*** MIP 2016: CALL FOR REGISTRATION AND POSTER SUBMISSIONS ***
Date: May 23 - 26, 2016
Location: University of Miami in Coral Gables, FL
Web site and registration: https://sites.google.com/site/mipworkshop2016/
Poster submission deadline: March 1, 2016
Registration deadline: April 1, 2016
You are cordially invited to participate in the upcoming workshop in Mixed
Integer Programming (MIP 2016). The registration page is now open until
April 1, 2016:
https://sites.google.com/site/mipworkshop2016/registration
The 2016 Mixed Integer Programming workshop will be the thirteenth in a
series of annual workshops held in North America designed to bring the
integer programming community together to discuss very recent developments
in the field. The workshop series consists of a single track of invited
talks and features a poster session that provides an additional
opportunity to share and discuss recent research in MIP.
All workshop participants are invited to submit a poster abstract before
March 1, 2016. There will be an award for the best poster presented by a
student. To submit an abstract, please email a two page PDF containing a
detailed abstract of the poster to:
mip2016(a)lists.discovery.wisc.edu
Space for posters is limited; and the submitted poster abstracts will be
used to select the accepted posters. Therefore, it is important that the
abstract provides a good description of the research to be presented. We
expect to send out acceptance notifications around March 15.
One of the aims of the workshop is to facilitate research collaboration;
thus it is designed to provide ample time for discussion and interaction
between the participants. Thanks to the generous support by our sponsors,
registration is free; and travel support is available for some students
and postdocs who present posters at the workshop. Students and postdocs
who wish to apply for travel support must submit a poster abstract by the
March 1 deadline and indicate that they wish to be considered for funding.
We expect to make funding decisions around March 15.
This years confirmed speakers are:
Tobias Achterberg, Gurobi Optimization
Amir Ali Ahmadi, Princeton University
Shabbir Ahmed, Georgia Institute of Technology
Gustavo Angulo, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Egon Balas, Carnegie Mellon University
Merve Bodur, Georgia Institute of Technology
Natashia Boland, Georgia Institute of Technology
Claudia D'Ambrosio, Laboratoire dInformatique de lÉcole Polytechnique
Daniel Espinoza, Universidad de Chile
Vineet Goyal, Columbia University
Qie He, University of Minnesota
Stefan Heinz, FICO
Ruth Misener, Imperial College London
Timm Oertel, ETH Zurich
Dimitri Papageorgiou, ExxonMobil
Kostya Pashkovich, University of Waterloo
Mohit Tawarmalani, Purdue University
Hans Raj Tiwary, Charles University
Alejandro Toriello, Georgia Institute of Technology
Levent Tuncel, University of Waterloo
Tallys Yunes, University of Miami
Giacomo Zambelli, London School of Economics and Political Sciences
See you in Miami!
Sincerely,
Program Committee
- Alberto Del Pia (chair), University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Sanjeeb Dash, IBM Research
- Fatma Kilinc-Karzan, Carnegie Mellon University
- Dan Steffy, Oakland University
- Kati Wolter, MOSEK ApS
Local Committee
- Tallys Yunes, University of Miami
- Hari Natarajan, University of Miami
The 5th edition of the Winter School on Network Optimization will take place at the Hotel Sana, Estoril, from the 11th to the 15th of January 2016. Its main objective is to provide an opportunity for PhD students to get together and attend high level courses in the field of Network Optimization. Non-PhD students are welcome to attend the school, but the number of participants is limited and priority will be given to PhD students. In this edition of the school, the lecturers and subjects to be addressed are:
Karen Aardal (Univ. Delft): Algorithms for facility location problems
Tolga Bektas (Univ. Southampton): Compact formulations, projections and some polyhedral results for the vehicle routing problem
Elena Fernandez (Univ. Politècnica de Catalunya): Hub location and optimum communication spanning trees: models, formulations and solution techniques
Martine Labbé (Univ. Libre de Bruxelles): Bilevel programming: Stackelberg games and pricing problems
Ivana Ljubic (Univ. Vienna): Solving (uniform) Steiner trees and related problems to optimality
Since the first edition in 2009, the school has been part of the activities of the CIO (Centro de Investigação Operacional) University of Lisbon as well as of the ENOG (European Network Optimization Group).
