The conference focuses on the theory and applications of probability to stochastic systems arising in operations research, computer networks, biology and finance, and also draws specialists in related fields such as statistics and physics. There will be sessions related to operations research, random graphs, random algorithms, stochastic networks, stochastic control and games, mathematical finance, stochastic optimization, call centers, health care, simulation, etc.

On behalf of the INFORMS APS 2011 Organizing Committee, we invite you to submit a contributed session or a contributed talk.

The submission deadline is March 1st. Submission of new abstracts (except for invited sessions) is now closed.

Authors will be notified of acceptance of their talk or session abstracts by April 1st.

All submissions must be submitted by email to:
abstractaps2011@math.kth.se

using the following LaTeX templates:

for contributed sessions: contrib_session_template.tex
for contributed talks: contrib_abstract_template.tex
for invited sessions: invited_session_template.tex

please name your file: lastname_firstname.tex

Submission of Contributed Sessions

A constributed session consists of three 25 min talks. The length of a session is 90 min. A submission of a contributed session must include:

• a title of the session
• a brief description of the topic
• the names of the three speakers and
• titles and abstracts of the three talks.

The submission must be sent by email to: abstractaps2011@math.kth.se

using the LaTeX template (for titles and abstracts): contrib_session_template.tex

Please name your file: lastname_firstname.tex

Presenting authors are expected to register before May 1st, 2011. Failure to register by May 1st may lead to cancellation of the talk.

Submission of Contributed Talks

A contributed talk consists of a 25 min presentation, which will be held within a 90 min session.

The submission must be sent by email to: abstractaps2011@math.kth.se

using the LaTeX template: contrib_abstract_template.tex

Please name your file: lastname_firstname.tex

Presenting authors are expected to register before May 1st, 2011. Failure to register by May 1st may lead to cancellation of the talk.

Abstracts for Invited Sessions

The organizer of an invited session is asked to submit the titles and abstracts of the talks in the session by email to: abstractaps2011@math.kth.se

using the LaTeX template: invited_session_template.tex

Please name your file: lastname_firstname.tex

Please submit the titles and abstracts for the invited session by April 1st, 2011.

Presenting authors are expected to register before May 1st, 2011

Important dates

March 1, 2011 Deadline for submission of contributed abstract/session.
April 1st, 2011 Author notification for contributed abstract/session.
May 1st, 2011 Early bird registration closes.
May 31st, 2011 Closing date for reserving a hotel room with conference discount.
July 6-8, 2011 Conference