THE SEVENTEENTH BELARUSIAN  WORKSHOP ON QUEUEING THEORY
(BWQT - 2003)
                               
Gomel State University, Gomel, Belarus, September 23 - 25, 2003
                               

PLACE AND HOST
                               
The  Belarussian  Workshops on Queueing  Theory  (BWQT)
have  been held usually in  winter time annually  since 1985 
and biennially since 1999 in  one
of  the  Belarusian towns. This time the  BWQT-17  is  being
arranged   on  September  23-25,  2003  at  the Gomel  State
University, Gomel. The present official name of Workshop is:
International scientifis conference "Modern mathematical methods
for analysis and optimization of communication networks".

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
                               
     The  conference will deal with various aspects of queues,
flows  and  networks. It is aimed to discuss  new  theoretical
results of this area and to share already existing experiences
in the practical problems.
     The  list  of topics includes but not restricted  by  the
following major topics:
     -    Event flows
     -    Queueing systems
     -    Queueing networks
     -    Statistical analysis of queues
     -    Applications of the queueing theory in the communication
       and computer networks.

THE INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Chairman:    Alexander Dudin  (Belarusian State University)   
Program Co-Chairs:  Gennady Medvedev  (Belarusian State University)
Marcel Neuts  (Arizona State University, USA)
            

CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESS

Send your papers and inquiry forms to the address below:
Alexander N. Dudin
Faculty of Applied Mathematics and
Computer Science
Belarus State University
4 F.Skorina Avenue
Minsk 220050  Belarus
Phone: 375 17 2265831, 375 17 2095486
Fax: 375 17 2265548
E-mail: dudin@bsu.by (for short messages also: dudin_alex@yahoo.com)

VENUE

Gomel is the second in population and meaning city of Belarus. 
The city is very picturesque. 

ACCOMMODATION

Gomel is located in about 300 km from Minsk.

There is an International Airport  in Minsk and there is one fligth
from Minsk to Gomel per day. There are 10 trains from Minsk to Gomel,
2 trains from Moscow to Gomel and about 2 trains from Kiev to 
Gomel. However, if you move via Moscow or Kiev you need
additionally Russian or Ukranian visa.
The costs of a single-room in the hotels are approximately $45
per night.

                               
  DEADLINES AND REQUIREMENTS

Papers  (up  to 6 pages) in Russian or English  are  to  be
submitted  by  usual mail (with 3.5 diskette)
or electronic mail. They  should  be
typed  in  LATEX, font 14pt or Microsoft Word  7.0  (by  the
font  "Normal Times New Roman  14"  or  (as  an
exception for the abstracts without formulae) in ASCII-format.
Accepted papers are expected to be published in Workshop Proceedings
to the start of the Workshop.

                       Important dates:

           Strict submission deadline is June 15, 2003
           Acceptance notification  July 1, 2003
           Expected arrival day September 22, 2003
                Workshop  September 23-25, 2003

                 The registration fee is $100
              (for postgraduate students - $50).
                               
                               

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