[Opt-net] satellite EURO-2012 Workshop on Stochastic Programming, July 3-6, 2012, Neringa, Lithuania

[Gerhard-Wilhelm Weber]

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3rd Call for Papers of STOPROG-2012
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Dear Colleague,

the Organizers of the Special Workshop of Stochastic Programming  
Community and EURO "Stochastic Programming for Implementation and  
Advanced Applications" (StoProg-2012) have a pleasure inviting you to  
take part in this Workshop, which will held in Neringa, Lithuania, on  
3-6 July, 2012, http://www.mii.lt/STOPROG-2012.

Topics
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The programme of workshop consists of tutorials, streams, invited and  
contributed papers. We encourage those interested in the following  
topics to overview the trends and gain a common attitude towards:
stochastic linear programming;
stochastic nonlinear programming;
stochastic integer programming;
stochastic programming in equilibrium problems;
stochastic gaming;
stochastic approximation;
stochastic heuristic algorithms;
chance – constrained optimization;
large-scale stochastic optimization;
risk measures and stochastic dominance;
complexity and efficiency of optimization algorithms;
stochastic optimization in data mining;
modeling support and model management for stochastic programs;
data visualization for stochastic programs;
analysis and engineering of algorithms
applications in finance;
applications in energy planning;
applications in transportation and logistics;
applications in agriculture and forestry;
applications in oil and gas industry;
applications in environment and sustainable development;
software development.

Abstracts must be written in English and contain no more than 600  
characters (no formulas or mathematical notations are allowed). Each  
attendee is allowed to present ONE paper at the conference.

Publications
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The proceedings of the workshop published by an international  
publisher and abstracted/referenced in the Thompson ISI Web of Science  
DB will be delivered during the workshop. The special issues of papers  
on the subject of the workshop will be published in top- rating  
journals, too.

Location and Time
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The workshop will be held on July 3-6, 2012, in the Baltic sea-side  
resort Nida, Neringa, (http://www.visitneringa.com/en), Lithuania  
(http://neris.mii.lt/indexe.php). Neringa, situated on the sandy  
peninsula at the Baltic Sea, is a nice corner of Europe that has to be  
explored.
Neringa ideally suits for scientific meetings because of the special  
status of United Nations for Neringa a quiet natural environment,  
limited urbanization and public attendance composes with modern  
organizational infrastructure and convenient connection through  
Klaipeda and Vilnius with many cities.

Venue and Accommodation
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The venue of our workshop is Hotel "JURATE", Pamario str. 3, LT-  
93121, Nida, Lithuania,
http://www.hotel-jurate.lt/en.
The sittings of the workshop will be held in the Conference center of  
hotel “Jurate” and Nida‘s Culture and Tourism Information Center  
“Agila”, Taikos str. 4, LT-93121, Nida, Lithuania,  
http://www.visitneringa.com/en/main/agilaen.
Participants will be mainly accommodated in hotel “Jurate”, however we  
reserved a certain number of rooms in several hotels close to meeting  
place. The list of hotels will be displayed later.

Invited speakers
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Prof. Ignacio Grossmann, Carnegie-Mellon University, USA
Prof. Ives Smeers, Leuven UNiversity, Leuven, Belgium
Prof. Wallace Stein, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK

Tutorials
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Prof. Stan Uryasev, University of Florida, USA
Prof. Rüdiger Schultz, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany,
Prof. Vladimir Norkin, Institute of Cybernetics, Ukraine

Special Announcement about EWG on Stochastic Programming
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An European Working Group in a field of stochastic programming,  
stochastic optimization and stochastic control is intended to create  
within the European Association of OR Societies (EURO). The Group will  
be established during the Special Workshop STOPROG- 2012 to be held on  
July 3-6, 2012, Neringa, Lithuania (www.mii.lt/STOPROG-2012).


