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EU/MEeting 2009 - Debating the future: new areas of application and
innovative approaches
Porto, Portugal, April 29-30, 2009, http://www.dcc.fc.up.pt/eume2009
The registration is now open and the website has been updated with new
information.
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The next EU/ME workshop (EU/MEeting 2009) will be held in Porto,
Portugal, the 29th and 30th of April 2009.
As in past meetings, the objective of this workshop is to give
researchers and practitioners the opportunity to discuss recent advances
in metaheuristics and debate perspectives for future applications.
Contributions on any
topic in metaheuristics are welcomed.
No registration fees will be charged to attendees. Nevertheless,
registration is required.
Please check the web page for further info.
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Invited speakers
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* *Bernard Fortz* .
IRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Belgium.
** Celso Ribeiro*, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil
"Applications of metaheuristics to optimization problems in sports".
** Mikael Ronnqvist*, Norwegian School of Economics and Business
Administration, Norway
*"Challenging industrial optimization problems"*
**Thomas Stützle*, IRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)
*"SLS Algorithms Engineering"*
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. Title and abstract submission - March 15, 2009
. Notification of acceptance - April 10, 2009
. Registration - April 15, 2009
. Meeting - April 29-30, 2009
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REGISTRATION AND SUBMISSION
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The registration and submission of abstracts processes are now open.
Extended abstracts should be written in English and have a maximum
length of
6 pages. Please use the LaTeX template
<http://www.dcc.fc.up.pt/eume2009/EUME2009Template.zip> provided in the
workshop webpage to prepare your
abstract.
Papers will be peer-reviewed. The acceptance of the contributions will
be based on the originality of the work and on its overall quality.
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ITOR SPECIAL ISSUE
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The *International Transactions in Operational Research (ITOR)* will
publish a special issue devoted to selected papers presented at
*EU/MEting 2009*.
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ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
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Ana Viana (Chair), ISEP/INESC Porto
A. Miguel Gomes, FEUP/INESC Porto
Celso C. Ribeiro, UFF, Brazil
Joăo Pedro Pedroso, FCUP, INESC Porto
Jorge Pinho de Sousa, FEUP/INESC Porto
Maria Teresa Costa, ISEP
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CONTACT INFORMATION
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For all questions concerning the meeting, please contact:
eumeeting2009-at-inescporto-dot-pt
