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Postdoctoral position at Universté Libre de Bruxelles
by Bernard Fortz 31 Aug '12

31 Aug '12

*** Sorry for cross-postings *** A postdoctoral research position is available in the group "Graphs and Mathematical Optimization" (GMO) of the Computer Science Department of Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), in Belgium. The position is part of the Inter-university Attraction Pole «COMEX: Combinatorial Optimization: Metaheuristics and Exact methods», due to start in October 2012. The project is coordinated by Bernard Fortz (ULB) and involves 8 Belgian teams and 2 international partners working in the field of combinatorial optimization. The main research directions followed in the project are: - Study and modeling of combinatorial optimization problems; - Advancements in algorithmic techniques; - Implementation of solution methods for large-scale, practically relevant problems. The focus in the GMO group will be on the development of exact methods for applications in telecommunications network design, bio-informatics and pricing problems. The main tasks of the postdoc, in addition to perform research linked with the project objectives, will be to coordinate the interactions between the different teams and help supervising the PhD students working on the project in the GMO group. The position is available for a 2-year period, renewable once. For more information about our group, please visit http://www.ulb.ac.be/di/gom/ To apply or for more information about the position, please contact Bernard Fortz (bernard.fortz(a)ulb.ac.be)

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INOC'2013
by walid benameur 27 Aug '12

27 Aug '12

Call for Papers: International Network Optimization Conference May 20-22, 2013 Tenerife, Spain We invite you to join the next "International Network Optimization Conference" (INOC 2013) to be held in Costa Adeje (Tenerife, Spain), May 20-22, 2013. It is the conference of the "European Network Optimization Group" (ENOG), a working group of the "Association of Operational Research Societies" (EURO). INOC is an international scientific conference that provides a high quality forum for the presentation of mathematical models, methodologies and computational results, and for the exchange of ideas and scientific discussions on advanced applications and technologies in Network Optimization and related problems. Previous editions of INOC have taken place in: * INOC 2011: Hamburg, Germany, June 13-16, 2011 * INOC 2009: Pisa, Italy, April 26-29, 2009 * INOC 2007: Spa, Belgium, April 22-25, 2007 * INOC 2005: Lisbon, Portugal, March 20-23, 2005 * INOC 2003: Paris, France, October 27-29, 2003 INOC 2013 is intended to be again a forum for researchers and practitioners working in the area of Network Optimization and related problems. We invite you to present your recent developments, both theoretical results and applications, in the pleasant scenario of Tenerife Island. Webpage: http://eventos.ull.es/inoc2013 Submission deadline: 1st December 2012

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3rd Winter School on Network Optimization
by Luis Eduardo Neves Gouveia 15 Jun '12

15 Jun '12

The 3rd Winter School on Network Optimization (http://NetOpt2013.fc.ul.pt) will take place at the Hotel Sana, Estoril, from the 14th to the 18th of January, 2013. 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. Since the first edition in 2009, the school has been part of the activities of the Centro de Investigação Operacional, University of Lisbon as well as of the European Network Optimization Group (ENOG). The event is also endorsed by the EURO – the Association of European Societies – and APDIO – the Portuguese OR society. School Lecturers Antonio Frangioni Università di Pisa Decomposition in multicommodity flows: old ideas and new developments Michel Gendreau CIRRELT and MAGI, École Polytechnique de Montréal Stochastic network design problems Arie Koster RWTH Aachen University Network design under demand uncertainty by robust optimization Martine Labbé Université Libre de Bruxelles Combinatorial optimization problems in biology and medicine: haplotyping and phylogeny Paolo Toth Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna Algorithms and formulations for the asymmetric salesman problem Organizing Committee Luis Gouveia (chair) CIO – University of Lisbon Walid Ben-Ameur TELECOM SudParis Miguel Constantino CIO – University of Lisbon Maria Conceição Fonseca CIO – University of Lisbon Bernard Fortz Computer Science Department – Université Libre de Bruxelles Rodrigo Marques CIO Marta Mesquita CIO & ISA – Technical University of Lisbon Pedro Moura CIO – University of Lisbon Maria Cândida Mourão CIO & ISEG – Technical University of Lisbon Margarida Moz CIO & ISEG – Technical University of Lisbon Ana Paias CIO – University of Lisbon João Telhada CIO – University of Lisbon

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LAST CALL: 12th Annual MOPTA Conference at Lehigh University, July 30-August 1, 2012
by Luis Zuluaga 14 May '12

