The closing date for applications is Friday 28th July 2000. Further information is available here . The workshop is a yearly forum where academics, industrialists and research students can meet and discuss current issues in an informal setting. We especially aim to bring together researchers attacking different aspects of planning and scheduling problems, and to introduce new researchers to the community. In recent years the SIG has attracted an international gathering, and we continue to welcome contributions from around the world.
Further information is available here .
Dr Tim Budd from the Department of Computer Science , Oregon State University is visiting the Computing Department towards the end of January. While he is here, he will be giving three seminars . Dr Budd is a well known author of computer science textbooks. His books include An Introduction to Object Oriented Programming and A Little Smalltalk . His book, Understanding Object-Oriented Programming with Java , is one of the set books on the new M301 Software Systems and their Development course.