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New Techniques: A Better Understanding of their Application to Analysis19-21
November 2002 Dear
Colleague, In
the past several years, the organizing committees for the MORS annual symposia
have had many potential topics for Tutorials but found that scheduling them to
get maximum attendance is difficult because of so many conflicting events at the
symposia. Compounding this problem
is the fact that it’s hard to cover Tutorials on scientific applications in
one hour. The state-of-the-art of our profession in terms of tools and
techniques are advancing rapidly and so many of our members need an opportunity
to catch up on the latest topics and techniques. In
order to further the professional development of our members, MORS has developed
a Mini-Symposium of Tutorials that will offer educational sessions on the most
current scientific topics in our military OR profession.
By having a Special Meeting that is nothing but Tutorials, we can ensure
more analysts attend and gain a solid understanding of new techniques. This
mini-symposium will focus on new techniques such as Complex Adaptive Systems,
Simulated Annealing, Tabu Search, etc. (topics that are currently popular at
MCCDC, J-8, and elsewhere). A
message resounding from several of our senior leaders in military OR is that OR
analysts need a better understanding of current developments in new techniques
such as these as they apply to military OR.
The target audience for this mini-symposium includes both OR analysts and
OR managers, since they also need a good solid understanding of current
developments in these new techniques. Please bring a laptop computer (with Windows & Microsoft Excel 97 or newer) to get the most out of the hands-on tutorials portion of the mini-symposium. This
mini-symposium will be held 19-20-21 November 2002 at the Kossiakoff Center, at
the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab in Laurel, Maryland.
Registration will begin at 0700 on Tuesday, the 19th.
You are invited to apply to participate in this special meeting.
Attendance will be limited by the space available.
An
application form to attend the workshop is enclosed.
Registration fees are: US
Federal Government -
$200; All others -
$400. A block of rooms has been
reserved at the Sheraton Columbia Hotel, 10207 Wincopin Circle, Columbia, MD
21044, phone 410-730-3900. The
room rate is $110 and is subject to applicable state and local taxes.
When you call to make your reservation, state that you are with the MORS
workshop. Cut-off date for rooms in
the block is 4 November 2002. There
will be a catered buffet lunch each day. The
cost of lunch is $11 per day. Please include lunch fees with your registration
fees. The
workshop will be at the Unclassified level.
If you present a paper, you need to fill out Form 712 AU or BU -- a MORS
Disclosure Form -- and submit it to the MORS Office. All presentations must be
UNCLASSIFIED AND APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE.
A Disclosure Form is attached. Also
enclosed is a copy of the Terms of Reference and a Draft Agenda. For
more information about this workshop, you can visit the MORS web site at
“www.mors.org” or contact the MORS office by phone at (703) 933-9070, FAX at
(703) 933-9066, or email at morsoffice@aol.com. |
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