14 May '12

=============================================================== LAST CALL: for contributed sessions/talks/posters MOPTA 2012, July 30 to August 1, 2012 , Lehigh University http://coral.ie.lehigh.edu/~mopta/ =============================================================== *SCOPE* The conference is an annual event aiming to bring together a diverse group of people from both discrete and continuous optimization, working on both theoretical and applied aspects. Our target is to present a diverse set of exciting new developments from different optimization areas 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 who do not usually have the chance to interact in the framework of a medium-scale event. *PLENARY SPEAKERS* *Kurt M. Anstreicher (University of Iowa) *Edgar Blanco (MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics) *Andrew V. Goldberg (Microsoft Research) *Mark S. Roberts (University of Pittsburgh) *Michael Trick (Carnegie Mellon University) *Reha Tütüncü (Goldman Sachs) *Santosh S. Vempala (Georgia Institute of Technology) *Henry Wolkowicz (University of Waterloo) *Stephen J. Wright (University of Wisconsin-Madison) *AIMMS-MOPTA MODELING COMPETITION* As part of the Conference, there is an optimization modeling competition sponsored by AIMMS (http://www.aimms.com) Finalist will present their results at a special session of MOPTA 2012. The competition problem has been posted at http://coral.ie.lehigh.edu/~mopta/competition. Competition entry submission deadline is May 31, 2012. For more information, visit the competition website: http://coral.ie.lehigh.edu/~mopta/competition. For questions, please contact Frank E. Curtis, frank.e.curtis(a)lehigh.edu. *CONTRIBUTED TALKS* Each accepted paper will be allotted a 25 minute talk. Authors wishing to speak and/or organize a session should submit an abstract via the conference web page http://coral.ie.lehigh.edu/~mopta/abstracts by May 21, 2012. *REGISTRATION* For registration please go to http://coral.ie.lehigh.edu/~mopta/registration Early: (by July 2, 2012): $250 (Regular), $125 (Student/Post-doc) Late: (after July 2, 2012): $300 (Regular), $150 (Student/Post-doc) On-Site: (after July 30, 2012): $330 (Regular), $165 (Student/Post-doc) Registration is free for invited plenary speakers and Lehigh students aiding at the conference. *IMPORTANT DATES* Abstract Submission deadline: May 21, 2012 Early registration deadline: July 2, 2012 Conference date: *July 30 to August 1, 2012*. *IMPORTANT NOTE* Bethlehem, PA is just one hour drive west of the Newark International Airport (EWR), less than an hour drive north of Philadelphia. Participants may fly to the Allentown-Bethlehem (ABE) airport, 10 minutes drive from Lehigh University. *QUESTIONS* Please direct questions to: Luis F. Zuluaga (luis.zuluaga(a)lehigh.edu) Further information is available at: http://coral.ie.lehigh.edu/~mopta/ We are looking forward to welcoming you at MOPTA 2012 in Bethlehem at Lehigh University. -- Luis F. Zuluaga Chair, Organizing Committee, MOPTA 2012 July 30 - August 1, 2012 Lehigh University Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering Harold S. Mohler Laboratory 200 West Packer Avenue Bethlehem, PA 18015-1582 ===============================================================

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12th Annual MOPTA Conference at Lehigh University, July 30-August 1, 2012
by Luis Zuluaga 12 Mar '12

