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SUMMARY:MESS 2020+1 ~ Learning & Optimization from Big Data ~ 15-18 June 2021
DESCRIPTION:———————————————————————– \nMESS 2020+1 – Metaheuristics Summer School\n– Learning & Optimization from Big Data –\n15-18 June 2021\, Catania\, Italy (virtual and onsite mode) \nhttps://www.ANTs-lab.it/mess2020/ \nmess.school@ANTs-lab.it \nhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/MetaheuristicsSchool/ ———————————————————————– \n** APPLICATION DEADLINE: 5th March 2021 **||\nhttps://www.ants-lab.it/mess2020/application/ \nMESS 2020+1 is aimed at qualified and strongly motivated MSc and PhD students; post-docs; young researchers\, and both academic and industrial professionals to provide an overview on the several metaheuristics techniques\, and an in-depth analysis of the state-of-the-art. The main theme of this edition is “Learning and Optimization from Big Data”\, therefore MESS 2020+1 wants to focus on (i) Learning for Metaheuristics; (ii) Optimization in Machine Learning; and (iii) how Optimization and Learning affect the Metaheuristics making them relevant in handling Big Data. \nParticipants will be delivered a certificate of attendance indicating the number of hours of lectures (36-40 hours of lectures). In according to the academic system all PhD and master students attending to the summer school will may get 8 ECTS points. \n** LIST OF LECTURERS & LECTURES TITLES \n+ Paolo Arena\, Unviersity of Catania\, Italy\nLecture#1: TBA\nLecture#2: TBA \n+ Angelo Cangelosi\, University of Manchester & Alan Turing Institute\, UK\nLecture#1: Cognitive and Developmental Robotics\, part 1\nLecture#2: Cognitive and Developmental Robotics\, part 2 \n+ Swagatam Das\, Indian Statistical Institute\, Kolkata\nLecture#1: Deep Generative Adversarial Networks and Their Application to Class-imbalanced Learning\nLecture#2: Non-convex Constrained Optimization – Some Advanced Approaches \n+ Luca Maria Gambardella\, IDSIA Istituto Dalle Molle for Artificial Intelligence\, Switzerland\nLecture#1: TBA\nLecture#2: TBA \n+ Salvatore Greco\, University of Catania\, Italy & University of Portsmouth\, UK\nLecture#1: Preference Learning in Multicriteria Decision Support\nLecture#2: Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization Guided by Preference Learning \n+ Giuseppe F. Italiano\, Luiss University\, Italy\nLecture#1: TBA\nLecture#2: TBA \n+ Rafael Martì\, University of Valencia\, Spain\nLecture#1: Optimization in Graph Drawing\nLecture#2: Models and Heuristics in Discrete Diversity Maximization \n+ Gabriela Ochoa\, University of Stirling\, UK\nLecture#1: Fitness Landscape Analysis\nLecture#2: Complex Networks in Search and Optimisation \n+ Mauricio Resende\, AMAZON\, USA\nLecture#1: GRASP with Path-Relinking for Real-World Optimization Problems\nLecture#2: Biased Random-Key Genetic Algorithms with Applications \n+ El-Ghazali Talbi\, University of Lille 1\, France\nLecture#1: Machine learning for metaheuristics\nLecture#2: Automated design of deep neural networks \n+ Daniele Vigo\, University of Bologna\, Italy\nLecture#1: Fast and scalable heuristics for vehicle routing problems\nLecture#2: Integrating machine learning into vehicle routing heuristics \n** METAHEURISTICS COMPETITION \nAll participants to the school will be involved in the “Metaheuristics Competition”\, where each of them will must develop a metaheuristic solution on the given problem. The top three of the competition ranking will receive the MESS 2020+1 prize. Students whose algorithm will rank in the top ten of the competition ranking will be invited to submit a manuscript of their work to be published in the special volume MESS 2020+1 of the AIRO Springer Series. \n** SHORT TALK & POSTER PRESENTATION \nAll participants may submit an abstract of their recent results\, or works in progress\, for presentation and having the opportunities for debate and interact with leaders in the field. Mini-Workshop Organizers and Scientific Committee will review the abstracts and will recommend for the format of the presentation (oral or poster). All abstracts will be published on the electronic hands-out book of the summer school. \nThe Abstracts must be submitted by *March 5\, 2020*. \n*See Previous Edition – MESS 2018*\nhttps://www.ants-lab.it/mess2018/ \n** MORE INFORMATION: \nhttps://www.ANTs-lab.it/mess2020/ — mess.school@ANTs-lab.it Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/MetaheuristicsSchool/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/MESS_school
