Sponsors and Organizers as well as the budget :

    The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
    The Institute of System Science, CAS (ISS)
    Nanjing Normal University (NNU)
  Anhui University of Science and Technology (AUST)
 

Topics :

    Duality
    Financial Optimization
    Global Optimization
    Nonlinear Programming
    Optimal Control
    Software of Optimization and Control
    Stochastic Programming
    Structural Optimization
    Systems of Nonlinear Equations
    Variational Inequalities

Publications:

    a. A special issue of Optimization, Guest Editors: Liqun Qi, Alex Rubinov.
    b. A special issue of Journal of Global Optimization on "Duality", Guest Editor: David Gao.
    c. A possible issue on "Financial Optimization".

Organizing Committee :

Directors :  Liqun Qi (PolyU)
               Kok Lay Teo (PolyU)

Scientific Advisors :  David Gao (USA)
                                   Lei Guo (ISS)
                                   Xinghe Zhou (NUU)

Local Chair :  Wenxiang Zhang   (President of  AUST)

Program Chairs :  Wenyu Sun (NNU)
                            Shouyang Wang (ISS)
                            Xiaoqi Yang (PolyU)

Treasurer :  Zhicai Xu (AUST)

Secretary :

Program Secretary :  Eva Yiu (PolyU), <maevayiu@polyu.edu.hk>

 Invited Speakers  (imcomplete)
 

   N.U. Ahmed, University of Ottawa, Canada
   John A. Burns, Virginia Tech Univ, USA
   Daizhun Cheng, The Institute of System Sciences, CAS, Beijing
   Xiuli Chao, North Carolina State University, USA
   Xiaotie Deng, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
   Jiu Ding, The University of Southern Mississippi, USA
   Ivar Ekeland, University of Paris-Dauphine, France
   Masao Fukushima, Kyoto University, Japan
   Jaroslav Haslinger, Charles University, Czech
   C.T. Kelley, North Carolina State University, USA
   Masakazu Kojima, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
   Zhi-quan Luo, McMaster University, Canada
   John B. Moore, The Australian National University, Australia
   Dumitru Motreanu, Universite de Perpignan, France
   Panos M. Pardalos, University of Florida, USA
   Alex M. Rubinov, University of Ballarat, Australia
   Jie Sun, National University of Singapore, Singapore
   Michel Thera, Universite de Limoges, France
   Soon-yi Wu, The National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
   Chengxian Xu, The Xian Jiao Tong University, Xian
   Shuzhong Zhang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
 
 

  Location and Tour

   The Yellow Mountains (Huangshan) is one of the most beautiful places in China
and in the world.  For registered participants and accompanying persons, there
is a free tour to this most beautiful place.
Click here to see its Natural Beauty and here for a virtual tour.

       There is an international airport at Huangshan (Tunxi), which is connected
by flights with Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong.

  There is an international airport at Tunxi, which is connected
by flights with Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong.

 How to participate:

  If you wish to contribute a talk in OCA2002, please send your abstract before
May 15, 2002, to one of the Program Chairs.   The e-mail addresses of three
Program Chairs are:

  Wenyu Sun, <wysun@pine.njnu.edu.cn>
  Shouyang Wang, <sywang@rose.nsfc.gov.cn>
  Xiaoqi Yang, <mayangxq@polyu.edu.hk>

  If you wish to attend OCA2002 but not to give a talk, please contact the
Local Chair:

  Wenxiang Zhang <wxzhang@hnit.edu.cn>

   Registration fee for an overseas participant:

Full Registration fee (including hotel fee with own room on August 17-22 nights, meals and tours during the workshop): US$400.

Registration fee for an accompanying person without requiring an additional room: US$100.

Registration fee for an accompanying person requiring an additional room: US$400.

Deposit: 10% of the registration fee needs to be sent to the following account (for overseas participants):

   Client: Huainan Institute of Technology
   Address: Huainan Anhui Province China
   Bank: Huainan Branch,Bank of China
   Account Number: 03668408093014

before June 30, 2002.

Registration fee for a domestic participant (including meals and tours during the workshop, but not including hotel fee) and deposit payment methods can be
checked with a program chair.

