We invite researchers and practitioners working in following areas

• Complementarity in modern mechanics and optimization;
  
  
• Duality in variational analysis, economics, and game theory;
  
  
• Primal-dual methods and algorithms in computational sciences;
  
  
• Min-max theory in mathematical analysis and discrete optimization;
  
  
• Global optimization theory and algorithms;
  
  
• Applications in internet problems, network design, and biology;
  
  
• Natural duality and unity in philosophy, system science, cybernetics, and informatics.

to submit abstracts for possible conference presentations.  Those who submit abstracts will be notified regarding whether a presentation based on the abstract can be scheduled for the conference. Accepted abstracts will be printed in the conference program. The conference facilities will have projectors for presenting material from a laptop computer, as well as overhead projectors.

To submit an abstract, please email the title and abstract to Altannar Chinchuluun (altannar@ufl.edu) by January 15, 2006.