URL:https://eume.euro-online.org/event/mess-20201-learning-optimization-from-big-data-15-18-june-2021/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200727
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SUMMARY:MESS 2020 ~ Learning & Optimization from Big Data ~ Catania\, 27-31 July 2020
DESCRIPTION:MESS 2020 – Metaheuristics Summer School\n– Learning & Optimization from Big Data –\n27-31 July 2020\, Catania\, Italy \nMESS 2020 Webpage\nmess.school@ANTs-lab.it\nMESS on Facebook\n———————————————————————– \n*** ONCE MONTH LEFT!!! *** \n** APPLICATION DEADLINE: 5th March 2020 **\nhttps://www.ants-lab.it/mess2020/application/ \nMESS 2020 is aimed at qualified and strongly motivated MSc and PhD\nstudents; post-docs; young researchers\, and both academic and\nindustrial professionals to provide an overview on the several\nmetaheuristics techniques\, and an in-depth analysis of the\nstate-of-the-art. The main theme of the 2020 edition is ?Learning and\nOptimization from Big Data?\, therefore MESS 2020 wants to focus on (i)\nLearning for Metaheuristics; (ii) Optimization in Machine Learning;\nand (iii) how Optimization and Learning affect the Metaheuristics\nmaking them relevant in handling Big Data. \nAll participants will have plenty of opportunities for debate and work\nwith leaders in the field\, benefiting from direct interaction and\ndiscussions in a stimulating environment. They will also have the\npossibility to present their recently results and/or their working in\nprogress through oral or poster presentations\, and interact with their\nscientific peers\, in a friendly and constructive environment. \nParticipants will be delivered a certificate of attendance indicating\nthe number of hours of lectures (36-40 hours of lectures). In\naccording to the academic system all PhD and master students attending\nto the summer school will may get 8 ECTS points. \n** LIST OF LECTURERS \n+ Angelo Cangelosi\, University of Manchester & Alan Turing Institute\, UK\n+ Swagatam Das\, Indian Statistical Institute\, Kolkata\n+ Luca Maria Gambardella\, IDSIA Istituto Dalle Molle for Artificial\nIntelligence\, Switzerland\n+ Salvatore Greco\, University of Catania\, Italy & University of Portsmouth\, UK\n+ Emma Hart\, Edinburgh Napier University\, UK\n+ Mauricio Resende\, AMAZON\, USA\n+ Roman Slowinski\, Pozna? University of Technology\, Poland\n+ El-Ghazali Talbi\, University of Lille 1\, France\n+ Daniele Vigo\, University of Bologna\, Italy \nMore Lecturers will be announced soon. \n** SCHOOL DIRECTORS \n+ Pascal Bouvry\, University of Luxembourg\, Luxembourg\n+ Salvatore Greco\, University of Catania\, Italy\n+ Ender Ozcan\, University of Nottingham\, UK\n+ Mario Pavone\, University of Catania\, Italy\n+ El-Ghazali Talbi\, University of Lille 1\, France\n+ Daniele Vigo\, University of Bologna\, Italy \n** METAHEURISTICS COMPETITION \nAll participants to the school will be involved in the ?Metaheuristics\nCompetition?\, where each of them will must develop a metaheuristic\nsolution on the given problem. The top three of the competition\nranking will receive the MESS 2020 prize. Students whose algorithm\nwill rank in the first five top of the competition ranking\, will be\ninvited to submit a report/manuscript of their work to be published in\nthe special MESS 2020 Volume of the AIRO Springer Series. \n** METAHEURISTICS COMPETITION CHAIRS \n+ Raffaele Cerulli\, University of Salerno\, Italy\n+ Andrea Schaerf\, University of Udine\, Italy \n** SHORT TALK & POSTER PRESENTATION \nAll participants may submit an abstract of their recent results\, or\nworks in progress\, for presentation and having the opportunities for\ndebate and interact with leaders in the field. Mini-Workshop\nOrganizers and Scientific Committee will review the abstracts and will\nrecommend for the format of the presentation (oral or poster). All\nabstracts will be published on the electronic hands-out book of the\nsummer school. \nThe Abstracts must be submitted by *March 5\, 2020*. \n** WORKSHOP CHAIRS \n+ Vincenzo Cutello\, University of Catania\, Italy\n+ Paola Festa\, University of Naples ?Federico II?\, Italy\n+ Isaac Triguero\, University of Nottingham\, UK \n*See Previous Edition – MESS 2018*\nhttps://www.ants-lab.it/mess2018/ \n** MORE INFORMATION: \nhttps://www.ants-lab.it/mess2020/   —   mess.school@ANTs-lab.it\nFacebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/MetaheuristicsSchool/\nTwitter: https://twitter.com/MESS_school
