From: "MacEachern, Steven" To: "jeff@utstat.utoronto.ca" Subject: Rustagi Lecture invitation Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2019 21:11:42 +0000 Hi Jeff. I write to invite you to give our department's special named lecture this coming spring. The Chhotey Lal and Mohra Devi Rustagi Memorial Lecture is dedicated to the memory of the parents of a previous chair of the department, Jagdish Rustagi. Each year, we bring in a distinguished scholar to present the lecture. The audience includes our own faculty and graduate students as well as other members of the university and perhaps a few members of community beyond the university. A list of previous speakers appears at: https://stat.osu.edu/about/events/rustagi The talk is typically given on a Thursday near the end of our spring semester -- this time around, Thu 2 Apr, Thu 9 Apr, or Thu 16 Apr 2020. But the timing of the talk can be adjusted somewhat to fit your schedule. We ask our speakers to come in the night before the talk, spend the next day with the faculty, give the talk at about 3pm, and go out for dinner. Speakers usually leave the day after the talk. With this schedule, our faculty and students have a good chance to interact with the speaker. Travel, board, and meals are, of course, covered. We hope you can accept our invitation to speak in the spring. My best, Steve