen, Stockholm University
Zdzislaw Burda, Krakow

Session: Stochastic Control and Stochastic Dynamic Games
Chair: Amarjit Budhiraja, University of North Carolina
Speakers:
Rami Atar, Technion
Vivek Borkar, TIFR, Mumbai
Lukasz Stettner, University of Warsaw

Session: Control and games in high-dimensional stochastic systems
Chair: Ton Dieker, Georgia Institute of Technology
Speakers:
Jinwoo Shin, Georgia Tech
Xuefeng Gao, Georgia Tech
Ramesh Johari, Stanford University

Session: Scheduling in Queueing Systems
Chair: Doug Down, McMaster University
Speakers:
Samuli Aalto, Aalto University
Esa Hyytiä, Aalto University
Varun Gupta, Carnegie Mellon University

Session: Control and properties of McKean-Vlasov limits
Chair: Paul Dupuis, Brown University
Speakers:
Wei Yang, University of Warwick
David McDonald, University of Ottawa
Markus Fischer, University of Padua

Session: Queueing Control
Chair: Eugene A. Feinberg, Stony Brook University
Speakers:
Konstantin Avrachenkov, INRIA-Sophia Antipolis
Moshe Haviv, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Eugene A. Feinberg, Stony Brook University

Session: Affine Processes and Applications in Finance
Chair: Damir Filipovic, EPFL Lausanne
Speakers:
Pierre Patie, Universit Libre de Bruxelles
Robert Stelzer, TU Munich
Claudio Tebaldi, Bocconi University

Session: Random Multiple Access Models
Chairs: Serguei Foss and Seva Shneer, Heriot-Watt University and Eindhoven Technical University
Speakers:
Matthieu Jonckheere, University of Buenos Aires
Alexandre Proutiere, Microsoft Research, Cambridge
Patrick Thiran, EPFL Lausanne

Session: Special session on the Skorokhod Problem (in commemoration of A.V. Skorokhod)
Chair: David Gamarnik, MIT
Speakers:
Ruth Williams, UC San Diego
Takis Konstantopoulos, Uppsala University
Kavita Ramanan, Brown University

Session: Graphical Models, Inference and Applications
Chair: David Gamarnik, MIT, Devavrat Shah
Speakers:
Mohsen Bayati, Stanford University
Justin Sales, INRIA and Ecole Normale Superieure
Ramesh Johari, Stanford University

Session: Large Scale Stochastic Systems
Chair: David Gamarnik, MIT, Devavrat Shah, MIT
Speakers:
Srikanth Jagabathula, MIT/NYU
Kuang XU, MIT
David Goldberg, MIT

Session: Random Graphs and Algorithms
Chair: David Gamarnik, MIT, Devavrat Shah, MIT
Speakers:
Remco van der Hofstad, Eindhoven University of Technology
Johan van Leeuwaarden, Eindhoven University of Technology
David Gamarnik, MIT

Session: Stochastic Networks and Applications-I
Chair: David Gamarnik, MIT, Devavrat Shah, MIT
Speakers:
Varun Gupta, Carnegie Mellon University
Yuan Zhong, MIT
Ross Anderson, MIT

Session: Stochastic Networks and Applications-II
Chair: David Gamarnik, MIT, Devavrat Shah, MIT
Speakers:
Aleksander Stolyar, Bell Labs
David D. Yao, Columbia University
Devavrat Shah, MIT

Session: Probabilistic Methods in Immunology
Chair: Ayalvadi Ganesh, University of Bristol
Speakers:
Carmen Molina-Paris, University of Leeds
Ken Duffy, Hamilton Institute
Ellen Baake, University of Bielefeld

Session: Three generations of tail asymptotics
Chair: John Hasenbein, University of Texas at Austin
Speakers:
John Hasenbein, University of Texas at Austin
Jim Dai, Georgia Tech
TBA

Session: Simulation Optimization
Chair: Shane Henderson, Cornell University
Speakers:
Eunji Lim, University of Miami
Raghu Pasupathy, Virginia Tech
Shane Henderson, Cornell University

Session: Stochastic Control Methods in Mathematical Finance
Chair: Daniel Hernandez, CIMAT Guanajuato
Speakers:
Agnes Sulem, INRIA
Netzahualcoyotl Castaeda-Leyva, Universidad Autonoma de Aguascalientes
Jun Sekine, Osaka University

Session: Applications of continuous-time branching processes
Chair: Remco van der Hofstad, Eindhoven University of Technology
Speakers:
Mia Deijfen, Stockholm University
Shankar Bhamidi, University of North Carolina
TBA

Session: Stochastic Models using Fractional Random Processes
Chair: Ingemar Kaj, Uppsala University
Speakers:
Clement Dombry, Poitiers University
Serge Cohen, Toulouse University
Christian Bender, Saarland University