URL:https://eume.euro-online.org/event/mess-2020-learning-optimization-from-big-data-catania-27-31-july-2020/
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SUMMARY:MIC 2019\, Cartagena
DESCRIPTION:13th Metaheuristics International Conference (MIC 2019)\n\n \n\nDates: July 28 – July 31 (2019)\nWebsite: https://mic2019.uniandes.edu.co/\n\nVenue: Universidad de los Andes (sede Caribe)\nCity: Cartagena\, Colombia\n\nSAVE THE DATE\n13th Metaheuristics International Conference\nUniversidad de los Andes (sede Caribe)\nJuly 28-31\, 2019\nCartagena de Indias (Colombia)\nmh2019@easychair.org\n\nEarly bird due date: April 30\, 2019\nLate registration: From April 31\, 2019
URL:https://eume.euro-online.org/event/13th-metaheuristics-international-conference-mic-2019/
LOCATION:Universidad de los Andes (sede Caribe)\, Cartagena\, Colombia
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190715
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190720
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SUMMARY:INFORMS TSL Workshop 2019 in Vienna
DESCRIPTION:tslworkshop2019.univie.ac.at \nThe next INFORMS TSL Workshop will be held from July 15-19\, 2019 at the University of Vienna. The topic of the workshop is “Transportation in the sharing economy”. Sharing economy refers to collaborative consumption. It is typically organized through platforms that facilitate the exchange of goods or services. Given an increasing pressure to act economically and ecologically efficient\, mechanisms that help to benefit from idle capacities are on the rise. Both transportation companies and heavy users of transportation services need to learn how to play in a world of shared idle capacities. We anticipate talks on various types of collaborations\, crowd delivery\, carsharing\, carpooling\, ridesharing\, etc. \n======= Topics ======= \nWe will welcome contributions that address modeling\, methodological or game theoretical aspects. Possible topics are (but not limited to): \n* Collaborative and cooperative transportation \n* Crowd shipping or sourcing \n* Car-\, bike-\, or ride sharing \n* Car and bike repositioning \n* Car pooling \n* Intermodal and multimodal transportation \n* Synchromodality and the physical internet \n* Business model developments in the sharing economy \n* Shared mobility services \n================ Important dates ================ \nSubmission deadline: January 15\, 2019 \nNotification: February 28\, 2019 \nEarly registration deadline: March 31\, 2019 \n============ Submissions ============ \nAbstracts should be as complete as possible\, no less than 2 pages and not exceeding more than 3 pages. ­Abstract submissions will be handled via EasyChair: easychair.org/conferences/?conf=tsl2019 \n================ Keynote speakers ================ \nMartin Bichler (Technical University of Munich) \nMichal Tzur (Tel Aviv University) \n==================== Organizing Committee ==================== \nMargaretha Gansterer \nKarl Dörner \nRichard Hartl \nRudolf Vetschera
URL:https://eume.euro-online.org/event/informs_tsl/
LOCATION:University of Vienna\, Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1\, Wien\, A-1090\, Austria
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SUMMARY:Summer School in Vienna
