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:

Z. Bai (Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing)
Q. Ni (Nanjing University of Aero- and Astronautics, Nanjing)
L. Qi (University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia)
Y. Song (Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing)
W. Sun (Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing)
Y. Yuan (Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing)

E-mail: bzz@lsec.cc.ac.cn, niqfs@dns.nuaa.edu.cn, l.qi@unsw.edu.au,
            yzsong@pine.njnu.edu.cn, wysun@pine.njnu.edu.cn, yyx@lsec.cc.ac.cn

SPONSORSHIP:

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

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM COMMITTEE:

Z.Cao (Fudan University, Shanghai)
X. Chang (McGill University, Canada)
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)
J. Shi (Science University of Tokyo, Japan)
T. Tanaka (Hirosaki University, Japan)
Ph.L. Toint (University of Namur, Belgium)
G. Wang (Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai)
R. Womersley (University of New South Wales, Australia)
S. Wu (National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan)
C. Xu (Xian Jiaotong University, Xian)
X. Yang (Hong Kong Polytecnical University, Hong Kong)
J. Yuan (Federal University of Parana, Brazil)
J. Zhang (City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
S. Zhang (Erasmus University, The Netherlands)

INVITED SPEAKERS INCLUDE:

O. Axelsson (The University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands)
D. Cai (Tsinghua University, Beijing)
T.F. Coleman (Cornell University, USA)
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 (Dept. Informatik, Switzerland)
J.Y. Han (Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing)
E.X. Jiang (Fudan University, Shanghai)
Bo Kagstrom (University of Umea, Sweden)
P. Kall (University of Zurich, Switzerland)
W.W. Lin (National Tsinghua University, Taiwan)
Z. Nashed (University of Delware, USA)
W. Niethammer (Universitaet Karlsruhe, Germany)
L. Qi (University of New South Wales, Australia)
D. Ralph (University of Melbourne, Australia)
E.W. Sachs (Universitaet Trier, Germany)
Z. Shen (Nanjing University, Nanjing)
J. Stoer (Wuerzburg University, Germany)
J. Sun (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
J.G. Sun (University of Umea, Sweden)
K. Tanabe (The Institute of Statistical Mathematics, Japan)
K.L. Teo (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong)
A.J. Wathen (Oxford University, UK)
W. Yu (East China Polytecnic University, Shanghai)
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)

IMPORTANT DATES:

Deadline of registration and sending abstract: July 30, 1999.
The date of notification of acceptance of contributed talks:
            August 20, 1999.
The date of arriving at Nanjing: September 26, 1999.
The time of Conference: September 27--30, 1999.
Deadline for submitting paper to special issue of AOR: November 30, 1999.

PROGRAM:

The conference will held from September 27, 1999 (Monday) through to September
30, 1999 (Thursday). The academic program consists of invited talks, session talks,
contributed talks and posters. Each invited speaker will give a 30 minute plenary talk;
each other talk will take 25 minutes or 15 minutes, including time for discussion.

ABSTRACTS:

All speakers, including invited speakers, should submit an abstract of LaTex file,
not exceed one page, via e-mail to wysun@pine.njnu.edu.cn before July 30, 1999.
The hard copy of the abstract will also be accepted, and should be sent before
the same time deadline to Ms. Wang Wei, secretary of conference office, 99'ONA.
Notification of acceptance of contributed talks will be sent by August 20, 1999.

Ms. Wang Wei
Secretary of Conference Office, 99'ONA
School of Mathematics and Computer Science
Nanjing Normal University
Nanjing 210097
China
E-mail: wysun@pine.njnu.edu.cn
Fax: +86-25-3720604
Tel: +86-25-3720999 Ext 4094

SESSION ORGANIZATION:

The organizing committee has invited some people to organize sessions. Other people
who wish to organize sessions are welcomed and should contact Zhongzhi Bai
(bzz@lsec.cc.ac.cn, Numerical Algebra) and Qin Ni (niqfs@dns.nuaa.edu.cn, Optimization).
Each session should consists three talks, and the topics of which should be closely related.
Session organizers are requested to provide the corresponding organizers with titles
of sessions, names and organizations of session speakers. Abstracts for each session
had better be submitted together.

SPECIAL ISSUE:

A special volume of the Annals of Operations Research (AOR) is planned for this conference.
Participants of this conference are encouraged to submit the papers of their talks.
All submission will undergo a thorough refereeing procedure. More details will be
announced later.

REGISTRATION:

The dead line of registration is July 30, 1999. Full registration fee is
300US$ which covers registration, three meals per day during the conference,
coffee break, abstract collection, one reception, one banquet, half-day city tour.
The full registration fee for student is 150US$. The lated registration after July 30
or registration at the conference site is accepted which are 340US$
for full registration and 170US$ for student respectively. People who want
to take care the meals theirselves may pay basic registration fee only,
which is 200US$ for general participant and 100US$ for student.

______________________________________________________________
                                Full Registration                 Basic Registration
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before July 30          300US$                             200US$
                               150US$ for students           100US$ for students -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
after July 30             340US$                             220US$
                               170US$ for students           110US$ for students ______________________________________________________________

ACCOMMODATION:

As above indicated that the conference provides three meals per day for
each participant during the conference. The conference hotel is Nan Shan Guest Hotel
which is situated in the campus of Nanjing Normal University. Room rates are
as follows:
* Standard room with two beds:
    25US$ per room per night for both single/twin.
* Common room with two beds:
    15US$ per room per night for both single/twin.
All rooms have private bathrooms, TV and telephone. Rooms may be booked
through Ms. Wang Wei, secretary of conference office

SOCIAL EVENTS:

* A half-day city tour:
Nanjing is the capital of Jiangsu Province, has been known as "Ancient Metropolis
of Six Dynasties". A half-day city tour will be arranged in the afternoon of
September 29, 1999 (Wednesday). The initial itinerary includes Zhong Shan
(Sun Yat-sen) Mausoleum, Ming Dynasty King's Mausoleum, Ling Gu Tower,
Confucius Temple of Fuzimiao.

