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From: Claudia Cavallaro <claudia.cavallaro(a)unict.it>
To: Claudia Cavallaro <claudia.cavallaro(a)unict.it>
Date: Sun, 18 May 2025 06:30:19 +0000
Subject: R: Deadline June 10, 2025 Call4papers WBO International Workshop on
Big Optimization HYBRID
Message-ID: <DB4PR02MB9480A1F562B21D563693FF439C9DA(a)DB4PR02MB9480.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com>
Could you please forward this call for papers (deadline extended to June 10,
2025) to your EURO working group?
Sincerely,
Claudia Cavallaro
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Apologies for cross-posting. Appreciate if you can distribute this CFP to your
network.
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???? International Workshop on Big Optimization (WBO 2025)
???? July 31 – August 1, 2025
???? Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Catania, Italy
???? HYBRID FORMAT (In-person & Online participation)
???? [1]https://www.ants-lab.it/wbo2025/
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????Extended Paper Submission Deadline: June 10, 2025 ????
The Workshop on Big Optimization (WBO 2025) aims to bring together researchers,
practitioners, and industry experts to explore the challenges and advancements
across disciplines such as computer science, operations research, artificial
intelligence, and applied mathematics. WBO 2025 offers a hybrid format for both
in-person and online participation.
The topics of interest for the event include, but are not limited to,
Algorithmic Foundations, Artificial Intelligence in Optimization, Applications
of Optimization and Big Data, and Emerging Trends.
For further details, please visit the official website: [2]https://
www.ants-lab.it/wbo2025/.
????PLENARY SPEAKERS
• Helena Ramalhinho Lourenço, University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona
Talk: "Optimization Algorithms with Social Impact"
• Thomas Stützle, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles
Talk: "A few examples of automated design of algorithms"
????IMPORTANT DATES
• Extended Paper submission: June 10, 2025
• Notification of acceptance: June 25, 2025
• Camera-Ready Papers (Pre-Workshop): June 30, 2025
• Early-registration deadline: June 30, 2025
• Workshop Dates: July 31 - August 1, 2025
???? TYPES OF CONTRIBUTIONS
• Regular Papers (maximum 15 pages): novel and original research
contributions.
• Short Papers (extended abstract of up to 10 pages): novel research works in
progress or with preliminary results.
• Oral Presentations: high-quality published or preliminary recent works.
These contributions are considered for presentation only and are not
included in the proceedings.
???? Accepted regular and short papers will be published as post-proceedings
in the Studies in Big Data (SBD) series by Springer
SBD Cover
[3]https://www.springer.com/series/11970
???? Selected high-quality papers from the workshop will be invited for submission
to one or more post-conference Special Issues in Soft Computing (SCOPUS
indexed)
[cid]
GENERAL CHAIRS
Claudia Cavallaro, University of Catania, Italy (claudia.cavallaro <at>
unict.it)
Carolina Crespi, University of Catania, Italy (carolina.crespi <at> unict.it)
Francesco Zito, University of Catania, Italy (francesco.zito <at> unict.it)
???? SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
Christian Blum, Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (IIIA-CSIC), Spain
Raffaele Cerulli, University of Salerno, Italy
Carlos A. Coello Coello, CINVESTAV, Mexico
Vincenzo Cutello, University of Catania, Italy
Luca Di Gaspero, University of Udine, Italy
Paola Festa, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Salvatore Greco, University of Catania, Italy
Jin-kao Hao, Université d'Angers, France
Mario F. Pavone, University of Catania, Italy
Mauricio G. C. Resende, Amazon, USA
Andrea Schaerf, University of Udine, Italy
Maria Grazia Speranza, University of Brescia, Italy
El-Ghazali Talbi, University of Lille, France
Daniele Vigo, University of Bologna, Italy
PUBLICITY CHAIR
Alessio Mezzina, University of Catania
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Da: Claudia Cavallaro <claudia.cavallaro(a)unict.it>
Inviato: venerdì 16 maggio 2025 18:34
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Oggetto: Deadline June 10, 2025 Call4papers WBO International Workshop on Big
Optimization HYBRID
We are pleased to inform you that, following several requests, the paper
submission deadline has been extended to June 10, 2025. We hope this extension
will allow more colleagues to share their research and will further enrich the
workshop program.
***********************************************************************************************************************
International Workshop on Big Optimization WBO 2025, July 31 - August 1, 2025,
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Catania,
Catania, Italy. HYBRID
WBO25 offers a hybrid format for both in-person and online participation.
[4]https://www.ants-lab.it/[5] [6]wbo2025/ SCOPUS Springer
Proceedings********************************************************************
** Extended submission deadline: June 10, 2025 **
** Proceedings in Studies in Big Data, Springer **
** Special issue in international journal (SCOPUS indexed)
The Workshop on Big Optimization (WBO25) aims to bring together researchers,
practitioners, and industry experts to explore the challenges and advancements
across disciplines such as computer science, operations research, artificial
intelligence, and applied mathematics.
The topics of interest for the event include, but are not limited to,
Algorithmic Foundations, Artificial Intelligence in Optimization, Applications
of Optimization and Big Data, and Emerging Trends. For further details, please
visit the official website: [7]https://www.ants-lab.it/[8] [9]wbo2025/ .
** PLENARY SPEAKERS
Helena Ramalhinho Lourenço, University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona
Thomas Stutzle, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles
TBA
** IMPORTANT DATES:
Paper submission: June 10, 2025
Notification of acceptance: June 25, 2025
We accept three types of contributions:
Regular Papers (maximum 15 pages): novel and original research contributions.
Short Papers (extended abstract of up to 10 pages): novel research works in
progress or with preliminary results.
Oral Presentations: high-quality published or preliminary recent works. These
contributions are considered for presentation only and are not included in the
proceedings.
Accepted regular and short papers will be published as post-proceedings in
Studies in Big Data (SBD) series by Springer ([10]https://www.springer.com/[11]
[12]series/11970). More information can be found at [13]https://
www.ants-lab.it/[14] [15]wbo2025/.
Selected top contributions will be invited to publish an extended version in a
Special Issue of an international SCOPUS-indexed journal.
** GENERAL CHAIRS:
Claudia Cavallaro, University of Catania, Italy (claudia.cavallaro(a)unict.it)
Carolina Crespi, University of Catania, Italy (carolina.crespi(a)unict.it)
Francesco Zito, University of Catania, Italy (francesco.zito(a)unict.it)
References:
[1] https://www.ants-lab.it/wbo2025/
[2] https://www.ants-lab.it/wbo2025/
[3] https://www.springer.com/series/11970
[4] https://www.ants-lab.it/wbo2025/
[5] https://www.ants-lab.it/wbo2025/
[6] https://www.ants-lab.it/wbo2025/
[7] https://www.ants-lab.it/wbo2025/
[8] https://www.ants-lab.it/wbo2025/
[9] https://www.ants-lab.it/wbo2025/
[10] https://www.springer.com/series/11970
[11] https://www.springer.com/series/11970
[12] https://www.springer.com/series/11970
[13] https://www.ants-lab.it/wbo2025/
[14] https://www.ants-lab.it/wbo2025/
[15] https://www.ants-lab.it/wbo2025/
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