February 2013 - ENOG

5th AIMMS/MOPTA International Optimization Modeling Competition
by Luis Zuluaga 27 Feb '13

27 Feb '13

================================================= CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: 5th AIMMS/MOPTA International Optimization Modeling Competition (http://coral.ie.lehigh.edu/~mopta/competition) ================================================= Dear Colleagues, It is with great pleasure that we announce the fifth AIMMS/MOPTA Optimization Modeling Competition. The competition is jointly organized by the conference organizers of MOPTA and Paragon Decision Technology (http://www.aimms.com) Finalists are expected to attend and present their results at the 2013 MOPTA Conference to be held August 14-16, 2013 at Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, USA. Teams of at most three students can participate. The team leader has to be a graduate student, though the other members of the team can be advanced undergraduate students. Each member of the team must be registered as a full-time student at a recognized educational institution during the Spring term of the 2012-2013 academic year. Students with a background in optimization, regardless of their actual field of study, are eligible. Collaboration between students from different departments is strongly encouraged. Each team must declare a team advisor with which the team may consult about the problem and their solution. It is the team advisor’s responsibility to ensure that the students have appropriate knowledge for the competition. The team advisor should not be involved as a participant in the solution process. As the conference is international, so is the competition. Teams from all over the world can participate, as long as at least one team member can come to the conference, should the team make it to the final round. The official language of the competition is English. The competition problem has been posted; please visit: http://coral.ie.lehigh.edu/~mopta/competition for a description of the problem and further details. All teams must *register* for the competition in order to participate. Important Dates: Registration Due: 14 June 2013 Solutions Due: 14 June 2013 Finalists Chosen: 28 June 2013 Conference Begins: 14 August 2013 For questions, please contact Luis F. Zuluaga, luis.zuluagas(a)lehigh.edu ================================================= Luis F. Zuluaga, Assistant Professor Industrial and Systems Engineering Lehigh University

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Mathematics on Operations and Logistics Conference
by herminia 20 Feb '13

20 Feb '13

Apologies for any cross-postings... Call-for-abstracts: Mathematics of Operations and Logistics Conference June 26-28, 2013 - Zaragoza (Spain) Dear Colleague, You are cordially invited to submit an abstract to the 2013 Mathematics of Operations and Logistics Conference to be held in Zaragoza, Spain from June 26 to June 28, 2013. We are planning an intimate academic meeting, consisting of a mix of plenary and contributed-work sessions. This conference will bring together a select group of key speakers to present and discuss new advances in the crossroads of operations and mathematics. Abstract Submission: Authors are cordially invited to submit an abstract for review by March 27, 2013. The abstract will not exceed 400 words and should be submitted through the <http://molc-zlc.unizar.es/formulario/regis_form.html>2013 MOLC submission online system by clicking here. Please bear in mind that the abstract submitted is the final abstract. Abstract Review: Abstracts will be evaluated by the 2013 MOLC Academic Committee and acceptance/rejection decisions will be notified by April 12, 2013. Abstracts will be evaluated according to topic suitability, findings and contribution to the field. Topics of interest for this conference will include: Transportation; Facility Location; Inventory Management; Coordination; Supply Chain Disruptions; and Vehicle Routing Problems. This list is by no means exclusive and other topics relating to mathematics and supply chain management will be considered. Please send your topic proposal to <mailto:molc@unizar.es>molc(a)unizar.es. The 2013 MOLC Academic Committee will accept abstracts for review on the believe that the submitted work is original. Current conference information is available at: http://molc-zlc.unizar.es/ Key Deadlines: · Abstract Submission: March 27, 2013 · Abstract Admission Notification: April 12, 2013 · Author Registration: Early bird, up to May 10, 2013: 100 (academic/professional) / 50 (student) Late registration, from May 11, 2013: 150 (academic/professional) / 75 (student) The 2013 MOLC meeting is an initiative of the University of Zaragoza and the Zaragoza Logistics Center with the collaboration of the University of Calgary. We will be holding the first conference that we hope to be repeated successfully in the future. Sincerely, Dr. Herminia I. Calvete University of Zaragoza Dr. Mozart Menezes University of Calgary Dr. Alejandro Serrano Zaragoza Logistics Center 2013 MOLC Organizing Committee

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MOPTA Conference, Lehigh University, August 14-16, 2013: Invitation to organize sessions, etc.
by Frank E. Curtis 19 Feb '13