Schedule of  OCA 2002

August 17: arrival day

August 18: 7:20-8:20 breakfast

Plenary Session One, 8:20-10:20: Chair: Liqun Qi
   8:20-8:50: Speaker: Panos M. Pardalos, University of Florida, USA
   8:50-9:20: Speaker: Ivar Ekeland, University of Paris-Dauphine, France
   9:20-9:50: Speaker: Kok Lay Teo, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University,
                       Hong Kong
   9:50-10:20: Speaker: John A. Burns, Virginia Tech Univ, USA

10:20-10:40: coffee break

Plenary Session Two, 10:40-12:10: Chair: Kok Lay Teo
   10:40-11:10: Speaker: Qiang Lu, Tsinghua University, Beijing
   11:10-11:40: Speaker: N.U. Ahmed, University of Ottawa, Canada
   11:40-12:10: Speaker: Jie Sun,  National University of Singapore, Singapore

12:10-2:10: lunch

Plenary Session Three, 2:10-4:10: Chair: Shouyang Wang
   2:10-2:40: Speaker: John B. Moore, The Australian National University,
                       Australia
   2:40-3:10: Speaker: Soon-Yi Wu, The National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
   3:10-3:40: Speaker: Alex M. Rubinov, University of Ballarat, Australia
   3:40-4:10: Speaker: Zhiquan Luo, McMaster University, Canada

4:10-4:30: coffee break

Plenary Session Four, 4:30-6:30: Chair: Wenyu Sun
   4:30-5:00: Speaker: David Gao, Virginia Tech Univ, USA
   5:00-5:30: Speaker: Dumitru Motreanu, Universite de Perpignan, France
   5:30-6:00: Speaker: Jaroslav Haslinger, Charles University, Czech
   6:00-6:30: Speaker: Jiu Ding, The University of Southern Mississippi, USA

7:00-8:00: dinner

August 19: 7:20-8:20 breakfast

Plenary Session Five, 8:20-10:20: Chair: Xiaoqi Yang
   8:20-8:50: Speaker: Shouyang Wang, The Institute of System Sciences, CAS,
                       Beijing
   8:50-9:20: Speaker: Shouzhong Zhang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong,
                       Hong Kong
   9:20-9:50: Speaker: Xiaotie Deng, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
   9:50-10:20: Speaker: Xiuli Chao, North Carolina State University, USA

10:20-10:40: coffee break

Plenary Session Six, 10:40-12:10: Chair: Jie Sun
   10:40-11:10: Speaker: Masao Fukushimza, Kyoto University, Japan
   11:10-11:40: Speaker: Liqun Qi, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University,
                         Hong Kong
   11:40-12:10: Speaker: Carl T. Kelley, North Carolina State University, USA

12:10-2:10: lunch

Parallel Session A1, 2:10-4:15: Chair: Panos M. Pardalos
   2:10-2:35: Speaker: Guangya Chen, The Institute of System Sciences, CAS,
                       Beijing
   2:35-3:00: Speaker: Houmin Yan, The University of Texas at Dallas, USA
   3:00-3:25: Speaker: David John Hill, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
   3:25-3:50: Speaker: Satoshi Ito, The Institute of Statistical Mathematics,
                       Japan
   3:50-4:15: Speaker: Cheng-feng Hu, I-Shou University, Taiwan

Parallel Session B1, 2:10-4:15: Chair: Soon-Yi Wu
   2:10-2:35: Speaker: Wuyi Yue, Konan University, Japan
   2:35-3:00: Speaker: Shui-hung Hou, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University,
                       Hong Kong
   3:00-3:25: Speaker: Tudor S. Ratiu, Switzerland
   3:25-3:50: Speaker: Jianming Shi, Science University of Tokyo, Japan
   3:50-4:15: Speaker: Alexander J. Zaslavski, The Technion-Israel Institute
                       of Technolgy, Israel

4:15-4:35: coffee break

Parallel Session A2, 4:35-6:40: Chair: Carl T. Kelley
   4:35-5:00: Speaker: Igor Litvinchev, Russia
   5:00-5:25: Speaker: Jun Liu, France
   5:25-5:50: Speaker: Lech Schultz, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland
   5:50-6:15: Speaker: Leong-kwan Li, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University,
                       Hong Kong
   6:15-6:40: Speaker: Felipe M.G. Franca, Universidade Federal Fluminense,
                       Brazil