Recently, CIO has been merged with the Centro de Matemática e Aplicações Fundamentais (CMAF). The event will become part of the activities of the new CMAF+CIO and is also endorsed by the EURO (the Association of European Societies)
and APDIO (the Portuguese OR society).
Candidates are invited to submit their CVs to NetOpt2016(a)fc.ul.pt<mailto:NetOpt2016@fc.ul.pt> before the 30th of October 2015.
After a short period of evaluation, the participants will be notified and be invited to register.
More information is available at http://NetOpt2016.fc.ul.pt<http://netopt2016.fc.ul.pt/>.
SUMMER GRADUATE SCHOOL
IMUS- MSRI-2016
MIXED INTEGER NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING: THEORY, ALGORITHMS AND APPLICATIONS
SEVILLE (SPAIN), JUNE 20TH- JULY 1ST, 2016.
This school is an exceptional event that will take place once and it is
oriented to the presentation of theory, algorithms and applications for
the solution of MIXED INTEGER NONLINEAR PROBLEMS (MINLP). Its goal is to
present, in a unified way, the current theory together with the more
recent algorithms designed to address some families of problems; we will
also introduce the participants to the use of specific solvers devoted
to formulate and to solve instances of these problems. The lecturers
will start with basic concepts, in order to be interesting for
beginners, finalizing discussing advanced topics of this emerging area
of mathematical optimization.
This school is intended for PhD students and young researchers (a
maximum of 30) who wish to advance knowledge or to gain expertise in
this specific field. MSRI and the local organizers will select a number
of candidates (between 20-25) that will receive a grant to support their
expenses to attend the school. The registration deadline is February
20^th^, 2016.
LECTURERS:
JEFF LINDEROTH, University of Wisconsin-Madisson, USA.
ROBERT WEISMANTEL, ETH Zurich, Switzerland.
The program activities is organized in two lectures taught in the
mornings
Lectures:
1. The Theory of Mixed Integer Non-linear Programming. (Robert
Weismantel, ETH Zurich, Switzerland.)
2. Modeling aspects and applications of Mixed Integer Non-linear
programming. (Jeff Linderoth, University of Wisconsin-Madison,
USA.)
Problem solving and applications sessions will be organized during the
afternoon, and led by the TAs. These sessions will be devoted to working
on problem sets, on real life applications, and on various projects
developed by the students. Lab sessions with available MINLP solvers
will also be included.
A cornerstone of the program is having students’ presentations about
basic topics in the field. This allows students, even those with a more
limited background, to work with source materials, and to practice
lecturing about what they learn. We will ask students to prepare short
(25-30 minute) talks on research papers of their choice. We will guide
them in the preparation of their talk, as well as provide constructive
criticisms of their presentation.
The Course will be held at IMUS, the Institute of Mathematics of the
University of Seville, from June 20th till July 1^st^, 2016
(http://www.imus.us.es/IMUS-MSRI2016/es/ ) and will be co-organized by
the MSRI (Berkeley), the IMUS Universidad de Sevilla and it is partially
supported by EURO. The course has been approved by the MRSI board and
additional information is available at
http://www.msri.org/summer_schools/773 .
LOCAL ORGANIZERS:
_FRANSCISCO J. CASTRO_, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain.
_ELENA FERNÁNDEZ_, Universidad Politécnica Cataluña, Spain.
_JUSTO PUERTO_, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain.
Dear colleagues,
The deadline for submitting an abstract to the *VeRoLog 2016 *conference
in Nantes is extended to *January 29* !
Please note that before submitting your abstract you need to create an
account on the submission system. The validation of this account may
take some time so do not hesitate to create it now if you intend to submit.