Deadlines
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Deadline for stream proposal:           May 15, 2012
Deadline for paper submission:          May  5, 2012
Notification of acceptance / rejection: May 10, 2012
Deadline for abstract submission:       May 30, 2012
         (without paper publishing in proceedings)
Deadline for early registration:        May 30, 2012
Workshop:  July 3-6, 2012

Registration fee:
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                              till  May 30, 2012           after  May 30, 2012
For regular participants        190 Eur                                 
  220 Eur
For students                          70 Eur                            
        100 Eur

Conference fee includes a get-together party, coffee breaks,  
participant’s package, volume of abstracts, volume of proceedings,  
participation in the sessions and tutorials.

Travel
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The participants who wish will be transferred from Vilnius to Nida and  
back to Vilnius through Klaipeda by bus (4-5 hours). The bus departs  
from Vilnius at 16:00, July 3, 2012, and back from Neringa, 10:00,  
July 7, 2012.
Vilnius (http://www.vilnius.sav.lt), the capital of Lithuania, is  
directly connected by plane and other transport with many cities in  
Europe. Participants might also arrive to Neringa itself through  
Klaipeda city and Palanga airport (http://www.palanga-airport.lt/en)

Social Programme
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The social program of the Conference includes
-          cheese party on the arrival day, at Tuesday evening, July 3, 2012;
-          reception by Mayor of Neringa, at Wednesday, July 4, 2012;
-          the farewell party at Thursday, July 5, 2012;
-          excursion via Neringa sights by bus on Friday, July 6, 2012;

The organizing institutions of the Stoprog-2012
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- Stochastic Programming Community (STOPROG);
- Lithuanian Operational Research Society (Litors);
- Institute of Mathematics and Informatics of Vilnius University, Lithuania;
- Klaipeda University, Lithuania.

International Programme Committee
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Prof. Marida Bertocchi (University of Bergamo, Italy)
Prof. Vitalijus Denisovas (Klaipe4da University, LIthuania)
Prof. Yuri M. Ermolyev (IIASA, Austria)
Prof. Alexei Gaivoronski (Norvegian University of Science and  
Technology, Norway)
Prof. Eugene Kopytov (Institute of Transport and Telecommunications, Latvia)
Prof. Bjarni Kristianson (Maximal Software inc., Iceland)
Prof. George Pflug (University of Vienna, Austria)
Prof. Andy Philpott (University of Auckland, New-Zealand)
Prof. Pavel Popela (Brno University of Technology, Czech Republik)
Prof. Leonidas Sakalauskas (Institute of Mathematics and Informatics,  
Lithuania)
Prof. Tamas Szantai (Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary)
Prof. Alexander Shapiro (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
Prof. Rudieger Shulltz (University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany)
Prof. Asgeir Tomasgard (Norvegian University of Science and  
Technology, Norway)- Chair
Prof. Stan Uryasyev (University of Florida)
Prof. Dr. Otu Vaarman (Institute of Cybernetics, Estonia)
Prof. Roger Wets (University of California at Davis, USA)
Prof. Antanas Zilinskas (Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Lithuania)

Organizing Committee
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Audrius Banaitis (Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania);
Rima Birskyte (Klaipeda University, Lithuania)
Vitalijus Denisovas (Klaipeda University, Lithuania) - Co-Chair;
Vygintas Giedraitis (Neringa Municipality, Lithuania)
Virginijus Marcinkevièius (VU Institute of Mathematics and  
Informatics, Vilnius, Lithuania);
Joana Katina (VU Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Vilnius,  
Lithuania);
Ingrida Vaiciulyte (VU Institute of Mathematics and Informatics,  
Vilnius, Lithuania)
Kestutis Zilinskas (Siauliai University, Siauliai, LIthuania) - Chair.

Contacts
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Secretariat of STOPROG-2012
VU Institute of Mathematics and Informatics
Akademijos 4
08663 Vilnius, Lithuania
Tel. +3705 2109323
Fax: +3705 2729209
E-mail: <stoprog2012 at mii.vu.lt>
http://www.mii.lt/stoprog-2012


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