June 1998
Calendar
1998
June 16-19: 20th International Conference on Information Technology Interfaces in Pula, Croatia. For more information, contact: Damir Kalpíc, chairman of the International Program Committee, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb; Phone: 385-1-6129-919; Fax: 385-1-6129-915; E-mail: damir.kalpic@fer.hr
June 22-24: Sixth International Conference on Integer Programming and Combinatorial Optimization (IPCO Houston '98), Rice University, Houston, Texas. For more information, contact: Eva Trevino, IPCO '98 Conference Secretariat, PROS Strategic Solutions, Inc., 3223 Smith, Suite 100, Houston, TX 77006-6623
June 23-25: 66th MORS Symposium at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, Calif. Attendance is by invitation only and is limited to U.S. citizens with appropriate clearance and need-to-know certification. For more information, contact: MORS, 101 S. Whiting St., #202, Alexandria, VA 22304; Phone: (703) 751-7290; Fax: (703) 751-8171; E-mail: morsoffice@aol.com
June 25-26: The XIXth National Conference on Operational Research/Industrial Engineering (YA/EM ' 98) at the Middle East Technical University, Industrial Engineering Department. For more information, contact: Professor Nesim Erkip, Industrial Engineering Department, Middle East Technical University, 06531 Ankara, Turkey; Phone: 90-312- 210-2271; Fax: 90-312-210-1268; E-mail: yad@rorqual.cc.metu.edu.tr. More information about the conference can be found at: http://www.metu.edu.tr/~www68/yad/
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
July 20-23: 16th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society at the Quebec Hilton in Quebec City, Canada. Plenary sessions will emphasize state-of-the-art applications and advances in simulation modeling and systems thinking. For more information, contact: R. Joel Rahn, 3460 DeNevers, Ste-Foy, Quebec, Canada G1X 2E1; E-mail: rjrahn@ microtec.net
July 25-28: The Third International Conference on Management (ICM' 98) in Shanghai, China. For more information, contact: Professor Chongfeng Wu, School of Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200052, China; E-mail: mgmtschl@mail.sjtu.edu.cn or lxu@paladin.wright.edu.
Aug. 8-16: 1998 VII International Conference on Stochastic Programming at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. Information about the conference can be found at http://www.inter chg.ubc.ca/ziemba/SP98html
Aug. 25-28: The Third International Conference on Systems Science and Systems Engineering (ICSSSE' 98) in Beijing, China. For more information, contact Professor Jian Chen, School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China; E-mail:jchen@ mail.tsinghua.edu.cn or lxu@paladin. wright.edu.
Sept. 9-11: The 24th International Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering, Brunel University (Greater London, England) (http://www.brunel.ac.uk/~emstksh/cieconf.htm). Conference proceedings will be published by Elsevier. Selected papers, suitably extended and refereed, will be published in the acclaimed international journal, Computers and Industrial Engineering.
Sept. 13-16: The Quest for Quality & Productivity in Health Services Conference (QQ&PHS) in Memphis, Tenn. For more information, contact: IIE Member and Customer Service; Phone: (800) 494-0460 or (770) 449-0460; Fax: (770) 441-3295; E-mail: cs@www.iienet.org
Oct. 30: CP98 Workshop on Constraints in Bioinformatics/Biocomputing, Pisa, Italy. The workshop will be held in conjunction with the Fourth International Conference on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming (CP98), Oct. 26-30 in Pisa, Italy. Bioinformatics is the development and application of methods in mathematics and informatics for approaching problems in molecular biology, whereas Biocomputing uses naturally occurring architectures and behaviors as models for computational methods, for example neural networks, genetic algorithms, genetic programming and DNA computing. The workshop Web site is http://www.cs.city.ac.uk/~drg/cp98-workshop/cp98-workshop.html. Information on CP98 is available at the CP98 Web site: http://www.di.unipi.it/cp98/
Dec. 13-16: Winter Simulation Conference (WSC ' 98), Grand Hyatt Hotel, Washington, D.C. This year's theme: "Simulation in the 21st Century" to stimulate thinking about the future of simulation in the coming millennium. Contact: Dave Sturrock, WSC '99 general chair (Systems Modeling Corp), 504 Beaver Street, Sewickley, PA, 15090, USA; Phone: (412) 741-3727; Fax: (412) 741-5635; E-mail: DSturrock@sm.com; or Jerry Evans, the WSC '99 program chair (Univ. of Louisville), Department of Industrial Engineering; Louisville, KY, 40292, USA; Phone: (502) 852-0143; Fax: (502) 852-5633; E-mail: gwevan01@ulkyvm. louisville.edu
1999
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." Deadline for paper/panel/workshop submissions is Oct. 11. 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 about the conference can be found at http://www.dsi99.athens.gr
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