Last Call for Abstracts
EURO mini-Conference on Optimization in the Natural Sciences (EURO mini 2014) ============================================================ Dear Colleagues, the organizers of the EURO mini-Conference on Optimization in the Natural Sciences (EURO mini 2014) have a pleasure to invite you to take part in this conference to be held in Aveiro, Portugal on 5-9 February, 2014, http://minieuro2014.web.ua.pt/.%5B1] The conference aims at discussing the latest research in optimization and its applications to the Natural Sciences. The main objective of the meeting is to encourage the exchange of knowledge and recent achievements, and to establish collaborations among researchers and practitioners working in the areas of Computer Science / Optimization / Statistics, and Physics / Chemistry / Biology / Medical Sciences. We welcome abstracts related to any aspects of optimization in the Natural Sciences, in particular, related to the following topics: Topics ============================= • Analysis of microarray data or next generation sequencing • Applications of modeling and optimization in physics, biology, chemistry, and medicine • Billiard theory and applications • Biomedical engineering • Design optimization • Data visualization for optimal decisions • Image processing • Infinite and semi-infinite optimization with applications • Inverse problems • Linear and nonlinear optimization and applications • Multi-criteria optimization with applications • Multi-scale optimization with applications • Optimal control applied to biological models • Optimal mass transfer • Optimization in bioinformatics and computational biology • Shape optimization • Solution of optimization problems using statistical methods • Statistics in high-dimensional data • Statistical methods and visualization • Statistical and probabilistic modeling • Wave scattering Abstracts should be written in English and contain no more than 600 characters (no formulas or mathematical notations are allowed). Each attendee is allowed to present ONE paper at the conference. To submit an abstract, please use the abstract submission system of EURO-Online available on the conference website (http://minieuro2014.web.ua.pt/).%5B2] Location and Venue ============================== The conference will be held in Aveiro city (Portugal). Aveiro is located about 80km from the Porto Airport and 250km from Lisbon Airport. However is quite easy and quick to travel from any of these cities to Aveiro: 2h30 from Lisbon and 40min from Porto. Aveiro is situated on the estuary of Vouga river and is surrounded by a system of marshlands that run 50km parallel to the sea. The town has famous channels where typical boats (moliceiro) sail, bridges and pastel-coloured houses that are somewhat reminiscent of Amsterdam or Venice. A special attention deserve: Aveiro Cathedral (15th-18th centuries) and its gothic cross; Misericórdia Church; São Bartolomeu and Senhor das Barrocas chapels; 18th-century churches of Santo António, Nossa Senhora da Apresentação and São Gonçalo; the Regional Museum (housed in the ancient Convento de Jesus); the city hall and beautiful building in the New Art style; the train station and the beautiful tiles of the old Fonte Nova factory (1916) where the Cultural and Congress Center is situated now; the Infante D. Pedro park; the Barra and Costa Nova beaches (the last one is also known for its typical beach houses); Humberto Delgado square; Carcavelos bridge and S. Roque channel. Confirmed Invited Speakers ============================== • Aleksander Dudin, Belarusian State University, Belarus, http://www.apa.bsu.by/%5B3] • Giuseppe Buttazzo, Department of Mathematics, University of Pisa, Italy, http://www.dm.unipi.it/pages/buttazzo/%5B4] • Gueorgui Smirnov, University of Minho, Portugal, http://intranet.uminho.pt/4881.page%5B5] • Leonid Bunimovich, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA, http://people.math.gatech.edu/~bunimovh/%5B6] • Michael Greenacre, Department of Economics and Business, University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain, http://www.barcelonagse.eu/faculty.php?id=118%5B7] • Sergey Tabachnikov, Pennsylvania State University, Department of Mathematics, USA, http://www.math.psu.edu/tabachni/%5B8] Important Dates =============================== • Deadline for abstract submission (extended) 15/11/2013 • Notification of acceptance: 30/11/2013 • Deadline for registration fee payment for inclusion in the abstract book: 15/01/2014 Registration Fee =============================== • Regular early (up to 1/12/2013): 285 euros • Regular late (up to 15/01/2014): 360 euros • Student early (up to 1/12/2013): 150 euros • Student late (up to 15/01/2014): 200 euros • Accompanying person: 50 euros Conference fee includes a get-together party, coffee breaks, participant’s package, abstract book and participation in all the sessions. Organizing Institutions ================================= • EURO - The Association of European Operational Research Societies, http://www.euro-online.org%5B9]http://www.euro-online.org/[10]. • EUROPT - EURO Working Group on Continuous Optimization, http://europt.iam.metu.edu.tr/.%5B11] • CIDMA - Center for Research & Development in Mathematics and Applications, http://cidma.mat.ua.pt/ma/home.php.%5B12] • Department of Mathematics, University of Aveiro, http://www.ua.pt/dmat/.%5B13] Secretariat ================================ Neusa Lagarto, neusa@ua.ptmailto:neusa@ua.pt[14]. Contacts ================================= For all questions please contact: DMAT-miniEURO2014@ua.ptmailto:DMAT-miniEURO2014@ua.pt[15]. Please visit our website http://minieuro2014.web.ua.pt/%5B16] for more information.