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The 5th Ballarat Workshop on Optimization: Theory, Numerical Methods and Applications of Global and Non-Smooth Optimization

                                                                                   Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 4-5th December, 2006

This workshop aims at bringing together experts from Australia, Pacific region and around the world in the area of optimization theory, methods and applications to meet and exchange their recent research findings and to discuss possible joint projects.  

The topics of the workshop include all areas of optimization, optimal control and their applications, however the emphasis of this workshop is on theory, numerical methods and applications of global and non-smooth optimization. 

The workshop will be held at the University of Ballarat, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.  

Workshop organizers are Adil Bagirov and Alexander Rubinov. 

The official language of the workshop is English. 

The list of overseas invited speakers currently includes: 

• Liqun Qi (Hong Kong, China) 

• Masao Fukushima (Osaka, Japan)

• Duan Li (Hong Kong, China)

• Xiaoling Sun (Shanghai, China)

• Xiaoqi Yang (Hong Kong, China)

• Bulent Karasozen (Ankara, Turkey) 

• Gerhard-Wilhelm Weber (Ankara, Turkey) 

Information about submission details and important dates of the workshop will be placed very soon on web-site: 

http://www.ballarat.edu.au/ard/itms/CIAO/Workshops/OTMA3.shtml