12 Mar '12

=============================================================== THIRD ANNOUNCEMENT: Call for contributed sessions/talks/posters MOPTA 2012, July 30 to August 1, 2012 , Lehigh University http://coral.ie.lehigh.edu/~mopta/ =============================================================== *SCOPE* The conference is an annual event aiming to bring together a diverse group of people from both discrete and continuous optimization, working on both theoretical and applied aspects. Our target is to present a diverse set of exciting new developments from different optimization areas 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 who do not usually have the chance to interact in the framework of a medium-scale event. *PLENARY SPEAKERS* *Kurt M. Anstreicher (University of Iowa) *Edgar Blanco (MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics) *Andrew V. Goldberg (Microsoft Research) *Mark S. Roberts (University of Pittsburgh) *Michael Trick (Carnegie Mellon University) *Reha Tütüncü (Goldman Sachs) *Santosh S. Vempala (Georgia Institute of Technology) *Henry Wolkowicz (University of Waterloo) *Stephen J. Wright (University of Wisconsin-Madison) *AIMMS-MOPTA MODELING COMPETITION* As part of the Conference, there is an optimization modeling competition sponsored by AIMMS (http://www.aimms.com) Finalist will present their results at a special session of MOPTA 2012. The competition problem has been posted at http://coral.ie.lehigh.edu/~mopta/competition. Competition entry submission deadline is May 31, 2012. For more information, visit the competition website: http://coral.ie.lehigh.edu/~mopta/competition. For questions, please contact Frank E. Curtis, frank.e.curtis(a)lehigh.edu. *CONTRIBUTED TALKS* Each accepted paper will be allotted a 25 minute talk. Authors wishing to speak and/or organize a session should submit an abstract via the conference web page http://coral.ie.lehigh.edu/~mopta/abstracts by May 21, 2012. *REGISTRATION* For registration please go to http://coral.ie.lehigh.edu/~mopta/registration Early: (by July 2, 2012): $250 (Regular), $125 (Student/Post-doc) Late: (after July 2, 2012): $300 (Regular), $150 (Student/Post-doc) On-Site: (after July 30, 2012): $330 (Regular), $165 (Student/Post-doc) Registration is free for invited plenary speakers and Lehigh students aiding at the conference. *IMPORTANT DATES* Abstract Submission deadline: May 21, 2012 Early registration deadline: July 2, 2012 Conference date: *July 30 to August 1, 2012*. *IMPORTANT NOTE* Bethlehem, PA is just one hour drive west of the Newark International Airport (EWR), less than an hour drive north of Philadelphia. Participants may fly to the Allentown-Bethlehem (ABE) airport, 10 minutes drive from Lehigh University. *QUESTIONS* Please direct questions to: Luis F. Zuluaga (luis.zuluaga(a)lehigh.edu) Further information is available at: http://coral.ie.lehigh.edu/~mopta/ We are looking forward to welcoming you at MOPTA 2012 in Bethlehem at Lehigh University. -- Luis F. Zuluaga Chair, Organizing Committee, MOPTA 2012 July 30 - August 1, 2012 Lehigh University Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering Harold S. Mohler Laboratory 200 West Packer Avenue Bethlehem, PA 18015-1582 ===============================================================

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4th AIMMS/MOPTA International Optimization Modeling Competition
by Luis Zuluaga 12 Mar '12

12 Mar '12

================================================= SECOND CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: 4th AIMMS/MOPTA International Optimization Modeling Competition (http://coral.ie.lehigh.edu/~mopta/competition) ================================================= Dear Colleagues, It is with great pleasure that we announce the fourth AIMMS/MOPTA Optimization Modeling Competition. The competition is jointly organized by the conference organizers of MOPTA 2012 (http://coral.ie.lehigh.edu/~mopta/) and Paragon Decision Technology (http://www.aimms.com) Finalists are expected to attend and present their results at the MOPTA 2012 Conference to be held July 30-August 1, 2012 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 2011-2012 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: 31 May 2012 Solutions Due: 31 May 2012 Finalists Chosen: 21 June 2012 Conference Begins: 30 July 2012 For questions, please contact Frank E. Curtis, frank.e.curtis(a)lehigh.edu ================================================= Luis F. Zuluaga, Chair Organizing Committee, MOPTA 2012 July 30 - August 1, 2012 Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA

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RNDM'12 St. Petersburg: Call for Papers; 72 days to paper submission deadline
by Jacek Rak 28 Feb '12

