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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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