From the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Sloan Research Fellowships are awarded to PhDs in chemistry, physics, mathematics, computer science, economics, neuroscience, or in a related interdisciplinary field. Interested researchers should not directly apply, but must be nominated by department heads or other senior scholars. The deadline for nominations is September 15, 2000. From Mrs. Glosser's Math Goodies, this free monthly newsletter is currently sent by email to over 1,900 subscribers worldwide. The newsletter contains information about new lessons, site updates, math news, articles, and events.
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The Seventeenth Symposium on Mathematical Programming is to be held on the campus of the Georgia Institute of Technology and hosted by the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering in Atlanta, Georgia, August 7-11, 2000. Papers on all theoretical, computational, and practical aspects of mathematical programming are welcome. The presentation of very recent results is encouraged. The deadline for submission of titles and abstracts and the deadline for early registration will be March 31, 2000. Copyright Internet Scout Project, 1994-2000.