The conference is co-sponsored by the Center for Applied probability (CAP) at Columbia University, AT&T Laboratories, and IBM Research.
Pre-registration, hotel information and submission of proposals and abstracts is ONLINE at: http://www.conference.com/informsApplied/ Conference WEB Site (containing updated information about the conference): http://www.cap.columbia.edu/informs-aps/ap-2001.html
The topics of interest include but are not limited to:
* Markov Processes and Markov Decision Processes * Point Processes * Particle Systems * Stochastic Geometry * Stochastic Comparison * Stochastic Control and Games * Discrete Event Systems * Queueing Networks and Stochastic Petri Nets * Fluid Models * Large Deviations and Extreme Values * Financial Engineering * E-Commerce * Insurance and Financial Models * Probabilistic Models in Biology and Medicine * Modeling of Computer and Communication Systems * Modeling of Manufacturing Systems * Modeling of Transportation Systems * Inference for Stochastic Models * Stochastic Simulation * Perturbation Analysis * Applications of Stochastic Differential Equations * Probabilistic Combinatorial Optimization * Probabilistic Analysis of Algorithms * Stochastic Scheduling * Reliability, Risk and Survival Analysis
Plenary Speakers include * John Hull (U. Toronto, Canada. Director, Bonham Centre for Finance), author of "Options, Futures and other Derivatives". * Tom Leighton (MIT, Akamai.com) * Benoit Mandelbrot (Yale U., IBM Research) * Ward Whitt (AT&T Labs-Research)
Guidelines for abstract submission: Two kinds of submissions will be accepted: 1. proposals for organized sessions; 2. proposals for single papers. A proposal for an organized session should include one-page abstracts for all presentations (20 minutes each). A proposal for a paper should include a one-page abstract.(ONE PRESENTATION PER AUTHOR.) All submissions will be reviewed by a program committee. The authors will be notified of the program committee's decision by April 15, 2001. Deadlines for abstract submission: * Feb 1, 2001 Submission of abstract(s) for single papers and organized sessions. * Apr 15, 2001 Acceptance notification The session proposals and abstracts should be submitted online (this link, if under construction, will be up and running soon)
Organizing Committee: * Ed Coffman, Columbia University * Chris C. Heyde, Columbia University * Dan Heyman, AT&T Labs * Michael Pinedo, New York University * Perwez Shahabuddin, Columbia University * Larry Shepp, Rutgers University * Karl Sigman, Columbia University (Conference Chair) * Mark Squillante, IBM Watson Research Center * David Yao, Columbia University Overseas Program Advisors: * Asia: Masakiyo Miyazawa (Science University of Tokyo, Japan ) * Europe: Volker Schmidt (University of Ulm, Germany)
Program Committee:
* CAP
Questions should be directed to: Karl Sigman, Chair of the Conference <sigman@ieor.columbia.edu> and cc'd to <peter@ieor.columbia.edu> (CAP Administrative Assistant)
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