Parallel Session B2, 4:35-6:40: Chair: Alex M. Rubinov
   4:35-5:00: Speaker: Sunyoung Kim, Ewha Women's University, Korea
   5:00-5:25: Speaker: Yihua Li, ILOG Ltd, UK
   5:25-5:50: Speaker: Roxin Zhang, North Michigan University, USA
   5:50-6:15: Speaker: Sien Deng, North Illinois University, USA
   6:15-6:40: Speaker: Rafail N. Gasimov, Osmangazi University, Turkey

7:00-8:00: dinner

August 20: 7:30-8:30 breakfast

Plenary Session Seven, 8:20-9:50: Chair: David Gao
   8:20-8:50: Speaker: Xiaoqi Yang, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University,
                       Hong Kong
   8:50-9:20: Speaker: Michel Thera, Universite de Limoges, France
   9:20-9:50: Speaker: Chengxian Xu, The Xian Jiao Tong University, Xian

9:50-10:10: coffee break

Plenary Session Eight, 10:40-11:40: Chair: Masao Fukushima
   10:10-10:40: Speaker: Masakazu Kojima, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
   10:40-11:10: Speaker: Wenyu Sun, The Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing
   11:10-11:40: Speaker: Daizhun Cheng, The Institute of System Sciences,
                         CAS, Beijing
 
11:40-1:40: lunch

Parallel Session A3, 1:40-3:40: Chair: Wenxiang Zhang
   1:40-2:00: Speaker: Zhong-fei Li, Zhongshan University, Guangzhou
   2:00-2:20: Speaker: Xinmin Yang, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University,
                       Hong Kong
   2:20-2:40: Speaker: Jun Cao, Ryerson University, Canada
   2:40-3:00: Speaker: Yanqun Liu, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University,
                       Hong Kong
   3:00-3:20: Speaker: Hailong Liu, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai
   3:20-3:40: Speaker: Zhong Wan, Hunan University, Changsha

Parallel Session B3, 1:40-3:40: Chair: Nichel Thera
   1:40-2:00: Speaker: Alex M. Rubinov, University of Ballarat, Australia
   2:00-2:20: Speaker: Xiuli Chao, North Carolina State University, USA
   2:20-2:40: Speaker: Xuexiang Huang, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University,
                       Hong Kong
   2:40-3:00: Speaker: Alexander J. Zaslavski, The Technion-Israel Institute
                       of Technolgy, Israel
   3:00-3:20: Speaker: Cederic Yiu, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University,
                       Hong Kong
   3:20-3:40: Speaker: Sengjie Li, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University,
                       Hong Kong

3:40-4:00: coffee break

Parallel Session A4, 4:00-6:20: Chair: Shui-hung Hou
   4:00-4:20: Speaker: Guosheng Feng, Tongji University, Shanghai
   4:20-4:40: Speaker: Jian-bo Yang, University of Manchester, UK
   4:40-5:00: Speaker: Jinliang Wang, Tsinghua University, Beijing
   5:00-5:20: Speaker: Guoqing Liu, Nanjing University of Technology, Nanjing
   5:20-5:40: Speaker: Yiju Wang, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing
   5:40-6:00: Speaker: Zhenjun Shi, Qufu Normal University, Qufu
   6:00-6:20: Speaker: Xiaojiao Tong, Changsha University of Power
                       Engineering, Changsha

Parallel Session B4, 4:00-6:20: Chair: Zhicai Xu
   4:00-4:20: Speaker: Jinbo Jian, Guangxi University, Nanning
   4:20-4:40: Speaker: Min-ru Bai, Hunan University, Changsha
   4:40-5:00: Speaker: Dingguo Pu, Tongji University, Shanghai
   5:00-5:20: Speaker: Wei Wei, Guizhou University, Guiyang
   5:20-5:40: Speaker: Houchun Zhou, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing
   5:40-6:00: Speaker: Zhiqiang Zou, Tongji University, Shanghai
   6:00-6:20: Speaker: Rendong Ge, Dalian Nantionality University, Dalian

7:00-8:00: dinner

August 21: tour

August 22: tour

August 23: departure
 

Homepage Address:

http://www.polyu.edu.hk/~ama/events/conference/OCA2002/an1.html

or

http://www.math.vt.edu/people/gao/conference/oca2002.html