European Chapter on Combinatorial Optimization (ECCO)
The
22nd Conference of the
European Chapter on
Combinatorial Optimization (ECCO XXII)
May 17-19, 2009
Organized by the
Operations Research Society of Israel
(ORSIS)
News:
A final list of
participants with their affiliations is now available (see this link).
A revised scientific
program is now available (see this link).
An abstract booklet is
now available (see this link).
Additional plenary
speaker: Maurice Queyranne (
Extended submission
deadline: the new submission deadline is March 15th, 2009.
Registration to the
conference is now open!
Aims
and Objectives:
The ECCO annual
meetings aim to bring together researchers in the field of Combinatorial
Optimization to present their work, share experiences, and discuss recent
advances in theory and applications. The primary objectives are:
• exchanging results and experiences in solving real-world combinatorial
optimization problems,
• reporting on development and implementation of appropriate models and
efficient solution methods for combinatorial optimization problems,
• establishing networking contacts between individuals and research groups
working on related topics,
• promoting the work on combinatorial optimization (theory and applications) to
the broader scientific community,
• identifying challenging research problems for the field, as well as promising
research outlets (both in theory and applications),
• promoting interactions with researchers in other related fields.
Topics
of Interest
• exact
and approximation algorithms for combinatorial optimization problems,
• heuristics and meta-heuristics,
• graph theory and networks,
• cutting and packing, routing, scheduling, location and capacity planning,
• integer programming, global optimization, stochastic integer programming,
• applications in logistics and supply chain management, manufacturing, energy
production and distribution, telecommunications, and other fields.
Plenary
Speakers
Maurice
Queyranne,
Yefim Dinitz,
Julian Molina, Universidad de Malaga, Spain.
Alain Hertz, GERAD
and Ecole Polytechnique
Montréal, Canada.
Scientific
Committee
|
Asaf Levin |
The Technion, |
|
Gur Mosheiov |
The |
|
Michal Penn |
The Technion, |
|
Silvano Martello |
|
|
Jacek Blazewicz |
|
|
Van-Dat Cung |
Institut National Polytechnique
de Grenoble, France |
|
Alain Hertz |
GERAD and Ecole |
|
Paolo Toth |
|
Organizing Committee
Asaf Levin, The Technion Israel (chair)
Gur Mosheiov,
The
Michal Penn, The Technion,
LOCAL
ARRANGEMENTS:
Nilly Schnapp,
Important dates
Deadlines (after extension of the submission
deadline):
|
March 15, 2009 |
Submission of
abstracts |
|
March 23, 2009 |
Notification of
acceptance |
|
March 31, 2009 |
Early registration
fee |
|
May 17-19, 2009 |
ECCO XXII 2009 Annual
Conference |
Submission
Instructions
Authors are invited to submit an abstract of their paper in English (one A4
page maximum) by March 15, 2009.
Submission should be sent electronically to the following email address:
mailto: levinas@tx.technion.ac.il
. Abstract files should be in
Word format or plain text, and should be free of mathematical formulas,
references and images; they should indicate a descriptive title, institutional
affiliations of authors, presenting author, and contact details for the
corresponding author.
Notification of acceptance will be sent to the corresponding authors by March
23, 2009.
The accepted abstracts will be posted on the conference website and will be
included in a booklet that will be distributed during the conference.
Participants should register individually. Registration is mandatory for
presenting authors.
Venue
The conference will take place in
Registration
The registration fee includes conference materials,
attendance to lectures, welcome cocktail (including dairy dinner), coffee
breaks, three lunches, half day excursion with conference gala dinner.
The registration fee for accompanying persons includes welcome
cocktail (including dairy dinner) and half day excursion with conference gala
dinner.
Please, send the registration
form to Ms.
Registration fee
|
Before March 31, 2009 |
250 € |
|
After March 31, 2009 |
300 € |
|
Accompanying person |
140 € |
Orsis (operations research society of
Accommodation
Accommodation is in three locations: the Guest House
at "The Maiersdorf faculty club"(conference
center), "Olive Tree
Hotel" and Moriah - Classic Hotel (the 2 hotels are
located just few minutes drive from the conference center).
Participants can make their reservation for one
of the following hotels, using the conference registration form.
The rates below are per room, per day, and include
breakfast:
Guest House at
"The Maiersdorf faculty club"
70 € / 110 $ / 365
56 € / 88 $ / 290
"Olive
Tree" Hotel
200 $ - double room
190 $ - single room
Israelis must add VAT.
"Moriah – Classic"
Hotel
128 € / 160 $ / 680
120 € / 150 $ / 612
Travel Information
Transportation from/to
The recommended way
to get to
The Taxi Station and dispatcher's counter at Terminal 3 are located on
Level "G" of the
The normal driving duration to
The taxi will bring you directly to the
hotels.
Please note: In order to
return to Ben-Gurion airport via "Nesher
Tours" Taxi, you should reserve by phone 1 day before departure (Tel: (02)
6257227). There is no need to pre-book
this service on the way from Ben-Gurion airport to
If you need further assistance upon
arrival, you can contact
Ms.
Transportation in
There are regular buses in
Transportation from "Beit Maiersdorf" to the city
Bus line No. 30 to the "Old city" – 15
minutes duration drive.
Bus lines No. 19 & 4A to the other parts of the
city include the "city center" – 30 minutes duration drive.
Social Program
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Cocktail Reception including dairy dinner (19:30)
will take place at the conference venue (Maiersdorf faculty club).
All registered Participants and accompanying persons
are welcome.
Monday, May 18, 2009
Guided tour in the old city by foot (14:30 – 18:30)
The Western Wall Tunnels tour (18:30 – 20:00)
Conference gala dinner (20:00 – 21:30)
Continue the guided tour by night (21:30 – 23:00)