Best regards,
The VeRoLog 2016 committee
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
VEROLOG 2016
The fifth meeting of the EURO Working Group on Vehicle Routing and
Logistics Optimization - VeRoLog
*Nantes, France, June 6-8 *
http://verolog2016.sciencesconf.org/
The fifth meeting of the EURO Working Group on Vehicle Routing and
Logistics Optimization will take place at the Mines Nantes Graduate
School of Engineering, in Nantes 6-8 June 2016.
The VeRoLog conference is an annual meeting bringing together the large
community of researchers and practitioners interested in vehicle routing
optimization and its relationship with logistics. The conference is open
to high quality methodological contributions, relevant real-world
applications, and case studies from industry and the service sector.
*Abstract submission *
Submissions to VeRoLog 2016 are in the form of a
(max.) 250-words abstracts. Abstracts should be electronically submitted
via the "Submissions" link in the left menu. Accepted abstracts with a
registered presenter will be included in the book of abstracts. At most
one presentation per registered participant will be accepted. All
selected abstracts will be presented within parallel sessions during the
conference. A list of relevant topics for the conference is given below.
*Special issues *
Special issues of international journals with full-paper versions of the
work presented in Nantes will be edited after the conference. The call
for papers will be launched in late June 2016.
*Keynote speakers *
Michael Hewitt (Loyola University Chicago)
Recent advances in service network design
Stefan Ropke (Technical University of Denmark)
10 years of Adaptive Large Neighborhood Search (ALNS)
*Organizing committee *
Christelle Guéret (University of Angers, LARIS)
Fabien Lehuédé (Mines Nantes, IRCCyN)
Jorge E. Mendoza (Polytech Tours, LI)
Olivier Péton (Mines Nantes, IRCCyN)
Marc Sevaux (University of South Brittany, LabSTICC)
*Important dates *
Jan 29, 2016: extended submission deadline
March 01, 2016: acceptance notification
April 01, 2016: camera ready submission deadline
April 15, 2016: early bird registration closes
May 18, 2016: registration closes
*Registration *
Early student: 250 euros
Late Student: 350 euros
Early regular: 350 euros
Late regular: 450 euros
The fee includes lunch and coffee breaks, the social program and
conference dinner.
*Follow us on Facebook and Twitter: *
http://www.facebook.com/verolog2016http://www.twitter.com/verolog2016
*Research topics include but are not limited to: *
+ Decision support systems in logistics
+ State-of-the-art methods for exact solution of routing and
logistic optimization problems
+ Innovative methods for heuristic solutions of routing and
logistics optimization problems
+ Planning tools and tool-based environments for routing and logistics
+ Design and management of logistic infrastructure and networks
+ Analysis and evaluation of environmental impact induced by
logistics (e.g., air and noise pollution)
+ Sustainable design and operation of logistic facilities
+ Integrated planning and control of logistic infrastructures
+ Analysis of logistic operations
+ Heuristic and meta-heuristic implementation in logistic-related
models
+ ERP and information systems-related applications in logistics
+ Geographic information systems related to routing and logistics
+ On-board navigation and positioning systems
+ Dynamic routing optimization
+ Strategies and operations of logistic service providers
+ Service integration of agents or carriers within the logistics
industry
+ Consolidation and distribution for agents or shippers within the
logistics industry
+ Cooperation in intermodal supply chains
+ Fleet management
Dear colleagues,
the abstract submission deadline to present at VeRoLog 2016 in Nantes is
January 6.
Happy new year from the organizing committee !
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
VEROLOG 2016
The fifth meeting of the EURO Working Group on Vehicle Routing and
Logistics Optimization - VeRoLog
*Nantes, France, June 6-8 *
http://verolog2016.sciencesconf.org/
The fifth meeting of the EURO Working Group on Vehicle Routing and
Logistics Optimization will take place at the Mines Nantes Graduate
School of Engineering, in Nantes 6-8 June 2016.
The VeRoLog conference is an annual meeting bringing together the large
community of researchers and practitioners interested in vehicle routing
optimization and its relationship with logistics. The conference is open
to high quality methodological contributions, relevant real-world
applications, and case studies from industry and the service sector.