* Self-paid tour:
The Yellow Mountain is one of the most attractive scenic points. It is famous
for wonderful rocks, vigorous pines, phantasmagoric clouds which
is called as "Three Strange Sights". A post-conference tour to Yellow Mountain
(three-day tour) will be held from October 1 (Friday) through to October 3 (Sunday).
Yellow Mountain is one of the most attractive scenic points in China. The initial price
is about 160US$ per person including two-night living in mountain hotel, three-day
meals, cable-car, guiding-tour service. If you would like to participate
in the self-paid tour to Yellow Mountain, please reserve in advance and
pay 160US$ to her before September 10, 1999.

PAYMENT:

* Payment should be made by check or money order in US dollars made
payable to " Wang Wei, Secretary of 99'ONA, School of Mathematics and
Computer Science, Nanjing Normal University", and sent to Wang Wei.

* Payment can use our bank account and transfer to:
Bank of China, Nanjing Branch, No. 4447840-0188-002854-4, Ms. Wang Wei.

* Payment can accept Visa credit card. Please write:

Please charge my Visa credit card for the amount of __________________
(payable to Ms. Wang Wei, Secretary of 99'ONA).

Card Number __________________________________________________________

Expiry Date _________________________________________________________

Cardholder's Signature ______________________________________________

Cardholder's Name (please print) ____________________________________

Please note that payment by credit card will be subject to a 4% surcharge.

HOW TO TRAVEL TO NANJING:

Nanjing is a historical and modernized city which is situated by the Yangtze River.
As to travel to Nanjing, there are three ways as follows.

1) Your city -- Beijing -- Nanjing
    Every day there are many flights from Beijing to Nanjing which take two hours.

2) Your city -- Hong Kong -- Nanjing
    Everyday there are some flights flying directly between Hong Kong and Nanjing
    which take two hours.

3) Your city -- Shanghai -- Nanjing
    There are also several flights from Shanghai to Nanjing which take 45 minutes.
    Since Shanghai is near to Nanjing, when you arrive at Shanghai Airport,
    you also can take bus to Nanjing just at the exit of Shanghai Airport which takes
    about three and half hours. Note the start time of bus to Nanjing is 13:00, 15:00
    and 17:00. The terminus is YA HUA Hotel near to Nanjing Normal University
    (five minutes by walk). For those foreigners who are first time to China,
    we suggest you always take airplane.
    Maybe, in some foreign travel agencies you cannot reserve the ticket of Shanghai
    to Nanjing. If so, you had better take one of the first two schemes.

As soon as you buy your air-ticket, please let us know the time you will arrive at
Nanjing Airport and your flight number. We will pick you up at the Exit of
Nanjing Airport. In case of you don't meet us at the exit of Nanjing Airport,
please take the Airport Bus (3.0US$) to the final stop -- XIN HAN DA SHA
(in No. 180, Han Kou Road), and then take Taxi (1.5 US$) to
Nanjing Normal University, Nan Shan Guest Hotel.

TEMPERATURE:

The temperature of Nanjing at the end of September is about 25--30 Centigrade.

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS:

1999 Nanjing Award in Optimization and Numerical Algebra for Young Researcher
The applicant should be either a current student, or a researcher who obtained
his/her last degree on or after January 1, 1994, or any person born on or after
January 1, 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

T.F. Coleman (USA): coleman@tc.cornell.edu,
P. Kall (Switzerland): kall@ior.unizh.ch and
J. Zhang (Hong Kong) (Committee Chair): mazhang@cityu.edu.hk

Applicants should send their application to all three of the award selection
committee members by e-mail on or before July 30. The application
(an ASCII-file) should include a short curriculum vitae and a detailed abstract
of the paper (no more than 3 pages). The technical part of the application
should be in plain-TeX, LaTeX or should be a separate postscript file,
as should be the full paper which may be requested if the selection committee
feels necessary in making its judgement.

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.
 

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                NANJING INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON OPTIMIZATION
                                            AND NUMERICAL ALGEBRA

REGISTRATION FORM                                                  Date:

Complete Name: (Prof/Dr/Mr/Ms)_________________________________________

Organization: _________________________________________________________

Postal Address:_______________________________________________________

Title of talk: __________________________________________________________

You prefer to talk ___________ or poster___________ (Please give a choice)

E-Mail: ___________________________________________________

Fax Number: _______________________________________________

Fees: Full registration ___________ US$; Basic registration__________US$;

Hotel reservation __________ US$ for standard/common room.

Reserving self-paid tour to Yellow Mountain: _________________US$.

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For further information please contact

Ms. Wang Wei
Secretary of Conference Office, 99'ONA
School of Mathematics and Computer Science
Nanjing Normal University
Nanjing 210097
China
Email: wysun@pine.njnu.edu.cn
Tel/Fax: +86-25-372-0604
or check WWW websites of
http://www.njnu.edu.cn,
http://www.polyu.edu.hk/~ama/events/nanjingse.html,
http://www.pax.st.usm.edu/~jding/meeting html/meeting.html
or contact any conference organizers.

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