The 6th World Congress on Global Optimization

WCGO 2019


Mathematical Optimization



The World Congress on Global Optimization (WCGO) is a biennial conference of the International Society of Global Optimization. The 6th WCGO will be organized in Metz, France on July 8-10, 2019, by the Computer Science and Applications Department, LGIPM, University of Lorraine.

WCGO 2019 will bring together most leading specialists in both theoretical and computational aspects as well as applications of Nonconvex Programming and Global Optimization, highlight recent advances, trends, challenges and to discuss how to expand the role of these fields in several potential high-impact application areas.

The conference offers an excellent forum for scientists, engineers, mathematicians from a variety of related disciplines, to exchange ideas and present original research results in the theory and applications of global optimization. WCGO 2019 will be composed of several plenary lectures, invited sessions, and contributed sessions.

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PUBLICATIONS
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The conference proceedings will be published in the series Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing of Springer-Verlag and indexed by ISI Proceedings, DBLP, Ulrich's, EI-Compendex, SCOPUS, Zentralblatt Math, MetaPress, Springerlink.

Special Issues in SCI journals for the post-conference publication are planned, which include
- Journal of Global Optimization
- Optimization Letters
- Others to be announced.

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VENUE
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Metz, located in the North East of France, about 330 kms away from the capital Paris and only 1 hour and 20 minutes by TGV, is a city open to urban ecology, to its heritage with architectural surroundings of the finest quality, to its economic environment, to New Information and Communication Technologies and to a dynamic cultural life.

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IMPORTANT DATES
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Special session proposal: November 15, 2018
Paper submission deadline: January 31, 2019
Author notification: February 28, 2019
Early registration: March 15, 2019
Conference dates: July 8-10, 2019

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CONFERENCE CHAIR
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Le Thi Hoai An, University of Lorraine, France

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PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS
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Le Thi Hoai An, University of Lorraine, France
Pham Dinh Tao, INSA-Rouen, France
Yaroslav D. Sergeyev, University of Calabria, Italy


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CALL FOR PAPER
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The WCGO 2019 invites all researchers and practitioners working in areas related to nonconvex optimization and its applications to submit works for consideration.
We encourage all types of contributions including theory, algorithms, and applications, in particular on emergent domains such as Data science, Big data, Robotics, ...

The conference proceedings will be published in the series Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing of Springer-Verlag and indexed by ISI Proceedings, DBLP, Ulrich's, EI-Compendex, SCOPUS, Zentralblatt Math, MetaPress, Springerlink.

You are kindly invited to submit a paper (limited by 10 pages), using LNCS/LNAI style.

Topics include (but not limited to):
1 - Continuous Optimization and Applications
Nonlinear programming
Global Optimization
DC programming
Nonsmooth Optimization
Sparse Optimization
Polynomial Optimization
Semidefinite Programming
Semi-infinite Programming
Variational Inequalities and Complementarity. Mathematical Programs with Equilibrium Constraints
Optimal Control, PDE Constrained Optimization, and Multi-level Methods

2 - Discrete Optimization, Integer Programming and Applications
Integer Programming Theory
Integer Programming Algorithms
MINLP: Mixed Integer Non-linear Programming
Constraint Programming

3 - Optimization under Uncertainty and Applications
Stochastic Optimization
Robust Optimization
Dynamic Programming, Markov Decision Processes, and Simulation
Game theory

4 - Multiobjective Optimization, Multilevel Programming

5 - Optimization in Specific areas: Models, Algorithms, and Software
Data science: Machine Learning, Big Data, Cloud Computing, and Huge-Scale Optimization
Network: Network Flow, Network Design, and Applications in Telecom and Traffic Management
Logistics: Packing, Logistics, Location, and Routing
Scheduling: Scheduling, Planning and Applications in Manufacturing Systems and Healthcare
Energy: Optimization for Environmental, Energy and Engineering Systems
Computational Biology
Societal Issues
Finance, and Economics
Robotics
Mathematical Programming Algorithm Implementations, Parallel Computing, and Software


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CONTACT INFORMATION
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Email: wcgo2019@univ-lorraine.fr