28 Feb '12

--------------------------------------------------------------------- *** Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP *** --------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Papers RNDM 2012 4th International Workshop on Reliable Networks Design and Modeling October 3-5, 2012, St. Petersburg, Russia http://www.rndm.pl technically co-sponsored by IFIP TC6 WG 6.10 and IEEE --------------------------------------------------------------------- Publication: IEEE Xplore and in printed proceedings with ISBN number Publication of extended best papers: a dedicated special issue of Telecommunication Systems Journal (Springer) Paper submission: https://www.edas.info/newPaper.php?c=12177 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Important dates: - paper submission: May 10, 2012 - acceptance notification: July 10, 2012 - camera ready: July 25, 2012 --------------------------------------------------------------------- RNDM has been established as a single-track workshop each time attracting world-class participants from both academia and industry working in the area of reliable networks design and modeling. RNDM 2012 follows the success of the first three events that took place in St. Petersburg (2009), Moscow (2010), and Budapest (2011), accordingly. RNDM 2012 topics cover, but are not necessarily limited to the following: - coordination of multilayer survivability operations, - design of dedicated/shared backup paths, - end-to-end resilience, - energy efficiency in survivable networks, - fast service recovery, - fault management and control in survivable networks, - green networks reliability, - impact on detection accuracy and latency on survivability, - management issues in reliable networks design, - methods for measurement, evaluation, or validation of survivability, - modeling malicious behavior or attacks on networks, - models and algorithms of survivable networks design and modeling, - multilayer networks survivability, - optical networks survivability, - p-cycles and other protection structures, - planning and optimization of reliable networks, - restoration strategies under different types of failures, - reliability of converged wireless-wired communications, - reliability of multidomain communications, - role of redundancy in survivable networks, - self-regenerative networks, - service resilience differentiation, - survivability of anycast and multicast networks, - survivability of grid and distributed computing systems, - survivability of P2P and overlay systems, - survivability under traffic grooming in multilayer networks, - theory and methods of reliability and availability, - use of self-healing techniques in surviving attacks, - wireless access and mesh networks survivability The authors are encouraged to submit full papers describing original, previously unpublished research results, not currently under review by another conference or journal, addressing state-of-the-art research and development in the area of reliable networks design and modeling. The total length of a paper should not exceed 7 pages formatted according to the IEEE Template. All submitted papers will be reviewed. A Best Paper Award will be given. Extended version of papers of special merit will be considered for publication in a dedicated special issue of Telecommunication Systems Journal (Springer). The event will be co-located with ICUMT 2012 Congress. Please find http://www.rndm.pl for more information. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- GENERAL CHAIR Jacek Rak, Gdansk University of Technology (PL) CO-CHAIRS Mario Pickavet, Ghent University - IBBT (BE) Hideaki Yoshino, NTT (JP) STEERING COMMITTEE Maurice Gagnaire, Telecom ParisTech (FR) Josep Sole Pareta, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (ES) Mario Pickavet, Ghent University (BE) Michal Pioro, Warsaw University of Technology (PL), Lund University (SE) Jacek Rak, Gdansk University of Technology (PL) James P.G. Sterbenz, University of Kansas (US), Lancaster University (UK) TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE Achim Autenrieth, ADVA AG Optical Networking (DE) Thomas Bauschert, Chemnitz University of Technology (DE) Walid Ben-Ameur, Telecom SudParis (FR) Stefano Bregni, Politecnico di Milano (IT) Cicek Cavdar, KTH Royal Institute of Technology (SE) Piotr Cholda, AGH University of Science and Technology (PL) Tibor Cinkler, Budapest University of Technology and Economics (HU) John Doucette, TRLabs, University of Alberta (CA) George Ellinas, University of Cyprus (CY) Luigi Fratta, Politecnico do Milano (IT) Maurice Gagnaire, Telecom ParisTech (FR) Alessio Giorgetti, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna (IT) Teresa Gomes, University of Coimbra (PT) Matthias Gunkel, Deutsche Telekom AG (DE) Ece Guran Schmidt, Middle East Technical University (TR) Mohan Gurusamy, National University of Singapore (SG) Anwar Haque, Bell (CA) Bjarne Helvik, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NO) Pin-Han Ho, University of Waterloo (CA) Brigitte Jaumard, Concordia University (CA) Jason Jue, University of Texas, Dallas (US) Noriaki Kamiyama, NTT (JP) Burak Kantarci, University of Ottawa (CA) Sun-il Kim, University of Alaska (US) Arie Koster, RWTH Aachen (DE) Igor Kotenko, SPIIRAS (RU) Lorne Mason, McGill University (CA) Wojciech Molisz, Gdansk University of Technology (PL) Annalisa Morea, Alcatel Lucent (FR) Hussein Mouftah, University of Ottawa (CA) Dritan Nace, Universite de Technologie de Compiegne (FR) Dimitri Papadimitriou, Alcatel-Lucent Bell (BE) Mario Pickavet, Ghent University - IBBT (BE) Michal Pioro, Warsaw Univ. of Technology (PL), Lund University (SE) Jacek Rak, Gdansk University of Technology (PL) Byrav Ramamurthy, University of Nebraska Lincoln (US) Roberto Sabella, Ericsson (IT) Marcus Schöller, NEC (DE) Samir Sebbah, Concordia University (CA) Gangxiang Shen, Soochow University (CN) Arun Somani, Iowa State University (US) Dimitri Staessens, Ghent University - IBBT (BE) James P.G. Sterbenz, University of Kansas (US), Lancaster University (UK) Suresh Subramaniam, George Washington University (US) Marco Tacca, University of Texas, Dallas (US) Janos Tapolcai, Budapest University of Technology and Economics (HU) Wouter Tavernier, Ghent University - IBBT (BE) David Tipper, University of Pittsburgh (US) Ioannis Tomkos, Athens Information Technology (GR) Massimo Tornatore, Politecnico di Milano (IT) Kishor Trivedi, Duke University (US) Jean Philippe Vasseur, CISCO (FR) Luis Velasco, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (ES) Vinod Vokkarane, University of Massachusetts (US) Krzysztof Wajda, AGH University of Science and Technology (PL) Krzysztof Walkowiak, Wroclaw University of Technology (PL) Roland Wessäly, atesio GmbH (DE) Lena Wosinska, KTH Royal Institute of Technology (SE) Hongfang Yu, University of Electronic Science and Techn. of China (CN) Wen-De Zhong, Nanyang Technological University (SG) Mateusz Zotkiewicz, Warsaw University of Technology (PL)

