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CFP: 1st Madrid Conference on Queueing Theory

Dear colleagues,

I am sending you the information about 1st Madrid conference
on Queueing Theory.
Hope it make take some interest of you.
Would you please distribute it among your colleagues 
and people who might be interested.
Sincerely yours,
Vladimir Anisimov
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                 1st MADRID CONFERENCE ON QUEUEING THEORY
                              2-5 July, 2002 
                            Faculty of Mathematics 
           Department of Statistics and Operations Research 
                     Complutense University of Madrid 

                       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 & Kiev University,
Ukraine) 
    J.R. Artalejo (Complutense University of Madrid, Spain), Chairman 
    O.J. Boxma (Eindhoven University of 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. Gómez-Corral 
    M.J. Lopez-Herrero (Secretary) 
    M.T. Ortuño 
  

                              MCQT'02 SPONSORS

    Applied Probability Society of INFORMS 
    Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) 

    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. 
  

GUIDELINES FOR AUTHORS 

     The papers should be written in English, following either the
Baltzer      Style, or in a Latex version. 
     A Baltzer Style file can be obtained from the website 
http://www.baltzer.nl/auth.inst.html .
     Make sure that your files are complete and self-contained.
Include special macros (if any) used with your files. 
     Papers are recommended to be no longer than 20 Baltzer Style
pages. 
     Papers should be submitted via email to the conference address
mc_qt@mat.ucm.es 

   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 

    mc_qt@mat.ucm.es 

    We appreciate very much your prompt response. 
    Registration and abstract forms (click here) 

                         MCQT'02 IMPORTANT DATES

    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 GRANTS

    The Organizing Committee will intend to have a few grants 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: 

   1.An extended abstract (4 pages) or the full paper submission. 
   2.Curriculum vitae. 

                        MCQT'02 REGISTRATION FEE

    The conference fee is 200 EURO. The registration fee covers
welcome party, conference dinner, coffee breaks and the booklet of
abstracts. The fee for accompanying person is 50 EURO. It covers
welcome party and conference dinner. 
    The deadline for payment of the conference fee is May 1, 2002.
After this date the conference fee will be 220 EURO for participants 
and 55 EURO for accompanying persons. 
    Registration cancellations must be notified by post or fax no
later than June 1, 2002, for total refund. After this date a charge of
20% will be retained. 
    The method of payment is a bank transfer addressed to: 

    Beneficiary: FUNDACION GENERAL DE LA UCM (MCQT'02) 
    Bank: CAJA MADRID 
    Account: 2038-1735-91-6000402693 

    Participants are strongly requested to fax a copy of their bank
transfer to: 
    Jesus R. Artalejo 
    Department of Statistics and O.R. 
    Fax: +34 91 3944607 


  

                            TOURIST INFORMATION

    Madrid, the capital of Spain, is located in the heart of the
Iberian peninsula and has excellent air connections to and from most
leading world cities. Madrid contains a wide range of sites of
historic interest ranging from excellent museums (Prado Museum, Reina
Sofia Museum, Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum) to the Royal Palace, the
Madrid of the Austrias and the Monastery of the Royal Barefoot
Franciscans ('Monasterio de las Descalzas Reales'). Many pleasant
places can be visited in one day excursions. This includes Toledo (70
km. southwest of Madrid), El Escorial (50 km. northwest of Madrid) and
Segovia (87 km. northwest of Madrid). 
    A detailed information about major museums and galleries, tourism
in the city of Madrid and surroundings and useful links to interesting
websites (art, transport, accommodation, etc.) is available from the
Web address 

     http://www.comadrid.es/turismo 

    A selection of websites of interest is as follows: 

     Prado Museum:     http://museoprado.mcu.es 
     Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum:    http://www.museothyssen.org 
     Royal Palace:    
http://www.patrimonionacional.es/preal/preal.htm 
     El Escorial:    
http://www.patrimonionacional.es/escorial/escorial.htm 
     Toledo:    
http://www.cyberspain.com/ciudades-patrimonio/itoledo.htm 
     Segovia:    
http://www.cyberspain.com/ciudades-patrimonio/isegovia.htm 
     Metro of Madrid:     http://www.metromadrid.es/index.html 


                        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 
    28040 Madrid, Spain 

    Fax: +34 91 3944607 
    Email: mc_qt@mat.ucm.es
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This message is forwarded to members of the COSC/Management/Maths 
research group on stochastic simulation at the University of 
Canterbury, Christchurch, New zealand,
and anybody else interested in research in this area

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		Associate Prof. Dr Krzysztof Pawlikowski

	Department of Computer Science,  University of Canterbury
 			Christchurch, New Zealand
		
ph.  +(64) 3 3642 987 ext.7772  email:   krys@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz 
fax. +(64) 3 3642 569      URL:     http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/~krys

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