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.