OR/MS Today - April 1999

April 1999

Calendar

1999

June 7-9: 41st National Conference of the Canadian Operational Research Society (CORS) in Windsor, Ontario. The theme is "Operational Research in Motion." More information about the conference can be found at http://www.cors.ca/windsor/ or by sending e-mail to Dr. Richard Caron, general chair; rcaron@uwindsor.ca; or Dr. David Stanford, program chair; stanford@fisher.stats.uwo.ca.

June 14-18: Fourth Workshop on Models and Algorithms for Planning and Scheduling Problems (MAPSP4) in Renesse, The Netherlands. The workshop aims to provide a forum for scientific exchange and cooperation in the field of planning, scheduling and related areas. To maintain the informality of the previous workshops and to encourage discussion, there will be a limit of 100 participants and a single stream of presentations. Persons interested in participating or preregistering should send e-mail to mapsp99@win.tue.nl. More information about the workshop may be found at http://www.win.tue.nl/~mapsp99, or by sending your postal address and a request for a printed workshop brochure to mapsp99@win.tue.nl.

June 23-25: The 9th International Conference on Flexible Automation & Intelligent Manufacturing (FAIM '99), at the Center for Economic Research, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands. The main focus of this conference is on the developments in flexible automation and intelligent manufacturing systems. Go to http://cwis.kub.nl/~few5/center/staff/ashayeri/faim99.htm or send an e-mail to Petra Van der Ham (conference secretariat) at P.H.M.vdr Ham@kub.nl.

June 23-29: ISOLDE VIII, 8th International Symposium on Locational Decisions in Coimbra and Estoril, Portugal. Sponsored by the University of Coimbra, this triennial symposium explores the state-of-the-art and developing trends in location analysis, drawing researchers from numerous disciplines including economics, engineering, geography, logistics, mathematics, operations research, management science and regional science. For more information, contact António Pais-Antunes, Civil Engineering Department, University of Coimbra, 3049 Coimbra, Portugal; Phone: 351.39857064; E-mail: antunes@dec.uc.pt. Go to http://www.dec.uc.pt/isolde8 for information.

June 26-29: Richard Ivey School of Business Second Annual Summer Workshop in London, Ontario, Canada. This year's theme is "Teaching Management Science with Cases, Projects, Games and Other Interactive Methods." Sponsored by INFORMS, CORS and IFORS. More information can be found at: http://www.informs.org/informed/2ndconf.htm. Program co-chairs are Peter Bell (pbell@ivey.uwo.ca) and Tom Grossman (grossman@mgmt.ucalgary.ca).

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 operations research and operations research professionals operate. See http://www.math.fsc.qut.edu.au/asor for more information.

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 tohttp://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. Deadline for submission of papers (by e-mail) is March 15, 1999. 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. Go to http://www.uni-magdeburg.de/SOR99/ for more information.

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/.

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/

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