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\textbf{Name}, Institution\\

\textsc{Please give the title of your talk or poster here}
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\emph{Abstract:}\\

Let $X$ be a stochastic process that satisfies ... As shown in [1], $X$ can be represented as ... Using [2], we show that ...
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\emph{This talk is based on joint work with Name, Institution, and Name, Institution.}\\
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\emph{References:}
\begin{itemize}
\item[{[1]}] Brockwell, P.J. and Davis, R.A. (1987) \emph{Time Series: Theory and Methods}. Springer, New-York.
\item[{[2]}]  Kesten, H. and Maller, R.A. (1994) Infinite limits and infinite limit poinits of random walks and trimmed sums. {\it Ann. Probab.} {\bf 22}, pp. 1473--1513.
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