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16th Cologne-Twente Workshop (CTW16) on Graphs and Combinatorial Optimization
by Bernard Fortz 29 Oct '17

29 Oct '17

16th Cologne-Twente Workshop (CTW16) on Graphs and Combinatorial Optimization June 18-20, 2018, Paris (France) Call for papers --------------- The Cologne-Twente Workshop on Graphs and Combinatorial Optimization 2018 welcomes contributions on theory and applications of discrete algorithms, graphs and combinatorial structures in the wide sense. CTW18 will be organized by CNRS LIX, École Polytechnique, and will take place at the Conservatoire National d'Arts et Métiers (CNAM), in the center of Paris. Contacts -------- URL: http://ctw18.lipn.univ-paris13.fr/ EMAIL: ctw18paris(a)gmail.com Invited speakers ---------------- Thomas Seiller, Univ. de Paris-Nord Angelika Wiegele, Alpen-Adria-Univ. Klagenfurt Registration fee ---------------- EUR 250 if the payment is received by May 2, 2018, and EUR 300 afterwards. For PhD/MSC students and/or postdocs, EUR 100 if received by May 2, 2018, and EUR 125 afterwards (PhD studentship / postdoc status proof is required). The registration fee includes entry to all technical sessions, coffee-breaks and the social event. Abstract Submission ------------------- Submit extended abstracts of at most 4 pages using the Easychair link <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ctw18>, no later than Feb 1st, 2018, using the templates (coming soon too) available on the website. The scientific committee will select the presentations for the workshop on the basis of the extended abstracts received and on the available number of slots. Proceedings volume ------------------ A special issue of the journal Discrete Applied Mathematics is planned as a post-conference proceedings outlet. Scientific committee -------------------- Ali Fuat Alkaya, Marmara Univ. Alberto Ceselli, Univ. Milan Roberto Cordone, Univ. Milan Ekrem Duman, Ozyegin Univ. Ulrich Faigle, Univ. Koeln Johann Hurink, Univ. Twente Leo Liberti, CNRS & Ecole Polytechnique Bodo Manthey, Univ. Twente Gaia Nicosia, Univ. Roma Tre Andrea Pacifici, Univ. Roma Tor Vergata Stefan Pickl, Univ. des Bundeswehr Muenchen Bert Randerath, Technische Hochschule Koeln Giovanni Righini, Univ. Milan Heiko Roeglin, Univ. Bonn Britta Peis, RWTH Aachen Oliver Schaudt, Univ. Koeln Rainer Schrader, Univ. Koeln Rudiger Schultz, Univ. Duisburg-Essen Frank Vallentin, Univ. Koeln Local organization ------------------ Fabio Furini, Univ. Paris-Dauphine Amelie Lambert, CNAM Paris Lucas Letocart, Univ. Paris-Nord Leo Liberti, CNRS & Ecole Polytechnique (chair) Ivana Ljubic, ESSEC Paris Emiliano Traversi, Univ. Paris-Nord Roberto Wolfler Calvo, Univ. Paris-Nord EMAIL: <ctw18paris(a)gmail.com> URL: <http://ctw18.lipn.univ-paris13.fr>

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Call for papers: Joint EURO/ALIO International Conference 2018 on Applied Combinatorial Optimization
by Enrico Malaguti 26 Sep '17

26 Sep '17

Apologies for any cross-postings. ----------------------------------------- Joint EURO/ALIO International Conference 2018 on Applied Combinatorial Optimization The Joint EURO/ALIO International Conference 2018 on Applied Combinatorial Optimization is an event jointly promoted by the Association of European Operational Research Societies (EURO) and the Association of Latin-Iberoamerican Operational Research Societies (ALIO), both within the International Federation of Operational Research Societies (IFORS). Bologna, Italy, June 25-27, 2018 https://events.unibo.it/euroalio2018 Call for papers Contributions dealing with any aspect of Applied Combinatorial Optimization are welcome. This includes theoretical achievements, algorithm development and real-world implementations. Two kinds of submission are possible: short abstracts of at most 1500 characters including up to three references, and extended abstracts of up to 8 pages. All submissions will undergo a review process. Short abstracts will be distributed at the conference. Extended abstracts will be published on a special issue of Electronic Notes in Discrete Mathematics (ENDM) associated with the conference. A Feature Cluster of the European Journal of Operational Research, devoted to Applied Combinatorial Optimization, will be published. High quality papers presented at the conference will be invited to this cluster. Important Deadlines Submission of Extended Abstracts 08/01/2018 Submission of Short Abstracts 19/02/2018 Early Registration 16/03/2018 Plenary Speakers Andrea Lodi, École Polytechnique de Montréal Nelson Maculan, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro David Pisinger (EURO Plenary Speaker), Technical University of Denmark Venue The conference will be held at the School of Engineering and Architecture of the Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna, Viale del Risorgimento, 2 Bologna. The School is within walking distance from the city center, hotels, bars and restaurants. The city of Bologna offers a lively cultural environment, and is well connected by high-speed trains to Florence (35min), Venice (1h 25min), Milan (1h), Rome (2h), Turin (2h 15min), Naples (3h 30min). A short video on the city of Bologna: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObBreSoNzZY On behalf of the Organizing Committee Paolo Toth, Valentina Cacchiani, Enrico Malaguti

