An International Symposium on Combinatorial Optimization (CO'02) will be
held in Paris at the CNAM institute on April 8-10, 2002.
This Symposium is part of the CO series, which started in 1977. The two
most recent symposia were held in Brussels (1998) and Greenwich (2000).
The main topics of the conference are:
Logistics and Routing,
Location Analysis,
Network Optimization,
Integer Programming,
Polyedral Combinatorics,
Scheduling,
Approximation and Local Search.
However, contributions on all aspects of combinatorial optimization are
welcome.
Important dates:
December 15, 2001: deadline for abstracts
One page abstracts should be submitted by email at [log in to unmask]
See the website of the conference for the format of the abstracts.
January 30, 2002: Notification of acceptance/rejection.
February 15, 2002: Last date for early registration fees.
April 8-10, 2002: conference dates.
The following invited speakers will deliver lectures on the current
state-of-the-art in different aspects of Combinatorial Optimization:
Michel Gendreau, University of Montreal, "Models and Algorithms for
Combinatorial Auctions in E-Business"
Nick Hall, Ohio State University, "Supply Chain Scheduling",
Claire Kenyon, University of Paris 11, "Approximation".
Martine Labbe, Université Libre de Bruxelles, "Network Design Problems".
Scientific committee of CO'02:
Chris N. Potts, University of Southampton,
Vitaly A. Strusevich, University of Greenwich,
Richard W. Eglese, University of Lancaster,
Jacek Blazewicz, University of Poznan,
Rolf Moehring, Technical University of Berlin,
Philippe Chrétienne, University of Paris 6.
Organizing committee of CO'02:
Philippe Chrétienne (University of Paris 6, LIP6 laboratory)
Alix Munier (University of Paris 12, LIP6 laboratory)
Safia Kedad-Sidhoum (University of Paris 6, LIP6 laboratory)
Francis Sourd (CNRS, LIP6 laboratory)
Marie-Christine Costa (CNAM institute, CEDRIC laboratory)
Christophe Picouleau (CNAM institute, CEDRIC laboratory)
Registration fees:
Early registration fee: euros 185.
Late registration fee: euros 230.
The fee includes a banquet ticket and a visit to the CNAM museum followed
by a cocktail.
The URL of the website of the conference is:
http://www.lip6.fr/CO2002
For the registration procedure, see the conference website.
Information about accomodation possibilities near the CNAM will be given
soon on the website.
Please direct enquiries to:
Philippe Chrétienne (CO2002)
LIP6-UniversitÈ Paris 6
Case courrier 169
4, place Jussieu
75252 Paris Cedex 05, France.
Email: [log in to unmask]
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