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Dear Colleague,

We welcome you and your colleagues to participate in the International Workshop

"Discrete  optimization methods  in scheduling  and computer-aided design"

With kindest regards,

Organizing Committee



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                          CALL FOR PAPERS

International Workshop

"Discrete  optimization methods  in scheduling  and computer-aided design"

September 5-6, 2000, Minsk, Belarus

Organizers:

Institute of Engineering Cybernetics, National Academy of Sciences of
Belarus (Minsk)

Institute of Mathematics, National  Academy of Sciences of Belarus (Minsk)

University of Technology of Troyes (Troyes, France)

Operational Research Society of Belarus (Minsk)

Sections:

1. Scheduling
2. Combinatorial Optimization
3. Decomposition and Aggregation in Optimization
4. Logical Design
5. Root-Locus Methods in Interval Dynamic Control Systems

Program Committee:

Jean-Marie Proth (Metz, France) - Chairman
Jacek Blazewicz (Poznan, Poland)
Peter Brucker (Osnabrueck, Germany)
Rainer Burkard (Graz, Austria)
Chengbin Chu (Troyes, France)
Gerd Finke (Grenoble, France)
Valery Gordon (Minsk, Belarus)
Peter Reusch (Dortmund, Germany)
Bernd Steinbach (Freiberg, Germany)
Arkady Zakrevsky (Minsk, Belarus)

Organizing Committee:

Vjacheslav Tanaev (Minsk, Belarus) - Chairman
Petr Bibilo (Minsk, Belarus)
Alexandre Dolgui (Troyes, France)
Nikolai Guschinsky (Minsk,  Belarus)
Mikhail Kovalyov (Minsk,  Belarus)
Svetlana Kravchenko (Minsk, Belarus)
Genrikh Levin (Minsk, Belarus)
Mikolai Miacelski (Olsztyn, Poland)
Yuri Sotskov (Minsk,  Belarus)

Conference languages: English and Russian.

Conference venue: 
Institute of Engineering Cybernetics, 
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (Minsk).

Tourist  information:  Minsk  is  the  capital  of the Republic of
Belarus and is the largest city of the country with population of 
about 2 million. Several universities and a number of research 
institutes of the National Academy of Sciences have their campuses 
in Minsk. The city is situated approximately 600 km to the east of 
Warsaw and 700 km  to the west of Moscow. Minsk  is well reached by 
train and  airplane from  many European  cities. Places  of interest 
are world  famous Byelorussian  Opera  and  Ballet Theatre,  Music and
Drama Theatres, art and historical museums, shops selling products
of  traditional byelorussian  trades, wild  nature surroundings of
Minsk.

Pre-registration:

Authors are requested to electronically submit the title
of the  paper, authors' names and  affiliations (presenter must be
indicated), an abstract of at  most 150 words without mathematical
symbols, and section name to the Secretariate by March 1, 2000.

Submission of papers:

Authors are requested to submit  3 hard camera-ready copies of the
paper  and  an  electronical  copy   coded  in  Word  for  Windows
(.doc or rtf.-file) or LaTeX (ASCII  file) by April 15, 2000, to 
the Secretariate of the  Workshop. Paper length is limited  by 6 pages
including an abstract. Paper format  is given in the attachment to
this message.

Authors  will be  notified about  acceptance by  June 1, 2000.

Registration fee:

Registration fee will be paid to the Secretariate at the beginning
of the Workshop. The value of  the registration fee is not decided
yet  but  it  will  not  exceed  100  US dollars. Registration fee
covers  publication   of  the  Workshop   proceedings,  organizing
expences and some social program.

Hotel reservation:

Requests  for  the  hotel  reservation   should  be  sent  to  the
Secretariate by July 1, 2000.

Deadlines:

March 1, 2000, - pre-registration
April 15, 2000, - submission of papers
July 1, 2000, - hotel reservation

Workshop Secretariate:

E-mail: [log in to unmask]

Address:

Dr. Mikhail Y. Kovalyov
Institute of Engineering Cybernetics
National Academy of  Sciences of Belarus
Surganova 6
220012 Minsk
Belarus

Tel.: (375) (17) 2842171
Fax:  (375) (17) 2318403
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