OBJECTIVES

The conference aims to review and discuss recent advances and promising research trends in some areas of Optimization and Numerical Algebra.

TOPICS INCLUDE

Linear Programming and Nonlinear Programming
Convex Programming and Nonconvex Programming
Nonsmooth Optimization
Global Optimization
Stochastic Programming
Multiobjective Optimization
Network Programming
Variational Inequalities
Linear and Nonlinear Systems of Equations
Least-Squares Problems
Computation of Eigenvalue Problems
Matrix Computation and Generalized Inverses
Applications of Optimization and Numerical Algebra

CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS

Zhongzhi Bai (Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing)
E-mail address: bzz@lsec.cc.ac.cn

Qin Ni (Nanjing University of Aero- and Astronautics, Nanjing)
E-mail address: nifqs@dns.nuaa.edu.cn

Liqun Qi (University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia)
E-mail address: l.qi@unsw.edu.au

Yongzhog Song (Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing)
E-mail address: yzsong@pine.njnu.edu.cn

Wenyu Sun (Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing)
E-mail address: wysun@pine.njnu.edu.cn,

Yaxiang Yuan (Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing)
E-mail address: yyx@indy1.cc.ac.cn

SPONSORSHIP:

National Natural Science Foundation of China
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Chinese Mathematical Society
Chinese Computational Mathematics Society
Chinese Society of Mathematical Programming
Institute of Computational Mathematics and Sci-Eng Computing
Nanjing Normal University
Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM COMMITTEE

X. Chang (McGill University, Canada)
Z. Cao (Fudan University, Shanghai)
C. Dang (City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
J. Ding (University of Southern Mississippi, USA)
M. Fukushima (Kyoto University, Japan)
B. He (Nanjing University, Nanjing)
C. Kanzow (University of Hamburg, Germany)
A. Rubinov (University of Ballarat, Australia)
J. Shi (Science University of Tokyo, Japan)
T. Tanaka (Hirosaki University, Japan)
Ph.L. Toint (University of Namur, Belgium)
C. Xu (Xian Jiaotong University, Xian)
G. Wang (Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai)
X. Yang (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong)
J. Zhang (City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
S. Zhang (Erasmus University, The Netherlands)
S. Wu (National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan)
J. Yuan (Federal University of Parana, Brazil)

INVITED SPEAKERS INCLUDE

O. Axelsson (Nijmegen University, The Netherlands)
J.R. Birge (University of Michigan, USA)
T.F. Coleman (Cornell University, USA)
D.Y. Cai (Tsinghua University, Beijing)
S.C. Fang (North Carolina State University, USA)
G.C. Feng (Jilin University, Changchun)
M. Ferris (University of Wisconsin, USA)
M. Fukushima (Kyoto University, Japan)
W. Gander (ETH, Switzerland)
J.Y. Han (Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing)
E.X. Jiang (Fudan University, Shanghai)
B. Kagstrom (University of Umea, Sweden)
P. Kall (University of Zurich, Switzerland)
W.W. Lin (National Tsinghua University, Taiwan)
W. Niethammer (Karlsruhe University, Germany)
L. Qi (University of New South Wales, Australia)
D. Ralph (University of Melbourne, Australia)
E.W. Sachs (University of Trier, Germany)
Z. Shen (Nanjing University, Nanjing)
E. Spedicato (University of Bergamo, Italy)
J. Sun (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
J.G. Sun (University of Umea, Sweden)
K. Tanabe (The Institute of Statistical Mathematics, Japan)
Ph.L. Toint (University of Namur, Belgium)
K.L. Teo (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong)
J. Ph. Vial (University of Geneva, Switzerland)
A.J. Wathen (Oxford University, UK)
T. Yamamoto (Ehime University, Japan)
Y. Yuan (Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing)
J. Zhang (City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)

X. Zhang (Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing)
Y. Zhang (Rice University, USA)

CALL FOR PAPERS

Titles and abstracts of invited and contributed papers must be received by 10 July 1999.
The abstracts should be typed in Latex, not exceed one page, and be sent by email to

niqfs@dns.nuaa.edu.cn or wysun@pine.njnu.edu.cn
 

The applicant should be either a current student, or a researcher who obtained his/her last degree on or after 1 January 1994, or any person born on or after 1 January 1968. Only one paper can be submitted for consideration and it must also be submitted for presentation at the conference. The paper can be co-authored but the applicant must be the major contributor (significantly more than 50 %).

The Award Selection Committee consists of:

• Chairman J. Zhang (Hong Kong) E-mail address: mazhang@cityu.edu.hk
• Member T.F. Coleman (USA) E-mail address: coleman@tc.cornell.edu
• Member P. Kall (Switzerland) E-mail address: kall@ior.unizh.ch

The Committee will shortlist about three papers for final competition and notify the candidates around September 10. The three selected papers will be presented in a special session in the conference. The award will be announced at the conference banquet.

SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS

Conference proceedings, special issues of some journals, tours and accommodations arrangements will be indicated in the Second Announcement.

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further information of the International Conference can be found in the following websites :