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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