*Abstract submission *
Submissions to VeRoLog 2016 are in the form of a
(max.) 250-words abstracts. Abstracts should be electronically submitted
via the "Submissions" link in the left menu. Accepted abstracts with a
registered presenter will be included in the book of abstracts. At most
one presentation per registered participant will be accepted. All
selected abstracts will be presented within parallel sessions during the
conference. A list of relevant topics for the conference is given below.
*Special issues *
Special issues of international journals with full-paper versions of the
work presented in Nantes will be edited after the conference. The call
for papers will be launched in late June 2016.
*Keynote speakers *
Michael Hewitt (Loyola University Chicago)
Recent advances in service network design
Stefan Ropke (Technical University of Denmark)
10 years of Adaptive Large Neighborhood Search (ALNS)
*Organizing committee *
Christelle Guéret (University of Angers, LARIS)
Fabien Lehuédé (Mines Nantes, IRCCyN)
Jorge E. Mendoza (Polytech Tours, LI)
Olivier Péton (Mines Nantes, IRCCyN)
Marc Sevaux (University of South Brittany, LabSTICC)
*Important dates *
Jan 06, 2016: submission deadline
March 01, 2016: acceptance notification
April 01, 2016: camera ready submission deadline
April 15, 2016: early bird registration closes
May 18, 2016: registration closes
*Registration *
Early student: 250 euros
Late Student: 350 euros
Early regular: 350 euros
Late regular: 450 euros
The fee includes lunch and coffee breaks, the social program and
conference dinner.
*Follow us on Facebook and Twitter: *
http://www.facebook.com/verolog2016http://www.twitter.com/verolog2016
*Research topics include but are not limited to: *
+ Decision support systems in logistics
+ State-of-the-art methods for exact solution of routing and
logistic optimization problems
+ Innovative methods for heuristic solutions of routing and
logistics optimization problems
+ Planning tools and tool-based environments for routing and logistics
+ Design and management of logistic infrastructure and networks
+ Analysis and evaluation of environmental impact induced by
logistics (e.g., air and noise pollution)
+ Sustainable design and operation of logistic facilities
+ Integrated planning and control of logistic infrastructures
+ Analysis of logistic operations
+ Heuristic and meta-heuristic implementation in logistic-related
models
+ ERP and information systems-related applications in logistics
+ Geographic information systems related to routing and logistics
+ On-board navigation and positioning systems
+ Dynamic routing optimization
+ Strategies and operations of logistic service providers
+ Service integration of agents or carriers within the logistics
industry
+ Consolidation and distribution for agents or shippers within the
logistics industry
+ Cooperation in intermodal supply chains
+ Fleet management
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EU/ME 2016
Workshop on "Design and Analysis of Metaheuristics"
March 17 - 18, 2016
University of Antwerp (Belgium)
www.eume2016.be<http://www.eume2016.be>
CALL FOR PAPERS
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The Antwerp Operations Research Group ANT/OR is looking forward to welcome you at the 17th EU/ME workshop on Design and Analysis of Metaheuristics.The conference will be held on March 17th - 18th, 2016 in Antwerp (Belgium).
We invite all researchers, practitioners, and students from the field of metaheuristics, to participate in this EU/ME-workshop. Authors are encouraged to contribute by submitting an extended abstract (max. 3 pages). We are especially looking for research in all fields of methodology and applications with a focus on best practices in design of metaheuristics. Furthermore, we encourage research that includes (but is not limited to) a proper analysis of the algorithmic performance, parameter tuning, the setup of a good experiment, ... The main questions of this EU/ME workshop will be:
- What is a good metaheuristic design?
- Which metaheuristic framework to use?
- How to make the developed solution approach robust, reliable and efficient?
- What with parameters in the model and how to tune them?
Important dates for submission and registration to the conference are:
Abstract submission: Friday, February 5, 2016.
Abstract acceptance: Friday, February 12, 2016.
Registration: Friday, March 4, 2016.
Conference: March 17-18, 2016.
For more information, registration or abstract submission, go to the conference website:
http://www.eume2016.be
We look forward to meeting you in Antwerp, on 17 and 18 March 2016. May the force be with you!
