Workshop: Par. Prob. Solving: Applns. in Statistics & Economics

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Workshop Announcement and Call for Papers:

"Parallel Problem Solving From Nature: Applications in Statistics & Economics".
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Interdisciplinary Project Center for Supercomputing, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland.
December 10-11, 1991.

Support/Sponsorship: DOSES/Statistical Office of the European Communities;
IPS, ETH Zurich; Konjunkturforschungsstelle, ETH Zurich; MasPar Distributor
AG Zurich; PAR, Schweizerische Informatiker Gesellschaft; Parsytec GmbH,
Aachen; QT optec AG, Zug; Schweizerischer Bankverein, Basel, IBM Switzerland.

Program Committee: J. Frain (Central Bank of Ireland), K. Kirchmayr 
(Schweizerischer Bankverein, Basel), F. Murtagh (Munotec Systems, Munich and 
Dublin), P. Van Nypelseer (DOSES/EUROSTAT, Luxembourg), U. Reimer 
(Rentenanstalt Zuerich), M.M. Richter (DFKI Kaiserslautern), W. Roth 
(Konjunkturforschungsstelle ETH, Zurich), D. Wuertz (IPS, ETH Zurich), and
H.G. Zimmermann (Siemens, Munich).

Invited Speakers: J. Bernasconi (ABB Corp. Research, Baden), A. Colin (Citibank,
London), F. Fogelman-Soulie (MIMETICS, Chatenay Malabry), J. Frain (Central Bank
of Ireland), H. Horner (Universitaet Heidelberg), H. Muehlenbein (GMD, Sankt
Augustin, Bonn), F. Murtagh (Munotec Syst., Munich), M.B. Priestley (UMIST
Manchester), R. Rohwer (CSTR University of Edinburgh), C. Schaefer (Rowland 
Inst. of Science, Cambridge MA), P. Treleaven (University College London),
A. Varfis (Joint Research Center, Ispra), H.-M. Wallmeier (IBM Scientific
Center, Heidelberg), D. Weers (Aspen Intellect, Zug), A. Weigend (Stanford
University) D. Wuertz (IPS, ETH Zurich), H.G. Zimmermann (Siemens, Munich).

Registration: SFr 400 for those from profit-making companies; otherwise SFr 150.
A limited fund will be available to support younger participants who would not
otherwise be able to attend.  Late registration, after November 1, additional
SFr 50.  Remittance (only Swiss Francs) to: PASE-Workshop - Dr. Diethelm
Wuertz, Schweizerischer Bankverein, Zurich.  Acccount number: P0-206066.0.
Accommodation requests: directly to: Verkehrsverein Zurich (VVZ), Kongressbuero,
Postfach, CH-8023 Zurich, Switzerland (Tel: + 41 1 211-1256).

Contact Point:
Dr. Diethelm Wuertz, IPS ETH Zurich, ETH Zentrum, CLU B3, CH-8092 Zurich,
Switzerland.  Fax: + 41 1 252-0185. Email: wuertz at ips.ethz.ch
or the undersigned.

Abstract: 1 page, by November 1.

F.D. Murtagh
murtagh at scivax.stsci.edu