From - Sun Nov 2 21:17:39 1997 Received: from CS.Stanford.EDU (CS.Stanford.EDU [171.64.64.64]) by robotics.Stanford.EDU (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id AAA02341; Thu, 9 Oct 1997 00:00:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hearnnt.nic.surfnet.nl (hearnnt.nic.surfnet.nl [192.87.5.133]) by CS.Stanford.EDU (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id AAA03850; Thu, 9 Oct 1997 00:00:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hearnnt (192.87.5.133) by hearnnt.nic.surfnet.nl (LSMTP for Windows NT v1.1a) with SMTP id <0.1CF165E0@hearnnt.nic.surfnet.nl>; Thu, 9 Oct 1997 8:55:38 +0200 Received: from NIC.SURFNET.NL by NIC.SURFNET.NL (LISTSERV release 1.8c) with NJE id 7100 for DMA-LIST@NIC.SURFNET.NL; Thu, 9 Oct 1997 09:00:41 +0200 Received: from HEARN (NJE origin SMTP@HEARN) by HEARN.NIC.SURFNET.NL (LMail V1.2c/1.8c) with BSMTP id 8623; Thu, 9 Oct 1997 09:00:39 +0200 Received: from utmfu6.math.utwente.nl by HEARN.nic.SURFnet.nl (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with TCP; Thu, 09 Oct 97 09:00:31 +0200 Received: from utmfu0.math.utwente.nl (utmou1.math.utwente.nl) by utmfu6.math.utwente.nl with ESMTP (1.40.112.8/16.2) id AA087920358; Thu, 9 Oct 1997 08:59:19 +0200 Received: by utmfu0.math.utwente.nl ($Revision: 1.36.108.11 $/16.2) id AA092740356; Thu, 9 Oct 1997 08:59:16 +0200 Mailer: Elm [revision: 66.36.1.1] Approved-By: DMANET Message-ID: <199710090659.AA092740356@utmfu0.math.utwente.nl> Date: Thu, 9 Oct 1997 08:59:13 METDST Reply-To: roger@HPC.UH.EDU Sender: DMANET From: DMANET Subject: IPCO Houston '98: Call For Papers To: DMA-LIST@NIC.SURFNET.NL X-Mozilla-Status: 8001 Status: O X-Status: ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // // // Call For Papers // // // // Sixth Conference on // // Integer Programming and Combinatorial Optimization // // // // IPCO Houston '98 // // // // June 22-24, 1998 // // // // Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA // // // ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// SPONSORED BY The Mathematical Programming Society Rice University University of Houston Texas A&M University CONFERENCE APPROACH This meeting, the sixth in the series of IPCO conferences held every year in which no MPS International Symposium takes place, is a forum for researchers and practitioners working on various aspects of integer programming and combinatorial optimization. The aim is to present recent developments in theory, computation, and applications of integer programming and combinatorial optimization. Topics include, but are not limited to: * polyhedral combinatorics * integer programming * cutting planes * branch and bound * geometry of numbers * semidefinite relaxations * computational complexity * networks flows * matroids and submodular functions * 0,1 matrices * approximation algorithms * scheduling theory and algorithms In all these areas, we welcome structural and algorithmic results, revealing computational studies, and novel applications of these techniques to practical problems. The algorithms studied may be sequential or parallel, deterministic or randomized. During the three days, approximately thirty papers will be presented, in a series of sequential (non-parallel) sessions. Each lecture will be thirty minutes long. The program committee will select the papers to be presented on the basis of extended abstracts to be submitted as described below. The proceedings of the conference will contain full texts of all presented papers. Copies will be provided to all participants at registration time. PAPER SUBMISSION An extended abstract (up to 10 double-spaced pages) must be submitted by NOVEMBER 30. Electronic submissions are encouraged. Papers must be typeset in Latex in US letter size (11 x 8.5 in). Please refer to the Conference Web Site for further submission instructions. If an electronic submission is not possible, submit 8 copies by regular mail. Your submission must include author's name, affiliation, and e-mail address. Authors will be notified of acceptance or rejection by JANUARY 31, 1998. The final full version of the accepted paper, for inclusion in the conference proceedings, is due by MARCH 20, 1998. Papers in the proceedings will not be refereed, and it is expected that revised versions will subsequently be submitted for publication in appropriate journals. CONTACT ADDRESS Susan Owens IPCO Conference Secretariat Dept. of Mathematics U. of Houston Houston, TX 77204-3476 USA Fax: (713) 743-8692 E-mail: ipco98@hpc.uh.edu URL: http://www.hpc.uh.edu/~ipco98/ PROGRAM COMMITTEE * Chair: Robert Bixby (Rice University) * Imre Barany (Mathematical Institute, Budapest) * Daniel Bienstock (Columbia University) * William Cook (Rice University) * Bert Gerards (CWI, Amsterdam) * David B. Shmoys (Cornell University) * David P. Williamson (IBM T.J. Watson Research Center) ORGANIZING COMMITTEE * Chair: Andrew Boyd (Texas A&M University) * Roger Z. Rios (Texas A&M University) IMPORTANT DATES Extended abstracts due: November 30, 1997 Authors notified: January 31, 1998 Final versions received: March 20, 1998 IPCO Houston '98: June 22-24, 1998 GENERAL INFORMATION IPCO Houston '98 will be held on the campus of Rice University. The campus is situated in the heart of Houston, with easy access to museums, parks, the Zoo, and NASA Space Center. Reduced rate dormitory as well as hotel accommodations will be available. Further information as well as future announcements can be obtained from the Conference Web Site given above. -- ****************************************************** Contributions to be spread via DMANET are submitted to DMANET@math.utwente.nl Replies to a message carried on DMANET should NOT be addressed to DMANET but to the original sender. The original sender, however, is invited to prepare an update of the replies received and to communicate it via DMANET. DISCRETE MATHEMATICS AND ALGORITHMS NETWORK (DMANET)