First call for papers
The OR Societies of Hungary are pleased to announce a EURO Summer Institute (ESI) on Online Optimization. The ESI will take place at University of Szeged, from 15th to 27th June in 2015, and the homepage of the event can be found at http://www.eswi.u-szeged.hu.
Call for paper in document format to download.
Due to several requests, the submission deadline has been extended till 9th of February.
Theme
In online optimization, an algorithm must make its decisions based only on past events without any solid information about future data. Such algorithms are called online algorithms. Since an online algorithm makes its decisions based only on partial information, without knowing the whole instance in advance, we cannot expect it to give the optimal solution that can be produced by an algorithm that has all the necessary information. This is why the output of each of these algorithms should be compared with those got from using optimal offline algorithms. Contributions on closely related areas like semi-online optimization and online aspects of algorithmic game theory are also welcomed from the students. The senior keynote speakers will cover the recent results and solution techniques of some special topics (bin packing, scheduling, clustering, generalizations of competitive analysis) and also discuss open problems of the area.
Background
EURO Summer and Winter Institutes provide an excellent forum for PhD students and early career researchers
to discuss their research at length with experts in the field, as well as forming links with other early stage researchers.
For further details, see
http://www.euro-online.org/web/pages/458/summerwinter-institutes.
Format of ESWI
Around twenty early stage researchers from the EURO member societies will be invited to participate at the ESWI.
They must be very early career academics (PhD students and/or those who have less than two years research experience post PhD).
They have to present the material of an unpublished piece of work, discussing it with others and with the invited senior experts in the field.
The ESI will also present a series of lectures by the invited senior experts.
After the ESI, the papers can be submitted to a special issue of an OR publication (TBA).
Apart from the senior experts, no one can participate in an ESWI more than once in their lifetime.
Participation in an ESWI should be regarded as a great honour. In other words, the main objective of an ESWI is
to provide a limited number of carefully selected representatives of the next generation with a unique opportunity
to establish a personal network and address an international audience; and thus create new research groups around the chosen topic.
EURO provides a substantial contribution towards all the ESWI expenses ’on location’ (room and board, social programme, etc.)
and sponsorship is being sought to meet the remaining part of these expenses. The travel costs, however,
must be borne by the participant's national OR society or, if this is not possible, by the participants themselves.
Applicants have to submit an unpublished paper (a full paper or a short paper of 3-5 pages about ongoing research)
to the Scientific Committee, along with a curriculum vitae. The documents has to be submitted electronically to the email address
esi15@inf.u-szeged.hu.
Candidates who fulfil the eligibility rules but exceed the quota of 20 participants might be accepted, in a limited number, in the ESWI.
These candidates should cover their own expenses. Fees will be also required, but their amount will be specified later.
Candidates who fulfil the eligibility rules but exceed the quota of 20 participants and the candidates who apply from a non EURO member country might be accepted,
in a limited number, at the ESWI. These candidates should cover their own expenses. A registration fee of 900 EURO is required, which covers all of the local expenses.
The Committee will select and rank the candidates on the basis of submitted papers,
and afterwards channel this information to the national OR societies for funding decisions.
Candidates who fulfil the eligibility rules but exceed the quota of 20 participants might be accepted, in a limited number,
in the ESWI. These candidates should cover their own expenses. Fees will be also required, but their amount will be specified later.
Interested candidates are asked to notify us in advance in order to help us assess the likely number of participants.
Please send an email to esi15@inf.u-szeged.hu if you are planning to submit a paper.