Workshop on Complex Systems Simulation and Optimization in the Information Age, June 23-24, in Boston, MA

随着信息和通信技术的进步以及电子商务和金融工程在过去几年中的迅速发展，优化已开始在提高传统业务和组织业务的竞争力方面发挥关键作用。由于许多信息相关领域的预期增长，以及人们认为对大规模模拟优化的未来方向和应用的集中研究关注的迫切需求，将于2001年6月23日和24日在哈佛大学举办一次研讨会。本次研讨会将汇集政府、工业界和学术界系统仿真建模和优化领域的主要研究人员和实践者，以确定与这一前景广阔的研究领域相关的研究问题、机会目标、应用领域和其他不可预见的点。

Following advances in information and communication technologies and the rapid evolution of E-Commerce and financial engineering during the past few years, optimization has begun to play a crucial role in sharpening the competitive edge of conventional business and organization operations. Because of the expected growth in many information related areas and what is perceived as a critical demand for focused research attention on future directions and applications of large scale simulation optimization, a workshop will be organized at Harvard University on June 23 and 24, 2001. This workshop will bring together leading government, industrial, and academic researchers and practitioners of systems simulation modeling and optimization for the purpose of identifying research issues, targets of opportunity, application areas and other unforeseen points relevant to this promising research area.