19 Feb '13

Apologies for any cross-postings... ============================================== SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT: Call for sessions, talks, and posters MOPTA Conference, Lehigh University, August 14-16, 2013 ============================================== The thirteenth annual Modeling and OPtimization: Theory and Applications (MOPTA) Conference will be held at Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, USA, on August 14-16 (Wednesday to Friday), 2013. Confirmed plenary speakers (so far): Brian Denton (University of Michigan) Abhijit Deshmukh (Purdue University) Omar Ghattas (University of Texas at Austin) Ignacio Grossmann (Carnegie Mellon University) Zhi-Quan (Tom) Luo (University of Minnesota) Jorge Nocedal (Northwestern University) Henry Wolkowicz (University of Waterloo) This is an invitation for session organizers, contributed talks, and posters. If interested, then please contact: Frank E. Curtis < frank.e.curtis(a)lehigh.edu> Current conference and program information is available at: http://coral.ie.lehigh.edu/~mopta MOPTA aims at bringing together a diverse group of people from both discrete and continuous optimization, working on both theoretical and applied aspects. There will be a small number of invited plenary talks from distinguished speakers as well as organized sessions and contributed talks, spread over three days. Our target is to provide a diverse set of exciting new developments from different areas of optimization research while at the same time providing a setting which will allow increased interaction among the participants. We aim to bring together researchers from both the theoretical and applied communities in the framework of a medium-scale event who do not usually have the chance to interact in larger meetings. We hope to welcome you in Bethlehem, PA! Organizing Committee: Frank E. Curtis (Chair) Tamás Terlaky Katya Scheinberg Ted K. Ralphs Luis F. Zuluaga Robert H. Storer Aurélie C. Thiele Larry V. Snyder Eugene Perevalov Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering Lehigh University 200 W. Packer Ave. Bethlehem PA 18015 Fax: 610-758-4886

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Optimization Conference in Toulouse, July 24--26, 2013
by Coralia Cartis 19 Feb '13

19 Feb '13

Recent Advances on Optimization, July 24-26, 2013, Toulouse, France An international conference on optimization will be organized under the umbrella of a research programme supported by the RTRA STAE foundation in Toulouse from the 24th to 26th of July 2013. The conference will address topics in unconstrained and constrained optimization, with and without derivatives. It will be also the occasion to celebrate the many contributions made by Philippe L. Toint to the field. A half-day session related to the RTRA data assimilation project "ADTAO" will be part of this conference. Contributed talks and posters related to the topics of the conference are welcome, and will be added to the programme as far as schedule constraints permit. Confirmed invited speakers: Stefania Bellavia - University of Florence (Italy) Andrew Conn - IBM T.J. Watson Research Center (USA) John Dennis - Rice University (USA) Andreas Griewank - Humboldt University of Berlin (Germany) Michael Kocvara - The University of Birmingham (UK) Jorge More - Argonne National Laboratory (USA) Benedetta Morini - University of Florence (Italy) Jorge Nocedal - Northwestern University (USA) Michael Powell - Cambridge University (UK) Annick Sartenaer - University of Namur (Belgium) Mike Saunders - Stanford University (USA) Katya Scheinberg - Lehigh University (USA) Luis Nunes Vicente - University of Coimbra (Portugal) Ya-xiang Yuan - Chinese Academy of Sciences (China) Stephen Wright - University of Wisconsin (USA) Deadlines: 01.01.2013: Online registration open 15.03.2013: Due date for contributed presentations 30.03.2013: Due date for poster presentations 15.04.2013: Notification of acceptance 15.05.2013: Registration deadline Registration: Thanks to our sponsors, no registration fees are required. However registration is mandatory. Registration information (name, firstname, affiliation) should be sent directly to Brigitte Yzel (yzel(a)cerfacs.fr) Information on how to submit your contribution can be found on the webpage of the conference: http://www.fondation-stae.net/fr/optimization-july2013.html Looking forward to welcoming you in Toulouse, On behalf of the scientific and local organization committees, Coralia Cartis, Nick Gould, Serge Gratton and Xavier Vasseur. -- The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336.

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EURO-INFORMS Rome - Telecommunications and Network Optimization stream
by Bernard Fortz 15 Feb '13

15 Feb '13

Dear friends and colleagues, *The deadline of March 1st is quickly approaching!* We are organizing the stream Telecommunications and Network Optimization of the forthcoming EURO-INFORMS conference in Rome, July 1-4, 2013. http://euro2013.org/ The stream is jointly organized by the European Network Optimization Group (ENOG) and the Telecommunications Section of INFORMS. If you would like to submit a paper for the stream, please visit http://www.euro-online.org/conf/euro26/?page=welcome and use invitation code dd77dbd5 The deadline for abstract submission is March 1, 2013. If (even better!) you would like to organize a full session of 3-4 papers, please contact one of us directly. Best regards, Walid Ben-Ameur, Bernard Fortz, Luis Gouveia

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