OR/MS Today - October 1997

OR/MS Today, October 1997

Calendar

1997

Nov. 13-14,: The 36th Annual U.S. Army Operations Research Symposium (AORS XXXVI) in Fort Lee, Va. The theme of this year's event is, "Building an Analytical Bridge to the 21st Century." Special sessions will cover the following areas: force development, army and joint operational analyses, and T&E support to army warfighting experiment/Force XXI. For more information, contact the Director, U.S. Army Concepts Analysis Agency, Attn. CSCAEN, 8120 Woodmont Ave., Bethesda, Md., 20814-2797. Phone inquires should go to Bob Barrett, DSN: 295-1655 or (301)295-1655; E-mail: aors36@caa.army.mil

Nov. 25-28: The Second International Conference on Operations Research/Management Science at the EDSA Plaza Hotel in Metro Manila, Philippines. Hosted by the International Federation of Operational Research Societies and the Operations Research Society of the Philippines, the conference will unite OR/MS practitioners, academicians and enthusiasts to discuss OR/MS techniques and pertinent issues in the field. For more information, contact Dr. Elvira Zamora, E-mail: elvira@mnl.sequel.net or Dr. Aura Matias, E-mail: matias@engg.upd.edu.ph

Nov. 30-Dec. 4: The Fourth Conference of the Association of Asian-Pacific Operational Research Societies within IFORS, at the Melbourne Convention Center in Melbourne, Australia. Supported by the Australian Society for Operations Research Inc. and the Operational Research Society of New Zealand, the theme is "Coexistence Between Human, Natural and Technological Resources." For more information, contact the Conference Organizer: PR Conference Consultants Pty Ltd., P.O. Box 326, Deepdene Delivery Centre, 3103, Australia; Phone: +61 3 9816 9111; Fax: +61 3 9816 9287; E-mail: prcc@mail.austasia.net. Information about the conference can be found at: http://www.maths.mu.oz.au/~worms/apors/apors.html

Dec. 7-10: The 1997 Winter Simulation Conference at the Renaissance Waverly Hotel in Atlanta. For more information, contact the Talley Management Group, Inc., 875 Kings Highway, Suite 200, Woodbury, N.J., 08096-3172; Phone: (609) 845-1720; Fax: (609) 853-0411. Information on the conference can be found at: http://www.wintersim.org

1998

April 5-9: International Simulators Conference at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel in Boston. Sponsored by the Society of Computer Simulation International, the conference will feature several sessions on Computer Simulations in Business. For more information, contact Todd A. Schultz, College of Business Administration, Augusta State University, 2500 Walton Way, Augusta, Ga., 30904-2200; Phone: (706) 667-4534; Fax: (706) 667-4064; E-mail: tschultz@aug.edu. Information about the conference can be found at: http://www.scs.org

June 3-5: Spring Research Conference on Statistics in Industry and Technology, Santa Fe, N.M. Co-sponsored by the American Statistical Association Section on Physical & Engineering Sciences and the Institute of Mathematical Statistics. Hosted by Sandia and Los Alamos. For more information, contact Robert G. Easterling, Chair of the Management Committee, at the following e-mail address: rgeaste@sandia.gov

June 8-12: 14th International Conference on Multiple Criteria Decision Making at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va. This year's theme is "MCDM and its Worldwide Role in Risk-Based Decision Making." For more information, contact: MCDM 98, Center for Risk Management of Engineering Systems, 103 Albert Small Building, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va. 22903; Phone: 804/924-0960; Fax: 804/924-0865; E-mail: mcdm98@virginia.edu. Information about the conference can be found at: http://www.virginia.edu/~risk/mcdm98.html

July 12-15: EURO XVI, 16th European Conference on Operational Research on the "Campus-Plaine" of the Université Libre de Bruxelles and the adjacent "Campus-Oefenplein" of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. For more information, contact the EURO XVI Secretariat, c/o Jacques Teghem, MATHRO, Faculte Polytechnique de Mons, 9, rue de Houdain, 7000 Mons, Belgium; Fax: +32 65 37 46 89; E-mail: euro@mathro.fpms.ac.be. Information about the conference can be found at: http://image.fpms.ac.be/euro16.html

July 20-22: Optimization '98 at the University of Coimbra in Coimbra, Portugal. For more information, contact Professor L.N. Vicente, Departamento de Matemática, Universidade de Coimbra, 3000 Coimbra, Portugal; Phone: +351 39 7003199; Fax: +351 39 32568; E-mail: opti98@it.uc.pt. Information about the conference can be found at: http://opti.uc.pt/~opti98

June 27-30: Teaching Management Science with Spreadsheets Faculty Summer Workshop at the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H. Sponsored by DSI, INFORMS and IFORS, this workshop will teach attendees how to use spreadsheets effectively in the classroom, how to interact with a resident faculty of expert spreadsheet modelers, how to teach modeling skills in spreadsheets, and how to teach optimization, simulation and other management science skills using spreadsheets. Registration deadline is May 15, 1998. For more information, see Web page at http://www.dartmouth.edu/tuck/tmss, or send e-mail to: patricia.e.galluzzo@dartmouth.edu

Aug. 18-27: The International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM'98) in Berlin, Germany. Key section topics include: number theory and arithmetic algebraic geometry; logic; algebra; and probability and statistics. For more information, contact Dr. Martin Grötshcel, Presidento of the ICM'98 Organizing Committee, Konrad-Zuse-Zentrum für, Informationstechnik Berlin (ZIB), Takustr. 7, D-14195 Berlin-Dahlem, Germany; Phone: +49 30 84185 210; Fax: +49 30 84185 269; E-mail: groetschel@zib.de. Information about the Congress can be found at: http://elib.zib.de/ICM98

Dec. 22-24: Operational Research Society of India XXX Annual Convention at the SNTI Auditorium, N.Road, Bistupur, Jamshedpur. The theme of this year's conference is "Operations Research for Enhancing Nation's Competitiveness." Topics of discussion will include: quantitative techniques, simulation, scheduling and sequencing, total quality management, inventory and logistics, strategic intelligence, and neural networks. For more information, contact Niloy Mitter, ORSI Convention Secretary, Asst. Divisional Manager, Operational & Cost Research, Sr. GM(Works) Office, Tata Steel, Jamshedpur - 831 001 India; Phone: +0657-434729; Fax: + 0657-424901.

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