DESCRIPTION:We invite students\, researchers and practitioners in the broad field of optimisation to participate at the 15th Summer School on Constraint Programming (CP)\, held in Vienna\, Austria.\nThis year’s topic is “Applying Constraint Programming” with a strong focus on CP tools\, building and extending constraint solvers\, decomposition\, hybridisation and successful applications of CP on hard real-world problems.\nThe summer school will include practical labs and a hackathon-style challenge to maximise the learning experience. \nEarly bird registration until: April 30\, 2019\nOrganisers:\n\nchair: Andrea Rendl\, Satalia\nco-chair: Tommaso Urli\, Satalia\n\nAssociation for Constraint Programming (ACP): http://a4cp.org
URL:https://eume.euro-online.org/event/507/
LOCATION:Loffice Wien\, Schottenfeldgasse 85\, Vienna\, 1070\, Austria
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190623
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190627
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SUMMARY:EURO30 - Dublin
DESCRIPTION:EURO-k conferences are the major EURO events. They are international forums for scientific communication and cooperation among Operational Researchers\, not only from European countries\, who are active in all the diverse areas of OR\, and to serve the free exchange of new ideas and promising research results. \n\nthey are broadly oriented and have recently attracted more than 2\,000 participants.\nthey take place yearly\, with the possible exception of the years when there is an IFORS triennial conference. Information about past conferences is available.\nthey are hosted by EURO member societies. They are usually held in a university or similar type of institution.\nthey usually take place in summer during the first half of July\n\nConference Structure\nEURO-k conferences feature multiple activities around OR\, including scientific presentations of the following types: \n\nPlenary\, semi-plenary\, tutorial and panel sessions given by prestigious invited speakers.\nRegular streams\, defined as blocks of sessions within a thematic OR area. Sessions can be invited or contributed. Contributed paper presentations are welcomed and processed by the PC.\nMaking an Impact stream. This is a series of participative activities aimed at helping practitioners to become more effective.\nOR Education stream focusing on best practices for teaching OR.\n\nIn addition\, EURO-k conferences feature some special events\, including the following: \n\nAwards of EURO prizes. The EURO Distinguished Service Medal Award and the EURO Gold Medal\, accompanied by a lecture of the Gold Medal laureate\, are presented at the Opening Session. The presentations of the finalists of the EURO Excellence in Practice Award and the EURO Doctoral Dissertation Award are scheduled as parallel sessions. These prizes are awarded to the winners during the Closing Session along with the winners of the EURO Award for the Best EJOR Papers.\nExhibitors Area.\nPossibility of visits to companies where OR is used in daily actvities.
URL:https://eume.euro-online.org/event/euro30-june-2019-dublin-ireland/
LOCATION:university college Dublin\, Belfield Downs\, Dublin\, D14 YH57\, Ireland
CATEGORIES:Conferences
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190116
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190119
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SUMMARY:HM 2019
DESCRIPTION:11th International Workshop on Hybrid Metaheuristics\nThe HM Workshops are intended to be an international forum for researchers in the area of design\, analysis\, and experimental evaluation of metaheuristics. Metaheuristics\, such as simulated annealing\, evolutionary algorithms\, tabu search\, ant colony optimization\, scatter search and iterated local search\, are considered state-of-the-art methods for many problems. In recent years\, however\, it has become evident that the concentration on a sole metaheuristic is rather restrictive. A skilled combination of concepts from different optimization techniques can provide a more efficient behavior and a higher flexibility when dealing with real-world and large-scale problems. Hybrid Metaheuristics are such techniques for optimization that combine different metaheuristics or integrate AI/OR techniques into metaheuristics. The preceding Workshops were held in Plymouth (2016)\, Hamburg (2014)\, Ischia Island (HM 2013)\, Vienna (HM 2010)\, Udine (HM 2009)\, Malaga (HM 2008)\, Dortmund (HM 2007)\, Gran Canaria (HM 2006)\, Barcelona (HM 2005)\, and Valencia (HM 2004).