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Department Chair position in ISE at Lehigh University
by Frank E. Curtis 25 Sep '17

25 Sep '17

Dear Colleagues, The P.C. Rossin College of Engineering & Applied Science at Lehigh University invites applications and nominations for the position of Chair of the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE). We seek a high-profile, accomplished researcher who is a dynamic leader with a vision to build upon the continued growth and success of the Department and to expand its interdisciplinary efforts within Lehigh. The Department currently has 14 tenured or tenure-track faculty members and three Professors of Practice. Our undergraduate, Masters, and Ph.D. programs are vibrant and growing, with current enrollments of approximately 180 undergraduate, 190 Masters, and 40 Ph.D. students. ISE faculty members maintain outstanding international reputations in a variety of areas, including mathematical optimization, analytics, high performance computing, data science, manufacturing systems, financial optimization, healthcare systems, logistics, and supply chain analysis. Research expenditures currently exceed $3 million. ISE has extensive interdisciplinary ties with other academic departments at Lehigh. It also plays active roles with various programs, centers, and other initiatives, such as with the Integrated Business and Engineering (IBE) Honors Program, the Research Computing Group, the Analytical Finance Program, the Integrated Networks for Electricity (INE) Center, and Lehigh’s ADVANCE initiatives. The Department houses the Enterprise Systems Center, offers a Masters of Engineering in Healthcare Systems Engineering, and maintains excellent computational and manufacturing/robotics laboratory facilities. For its achievements, the Department has been recognized as a four-time finalist for the UPS-INFORMS George D. Smith Prize for innovative programs to educate OR/Analytics professionals. Further information can be found through the Department website: http://ise.lehigh.edu/. Lehigh University is in Bethlehem, PA, in the rapidly growing Lehigh Valley metropolitan area. The Lehigh Valley, with a population over 800,000, is located approximately 1 hour north of Philadelphia and 1.5 hours west of New York City. The University has a current enrollment of approximately 5,000 undergraduate students and 2,000 graduate students, and is planning to increase these enrollments significantly in the next few years. Lehigh is investing substantially over the next few years in new innovative research and academic programs to enhance its intellectual footprint. These investments, based on faculty-driven initiatives, will advance the University’s commitment to enhance student experiences. We welcome applications from, and nominations for, individuals with a strong background in any ISE- relevant discipline, including industrial engineering, operations research, and applied mathematics. A candidate should possess a Ph.D., have an exemplary record of achievement in research, teaching, and service at a level sufficient for appointment as a tenured Professor, and demonstrate commitment to supporting the advancement of fellow faculty members at all levels. The candidate should also be able to communicate a clear vision for the future of the Department. The audience for this communication should include members of the industrial, governmental, academic, and alumni communities. Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. For full consideration, application materials should be received on-line https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/9673 by October 15, 2017. Candidates should provide a statement of educational, research, and leadership philosophy, a curriculum vitae, full contact information of at least three references, and a cover letter. Any inquiries regarding this search should be directed to Professors Wojciech Z. Misiolek and Frank E. Curtis, Co-Chairs of the Search Committee at (ISE.Chair.Search(a)lehigh.edu) Applications and nominations from female or minority candidates are strongly encouraged. Lehigh University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, color, disability, gender, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, national or ethnic origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, or veteran status. Lehigh provides competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits, including partner benefits. Regards, Frank E. Curtis -- http://coral.ise.lehigh.edu/frankecurtis

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SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS - Special issue on Optimization for heterogeneous wireless networks - Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Journal
by Paolo Detti 11 Sep '17

