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/********************************************************************/ /* *Fourth European Conference on Queueing Theory (ECQT'20)* */ /* Madrid, Spain, *July 20-22, 2020* */ /* ecqt20.sciencesconf.org */ /********************************************************************/

*GENERAL INFORMATION* The European Conferences on Queueing Theory (ECQT) is now a consolidated tradition for the members of the queueing theory community in europe and abroad. After the three past editions (Genth, Belgium in 2014, Toulouse, France in 2016, Jerusalem, Israel in 2018), the next one comes back in Madrid, where the parent MCQT conferences were first organized by Jesús Artalejo during the years 2002-2010. ECQT conferences aim to be a meeting place where scientists and technicians in the field can find a discussion forum to promote research,encourage interaction and exchange ideas. The conference is open to all trends in queueing theory, including the development of the theory, methodology advances, computational aspects and applications. The spirit of the conference is to be a queueing event organized from within Europe, but attendees and submissions need not be restricted to Europe.

*CALL FOR ABSTRACTS* We invite you to submit an abstract to ECQT'20 conference. Instructions for preparing the abstracts will be available soon on the conference website . Each abstract accepted for presentation will require a separate registration. The deadline for submission of an abstract is April 15, 2020.

*SPECIAL ISSUES* Participants at the conference will be given the opportunity to submit a paper to special volumes of the journals *Queueing Systems: Theory and Applications* (QUESTA) and *Performance Evaluation*. The paper should be based on unpublished work presented at the conference. All submitted papers will be refereed according to the high standards of the journals. The deadline for submission to the special issues is *September 30, 2020*. More information on the special issues will be given in future announcements.

*TAKACS THESIS AWARD* The Steering committee of the European Conference on Queueing Theory (ECQT) is pleased to announce the setting up of the third edition of the Takács award. The Takács Award is a bi-annual award presented to doctoral dissertations in recognition of outstanding contributions to queueing theory, including the development of theory, methodological advances, computational aspects and applications. The award will be presented during the ECQT'20 conference. Details will be published in the conference website soon.

*ECQT'20 IMPORTANT DATES* Submission site opens: *January 1, 2020* Deadline for abstract submission: *April 15, 2020* Notification of acceptance: *April 30, 2020* Early registration deadline: *May 31, 2020* Conference dates: *July 20-22, 2020*

*CONFERENCE WEBSITE* Further information is provided at the conference website http://ecqt16.sciencesconf.org/ecqt20.sciencesconf.org, accessible also at ecqt20.uc3m.es.

*ECQT'20 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE* *General Chairs*: Bernardo D'Auria, Madrid University Carlos III

*TPC Chairs*: Ivo Adan, Eindhoven University of Technology Bernardo D'Auria, Madrid University Carlos III Offer Kella, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

*ECQT Steering Committee*: Sem Borst, TU Eindhoven and Nokia Herwig Bruneel, Ghent University Douglas Down, McMaster University Antonis Economou, University of Athens Bara Kim, Korea University Michel Mandjes, University of Amsterdam Antonio Pacheco, IST-UTL Miklos Telek, Budapest University of Technology and Economics Sabine Wittevrongel, Ghent University

*Local Organizing Committee*: Sergio Santiago Benito, ADCOMM Century S.L., Madrid