<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"><B>ENGLISH FOLLOWS</B></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"><B><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></B></FONT></DIV><P align="center" style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"><B>Premier atelier de résolution de problèmes industriels de Montréal</B></FONT></P><P align="center" style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"><B>20-24 août 2007</B></FONT></P><P align="center" style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="http://www.crm.umontreal.ca/"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"><B>Centre de recherches mathématiques</B></FONT></A></P><P align="center" style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="http://www.crm.math.ca/probindustriels/index.shtml"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"><B>http://www.crm.math.ca/probindustriels/index.shtml</B></FONT></A></P><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"><B> </B></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana">Cet atelier d'une semaine réunira des représentants de l'industrie, des chercheurs universitaires, des étudiants des cycles supérieurs et des stagiaires postdoctoraux. Il est organisé par le Centre de recherches mathématiques, en collaboration avec le </FONT><A href="http://www.gerad.ca/fr/"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0077D0">GERAD</FONT></FONT></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana">, le </FONT><A href="http://www.crt.umontreal.ca/"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0077D0">CRT</FONT></FONT></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"> (Centre de recherche sur les transports) et le</FONT><A href="http://www.rcm2.ca/index.html"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0077D0"> rc</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0077D0"><I>m</I></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0077D0" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">2</SPAN></FONT></FONT></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana">, et est parrainé par le réseau de centres d'excellence </FONT><A href="http://www.mitacs.math.ca/index.fr.htm"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0077D0">MITACS</FONT></FONT></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"> (Mathematics of Information Technology and Complex Systems). Les participants formeront des équipes dont chacune analysera un problème fourni par une compagnie ou un organisme public ou parapublic. Les buts principaux de l'atelier sont de donner à des compagnies ou organismes des outils mathématiques de résolution de problèmes, et de permettre à des chercheurs universitaires en mathématiques appliquées d'examiner des problèmes concrets.</FONT></DIV><P align="justify" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"> </FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana">Tout étudiant intéressé est invité à faire une demande de participation :</FONT></P><P align="justify" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"> </FONT><A href="http://www.crm.math.ca/probindustriels/application_f.shtml"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0032F1">http://www.crm.math.ca/probindustriels/application_f.shtml</FONT></FONT></A></P><P align="justify" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></P><P align="justify" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"> Pour toute information supplémentaire, veuillez contacter Alexandra Haedrich à </FONT><A href="mailto:ahaedrich@mitacs.ca"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0032F1">ahaedrich@mitacs.ca</FONT></FONT></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"> ou (514) 987-3000, poste 1811.</FONT></P><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"> </FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"><B> </B></FONT></DIV><P align="center" style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"><B>***********************************</B></FONT></P><P align="center" style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"><B> </B></FONT></P><P align="center" style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"><B>First Montreal Industrial Problem Solving Workshop</B></FONT></P><P align="center" style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"><B>August 20-24 2007</B></FONT></P><P align="center" style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="http://www.crm.umontreal.ca/"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"><B>Centre de recherches mathématiques</B></FONT></A></P><P align="center" style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="http://www.crm.math.ca/probindustriels/index_e.shtml"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"><B>http://www.crm.math.ca/probindustriels/index_e.shtml</B></FONT></A></P><P align="justify" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"><B> </B></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana">The goal of this one-week workshop is to gather industry representatives, academic researchers, graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to work on concrete problems proposed by the industry. The workshop is organized by the Centre de recherches mathématiques, along with </FONT><A href="http://www.gerad.ca/fr/index.php"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0077D0">GERAD</FONT></FONT></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana">, the </FONT><A href="http://www.crt.umontreal.ca/en/index.php"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0077D0">(CRT)</FONT></FONT></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"> (Centre for Research on Transportation) and </FONT><A href="http://www.rcm2.ca/index.html"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0077D0">nc</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0077D0"><I>m</I></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0077D0" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">2</SPAN></FONT></FONT></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana">, and is sponsored by the </FONT><A href="http://www.mitacs.math.ca/index.htm"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0077D0">MITACS</FONT></FONT></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"> network of centres of excellence. The participants will work in teams, and each team will analyse a problem supplied by a company or a public sector institution. The workshop will provide companies and institutions with mathematical tools for solving problems, and will enable academic researchers in applied mathematics to work on real-world problems.</FONT></P><P align="justify" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"> All interested students are invited to apply :</FONT></P><P align="justify" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"> </FONT><A href="http://www.crm.math.ca/probindustriels/application_e.shtml"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0032F1">http://www.crm.math.ca/probindustriels/application_e.shtml</FONT></FONT></A></P><P align="justify" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></P><P align="justify" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"> For more information, please contact Alexandra Haedrich at </FONT><A href="mailto:ahaedrich@mitacs.ca"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0032F1">ahaedrich@mitacs.ca</FONT></FONT></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"> or (514) 987-3000, ext. 1811.</FONT></P></BODY></HTML>