Dear colleague,
due to the many requests, we have decided to extend the submission deadline of Odysseus 2018 to November 20: http://convegni.unica.it/odysseus2018/important-dates/
No additional deadline extension will be provided later on because of the strict schedule for the review process. You can find further details about the submission of extended abstracts in the workshop website: http://convegni.unica.it/odysseus2018/
Moreover, jointly with Odysseus 2018, VeRoLog will exploit the presence in Cagliari of many brilliant researchers to organize a two-day school just before the beginning of the workshop: Friday 1st and Saturday 2nd of June 2018. The lecturers of the school will be Teodor Gabriel Crainic, Guy Desaulniers, Ola Jabali, Thibaut Vidal and Daniele Vigo.
The school will be offered free of charge to Phd Students attending to Odysseus 2018. Participants have to be enrolled in a PhD program and, preferably, in an early stage of their studies. A maximum number of 20 participants will be accepted. To apply, interested students are requested to send their CV to mdifrance@unica.itmailto:mdifrance@unica.it within January 31st, 2018.
VeRoLog will also give partial financial support to the registration fee to some PhD students selected by the organizers. More details about the school will be provided here: http://convegni.unica.it/odysseus2018/verolog-phd-school/
Looking forward to welcoming you in Cagliari
The organizing committee of Odysseus 2018
Note: Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this mail
CALL FOR PAPERS ISCO 2018 CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT AND SPRING SCHOOL 5th International Symposium on Combinatorial Optimization (ISCO 2018) April 11-13, 2018 - Marrakech - Marocco Spring School on "Advanced MIP Formulations and Computations" on April 9- 10, 2018 http://isco2018.lip6.fr/
THEME AND SCOPE ISCO is a biennial symposium whose aim is to bring together researchers from all the communities related to combinatorial optimization, including algorithms and complexity, mathematical programming and operations research. It is intended to be a forum for presenting original research in these areas and especially in their intersections. Quality papers on all aspects of combinatorial optimization, from mathematical foundations and theory of algorithms to computational studies and practical applications, are solicited.
SESSIONS The conference is organized into plenary and parallel sessions. The conference languages is English. Each speaker can give only one talk. Proposals for invited sessions are welcome. Researchers who are interested in organizing an invited session should contact Ridha Mahjoub (ridha.mahjoub@)lamsade.dauphine.fr).
SPRING SCHOOL ISCO 2018 will be preceded by a spring school on "Advanced MIP Formulations and Computations". Juan Pablo Vielma and Joey Huchette from MIT will give 16 hours of lectures on April 9 and 10, 2018.
SUBMISSION - PUBLICATION Papers presenting original unpublished results in all areas of combinatorial optimization and its applications are welcome. The submission deadline is January 10, 2018. Simultaneous submissions to other conferences with published proceedings or journals are not allowed. Two types of submissions: Regular papers with up to 12 pages Accepted regular papers will be published by Springer-Verlag in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series in a post-conference proceedings volume. The authors will have to prepare their camera-ready version two weeks after the end of ISCO 2018. Short papers up to 2 pages. Accepted short papers will be included in a volume of local proceedings. More information about the submission procedure is available on the website of the conference.
SPECIAL ISSUE: A special issue of the journal Discrete Applied Mathematics will be dedicated to ISCO 2018.
IMPORTANT DATES Submission: January 10, 2018 Notification: February 20, 2018 Early registration: March 6, 2018 Early registration school: March 6, 2018 Camera Ready: April 30, 2018
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Friedrich Eisenbrand (EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland) Marcia Fampa (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Bresil) Bernard Gendron (University of Montreal, Canada) Franz Rendl (University of Klagenfurt, Graz, Austria)
CONFERENCE CHAIRS Abdelatif El Afia (ENSIAS, University Mohammed V, Marroco) Jon Lee (University of Michigan, USA) A. Ridha Mahjoub (University Paris-Dauphine, France) Givanni Rinaldi (IASI, Roma, Italy)
STEERING COMMITTEE M. Baïou (LIMOS, CNRS, University Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand, France) P. Fouilhoux (University Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris, France) L. Gouveia (University of Lisbon, Portugal) N. Maculan (Universidad Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil) A. R. Mahjoub (University Paris-Dauphine, France) V. Paschos (University Paris-Dauphine, France) G. Rinaldi (IASI, Rome, Italy)
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Abdelatif El Afia (Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco) Raddouane Chiheb (Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco) Rdouan Faizi (Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco) (Chair) Sanaa El Fkihi (Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco) Pierre Fouilhoux ((University Pierre & Marie Curie, Paris, France) Rohaifa Khaldi (Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco) A. Ridha Mahjoub (University Paris-Dauphine, Paris, France) Fatima Ouzayd (Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco)
For more information on the Symposium and School, you can consult the website of the conference or write to: ridha.mahjoub@lamsade.dauphine.frmailto:ridha.mahjoub@lamsade.dauphine.fr?
REMINDER
Due to many requests, the deadline for submission to ISCO 2018 has been extended to January 22, 2018.
************************* ISCO 2018 Submissions are open New Deadline: January 22.
************************* 5th International Symposium on Combinatorial Optimization (ISCO 2018) April 11-13, 2018 - Marrakech - Morocco [+Spring School on "Advanced MIP Formulations and Computations" on April 9- 10, 2018] http://isco2018.lip6.fr/
THEME AND SCOPE ISCO is a biennial symposium whose aim is to bring together researchers from all the communities related to combinatorial optimization, including algorithms and complexity, mathematical programming and operations research. It is intended to be a forum for presenting original research in these areas and especially in their intersections. Quality papers on all aspects of combinatorial optimization, from mathematical foundations and theory of algorithms to computational studies and practical applications, are solicited.
SESSIONS The conference is organized into plenary and parallel sessions. The conference languages is English. Each speaker can give only one talk. Proposals for invited sessions are welcome. Researchers who are interested in organizing an invited session should contact Ridha Mahjoub (ridha.mahjoub@)lamsade.dauphine.fr).
SPRING SCHOOL ISCO 2018 will be preceded by a spring school on "Advanced MIP Formulations and Computations". Juan Pablo Vielma and Joey Huchette from MIT will give 16 hours of lectures on April 9 and 10, 2018.
SUBMISSION - PUBLICATION Papers presenting original unpublished results in all areas of combinatorial optimization and its applications are welcome. The submission deadline is January 10, 2018. Simultaneous submissions to other conferences with published proceedings or journals are not allowed. Two types of submissions: Regular papers with up to 12 pages Accepted regular papers will be published by Springer-Verlag in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series in a post-conference proceedings volume. The authors will have to prepare their camera-ready version two weeks after the end of ISCO 2018. Short papers up to 2 pages. Accepted short papers will be included in a volume of local proceedings. More information about the submission procedure is available on the website of the conference.
SPECIAL ISSUE: A special issue of the journal Discrete Applied Mathematics will be dedicated to ISCO 2018.
IMPORTANT DATES Submission: January 10, 2018 Notification: February 20, 2018 Early registration: March 6, 2018 Early registration school: March 6, 2018 Camera Ready: April 30, 2018
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Friedrich Eisenbrand (EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland) Marcia Fampa (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Bresil) Bernard Gendron (University of Montreal, Canada) Franz Rendl (University of Klagenfurt, Graz, Austria)
CONFERENCE CHAIRS Abdellatif El Afia (ENSIAS, University Mohammed V, Marroco) Jon Lee (University of Michigan, USA) A. Ridha Mahjoub (University Paris-Dauphine, France) Giovanni Rinaldi (IASI, Roma, Italy)?