URL:https://eume.euro-online.org/event/hm-2019/
LOCATION:Universidad de Concepción\, Víctor Lamas 1290 Casilla 160-C\, Concepción\, Chile
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181004
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181008
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SUMMARY:ICVNS 2018\, Halkidiki
DESCRIPTION:http://vns2018.uom.gr\nThe 6th International Conference on Variable Neighborhood Search will be held in Sithonia\, Halkidiki\, Greece (Porto Carras Meliton Hotel) October 4-7\, 2018. The ICVNS 2018 will be co-organized by the EURO Working Group on Metaheuristics (EWG EU/ME) and\, the Computational Methodologies & Operations Research (CMOR Lab) and the Department of Applied Informatics\, School of Information Sciences\, of the University of Macedonia. VNS is a metaheuristic based on systematic changes in the neighborhood structure within a search\, for solving optimization problems and related tasks. The main goal of the ICVNS 2018 is to provide a stimulating environment in which researchers coming from various scientific fields can share and discuss their knowledge\, expertise and ideas related to the VNS Metaheuristic and its applications. \nConference Proceedings and Book of Abstracts:\nAll accepted papers will be published by Springer as a post-proceedings volume in its Lecture Notes in Computer Science series. Participants are also allowed to send just abstract of their presentation. If accepted\, they will be published in the Book of abstracts. Paper submission site: https://ocs.springer.com/ocs/home/ICVNS2018 \nPublication in Special Issues:\n\nJournal of Global Optimization\, Springer (I.F.: 1.733\, SJR: 1.48)\nOptimization Letters\, Springer (I.F.: 1.310\, SJR: 0.92)\nYugoslav Journal of Operations Research (SJR: 0.32)\n\n Conference Chairs:\n\nPierre Hansen\, GERAD and HEC Montreal\, Canada (Honorary Chair of the Conference)\nNenad Mladenović\, Mathematical Institute\, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts\, Serbia (General Chair)\nAngelo Sifaleras\, University of Macedonia\, Greece (Conference Chair)\n\nPlenary speakers:\n\nPanos M. Pardalos\, University of Florida\, USA\nAbraham Duarte\, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos\, Spain\nDaniel Aloise\, Polytechnique Montréal\, Canada\n\nVenue:\nThe conference activities will take place at Porto Carras Meliton Hotel\, Sithonia\, 63081\, Halikidiki\, Greece. Porto Carras Grand Resort is located only 120km away from the city of Thessaloniki (the second largest city in Greece) and 75 minutes drive from Thessaloniki’s International Airport “Macedonia” (SKG). \nImportant Dates:\n\nSubmission deadline:                   May 15\, 2018\nNotification to authors:               July 02\, 2018\nEarly registration deadline:         July 31\, 2018\nPreliminary program:                  September 04\, 2018\nConference date:                        October 4-7\, 2018\nCamera-ready due:                     October 31\, 2018\n\nContact: vns2018@uom.edu.gr\n 
URL:https://eume.euro-online.org/event/icvns-2018-halkidiki/
LOCATION:Porto Carras Meliton Hotel\, Halikidiki\, Greece.\, Neos Marmaras\, Halikidiki\, 63081\, Greece
CATEGORIES:Conferences
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180618
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180621
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SUMMARY:Matheuristics 2018\, Tours
DESCRIPTION:18-20 june 2018\, Tours\, France\nThe Matheuristics workshop series is proposed as a primary forum for researchers working on exploiting mathematical programming techniques in a (meta)heuristic framework\, granting to mathematical programming approaches the problem robustness and time effectiveness which characterize heuristics\, or exploiting the mathematical programming model formulation in the customization of a heuristic for specific or general problems. \nMetaheuristics such as tabu search\, simulated annealing\, GRASP\, VNS\, genetic algorithms and ant colonies\, have been originally proposed and developed when the available Mixed Integer Programming (MIP) algorithms and software or Constraint Programming methods were not an efficient as today\, nor even feasible alternative for solving real-world problem instances\, or significant subproblems thereof. \nHowever\, research on mathematical programming\, and in particular on discrete optimization\, has led to a state of the art where MIP solvers or customized MIP codes can be effective even in a heuristic context\, both as primary solvers or as subprocedures. \nMatheuristics 2018 aims at collecting contributions that define the state of the art for the computational effectiveness and efficiency or the theoretical properties of «matheuristics»\, which are algorithms and codes that integrate (meta)heuristics