[Opt-Net] Workshop "Tractable special cases of hard combinatorial optimization problems" (Deadline extension)

[Bettina Klinz]

Dear colleagues!


This is a reminder of the workshop

"Tractable special cases of hard combinatorial optimization problems",
                      www.opt.math.tu-graz.ac.at/scco14

we will  be hosting at  the  Department of Optimization and Discrete
Mathematics of the Graz University of Technology  from December 15 to December 
16, 2014.


This will be a two-day, single stream event focussing at polynomially
solvable or approximable special cases of provably hard combinatorial 
optimization problems. This line of research deals with NP-hard combinatorial 
optimization problems which become polynomially tractable if specific 
structural properties are imposed on their input.
The identification of the sometimes thin boarderline between hard and
tractable cases is often   a hard and interesting  challenge.

The workshop will host invited talks in the mornings as well as contributed 
talks and discussions or working sessions in the afternoons.

Confirmed  invited speakers are:

* Vladimir Deineko, Warwick Business School, UK
* Martin Milanic, University of Primorska, Slovenia
* Frits Spieksma,  KU Leuven, Belgium
* Gerhard Woeginger, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands

We herewith invite you to participate in the workshop and submit a
contribution related to the workshop topic.

The workshop venue is the building of the Department of Optimization and
Discrete Mathematics, Graz University of Technology,  Steyrergasse 30, 8010 
Graz, Austria.

There will be a small  participation fee  payable on site. This will
cover the lunches on December 15 and 16 and the refreshments during the
workshop breaks. The participants will be responsable for their own travel and 
accomodation expenses.

Important Dates:

* November 15, 2014: Deadline for the submission of contributed talks
* November 15, 2014: Registration deadline
* December 15-16, 2014: Workshop

We are looking forward to meeting you in Graz. Please do not hesitate to
contact us for any additional information.

Best regards,
Eranda Cela and Bettina Klinz