[APDIO] Announcement --- Joint ORSC/EURO International Conference 2015 on Continuous Optimization, Shanghai, China, May 10-12, 2015

["A. Ismael F. Vaz" <aivaz@dps.uminho.pt>]

Joint ORSC/EURO International Conference 2015 on Continuous Optimization

Shanghai, China, May 10-12, 2015

Overview

Continuous optimization is a highly interconnected field, having close relationships to the other areas of OR, with scientific computing and numerical analysis, and with numerous application areas. In order to promote academic communication and cooperation between Chinese and European researchers and practitioners in the field of continuous optimization, Operations Research Society of China (ORSC) and the Association of European Operational Research Societies (EURO) will organize the Joint ORSC/EURO International Conference 2015 on Continuous Optimization during May 10-12, 2015. Dr. Xiaodong Hu (the President of ORSC) and Dr. Gerhard Wäscher (President of EURO) are co-chairs of the conference, Dr. Yuhong Dai (President of the Math Programming Subsociety of ORSC) and Dr. Julius Zilinskas (Chair of EUROPT Managing Board) are the co-chairs of program committee and Dr.  
Yanqin Bai (Shanghai University, Shanghai) and Dr. Gerhard-Wilhelm Weber (Middle East Technical University, Ankara) are the co-chairs of organization committee.

Full papers could be submitted after the conference to the special issue of Journal of the Operations Research Society of China to be published by the end of 2015.

Deadlines & Important Dates

* Abstract submissions: February 13, 2015
* Notification of acceptance of abstracts: February 27, 2015
* Online registration/room reservation: March 13, 2015
* On-site registration: May 10, 2015
* Conference dates: May 11-12, 2015
* Full paper submissions for special issue: July 10, 2015
* Notification of acceptance of full papers: October 9, 2015
* Final version submissions: November 13, 2015

Conference Venue and Website

The conference will be held in Shanghai, the largest Chinese city by population and described as the "showpiece" of the booming economy of mainland China. The conference venue is New LeHuLou Hotel in Shanghai University located in the heart of Shanghai. More information could be found at the conference website http://orsc-euro2015.csp.escience.cn.