Continuous
Optimization at EURO XXI 2006,
in
Reykjavik, Iceland, July 2-5, 2006
|
H. W. Weber |
|
Bochun Xia Yong Xia Henri Bonnel |
| Larry Nazareth | |
|
Boris Mordukhovich |
| Lisa Holling | |
| Jiming Peng | |
| Liqun Qi | |
| ORB Editor |
Continuous
Optimization at EURO XXI 2006,
in
Reykjavik, Iceland, July 2-5, 2006
By H. W. Weber
There is an number of Streams in Continuous Optimization constituted and
inviting you to join by your participation,
presentation, your various engagement is welcome. Each stream consists of
several sessions, and they altogether intend
to give a rich and recent overview about modern Continuous Optimization in
theory, methods and application. In fact, EURO
XXI 2006 may serve for initiating and deepening scientific exchange,
collaboration and friendship in our research domain
and together with the other areas and working groups of modern Operational
Research (OR), for the best of our people and
common future. You are cordially welcome and, wouldn’t it be a pleasure to
enjoy together
There
are two hosting working groups serving Continuous Optimization at EURO XXI
2006:
o EURO Working Group on Continuous Optimization
(EUROPT): http://www.iam.metu.edu.tr/EUROPT/
o The Pacific Optimization Research Activity Group (POP):
http://www.polyu.edu.hk/~ama/links/pop/an1.html.
Contact to Continuous Optimization at EURO XXI 2006:
o
Alexander Rubinov (University of Ballarat, Australia;
chairman of POP Working Committee): a.rubinov@ballarat.edu.au
o Gerhard-Wilhelm Weber (Middle East Technical University, Turkey;
vice coordinator of EUROPT; gweber@metu.edu.tr
o each corresponding Stream Organizer (SO): see Doc file below.
Here are the detailed information about streams on Continuous
Optimization at EURO XXI (DOC FILE), and EURO
XXII (PDF FILE)
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2005 International Conference of
Management Science and Applications
(ICMSA) Held in Chengdu
By Bochun Xia
The 2005 International
Conference of Management Science and Applications (ICMSA) was held in
Chengdu on June 20-22. The conference, sponsored by the Chinese University
of Hong Kong, Sichuan University, Southwest Jiaotong University, and
Nanjing University, was widely attended. Over 130 domestic and 40 overseas
scholars registered the conference. The National Natural Science
Foundation of China partially funded the
event. The conference was also supported by Chinese Academy of
Science, Operations Research Society of China, System Engineering Society
of China, Tsinghua University, and Chengdu Municipal Advisory Commission
of Science and Technology.
In the opening ceremony, Prof. Lu Tiecheng, chairman of the Association of
Science and Technology of Sichuan and former president of Sichuan
University, and Mr. Chen Xiaotian, standing deputy director of the
Department of Management, National Natural Science Foundation of China,
extended their warmest congratulations to the conference. They
emphasized that while theoretical research and advancement remain
top priority for the academic community, it is equally important to
promote applications of management science in the real business world.
Three world-renowned scholars gave keynote speeches in the plenary
session. In his talk, George Shanthikumar of University of California at
Berkeley discussed the issue of incorporating model
uncertainty and learning in management science. Dilip Madan of
University of Maryland surveyed some of the products introduced in the
equity market of the world and analyzed their rationale. David Yao of
Columbia University illustrated the virtue of the asymptotic
optimality --being "simple but
not simpler." All three speeches were well received by
the audience.
The participants presented high-quality research works and shared latest
development in various management science-related areas such
as supply-chain/ logistics management,
optimization and control, information management and E-Commerce, service
and revenue management, decision analysis, financial engineering and risk
management, behavioral finance, MS/OM education, etc. The conference
offered nine special sessions. Among the speakers are:
The program committee of the conference was co-chaired by Duan Li
(The Chinese University of Hong Kong) and Baichun Xiao
(Long Island University/The Chinese University of Hong Kong).
Participants of the conference were particularly impressed
by the organization and service of local hosts, Southwest Jiaotong
University and Sichuan University.