and MIP strategies and software. The workshop will be entirely devoted to this subject of research and to its applications. The conference program will consist of plenary presentations\, enriched by a couple of keynote or tutorial lectures. \nTopics of interest include (but are not limited to):\n\nModel-based metaheuristics\,\nHybridizing (meta)heuristics and exact methods\,\nMIP techniques used for defining heuristic solvers (such as local branching and RINS)\,\nProblem relaxations to guide (heuristic) search\,\nInformation from exact algorithms to develop heuristics\,\nDecompositions and lower/upper bounds in matheuristic codes\,\nStochastic programming and heuristic search\,\nMetaheuristics for stochastic problems\,\nDesign and configuration of matheuristic algorithms\,\nExperimental analysis and modeling of algorithms\,\nReal world case histories of matheuristic applications\, and\nAutomatic configuration of matheuristics and algorithm selection among others.\n\nAfter successful matheuristic workshops organized in 2006 and 2008 in Bertinoro (Italie)\, in 2010 in Vienna (Austria)\, in 2012 in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)\, in 2014 in Hamburg (Germany) and in 2016 in Brussel (Belgium)\, the current edition will be held in the city of Tours (France) in the heart of the Loire Valley; a place reputed for science\, magestic castles\, and excellent wines. \nLatest news:\n\n01/09/2017: Submissions are now open\n15/11/2017: Submission deadline extended up to 01/12/2017\n\nImportant dates:\n\n1st september 2017: submissions open\n15th november 2017: submissions close\n1st december 2017: submissions close\n15th february 2018: notifications\n1st march 2018: camera ready papers\n1st April 2018: early bird registration closes\n18th-20th june 2018: workshop
URL:https://eume.euro-online.org/event/matheuristics-2018-tours/
LOCATION:Université François-Rabelais\, 60 Rue du Plat d'Étain\, Tours\, 37000\, France
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180322
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180324
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SUMMARY:EU/ME 2018 Geneva
DESCRIPTION:The 19th EU/ME workshop on metaheuristics for industry will take place in Geneva\, Switzerland\, on March 22 and 23\, 2018. \nThis workshop aims to bring together researchers from all over the world interested in discussing the latest progress in the field of metaheuristic optimization. \nThe workshop will be free of charge but registration is requested. \nMore information can be found on the website: eume2018.ch. \n\nContact person: marie-sklaerder.vie@unige.ch
URL:https://eume.euro-online.org/event/eume-2018-geneva/
LOCATION:University of Geneva\, Boulevard du Pont-d'Arve 40\, Geneve\, 1205\, Switzerland
CATEGORIES:EU/MEetings
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170717
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170722
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SUMMARY:Metaheuristics stream @ IFORS 2017
DESCRIPTION:Dear friends and colleagues\, \nWe are organizing the Metaheuristics/Matheuristics Stream of the forthcoming IFORS conference in Quebec\, Canada July 17-21\, 2017.\nhttp://ifors2017.ca/ \nThe stream is organized by EU/ME – the metaheuristics community (http://metaheuristics.eu). \nIf you would like to submit a paper in the Metaheuristics Stream\, please visit\nhttps://www.euro-online.org/conf/ifors2017/ \nand use invitation code  f1b3e4cd \nThe deadline for abstract submission will be postponed to the end of the month\, February 28\, 2017. \nIf (even better!) you would like to organize a full session of 3-4 papers\, please contact me directly. \nBest regards\nMarc Sevaux – Université de Bretagne-Sud\nmarc.sevaux@univ-ubs.fr
URL:https://eume.euro-online.org/event/metaheuristics-stream-ifors-2017/
LOCATION:Québec City Convention Centre\, Boulevard René-Lévesque\, Quebec\, Quebec\, QC G1A 1B4\, Canada
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170403
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170405
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SUMMARY:EU/ME 2017 - metaheuristics for a better world
DESCRIPTION:The 18th EU/ME workshop on metaheuristics for a better world will take place in Rome\, Italy\, on April 3 and 4\, 2017. \nEU/ME 2017 will be hosted by IASI-CNR\, the Istituto di Analisi dei Sistemi ed Informatica\, part of Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche. \nThis workshop aims to bring together researchers from all over the world interested in discussing the latest progress in the field of metaheuristic optimization.
URL:https://eume.euro-online.org/event/eume2017/
LOCATION:IASI-CNR\, Via dei Taurini 19\, Roma\, 00185\, Italy
CATEGORIES:EU/MEetings
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