MCQT'02
          First Announcement and Call for Papers
          1st MADRID CONFERENCE ON QUEUEING THEORY

                    2-5 July, 2002
                 Faculty of Mathematics
               Department of Statistics and O.R.
        Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain


               MCQT'02 GENERAL INFORMATION

The Madrid Conference on Queueing Theory (MCQT) aims to be a meeting
place where scientists and technicians in the field could find a
discussion forum to promote research, encourage interaction and
exchange ideas. The conference is open to all trends including the
development of the theory, methodology and applications of Queueing
Theory.

                MCQT'02 PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Program Committee Members:

  A.S. Alfa (University of Windsor, Canada)
  V.V. Anisimov (Bilkent University, Turkey)
  J.R. Artalejo (Complutense University of Madrid, Spain), Chairman
  O.J. Boxma (Eindhoven University of Science and Technology, The
  Netherlands)
  E. Gelenbe (University of Central Florida, USA)
  A. Krishnamoorthy (Cochin University of Science and Technology,
  India)
  M.F. Neuts (The University of Arizona, USA)
  R. Righter (Santa Clara University, USA)
  K. Sigman (Columbia University, USA)
  H. Takagi (University of Tsukuba, Japan)
  H.C. Tijms (Vrije University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

Local Organizing Committee Members:

  M.J. Alcon, J.R. Artalejo (Chairman), A. G¢mez-Corral,
  M.J. Lopez-Herrero (Secretary), M.T. Ortu¤o.


                     MCQT'02 SPONSORS

Applied Probability Section of INFORMS.
Complutense University of Madrid.
The list will be completed with other Spanish scientific institutions
giving support to the conference.


                  MCQT'02 CALL FOR PAPERS

A selection of papers presented at the conference will be published
in a special volume of Annals of Operations Research (AOR). The papers
submitted for publication will be refereed following the usual
standards of all major international journals. The schedule of this
process is as follows:

      September 1, 2001: Deadline for paper submission.
      February 28, 2002: Notification of decision.

The papers should be written in English according to the formal
guidelines and style of the journal. Style file may be obtained from
our Web address.
Papers are recommended to be no longer than 20 pages.


       MCQT'02 REGISTRATION FORM AND ABSTRACT SUBMISSION

If you plan to attend the conference, please fill the registration
form and send your abstract. Please send them via Email to our address
[log in to unmask] We appreciate very much your prompt response. The
registration and abstract forms are available at our Web site.


                   MCQT'02 IMPORTANT DATES

 May 1, 2001: The Web site of MCQT'02 will be operative.
 January 1, 2002: Second announcement.
 March 1, 2002: Deadline for abstract submissions and  registration
 forms.
 April 1, 2002: Acceptance notification.
 May 1, 2002: Deadline for payment of registration fee.
 July 2, 2002: First day of conference.


                 MCQT'02 SOCIAL ACTIVITIES

The social activities will include a welcome party (on the evening of
July 1) and the conference dinner.


                     MCQT'02 GRANTS

The Organizing Committee will intend to have a few grants available
for participants coming from developing countries. Each such grant
will cover local accommodation and registration fee. Grants applicants
must send, no later than September 1, 2001, the following:
(i) an extended abstract (4 pages) or the full paper submission,
(ii) curriculum vitae.


                  MCQT'02 REGISTRATION FEE

The conference fee is 200 EURO. The registration covers welcome party,
conference dinner, coffee breaks and the booklet of abstracts. The fee
for accompanyning person is 50 EURO. It covers welcome party and
conference dinner.
The deadline for payment of the conference fee is May 1, 2002. The
payment procedure will be specified in the second announcement
(January 1, 2002) and at the Web page.


                  MCQT'02 CONTACT ADDRESS

Questions can be directed to:

        Jesus R. Artalejo
        Department of Statistics and O.R.
        Faculty of Mathematics
        Complutense University of Madrid
        Madrid 28040, Spain
        Fax: +34 91 3944607
        Email: [log in to unmask]

Our Web address is

  http://www.mat.ucm.es/deptos/es/mcqt/conf.html

This Web site is currently under construction. In the next future it
will contain the registration and abstract forms, the AOR style,
information about how to arrive at the conference venue and other
relevant information.