Session: Stochastic Geometry
Chair: Takis Konstantopoulos, Uppsala University
Speakers:
Gunter Last, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Herman Thorisson, University of Iceland
Sergey Zuyev, Chalmers University of Technology

Session: Control of Queues
Chair: Mark Lewis, Cornell University
Speakers:
Hayriye Ayhan, Georgia Institute of Technology
Nilay Argon, University of North Carolina
Mark. E. Lewis, Cornell University

Session: Stochastic Models of Market Microstructure
Chair: Costis Maglaras, Columbia University
Speakers:
Rama Cont, Columbia Unviersity
Alex Schied, University of Mannheim
Ciamac Moallemi/Costis Maglaras, Columbia University

Session: Empirical Adventures in Call Centers and Hospitals
Chair: Avi Mandelbaum, Technion
Speakers:
Sergey Zeltyn, IBM Research Labs, Haifa
Mor Armony, New York University
Baris Ata, Northwestern University

Session: TBA
Chair: Michel Mandjes, University of Amsterdam
Speakers:
TBA

Session: Tales about Tails
Chair: Thomas Mikosch, University of Copenhagen
Speakers:
Zakhar Kabluchko University of Ulm
Vicky Fasen TU Munich
Yizao Wang, University of Michigan

Session: Stochastic Networks in Biology
Chair: Lea Popovic, Concordia University
Speakers:
Ruth Williams, University of California San Diego
Ganesh Ayalvadi, Bristol University
Scott McKinley, University of Florida

Session: New Directions in Stochastic Games - I
Chair: Alexandre Proutiere, Microsoft Research and Ramesh Johari, Stanford University
Speakers:
Jörgen Weibull, Stockholm School of Economics
Milan Vojnovic, Microsoft Research, Cambridge
Alexandre Proutiere, Microsoft Research, Cambridge

Session: New Directions in Stochastic Games - II
Chair: Alexandre Proutiere, Microsoft Research and Ramesh Johari, Stanford University
Speakers:Olivier Gueant, Universite Paris-Diderot
Sandeep Juneja, TIFR
Yashodan Kanoria, Stanford University

Session: Stochastic Models for Computer and Communication Systems
Organiser: Amber Puha, California State University San Marcos
Speakers:
William A. Massey, Princeton University
Adam Wierman, Caltech
Amber Puha, California State University San Marcos

Session: Probabilist Models in Revenue Management
Chair: Amber Puha, California State University San Marcos
Speakers:
Marty Reiman, Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs
Assaf Zeevi, Columbia University
Costis Maglaras, Columbia University

Session: Random Trees and Applications
Chair: Philippe Robert, INRIA
Speakers:
Nicolas Broutin, INRIA
Cecilia Holmgren, Uppsala University
Amandine Veber, Ecole Polytechnique

Session: Limit Order Books
Chair: Steven Shreve, Carnegie Mellon University
Speakers:
Jean-Philippe Bouchaud, Ecole Polytechnique and Capital Fund
Management
Rama Cont, Columbia University
Jim Gatheral, City University of New York

Session: Probability in Industry Applications
Chair: Mark Squillante, IBM
Speakers:
Alexandre Proutiere, Microsoft Research
Laurent Massoulie, Technicolor Research
Mark Squillante, IBM

Session: Novel Applications of Matrix-Analytic Models
Chair: Peter Taylor, University of Melbourne
Speakers:
Nikki Sonenberg, University of Melbourne
Sophie Hautphenne, University of Melbourne
Guy Latouche, Universite Libre de Bruxelles

Session: Queues with Dynamically-Varying Priorities
Chair: Peter Taylor, University of Melbourne
Speakers:
Xin Wang, University of Western Ontario
Ilze Ziedins, University of Auckland
Peter Taylor, University of Melbourne

Session: Control of Heavily Loaded Queueing Systems
Chairs: Rami Atar and Amy Ward, Technion and University of Southern California
Speakers:
Ohad Perry, Centrum Wiskunde and Informatica, Amsterdam
Josh Reed, New York University
Amy Ward, University of Southern California

Session: Applications of Many Server Heavy Traffic Limits
Chair: Assaf Zeevi, Columbia University
Speakers:
Petar Momcilovic,
Ana Radonovic,
TBA

Session: Phase Transitions in Stochastic Networks
Chair: Ilze Ziedins, University of Auckland
Speakers:
Stan Zachary, Heriot Watt University
Ilze Ziedins, University of Auckland
Christine Fricker,

Session: Resouce Sharing
Chair: Bert Zwart, Centrum Wiskunde and Informatica, Amsterdam
Speakers:
Florian Simatos, Centrum Wiskunde and Informatica, Amsterdam
Neil Walton, University of Cambridge
Josh Reed, New York University