October 1996 € Volume 23 € Number 5
October 1996 € Volume 23 € Number 5
Nov. 6-8: DIMACS Workshop on Performance of Real-time Applications on the Internet at DIMACS Center, Rutgers University, Piscataway, N.J. WWW Information: http://dimacs.rutgers.edu/Workshops/index.html. Contact Mario Garzia, AT&T, Phone: 908-949-1905; Fax: 908-949-3313; e-mail: mgar@hogpa.att.com
Nov. 11-15: II ALIO/EURO Workshop on Practical Combinatorial Optimization in Valparaiso, Chile, sponsored by EURO and ALIO (Latin-Iberian-American Assocation of Operation Research Societies). Contact School of Industrial Engineering, Catholic University of Valparaiso, Av. Brazil 2147, 3 er, Valparaiso, Chile; Phone: +56 32 214823; Fax: +56 32 214823; e-mail: pracomo@aix1.ucv.cl
Nov. 13-14: The 35th Annual U.S. Army Operations Research Symposium (AORS XXXV) &emdash; Responsive, Relevant, Real World Analysis &emdash; at Fort Lee, Va. Special sessions include force development/modernization/requirements analysis; information warfare/digitization of battlefield; force application modeling/analysis (conventional and OOTW); readiness and sustainment analysis; analysis supporting force XXI, AWEs, ACTDs and ATDs; resource analysis (manpower, personnel, recruiting and training); test, analysis and evaluation in support of acquisition; advances in OR, modeling and simulation (including DIS). Contact Director, U.S. Army Materiel Systems Analysis Activity, ATTN.: AMXSY-SL, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005-5071; Phone: 410-278-6576; DSN: 298-6576.
Nov. 13-15: DIMACS Workshop on Mathematical Hierarchy and Biology, DIMACS Center, Rutgers University, Piscataway, N.J. WWW Information: http://dimacs.rutgers.edu/Workshops/index.html. Contact Boris Mirkin, DIMACS; Phone: 908-445-4574; Fax: 908-445-5932; e-mail: mirkin@dimacs.rutgers.edu
Nov. 17-18: The Washington OR/MS Council Annual Symposium at the Metro Campus of George Mason University, Arlington, Va. Theme: "OR/MS: The Deliberately Interdisciplinary Discipline." Sunday will feature workshops on software and new developments; Monday's technical sessions will cover topics including cost-benefit analysis, linear and nonlinear programming, large-scale simulation, health applications, recent interdisciplinary work with related professions, military simulation and modeling, reliability, risk assessment and strategic planning. Contact: WORMSC's business office, (301) 961-4554.
Dec. 4-6: DIMACS Workshop on Network Threats, DIMACS Center, Rutgers University, Piscataway, N.J. Contact Rebecca Wright, AT&T Research; Phone: 908-582-5484; e-mail: rwright@research.att.com
Dec. 5-8: The Fifth International Conference on Telecommunications/Multimedia in Tampa, Fla., and Nuevo Leon, Mexico.The conference is sponsored by the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), the Florida Association for Computers in Education (FACE) and the Secretaría de Educacíon de Nuevo León. Contact Tel¥Ed/Multimedia '96/ISTE, 1787 Agate St., Eugene, OR 97403; Phone: (541) 346-2411; Fax: (541) 346-5890; e-mail: lori_novak@ccmail.uoregon.edu
Dec. 8-11: Winter Simulation Conference (WSC'96), Hotel del Coronado, Coronado, Calif. Conference theme: "Surfing the Future." The conference is co-sponsored by the INFORMS College on Simulation. Contact the Talley Management Group; phone: (609) 845-1720; fax: (609) 853-0411; e-mail: talley@tmg.ccmail.compuserve.com); or visit the WSC website: http://www.wintersim.org
March 19-21: 1997 ABSEL (Association for Business Simulation and Experiential Learning) Conference at the Doubletree Hotel in New Orleans. 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 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. 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 &emdash; 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 &emdash; Transition to Advanced Market Institutions and Economies: Systems and Operations Research Challenges &emdash; Warsaw, Poland, co-sponsored by IFAC, IFORS, IIASA and INFORMS. Contact Prof. 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
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