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EURO 25 Vilnius - Network Optimization stream
by Bernard Fortz 21 Feb '12

21 Feb '12

Dear friends and colleagues, Luis Gouveia and myself are organizing the stream Network Optimization of the forthcoming EURO conference in Vilnius, July 8-11, 2012. http://www.euro-2012.lt/ If you would like to submit a paper for the stream, please visit http://www.euro-online.org/conf/euro25/?page=welcome and use invitation code d2167dbd If (even better!) you would like to organize a full session of 3-4 papers, please contact me directly. Best regards, Bernard Fortz -- 25TH EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON OPERATIONAL RESEARCH (EURO XXV) Vilnius, Lithuania, 8-11 July, 2012 www.euro-2012.lt THIRD ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS ======================================= The Organizers of the 25th EURO Conference have a great pleasure of inviting you to take part in this Conference to be held in Vilnius, Lithuania on 8-11 July, 2012. The Programme and Organizing Committees, chaired by Marielle Christiansen and Leonidas Sakalauskas, are preparing a high quality scientific programme and an exciting social programme for the Conference. We are convinced that the EURO XXV Conference will be an excellent opportunity for the OR community to get together again in a pleasant atmosphere, and, thus, we are looking forward to seeing you in Vilnius, the historical capital of Lithuania, in 2012! Please, visit the EURO XXV Conference website (www.euro-2012.lt) for more information. PLENARY SPEAKERS ================= Ralph E. Gomory Finn E. Kydland Hans-Jürgen Zimmermann KEYNOTE & TUTORIAL SPEAKERS: =========================== Jon Caulkins Guy Desaulniers Jitka Dupacova Erhan Erkut Ignacio Grossmann Karla Hoffman Bjorn Jorgensen Ceyda Oguz Boris Polyak Anita Schöbel Kenneth Sorensen CALL FOR PAPERS AND SESSIONS: ============================= We invite all researchers, academicians, practitioners, as well as students interested in any branch of operational research, mathematical modelling or economic analysis to participate at the Conference and to present their papers. Invited and contributed papers will be organized in parallel sessions. In general, sessions will be a part of the Conference streams, and streams are grouped by areas. No participant can present more than one paper at the Conference (but may be a co-author for other papers). Abstract submission and registration are done online, via the Conference web page (www.euro-2012.lt) Abstracts: max. 600 characters; submission deadline: February 29, 2012. Researchers who want to organize a stream or an invited session or contribute with a paper within an invited session should contact the PC member of the corresponding area. AREAS: ====== (and PC members in charge; see contacts further below) - Continuous Optimization / GW Weber - Control Theory & System Dynamics / R Hartl - Data Mining Knowledge Discovery and Artificial Intelligence / V Mousseau - DEA and Performance Measurement / E Fernandez - Decision Analysis, Decision Support Systems / V Mousseau - Discrete Optimization, Geometry & Graphs / S Martello - Emerging applications of OR / GW Weber - Energy/Environment and Climate / P Letmathe - Financial Modeling & Risk Management / SW Wallace - Fuzzy Systems and Softcomputing / SW Wallace - Game, Theory, Mathematical Economics / GW Weber - Location / E Fernandez - Logistics, Transportation, Traffic / M Sevaux - Metaheuristics / R Hartl - Multiple Criteria Decision Making and Optimization / V Mousseau - OR Education, History, Ethics / M Sevaux - OR in Health & Life Sciences / K Aardal - OR in Industry and Software for OR / M Rönnqvist - OR in Natural Resources / M Rönnqvist - OR for Development and Developing Countries / GW Weber - Production Management & Supply Chain Management / E Fernandez - Revenue Management & Managerial Accounting / P Letmathe - Scheduling, Time Tabling & Project Management / M Sevaux - Simulation & Stochastic Programming and Modelling / SW Wallace - Soft OR and Problem Structuring Methods / SW Wallace - Telecommunication & Networks / K Aardal IMPORTANT DATES: ================ Deadline for abstract submission: February 29, 2012 Notification of acceptance: March 31, 2012 Deadline for early registration: April 22, 2012 Deadline for author registration (for inclusion in the program): May 1, 2012 Conference: July 8-11, 2012 PROGRAMME COMMITTEE: ==================== - Prof. Marielle Christiansen (Chair), Norway (marielle.christiansen(a)iot.ntnu.no) - Prof. Karen Aardal, The Netherlands (K.I.Aardal(a)tudelft.nl) - Prof. Elena Fernandez, Spain (e.fernandez(a)upc.edu) - Prof. Richard Hartl, Austria (richard.hartl(a)univie.ac.at) - Prof. Silvano Martello, Italy (silvano.martello(a)unibo.it) - Prof. Vincent Mousseau, France (vincent.mousseau(a)ecp.fr) - Prof. Peter Letmathe, Germany (peter.letmathe(a)uni-siegen.de) - Prof. Mikael Rönnqvist, Norway (mikael.ronnqvist(a)nhh.no) - Prof. Leonidas Sakalauskas, Lithuania (sakal(a)ktl.mii.lt) - Prof. Marc Sevaux, France (marc.sevaux(a)univ-ubs.fr) - Prof. Stein W.Wallace, United Kingdom (stein.w.wallace(a)lancaster.ac.uk) - Prof. Gerhard Wäscher, Germany (Gerhard.Waescher(a)WW.Uni-Magdeburg.DE) - Prof. Gerhard-Wilhelm Weber, Turkey (gweber(a)metu.edu.tr) ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: ===================== - Leonidas Sakalauskas (Chair), Lithuania - Marielle Christiansen, Norway - Gerhard Wäscher, Germany - Saulius Preidys, Lithuania - Tatjana Vilutiene, Lithuania - Jonas Zaptorius, Lithuania AWARDS: ======= During the EURO XXV conference the following prizes will be awarded: - The EURO Gold Medal 2012, - The EURO Distinguished Service Medal (EDSM 2012), - The EURO Doctoral Dissertation Award (EDDA 2012), - The EURO Excellence in Practice Award (EPA 2012), - The EURO/ROADEF Challenge 2012, - The EURO Award for the Best EJOR Paper. THE PROGRAMME IN BRIEF: ======================= The Conference starts July 8 (Sunday), 4 pm, with the Opening Session, including the awards ceremony. This will be followed by the Welcome Reception at the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre, at 6 pm. The working sessions will occupy most of the following three days, July 9-11, starting Monday morning. In the evening of July 9 conference participants and accompanying persons are invited to a Reception by the Mayor of Vilnius, followed by a dance performance. The Conference Gala Dinner will be held in the evening of July 10, at the yard of Vilnius Picture Gallery which is an outstanding building of the late classicism style and one of the finest ensembles of its kind in Vilnius. In the late afternoon of July 11, the Conference ends with another social event which should not to be missed: The Farewell Party, being held in the courtyard of Vilnius University. For detailed information about Vilnius, please, visit the Conference webpage www.euro-2012.lt REGISTRATION FEES: ================== - Regular: 320 Euros (early); 420 Euros (late), - Student: 120 Euros (early); 180 Euros (late), - Accompanying persons: 120 Euros. Early registration ends April 22, 2012. The regular/student registration fee includes: - Participation in all sessions, and access to the exhibition area, - Conference materials (Final Program, Book of Abstracts), - Participation in the Welcome Reception, July 8, - Participation in the Mayor of Vilnius City reception, July 9, - Participation in the Farewell Party, July 11, - Coffee breaks and lunches, July 8-11, - 3-day city public transportation card (with badges). The registration fee for accompanying persons includes: - Participation in the Welcome Reception, the Mayor Vilnius City reception and the Farewell party, - Lunches, July 8-11, - Vilnius City tour, - 3-day city public transportation card (with badges). The Gala dinner is charged separately, at 55 Euros per person. EURO will provide up to 10,000 Euros to cover (in parts) the registration fees (in early registration rates) of attendees in need. Preference will be given to regular and student participants from Eastern Europe. Reduced fees for retired persons are limited to 20, dispensed on a first-come-first-serve basis. All applicants for both groups should send an email to info(a)euro-2012.lt before registration. ABOUT LITHUANIA AND VILNIUS =========================== Lithuania with its modern capital of Vilnius is geographically situated in the centre of Europe on the crossroads between East and West. The country is interesting and in fact exciting from the viewpoints of its unique nature, its thousands year old history, and its attractive culture. Vilnius can be reached by plane from the most important hubs in Europe. FURTHER INFORMATION: ==================== We recommend participants to book: 1. hotel rooms and air tickets as early as possible 2. accommodation in Vilnius through the Conference webpage. The Conference Secretariat has reserved a large number of rooms in a variety of hotels in Vilnius at specially negotiated rates. For more details, consult the conference site, www.euro-2012.lt, where all relevant information will progressively be included. Further proposals for Book or Software Exhibitions are welcome. For any further information please contact: Conference secretariat: AIM Group Baltic Kestucio 59/27, Vilnius, Lithuania Phone: +370 212 00 03, fax: +370 212 00 13 E-mail: info(a)euro-2012.lt