--
drs. Christof Defryn
University of Antwerp
Faculty of Applied Economics | Dept. Engineering Management - ENM
ANT/OR - University of Antwerp Operations Research Group
Prinsstraat 13 - B.512
B-2000 Antwerp, Belgium
christof.defryn(a)uantwerpen.be<mailto:christof.defryn@uantwerpen.be>
http://antor.ua.ac.be/member/christof-defryn
Dear friends and colleagues,
We are organizing the stream Telecommunications and Network Optimization
of the forthcoming EURO Conference that will be held 3-63-63-6 July 2016 in
the city of Poznan, Poland.
http://euro2016.euro-online.org/
The stream is organized by the European Network Optimization
Group (ENOG).
If you would like to submit a paper for the stream, please visit
https://www.euro-online.org/conf/euro28/
and use invitation code
df18ec88
The deadline for abstract submission is March 1, 2016.
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
SECOND CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
VEROLOG 2016
The fifth meeting of the EURO Working Group on Vehicle Routing and
Logistics Optimization - VeRoLog
*Nantes, France, June 6-8 *
http://verolog2016.sciencesconf.org/
The fifth meeting of the EURO Working Group on Vehicle Routing and
Logistics Optimization will take place at the Mines Nantes Graduate
School of Engineering, in Nantes 6-8 June 2016.
The VeRoLog conference is an annual meeting bringing together the large
community of researchers and practitioners interested in vehicle routing
optimization and its relationship with logistics. The conference is open
to high quality methodological contributions, relevant real-world
applications, and case studies from industry and the service sector.
*Abstract submission *
To participate, an abstract of 1/3 page (max. 250 words) must be
submitted electronically via the link "Submissions". Accepted abstracts
with a registered presenter will be included in the book of abstracts.
At most one presentation per registered participant will be accepted.
All selected abstracts will be presented within parallel sessions during
the conference. A list of relevant topics for the conference is given
below.
Selected high quality papers will be included in special issues of
international journals edited after the conference.
*Keynote speakers *
Michael Hewitt (Loyola University Chicago)
Recent advances in service network design
Stefan Ropke (Technical University of Denmark)
10 years of Adaptive Large Neighborhood Search (ALNS)
*Organizing committee *
Christelle Guéret (University of Angers, LARIS)
Fabien Lehuédé (Mines Nantes, IRCCyN)
Jorge E. Mendoza (Polytech Tours, LI)
Olivier Péton (Mines Nantes, IRCCyN)
Marc Sevaux (University of South Brittany, LabSTICC)
*Important dates *
Jan 06, 2016: submission deadline
March 01, 2016: acceptance notification
April 01, 2016: camera ready submission deadline
April 15, 2016: early bird registration closes
May 18, 2016: registration closes
*Registration *
Early student: 250 euros
Late Student: 350 euros
Early regular: 350 euros
Late regular: 450 euros
The fee includes lunch and coffee breaks, the social program and
conference dinner.
*Follow us on Facebook and Twitter: *
http://www.facebook.com/verolog2016http://www.twitter.com/verolog2016
*Research topics include but are not limited to: *
+ Decision support systems in logistics
+ State-of-the-art methods for exact solution of routing and
logistic optimization problems
+ Innovative methods for heuristic solutions of routing and
logistics optimization problems
+ Planning tools and tool-based environments for routing and logistics
+ Design and management of logistic infrastructure and networks
+ Analysis and evaluation of environmental impact induced by
logistics (e.g., air and noise pollution)
+ Sustainable design and operation of logistic facilities
+ Integrated planning and control of logistic infrastructures
+ Analysis of logistic operations
+ Heuristic and meta-heuristic implementation in logistic-related
models
+ ERP and information systems-related applications in logistics
+ Geographic information systems related to routing and logistics
+ On-board navigation and positioning systems
+ Dynamic routing optimization
+ Strategies and operations of logistic service providers
+ Service integration of agents or carriers within the logistics
industry
+ Consolidation and distribution for agents or shippers within the
logistics industry
+ Cooperation in intermodal supply chains
+ Fleet management