4th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HIGH PERFORMANCE SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING
Modeling, Simulation and Optimization of Complex Processes
   
March 2-6, 2009 Hanoi, Vietnam


TOPICS

Mathematical modeling
Numerical simulation
Methods for optimization and control
Parallel computing: architectures, algorithms, tools, environments
Software development
Applications of scientific computing in
Physics, mechanics, hydrology,
Chemistry, biology, medicine,
Transport, logistics, site location,
Communication, scheduling,
Industry, business, finance...


PLENARY SPEAKERS

Robert E. Bixby (Houston)
Olaf Deutschmann (Karlsruhe)
Iain Duff (Chilton)
Roland Eils (Heidelberg)
Laszlo Lovasz (Budapest)
Peter Markowich (Cambridge)
Volker Mehrmann (Berlin)
Alfio Quarteroni (Lausanne)
Horst Simon (Berkeley)
Ya-xiang Yuan (Beijing)



The conference is organized jointly by
   Institute of Mathematics, Vietnamese Academy of Science and Technology
   Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing (IWR), Heidelberg
   Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology
with special support from
   Heidelberg Graduate School of Mathematical and Computational Methods for the Sciences
   Gottlieb Daimler- and Karl Benz-Foundation, Ladenburg
   Berlin/Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
   DFG Research Center Matheon, Berlin

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Phan Thanh An (Hanoi)
Zhiming Chen (Beijing)
Peter Deuflhard (Berlin)
Nguyen Huu Dien (Hanoi)
Sebastian Engell (Dortmund)
Tran Van Hoai (Ho Chi Minh City)
Nam-Dung Hoang (Berlin)
Satoru Iwata (Kyoto)
Richard Longman (New York)
Marek Niezgodka (Warsaw)
Michael Robert Osborne (Canberra)
Hoang Xuan Phu (Chair, Hanoi)
Ta Duy Phuong (Hanoi)
Rolf Rannacher (Co-chair, Heidelberg)
Bob Russell (Burnaby)
Johannes Schl�der (Heidelberg)
Michel Thera (Limoges)
Nam Thoai (Ho Chi Minh City)


SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

Pham Ky Anh (Hanoi)
Uri Ascher (Vancouver)
Lorenz T. Biegler (Pittsburgh)
Hans Georg Bock (Chair, Heidelberg)
Vincenzo Capasso (Milan)
Felix L. Chernousko (Moscow)
Martin Gr�tschel (Berlin)
Markus Hegland (Canberra)
Karl-Heinz Hoffmann (Munich)
Willi J�ger (Heidelberg)
Rolf Jeltsch (Zurich)
Yakup Paker (London)
Hoang Xuan Phu (Hanoi)
Gisbert Frhr. zu Putlitz (Heidelberg)
Gerhard Reinelt (Heidelberg)
Nguyen Thanh Son (Co-chair, Ho Chi Minh City)
Yuri Shokin (Novosibirsk)
Tao Tang (Hong Kong)
Tamas Terlaky (Bethlehem, CA)
Hoang Tuy (Hanoi)


LOCATION

The conference will take place at the
Institute of Mathematics
Vietnamese Academy of Science and Technology
18 Hoang Quoc Viet Road, Cau Giay District, Hanoi, Vietnam


PROCEEDINGS

The conference proceedings with selected high-quality contributions will be published by Springer.


DETAILED INFORMATION can be found at the CONFERENCE WEBSITE

 http://hpsc.iwr.uni-heidelberg.de/HPSCHanoi2009
Participants can register, reserve hotel and submit data needed for applying for a Vietnamese visa by using this conference website.


DATES TO REMEMBER

Deadline for registration and submission of abstracts: November 7, 2008.
Notification of acceptance for presentation: January 5, 2009.
Deadline for submission of data to apply for a business visa: January 9, 2009.
Deadline for submission of full papers for the conference proceedings: May 8, 2009.