OR/MS Today - February 1997

February 1997 € Volume 24 € Number 1

Calendar

1997

Seminars in Analytical Management, presented by Dr. Sam L. Savage for the University of Chicago will cover Management Science in Spreadsheets and Risk Management & Financial Engineering. Locations and Dates: Atlanta -- Management Science, March 5; Risk Management, March 6; Chicago -- Management Science, Feb. 19, June 18; Risk Management, Feb. 20, June 19; London -- Management Science, April 10; Risk Management, April 11; New York -- Management Science, June 4; Risk Management June 5; San Francisco -- Management Science, March 19; Risk Management March 20. For more information, call (312) 464-8765, E-mail: beyond-whatif@gsb.uchicago.edu or on the web, http://gsb-www.uchicago.edu/alum/bwi/

March 10-22: NATO/ASI Seminar on Operations Research and Decision Aid Methodologies in Traffic and Transportation Management at the Balatonfured in Hungary. The purpose of the conference is to discuss the application of mathematical programming and multicriteria decision-making methods to determine the needed infrastructure network for the areas of traffic and transportation. Teachers with hands-on experience will be conducting the seminar. Contact Professor P. Toint; Phone: +32-81-724917; Fax: +32-81-724914; E-mail: pht@math.fundp.ac.be

March 19-21: 1997 ABSEL (Association for Business Simulation and Experiential Learning) Conference at the Doubletree Hotel in New Orleans. The conference will include traditional academic papers and demonstrations dealing with design, games and experiential exercises in teaching, research and assessment; and panel discussions. Contact Alan L. Patz, University of Southern California, School of Business Administration, Los Angeles, CA 90089-1421; Phone: (213) 740-0761 or 740 0728; Fax: (213) 749-0541; E-mail: apatz@sba.usc.edu

March 23-27: DIMACS Workshop on Statistical Physics Methods in Discrete Probability, Combinatorics and Theoretical Computer Science. This workshop will focus on new developments and directions at the interface between statistical physics and the fields of discrete probability, combinatorics, information theory and theoretical computer science. Additionally, it will bring together both established and young researchers in the various fields with the intention of developing a common language and recognizing parallels among the fundamental problems being addressed by these researchers. Contact Jennifer T. Chayes, UCLA; E-mail: jchayes@math.ucla.edu or Dana Randall, Princeton; Phone: (609) 258-1749 or (609) 445-4576; E-mail: randall@cs.princeton.edu

March 25-27: 7th Mini EURO Conference on Decision Support Systems, Groupware, Multimedia and Electronic Commerce. The conference will be held in Bruges, Belgium. Contact Prof. Jean-Pierre Brans, Mini EURO Conference on DSS, Groupware, Multimedia and Electronic Commerce, Center for Statistics and OR, Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium; Phone: +32 2 629 2070; Fax: +32 2 629 2282; E-mail: jpbrans@is1.vub.ac.be

April 7-11: Third Workshop on Models and Algorithms for Planning and Scheduling Problems at Cambridge, England. The workshop aims to provide a forum for scientific exchange and cooperation in the field of planning, scheduling and related areas. Details can be obtained on the Web at http://www.statslab.cam.ac.uk/workshop/ or by sending your postal address and a request for a printed workshop brochure to: Secretary, Statistical Laboratory, 16 Mill Lane, Cambridge CB2 1SB, UK; E-mail: secretary@statslab.cam.ac.uk

May 5-7: The First International Conference on Software Quality Engineering (SQE 97), Udine, Italy. Contact Clare Shepherd, SQE 97 Conference Secretariat, Wessex Institute of Technology, Ashurst Lodge, Ashurst, Southampton, U.K. SO40 7AA; Phone: 44 1703 293 23; Fax: 44 1703 292 853; E-mail: c.shepherd@witcmi.ac.uk

May 21-23: Sixth Viennese Workshop on Optimal Control, Dynamic Games and Nonlinear Dynamics -- Theory and Applications in Economics and OR/MS, Vienna, Austria. Contact Prof. Gustav Feichtinger, Department of Operations Research and Systems Theory, Vienna University of Technology, Argentinierstrasse 8/119, A-1040 Vienna, Austria; Fax: + 43 1 5054524; E-mail: we_vie97@e119ws1.tuwien.ac.at; WWW: http://www.math.tuwien.ac.at:1063/OR/ws_vie97.html

June 18-21: International Conference -- Transition to Advanced Market Institutions and Economies: Systems and Operations Research Challenges -- Warsaw, Poland, co-sponsored by IFAC, IFORS, IIASA and INFORMS. Contact Professor Roman Kulikowski, Systems Research Institute, ul. Newelska 6, 01-447 Warszawa, Poland; Phone: +48 (22) 36 44 14; Fax: +48 (22) 37 27 72; E-mail: ibs@ibspan.waw.pl

June 23-27: The 15th International Teletraffic Congress -- Teletraffic Engineering in the 21st Century. The congress will be a forum for teletraffic experts to meet, interact and benefit from discussions and exchanges of ideas, results and best practices. To be placed on the ITC-15 mailing list, send your name, organization, address, country, phone, fax and E-mail information to: 15th International Teletraffic Congress; ITC-15 Secretariat. P.O. Box 250, Holmdel, NJ 07733.

June 30-July 2: The National Educational Computing Conference, sponsored by the National Educational Computing Association (NECA) in Seattle, Washington. Contact Tony Jongejan, MS 9087, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA 98225-9087; Phone: (360) 650-3090; Fax: (360) 650-6526; E-mail: necc97@wce.wwu.edu

Aug. 20-22: The 2nd International Conference on the Practice and Theory of Automated Timetabling at the University of Toronto, Canada. Contact Dr. E.K. Burke, Department of Computer Science, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, U.K.; E-mail: ekb@cs.nott.ac.uk

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