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Call for paticipation
by adam.ouorou＠orange.com 10 Feb '12

10 Feb '12

(Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP) The third Symposium on Broadband Networks and Fast Internet Technically Sponsored by: IEEE (Pending) and IEEE COMSOC (Pending) May 28 - 29, 2012, Baabda - Lebanon http://www.relabira.com <https://webmail.upa.edu.lb/owa/redir.aspx?C=6d5b8c4d43ed47848a5a74d6f5e 6ef6a&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.relabira.com> Overview ================================= RELABIRA'2012 is the third International Symposium on Broadband Networks and Fast Internet that will be held from 28 to 29 May, 2012 at the main campus of the Antonine University in Baabda, Lebanon. This Symposium is organized by the Faculty of Engineering at the Antonine University with the collaboration of France Telecom R&D and Rennes 1 University. RELABIRA'2012 is technically sponsored by: IEEE (Pending) and IEEE COMSOC (Pending). This 3rd edition of the symposium, which is free of charge, discusses the technical, economic, judicial and social impacts on deploying a broadband network and the migration towards new Internet-oriented technologies in core networks as well as mobile and fixed access networks. All key actors, governments, industry and academia are becoming more aware of the increasing applications usage while surfing websites, which needs a rich bandwidth connection and a high service quality. Enlarging the spectrum of discussed subjects related to the main theme gave this symposium its identity. The main idea is to treat all technical aspects related to the subject of the symposium in addition to one non technical session that introduces, each time, a new controversial subject. The non technical theme in RELABIRA'2012 is the "Sustainable development and logical recycling". In this 3rd edition, the symposium program will feature three invited keynote speakers, both from industry and academia. ** Important Dates ** ================================= Papers submission: March 09, 2012 Camera ready submission: May 09, 2012 Acceptance Notification: April 09, 2012 Symposium dates: May 28-29, 2012 Topics of interest ================================= The research sessions will include presentations of latest research projects and papers, on the following topics (but not limited to): 1. Broadband fixed networks infrastructure: - Optical networks and switching technologies (OCS, OBS, OPS, etc.) - Submarine networks - Optical access networks (PON, EPON, GPON, XGPON, etc.) - Multi-level routing protocol (GMPLS) - Protection and restoration - Technical constraints awareness 2. Broadband wireless networks infrastructure: - Broadband mobile networks engineering - New generation mobile networks (NGN): 3G, 4G, HSPA, LTE, WiMAX, etc. - Software Radio and Software Defined Radio - Modulation and multiplexing technologies in mobile networks - Ad hoc networks (MANET) for Multimedia applications 3. Applications, services and security: - Multimedia applications and services - Systems and networks security - Grid computing - Semantic Web - Optimization algorithms 4. Broadband networks non technical aspects: - Telecommunications networks impact on the climate warming problem - Broadband networks regulation and legislation - Right of access to information - Social impacts of networks and networks applications 5. Broadband networks economic models Submissions ================================= Submissions should be in English, strictly not exceeding 8 double-column pages (3,000 words) in IEEE proceedings style (Adobe PDF format), including tables and figures. All paper submissions must represent original and unpublished work. Acceptance will be based on full papers. Accepted and registered papers will be published in the symposium proceedings and in IEEE Xplore (Pending). Papers must be submitted via EasyChair on the following address: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=relabira2012 To access the full list of topics, submission guidelines, as well as venue and travel information please visit: http://www.relabira.com/ Steering committee ================================= Esther Le ROUZIC - Orange Labs, France Paul GHOBRIL - Antonine University, Lebanon Bernard COUSIN - Rennes 1 University, France Tijani CHAHED - Telecom Sud-Paris, France Conference Chair ================================= Paul GHOBRIL - Antonine University, Lebanon Technical Program Committee Chair ================================= Bernard COUSIN - Rennes 1 University, France Keynote Speakers ================================= Samir TOHME - University of Versailles, France Marco Ajmone MARSAN - Politecnico di Torino Lanfranco MARASSO - Engineering Ingegneria Informatica Technical Program Committee ================================= Samir TOHME - University of Versailles, France Abed Ellatif SAMHAT - Lebanese University, Lebanon Gerardo RUBINO - Inria, France Nicolas ROUHANA - Saint Joseph University, Lebanon Adam OUOROU - Orange Labs, France Loutfi NUAYMI - Telecom Bretagne, France Chady NADER - Lebanese University, Lebanon Imad MOUGHARBEL - Lebanese University, Lebanon Esther LE ROUZIC - Orange Labs, France George KOUTITAS - International Hellenic University, Greece Kinda KHAWAM - University of Versailles, France Yvon GOURHANT - Orange Labs, France Christophe GOSSET - Telecom ParisTech, France Ahmad FADLALLAH - Arab Open University, Lebanon Elias DOUMITH - Telecom ParisTech, France Jacques DEMERJIAN - Antonine University, Lebanon Zaher DAWY - American University of Beirut, Lebanon Tijani CHAHED - Telecom Sud-Paris, France Carole BASSIL - Lebanese University, Lebanon Mohamad BADRA - Dhofar University, Oman Nadine AKKARI - King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia Local Organizing Committee Chair ================================= Jacques DEMERJIAN - Antonine University, Lebanon Local Organizing Committee ================================= Josette DIBIANY - Antonine University, Lebanon Rony DARAZI- Antonine University, Lebanon Talar ATECHIAN - Antonine University, Lebanon For further information please send an email to contact(a)relabira.com

