With apologies for cross-postings: ============================================== THIRD CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS: 14th MOPTA Conference, Lehigh University, August 13-15, 2014 http://coral.ie.lehigh.edu/~mopta/ ==============================================
The 14th annual Modeling and OPtimization: Theory and Applications (MOPTA) Conference will be held at Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, USA, August 13-15, 2014.
We cordially invite you to attend and to submit your abstract for a contributed oral presentation.
Important dates, abstract submission, registration: http://coral.ie.lehigh.edu/~mopta/
Confirmed plenary speakers:
* Miguel Anjos (École Polytechnique de Montréal) * Gérard Cornuéjols (Carnegie Mellon University) * Darinka Dentcheva (Stevens Institute of Technology) * Philip Gill (University of California, San Diego) * Vahab Mirrokni (Google Research and New York University) * Asu Ozdaglar (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) * Warren B. Powell (Princeton University) * Andreas Wächter (Northwestern University)
Confirmed invited session organizers:
* Amir Ali Ahmadi (IBM Watson Research Center) * Tsvetan Asamov (Princeton University): Stochastic search and approximate dynamic programming * Frank Curtis (Lehigh University): Algorithms for large-scale nonlinear optimization * Hongbo Dong (Washington State University): Convex relaxations for nonconvex problems * Peter Frazier (Cornell University): Learning and optimization of expensive functions * Daniel Jiang (Princeton University): Stochastic optimization in energy * Fatma Kilinc-Karzan (Carnegie Mellon University): Convexification of nonconvex quadratic problems * Abdullah Konak (Pennsylvania State University): Hybrid optimization * Nathan Krislock (Northern Illinois University) * Qihang Lin (University of Iowa): Stochastic first order methods * Gudimella S.R. Murthy (Indian Statistical Institute): Industrial OR applications: Live case studies * Raghu Pasupathy (Virginia Tech) * Sebastian Pokutta (Georgia Institute of Technology): Information theory and optimization * Rommel G. Regis (Saint Joseph's University): Black-box and derivative-free optimization * Andrzej Ruszczynski (Rutgers University): Risk-averse optimization * Katya Scheinberg (Lehigh University) * Larry Snyder (Lehigh University) * Martin Takac (University of Edinburgh) * Robert Vanderbei (Princeton University): Optimization algorithms for big data problems * Natasha Vermaak (Lehigh University): Topological optimization and advanced manufacturing * Luis Zuluaga (Lehigh University): Smart grids
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE: June 13, 2014.
EARLY REGISTRATION DEADLINE: July 11, 2014.
We hope to welcome you in Bethlehem, PA!
Organizing Committee:
Tamás Terlaky Boris Defourny (Chair) Frank E. Curtis (SIAM representative) Katya Scheinberg Ted K. Ralphs Luis F. Zuluaga Robert H. Storer Aurélie C. Thiele Larry V. Snyder Eugene Perevalov
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering Lehigh University 200 W Packer Ave Bethlehem PA 18015 Fax: 610-758-4886