For more information on the conference, please go to conference website:
http://www.se.cuhk.edu.hk/~icmsa
The 5th International
Conference on Numerical Optimization and Numerical Linear Algebra Held
in Lhasa,
Tibet, August 8-12, 2005
By Yong Xia
The International Conference on Numerical Optimization and Numerical Linear Algebra was successfully held in Lhasa, Tibet in China from August 8 to 12, 2005. This conference was the 5th of the binnial conference, with previous ones being held in Qingdao (1997), Nanjing (1999), Dunhuang (2001) and Guilin(2003). The conference was organized by State Key Laboratory of Scientific and Engineering Computing, Institute of Computational Mathematics and Scientific Engineering Computing, Academy of Mathematics and Systems Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Tibet University. The sponsors of the conference include National Natural Science Foundation of China and Chinese Mathematical Society.
Many local officials and scholars attended the opening ceremony, including Mr Tamula (Deputy secretary general of the Tibetan Autonomy Government), Professor Ling-Min Pang (President of Tibet University), Professor Daluo Sanglangjie (vice president of Tibet University) and officials from the Education Department and the Science and Technology Department of Tibetan Autonomy Government. The opening ceremony was chaired by Professor Ya-xiang Yuan, the conference chairman. Professor Ling-Min Pang and one of the invited speakers, Professor T. Terlaky from McMaster University, delivered speeches at the ceremony.
There were about sixty participants attending the conference including twenty oversea participants from USA, Canada, Japan, Germany, UK, Brazil and other countries. The invited speakers included
Lectures given in the conference were on recent advances of numerical optimization, numerical linear algebra, and their applications. Due to the excellent academic lectures and the high altitude of Lhasa, participants all agreed that this conference is really a high-level conference
First
South Pacific Conference on Mathematics Held in Nouméa,
New Caledonia, 29/08-02/09, 2005
By Henri Bonnel
The First South Pacific Conference on Mathematics/Première Conférence
de Mathématiques du
Pacifique Sud,
(SPCM2005), co-organized by the Universities of New Caledonia, Fiji,
Tahiti and the Institute of Research for Development (IRD) of Nouméa,
has been successfully held at IRD in Nouméa,
New Caledonia, 29/08-02/09, 2005.
This
international meeting, somehow a consequence of «Les Assises
de la Recherche Française
dans le Pacifique,
Nouméa 2004 », opened
a series of conferences in mathematics which will be organized every two
years by the South Pacific mathematics community. Thus, SPCM2007
will be organized in Fiji in January 2007, and SPCM2009 will take place in
Tahiti in August 2009.
The
conference main topic was Optimization and Control.
However, some other mathematic fields like: Algebra,
Algebraic-geometry, Probability and Dynamical Systems have also
been represented.
About
40 renowned mathematicians from 12 countries attended the conference and
presented 9 plenary talks (one hour) and 30 regular talks (30 minutes
long). The conference was a good opportunity for these researchers to
exchange their recent results and to discuss about some possible joint
projects. Also, it was useful for the mathematic community, to discover
that it is possible to do some good mathematics research in the tropical
islands of South Pacific!
The
chairman of the organizing committee, Professor Henri Bonnel -director of
ERIM- from the University of New Caledonia, announced the beginning of the
conference. Mr. C. Washetine -the representative of the Government of New
Caledonia for Research-, Mrs. S. Lagarde -the first Vice-President of the
“Province Sud” as well as Dr. F. Colin -the director of the IRD- and
Dr. A. Fages -the President of the University of New Caledonia- gave the
welcome speeches respectively. Finally, the co-organizers Dr. Jito
Vanualailai -the head of the Department of Mathematics- from the
University of South Pacific, Fiji, and Professor Jean-Marie Goursaud
-director of GAATI- from the University of French Polynesia, Tahiti
welcomed the initiative of organizing this conference. After this opening
session, the first plenary talk concerning a mathematical modeling of New
Caledonia Abore Reef ecosystem is given by Professor M. de Lara from
CERMICS-Ecole nationale des ponts et chausses- Paris, France.
