OR/MS Today - June 1999

June 1999

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1999

June 24: Practical Risk Modeling in Spreadsheets seminar in Palo Alto, Calif. Dr. Sam Savage leads this seminar on the basics of portfolios, derivatives and other fundamental risk management issues using Microsoft Excel. Attendees receive Savage's acclaimed book and software, INSIGHT.xla. For more information call 1-800-400-2120 or see http://www.AnalyCorp.com. You may contact Dr. Sam L. Savage, director of Industrial Affiliates, Dept. of EES/OR; e-mail: savage@leland.stanford.edu; 417 Terman Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-4023; phone: 650-723-1670; fax: 650-723-4107; http://www.stanford.edu/~savage (The seminar will also be held in Chicago on July 15.)

July 4-7: 5th International Decision Sciences Institute Conference, Athens, Greece, at Intercontinental Hotel. The main theme of the conference is "Integrating Technology and Human Decisions: Global Bridges into the 21st Century." For more information, contact either co-chairman: S. Zanakis, Florida International University; E-mail: dsi_athens@fiu.edu; or G.Doukidis, Athens University of Economics and Business; E-mail: douk@aueb.gr. Details can be found at http://www.dsi99. athens.aueb.gr

July 4-7: The 15th National Conference of the Australian Society for Operations Research in Gold Coast, Australia, incorporating the ASOR Queensland Branch and ORSJ Hokkaido Chapter Joint Workshop. The theme is "Put Theory into Real Life." Members and non-members are invited to this conference focusing on the broad range of context in which OR and OR professionals operate. http://www.math.fsc.qut.edu.au/asor

July 4-11: "Paul Erdos and his Mathematics" at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in Budapest, Hungary. This conference is designed to explore Paul Erdos' wide range of contributions to mathematics, to bring attendees closer to an understanding of his rich oeuvre, and to attempt to survey the trends of development originating in his work. Conference topics include: analysis (including Ergodic Theory), combinatorics (including combinatorial algebra, combinatorial geometry and theoretical computer science), number theory, probability theory, and set theory, among others. For more information, contact: V.T. Sos, Mathematical Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, erdos99@math-inst.hu; or go to http://dimacs.rutgers.edu/Workshops/index.html

Sept. 1-3: International Symposium on Operations Research 1999 (SOR '99) organized by the German Operations Research Society (GOR) in Magdeburg, Germany. All areas of operations research will be covered. For more information, contact: G. Schwodiauer (general chair), University of Magdeburg, Faculty of Economics and Management, P. O. Box 41 20, D-39016 Magdeburg, Germany; Phone: +49-391-6718739; fax: +49-391-6711136; schwoediauer@wiwi.uni-magdeburg.de; http://www.uni-magdeburg.de/SOR99/

Sept. 30-Oct. 2: The 5th International Symposium on Operational Research (SOR '99) in Preddvor, Slovenia. The aim of SOR '99 is to provide a forum for presentation of original research in OR methodology, education and implementation, as well as in computing aspects of OR. The scientific program will include invited talks as well as contributed papers. For more information, contact Lidija Zadnik (general chair), University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia; Phone: 00386 61 123 1161/503; Fax: 00386 61 271 169; E-mail: lidija.zadnik@uni-lj.si; http://home.amis.net/matjeran/sor/

Oct. 19-20, 1999: Thirty-eighth Annual U.S. Operations Research Symposium (AORS XXXVIII) in Fort Lee, Va. The U.S. Army Materiel Systems Analysis Activity is sponsoring this symposium, which is expected to draw some 200 government, academic and industrial leaders. The theme of this year's symposium is "Reshaping Army OR for the 21st Century Operational Challenge." Concurrent special sessions will cover the following areas: force development/modernization/requirements; C4ISR and information warfare; logistics systems; manpower, personnel and training systems; joint and combined operational analysis; advances in modeling and simulation; and test, evaluation and experimentation support to army modernization. In addition to the seven special sessions, the Army Logistics Management College (ALMC) will conduct two tutorials covering "Data Mining" and "OR Modeling in Spreadsheets." Attendance of this symposium is limited to invited observers and participants. General conference information may be obtained from the AORS Web site at http://amsaa-web.arl.mil/aors; AORS e-mail at aors38@arl.mil; or by contacting Glenna Tingle at 410-278-5358 or Jayne Lyons at 410-278-6614.

Nov. 5-6: 1999 INFORMS Doctoral Colloquium in Philadelphia during the weekend preceeding the INFORMS National meeting. The application deadline will be in early September, and a formal call for nominations will appear in the August 1999 issue of OR/MS Today.

Dec. 10-11: 34th Annual Conference of the Operational Research Society of New Zealand in Hamilton, New Zealand. This year's theme is "OR in the New Millenium." The conference will be held on the campus of the University of Waikato. For additional information, visit http://www.mngt.waikato.ac.nz/orsnz99/

Dec. 28-29: International conference on "Delivering Service Quality: Managerial Challenges for the 21st century" in Ahmedabad, India. Organized jointly by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N.Y. and Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India. For more information, e-mail the program chairs: Professor K.V. Ramani at ramani@iimahd.ernet.in or Professor M. Raghavachari at ragavm@rpi.edu. Also visit http://www.rpi.edu/~ragavm/conf1.htm and http:// www.rpi.edu/~ragavm/conf2.htm

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