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*Reminder - Deadline 17h February* CFP: SCOR 2012 - 3rd Student Conference on Operational Research
by Alessia Violin 09 Feb '12

09 Feb '12

****REMINDER - DEADLINE 17th February**** CALL FOR PAPERS: SCOR 2012 3rd Student Conference on Operational Research 20-22 April 2012, Nottingham, UK www.scor2012.com Building on the success of the previous Student Conferences on Operational Research, we are proud to announce the 3rd edition, SCOR 2012. PhD students from all European Universities studying Operational Research, Management Science or a related field are kindly invited to submit an abstract for presentation at the conference. The purpose of SCOR 2012 is to provide a friendly environment for doctoral candidates to develop their presentation skills, to receive constructive feedback on their work and to meet other students with similar interests. Plenary talks will be given by various OR professionals undertaking a wide range of exciting careers. This will give students an opportunity to consider the many career paths available to them after completing their doctorate. Registration cost includes accommodation, a full social program and full catering. We have strived to keep costs to a minimum in order to maximise attendance. Deadline for abstract submission: Friday 17th February 2012 Presenters will also be invited to submit a paper (no more than 10 pages) on their work to be published electronically as part of the SCOR 2012 proceedings. This will be available in the Dagstuhl OpenAccess Series in Informatics (OASIcs). Important dates: * 30th Novemeber 2011: Opening of the abstract submission/registration procedure * 17th February 2012: Closing of the abstract submission procedure * 29th February 2012: Notification of abstract submission * 4th April 2012: Closing of paper submission procedure * 11th April 2012: Closing of the registration procedure * 20th - 22th April 2012: CONFERENCE * 10th May 2012: Notification of paper submission Organising committee: Stefan Ravizza (Chairman), University of Nottingham, smr(a)cs.nott.ac.uk Penny Holborn (Vice-chair), Cardiff University Michael Clark, University of Nottingham Emily Cookson, Lancaster University Magdalena Gajodosz, University of Strathclyde Pablo Gonzalez Brevis, University of Edinburgh Izabela Komenda, Cardiff University Urszula Neumann, University of Nottingham Martin Takáč, University of Edinburgh Alessia Violin, Université Libre de Bruxelles -- Alessia Violin Service Graphes et Optimisation Mathématique (G.O.M.) Université Libre de Bruxelles C.P. 210/01 Boulevard du Triomphe B-1050 BRUXELLES Tel: 02 650 56 28 - Fax: 02 650 59 70 Email: aviolin(a)ulb.ac.be Webpage: http://homepages.ulb.ac.be/~aviolin/

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