The
following experts presented plenary talks:
J.-M. Bonnisseau (Université Paris I)
P. L. Combettes (Université Paris 6)
M. de Lara (CERMICS, École nationale des ponts et chaussées, France)
M.
Ehrgott (University of Auckland)
M.
Fukushima (Kyoto University, Japan)
A.-N.
Iusem (IMPA, Rio de Janeiro)
V.
Jeyakumar (University of New South Wales)
L.
Paunescu (Sydney University)
L.
Qi （The Hong Kong Polytechnic University）
The
selected conference talks will be published in a special issue of “Pacific
Journal of Optimization”.
On
Sci-En-Math Computing and its Emerging Core
Discipline of Algorithmic Science and Engineering (AS&E)
By Larry Nazareth, Download PDF File
Book
Review:
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Differentiation
By Boris Mordukhovich
The new 2-volume book by Boris Mordukhovich “Variational Analysis and Generalized Differentiation, I: Basic Theory, II: Applications,” Springer, Grundlehren Series (Fundamental Principles of Mathematical Sciences), vol. 330 and 331
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Journal
News from AIMSInaugural Issue out soon!
Networks and Heterogeneous Media (NHM), an applied math journal
This new journal is designed to attract original contributions to solve
problems on networks and heterogeneous media, and more generally, in
complicated framework. The journal is a breeding ground for research in an
area which is presently dispersed across a range of statistical physics,
applied mathematics, engineering, biology and medical journals. http://www.iac.rm.cnr.it/%7Epiccoli/NHM.htm
A launch meeting for this journal is planned in Italy 2006. Please
visit the website at http://www.iac.rm.cnr.it/%7Epiccoli/NHM-LM.htm
2. JOURNAL NEWS RELEASE
DISCRETE AND CONTINUOUS DYNAMICAL
SYSTEMS ranks the top 14th among all math journals, as reported in the
most recent ISI Journal of Citation Reports http://aimsciences.org/journals/cpaa/2004DCDSmath.htm
DISCRETE AND CONTINUOUS DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS SERIES B (modeling and
computations) ranks the top 12th among all applied math journals, as
reported in the most recent ISI Journal of Citation Reports http://aimsciences.org/journals/dcdsB/2004DCDSapplmath.htm
COMMUNICATIONS ON PURE AND APPLIED ANALYSIS ranks the top 44th among all
math journals, as reported in the most recent ISI Journal of Citation
Reports http://aimsciences.org/journals/cpaa/2004DCDSmath.htm
MATHEMATICAL BIOSCIENCES AND ENGINEERING has become an SCI-E journal only
six months after its inauguration!
3. JOURNAL UPDATES
Don't miss these exciting new special issues!
DISCRETE AND CONTINUOUS DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS
Special issues on "Recent Development on Differential Equations and
Dynamical Systems", volume 13 number 4 and number 5. Available online
now!
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Open PDF position in Optimization and Data Mining By Jiming Peng
There is one open post-doctor fellow position in the advanced optimization
lab, department of computing and software, McMaster University. The
successful applicant will work on optimization modeling and problem solving in
machine learning and data mining. The applicant should have a Ph.D.
degree in optimization or statistical learning.
The position is available from January, 2006, but can be filled later on
depending on the availability of the successful applicant.
Application materials including a resume and at least two reference letters
should be sent to
Dr. Jiming Peng
Department of Computing and Software
McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario
Tel: 1(905)-5259140 Ext 27746
Email: <mailto:pengj@mcmaster.ca>pengj@mcmaster.ca
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POP Members News
(by Liqun Qi)
We were shocked to hear the sad news that Professor Yong He, Zhejiang University, died in Hangzhou on August 5, 2005 at age of 36. POP community mourns the death of Professor Yong He, a distinguished young researcher and a friend of many POP members. A special website has been set up for this unfortunate event: http://www.math.zju.edu.cn/heyong/.