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Dear Colleague, The Eighth Northwest Probability Seminar will be held at the University of Washington on October 22, 2006 (Sunday). This one-day mini-conference will be dedicated to the memory of Ron Pyke (1931-2005). There will be only four talks. The invited speakers will be Robert Adler (Technion) Mina Ossiander (Oregon State University) John Walsh (University of British Columbia) Jon Wellner (University of Washington) If you are interested in attending this event, please send an e-mail message to Chris Burdzy ([log in to unmask]). Knowing how many people plan to attend the event will help me reserve proper facilities. There will be no formal registration. Please forward this message to your colleagues who might be interested in the meeting. The conference Web site is http://www.math.washington.edu/~burdzy/nwprob2006.shtml Some information on Ron Pyke's contributions to the profession is posted at http://www.math.washington.edu/People/pyke.php Sincerely yours, Chris Burdzy %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Krzysztof Burdzy Department of Mathematics, Box 354350 University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA [log in to unmask] http://www.math.washington.edu/~burdzy