For nearly twenty years, the biennial conference on Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization (MA&O) has brought together industry practitioners, government employees, and academics to present and discuss the latest developments in multidisciplinary design, analysis, and optimization.

Multidisciplinary analysis and optimization is rapidly becoming a standard element of contemporary design methodologies. With significant advances in computing algorithms and power, impressive analysis and optimization applications have been successfully carried out in industry, government, and academia alike. Additionally, theoretical developments ranging from new optimization algorithms to approaches for design system robustness and reliability have played a significant role in the every growing acceptance of multidisciplinary design and optimization. Historically, the MA&O conference has provided a comprehensive view of the state-of-the-art.

The purpose of the Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization (MA&O) Conference is to bring together users, developers, and researchers to present the latest theoretical and computational developments, applications, ideas, and problems in the field of multidisciplinary analysis and design of complex engineering systems. Successful design of these complex engineering systems requires analysis that accounts for interactions among the disciplines (or parts of the system) and synergistic optimization that exploits these interactions.

The ten MA&O Conferences and their General and Technical Chairs are listed below:

10th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference

Year: 2004
Location: Albany, NY
General Chair: Prof. Achille Messac
General Co-Chair: Prof. John E. Renaud

9th AIAA/ISSMO Symposium on Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization

Year: 2002
Location: Atlanta, GA
Conference Chairs: Prof. Farrokh Mistree and Prof. Daniel P. Schrage

8th AIAA/USAF/NASA/ISSMO Symposium on Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization

Year: 2000
Location: Long Beach, CA
Conference Chairs: Dr. Jean-Francois Barthelemy and Dr. Kumar Bhatia

7th AIAA/USAF/NASA/ISSMO Symposium on Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization

Year: 1998
Location: St. Louis, MO
Conference Chairs: Prof. Ramana V. Grandhi and Lt. Col. Robert A. Canfield

6th AIAA/NASA/ISSMO Symposium on Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization

Year: 1996
Location: Bellevue, WA
Conference Chairs: Dr. Christopher Borland and Prof. Christina Bloebaum

5th AIAA/NASA/USAF/ISSMO Symposium on Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization

Year: 1994
Location: Panama City, FL
Conference Chairs: Dr. Jaroslaw Sobieski, Dr. Christopher Borland, Dr. Vipperla B. Venkayya, Dr. Laszlo Berke, Prof. George Rozvany, and Ms. Sharon Padula

4th AIAA/USAF/NASA/OAI Symposium on Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization

Year: 1992
Location: Independence, OH
Conference Chairs: Dr. Laszlo Berke, Dr. Paul Kutler, Dr. Vipperla B. Venkayya, Prof. Theo Keith, and Dr. Jaroslaw Sobieski

3rd Air Force/NASA Symposium on Recent Advances in Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization

Year: 1990
Location: San Fransico, CA
Conference Chairs: Dr. Vipperla B. Venkayya, Dr. Jaroslaw Sobieski, and Dr. Laszlo Berke

2nd NASA/Air Force Symposium on Recent Advances in Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization

Year: 1988
Location: Hampton, VA
Conference Chairs: Dr. Vipperla B. Venkayya, Dr. Jaroslaw Sobieski, Dr. Laszlo Berke, and Dr. Jean-Francois Barthelemy

1st NASA/Air Force Symposium on Recent Advances in Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization

Year: 1984
Location: Hampton, VA
Conference Chair: Dr. Jaroslaw Sobieski