11 Sep '17

*CALL FOR PAPERS* *SPECIAL ISSUE ON: Optimization for heterogeneous wireless networks integrating cellular and ad-hoc networks* *Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing - Hindawi-Wiley open access journal* *Important DATES *Submission Deadline Friday, 27 October 2017 *Publication Date March 2018 *TOPIC SUMMARY* In our networked society, wireless devices will constantly interact with each other as well as with their environment, communicating over licensed and unlicensed frequency bands, employing any possible link, from short-range device-to-device communications integrated into the existing and evolving cellular infrastructure to satellite communications. The efficient and effective management of these heterogeneous network architectures requires new optimization approaches, including central and distributed optimization schemes, or a combination thereof, where optimization can have very different objectives, including spectral efﬁciency, latency, reliability, energy efﬁciency meeting constraints on the available spectrum, backhaul network capacity, and deployment or operational costs. In this special issue we solicit contributions on optimization-based approaches to the design, dimensioning, deployment and operation of heterogeneous wireless networks integrating cellular and ad-hoc networks, using low and high frequencies, including traditional cellular and millimeter wave bands. The topics addressed may include, but are not limited to: • Exact and heuristic optimization approaches for the dimensioning, deployment, and efﬁcient management of heterogeneous networks; • Optimization techniques for cellular and heterogeneous networks in decentralized scenarios; • Multi-objective optimization approaches for heterogeneous networks; • Cooperative and non-cooperative game theoretic analysis of cellular and ad-hoc networks, • Optimal spectrum allocation algorithms for cellular systems with multiple-antenna terminals; • Optimal spectrum sharing between multi-operator cellular and ad-hoc networks; • Radio resource optimization for shared terrestrial and satellite networks; • Optimal interference management for full-duplex and cognitive radio in LTE networks; • Optimal resource sharing between cellular and ad-hoc networks for ultra-reliable low-latency communications. **GUEST EDITORS* * Paolo Detti, University of Siena, Siena, Italy Andrea Abrardo, University of Siena, Siena, Italy Gabor Fodor, Royal Institute of Technology, and Ericsson Research, Stockholm, Sweden Marco Moretti, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy Ana Pérez-Neira, Centre Tecnologic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya, Castelldefels, Spain Angela Yingjun Zhang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China *SUBMISSION GUIDELINES* The Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Journal is published using an open access publication model. Authors can submit their manuscripts through the Manuscript Tracking System at https://mts.hindawi.com/submit/journals/wcmc/ocni/ The Call is available at: http://www.hindawi.com/journals/WCMC/si/237462/cfp/ -- -------------------------------------------------------------------- Paolo Detti Department of Information Engineering and Mathematics University of Siena Via Roma, 56 53100 Siena, Italy phone: +39-0577-234850 (int. 1022) fax: +39-0577-233602 e-mail:detti@dii.unisi.it Home page:http://www.dii.unisi.it/~detti/ --------------------------------------------------------------------

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NATCOR on Combinatorial Optimisation - Registrations close 18 August 2017
by Bektas T. 02 Aug '17

02 Aug '17

** With apologies for cross-postings ** NATCOR PhD Course on Combinatorial Optimisation 4 to 8 September 2017 University of Southampton http://www.natcor.ac.uk/course.asp?courses_id=31 Contributors: Bo Chen (University of Warwick) Vladimir Deineko (University of Warwick) Trivikram Dokka (Lancaster University) Adam Letchford (Lancaster University) Chris Potts (University of Southampton) Dolores Romero Morales (Copenhagen Business School) Tolga Bektas (University of Southampton) The course content includes computational complexity, network algorithms, dynamic programming, Lagrangean relaxation, constraint satisfaction, branch and bound, branch and cut, branch and price, Dantzig-Wolfe and Benders decomposition, applications in supply chains and data science. Registration will close on 18 August 2017. Please visit www.natcor.ac.uk for further information including the course fees, registration and EURO bursaries.

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Internship position, ISAE-SUPAERO, Toulouse, France
by Emmanuel Rachelson 16 Jun '17

16 Jun '17

Dear all, An internship position is available in the ML & OR team at ISAE-SUPAERO, in Toulouse, France. See description attached to this message. Candidates should write to emmanuel.rachelson(a)isae-supaero.fr and luca.mossina(a)isae-supaero.fr. Regards, -- *Emmanuel Rachelson* Associate professor - ISAE Supaero Dept. of Complex Systems Engineering http://people.isae.fr/emmanuel-rachelson

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ICCL 2017: Extended submission deadline
by Bektas T. 03 Jun '17

03 Jun '17

*With apologies for cross-postings* Please note that the deadline for submission of full papers to the ICCL 2017 has been extended to 08 June 2017. Abstracts (for presentation only) can be submitted until 25 June 2017. The conference is being held in Southampton, UK, from 18 to 20 October 2017. Further information is available at: https://iccl2017.wixsite.com/main Thanks, Tolga.

