[Apdio] OPTIMIZATION 2007 (First Announcement)

["Jose F. Oliveira" <jfo@fe.up.pt>]

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  OPTIMIZATION 2007     (First Announcement)

    July 22-25, 2007

    Porto, Portugal

    WWW:http://www.fep.up.pt/opti2007


  OPTIMIZATION 2007 is the sixth international conference
  on optimization organized in Portugal since 1991. We are 
  proud to announce that six world-renowned scientists
  have accepted invitations to give plenary lectures.
  We hope to provide a friendly atmosphere and a lively
  social program.

  The meeting will be held at the Faculty of Economics of
  the  University of Porto, and it is supported by APDIO
  and SPM (the portuguese operations research 
                             and mathematical societies).


IMPORTANT NOTICE:  
  We urge participants to make their flight reservations as
  early as possible since July is one the the months that
  has a high number of tourists visiting Portugal.


INVITED PRESENTATIONS:

  CHARLES AUDET | École Polytechnique Montréal, Canada
  Direct Search Methods for Non-Smooth Optimization

  EGON BALAS | Carnegie Mellon University, USA
  Lift-and-Project and Its Impact on the State of the Art
                                     in Integer Programming

  ADAM N. LETCHFORD | Lancaster University, UK
  The Max-Cut Problem: Applications and Algorithms

  SVEN LEYFFER | Argonne National Laboratory, USA
  Recent Progress in Mixed Integer Nonlinear Programming

  MICHAEL J. TODD | Cornell University, USA
  Conic Optimization: Interior-Point Methods and Beyond

  XIN YAO | University of Birmingham, UK
  Evolutionary Optimization and Constraint Handling


ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: 
  José Fernando Gonçalves (Chair), Rui Alves, 
  Catarina Delgado, Dalila Fontes, Maria Do Rosário Moreira,
  Jorge Magalhães Mendes,Jorge Valente and
  Luís Nunes Vicente 

INFORMATION: 
  Researchers are invited to submit electronically to
  opti2007@fep.up.pt a title and an abstract not exceeding
  200 words of a presentation describing their current
  research in any area of Optimization.

  For further information you can contact:

    Optimization 2007
    Prof. José Fernando Gonçalves  
    Faculdade de Economia          
    Universidade do Porto          
    Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, s/n     
    4200-464 Porto                       
    Portugal
         
    Phone:   + 351 225 571 100 
    Fax:     + 351 225 505 050
    E-mail:  opti2007@fep.up.pt 
    WWW:     http://www.fep.up.pt/opti2007


IMPORTANT DATES:       
  March 31, 2007  : Deadline for submission of 
                                   contributed abstracts.

  May    1, 2007  : Notification of acceptance of
                                     submitted abstracts.

  May   15, 2007  : Deadline for registration.


SUPPORT:
  Support has been provided by: APDIO, SPM, ISFEP, 
   Pubindustria, Maismetal, Faculdade de Economia do Porto
   and University of Porto.