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<DIV>A message from Luis Gouveia:</DIV>
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<DIV>Due to many requests and complains (it appears that the previous deadline
coincides with heavy teaching time) we will extend the deadline for submission
of abstracts to October 15th.</DIV>
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<DIV>Let me remind you that INOC (<A
href="http://www.the-conference.net">http://www.the-conference.net</A>)
is the conference of the European Network Optimization Group ENOG (<A
href="http://www.euro-online.org/display.php?file=wg_info.php&wgid=27&title=ENOG,-WS-European-WS-Network-WS-Optimization-WS-Group&parent=303">http://www.euro-online.org/display.php?file=wg_info.php&wgid=27&title=ENOG,-WS-European-WS-Network-WS-Optimization-WS-Group&parent=303</A>)
and that the aim of this conference is to bring together people from different
disciplines (Operations Research, Graph Theory, and Queuing Theory) with a main
focus on network optimization. </DIV>
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<DIV>For this event we have been able to organize the following Plenary Sessions
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<DIV><BR>- Andr�s Frank, E�tv�s Lor�nd University, Budapest, Hungary
"Algorithmic developments in graph connectivity" </DIV>
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<DIV>- Martin Gr�tschel, Konrad-Zuse Institut, Berlin, Germany "Optimizing the
radio interface in mobile telecommunication" </DIV>
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<DIV><BR>- Gilbert Laporte, Canada Research Chair in Distribution Management,
HEC Montreal, Canada "Locating cycles in transportation and telecommunications
networks" </DIV>
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<DIV><BR>- Thomas Magnanti, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
"Modeling and Solving Piecewise Linear (Network) Optimization Problems" </DIV>
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<DIV>I would like to emphasize that although the submitted 4-6 page abstracts
may contain a survey of completed work, we are also accepting abstracts
referring to work still in progress. (In fact we strongly encourage the
submission of such abstracts.)</DIV>
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<DIV>Examples of such work in progress include:</DIV>
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<DIV>1) development of a new (different) approach for a known problem</DIV>
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<DIV>2) a promising approach for a new problem (or a new variation of a known
problem) that needs further computer experimentation; while the authors may only
have preliminary computational results to report by the end of this month (and
the abstract deadline), more extensive testing is anticipated by the conference
date.</DIV>
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<DIV>In this way, we also encourage the presentation of work which will be (or
has strong potential to be) quite current at the time of the conference.</DIV>
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<DIV>With best regards, Luis Gouveia<BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>