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IEEE ComSoc elections
by Antonio Capone 26 May '17

26 May '17

Dear Colleagues, I strongly endorse prof. Luigi Fratta for the vice-president technical activities position in the IEEE ComSoc Elections. Luigi is currently holding the position and doing a great job, and I support his run for a second term. I’m forwarding Luigi’s message where you can find some more information on his commitment for IEEE ComSoc. You can access ballot here: https://eballot4.votenet.com/IEEE<https://mandrillapp.com/track/click/30979961/eballot4.votenet.com?p=eyJzIjo…> Thanks for your attention. Best regards Antonio Capone -- Antonio Capone, PhD Professor, Politecnico di Milano, DEIB, piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133, Milano, Italy Email: antonio.capone(a)polimi.it<mailto:antonio.capone@polimi.it>, Tel: +39 02 2399 3449, Web: http://home.dei.polimi.it/capone, http://antlab.elet.polimi.it<http://antlab.elet.polimi.it/> — Dear IEEE ComSoc Member, This is to bring your attention to the IEEE ComSoc Election and invite you to vote since a large participation of the members is very important for the continuing success of our society. I am honoured to be a candidate for Vice President of Technical and Educational Activities, a position that I hold for the present term (2016-17). If re-elected I will be able to complete the projects that have started a year ago and are now successfully progressing. I hope that you share my vision ( http://home.deib.polimi.it/fratta) and will support me with your vote. Please, encourage colleagues, friends, and graduate students to do the same. For a continuing growing of ComSoc I am committed to: · Energizing Technical Committees Activities · Encouraging Academia and Industry Cooperation · Improving Interdisciplinary and Emerging Technical Areas to Engage Younger Members · Extending Education & Training Programs Thanks for your attention and be sure to express your vote. Best regards Luigi

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(no subject)
by Pedro Martins Moura 10 May '17

10 May '17

Optimization 2017 Faculdade de Ciências - Universidade de Lisboa September 6-8, 2017 Abstract submission deadline: 15 May 2017 http://optimization2017.fc.ul.pt/submission.html Optimization 2017 is the ninth edition of a series of Optimization international conferences held every three or four years, in Portugal. This meeting aims to bring together researchers and practitioners with common interests in optimization. This conference series has international recognition and is being organized under the auspices of APDIO (the Portuguese Operations Research Society). In this edition, we feel honored to celebrate the 60th birthday of our dear colleague Luís Gouveia (Univ. of Lisbon). Confirmed plenary speakers: Immanuel Bomze | Universität Wien Marco Campi | Università degli Studi di Brescia Donald Goldfarb | Columbia University Jacek Gondzio | The University of Edinburgh Martine Labbé | Université Libre de Bruxelles Giovanni Rinaldi | IASI Roma, CNR For additional information: http://optimization2017.fc.ul.pt We look forward to meeting you in Optimization 2017, Miguel Constantino (Co-chair of the Organizing Committee) Pedro Moura (Co-chair of the Organizing Committee)?

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(no subject)
by Pedro Martins Moura 26 Apr '17

26 Apr '17

Optimization 2017 Faculdade de Ciências - Universidade de Lisboa September 6-8, 2017 Abstract submission deadline: 15 May 2017 Early Registration deadline: 30 June 2017 http://optimization2017.fc.ul.pt/submission.html Optimization 2017 is the ninth edition of a series of Optimization international conferences held every three or four years, in Portugal. This meeting aims to bring together researchers and practitioners with common interests in optimization. This conference series has international recognition and is being organized under the auspices of APDIO (the Portuguese Operations Research Society). In this edition, we feel honored to celebrate the 60th birthday of our dear colleague Luís Gouveia (Univ. of Lisbon). Confirmed plenary speakers: Immanuel Bomze | Universität Wien Marco Campi | Università degli Studi di Brescia Donald Goldfarb | Columbia University Jacek Gondzio | The University of Edinburgh Martine Labbé | Université Libre de Bruxelles Giovanni Rinaldi | IASI Roma, CNR For additional information: http://optimization2017.fc.ul.pt<http://optimization2017.fc.ul.pt/> We look forward to meeting you in Optimization 2017, Miguel Constantino (Co-chair of the Organizing Committee) Pedro Moura (Co-chair of the Organizing Committee)

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