Le 08/03/2017 par Willi :

*************** Reminder of deadline for abstract submission: March 15, 2017 ***************

The 15th EUROPT Workshop on Advances in Continuous Optimization will be held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on July 12-14, 2017:

https://www.gerad.ca/colloques/europt2017/

The EUROPT Workshop on Advances in Continuous Optimization is the annual event of the EUROPT continuous optimization working group of EURO (The Association of European Operational Research Societies). This 15th edition will take place in Montreal just before the 21st IFORS conference that will be held in Quebec City.

The workshop will take place during Montreal's 375th anniversary celebrations. Activities and special events are advertised at http://www.375mtl.com/en/programming/

Plenary Speakers
* Shabbir Ahmed (Georgia Institute of Technology, U.S.A.)
* Timothy C.Y. Chan (University of Toronto, Canada)
* Francisco Facchinei (University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy)

Special Sessions In Memoriam
The scientific program will include special sessions in memory of Jonathan M. Borwein, Roger Fletcher, and Christodoulos A. Floudas.

A list of invited sessions confirmed as of Friday, March 3, 2017 is here:
https://www.gerad.ca/colloques/europt2017/sessions.html
Additional sessions have since been confirmed, including:
- Advanced Optimization using Julia
- Applications of Conic Optimization
- Factorization-Free Methods for Large-Scale Optimization
- Optimization and Machine Learning for Medicine

Abstract Submission is online and at https://symposia.gerad.ca/europt2017/en/submit

Important Dates:
Abstract submission deadline: *** March 15, 2017 ***
Abstract acceptance: March 31, 2017
Early bird registration deadline: May 1st, 2017

Please see the workshop webpage https://www.gerad.ca/colloques/europt2017/ for more information.

We look forward to seeing you in Montreal this summer!

Sébastien Le Digabel, Miguel Anjos, Fabian Bastin and Andrea Lodi, organizers