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Announcement: ISMP 2015 - call for presentations and session
proposals<br>
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22ND INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING (ISMP 2015)
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<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.ismp2015.org">www.ismp2015.org</a><br>
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The organizers of ISMP 2015 have the great pleasure of inviting you
to Pittsburgh, PA USA, July 12-17, 2015. ISMP is the world congress
of mathematical optimization and is held every three years on behalf
of the Mathematical Optimization Society.<br>
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Call for PRESENTATIONS and SESSION PROPOSALS<br>
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Presentations on all theoretical, computational and practical
aspects of mathematical programming in one of the program clusters
are welcome. Invited and contributed presentations will be organized
in parallel sessions, each session consisting of three talks.
Interested session organizers are invited to contact the cluster
chairs for their particular topic. <br>
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Abstract submission and registration are now open. The deadline for
submitting titles and abstracts of presentations is March 2, 2015.
There is a one talk per speaker policy at ISMP, i.e., no participant
will be able to register more than one presentation. Abstract
submission and registration can be done online, via the conference
web page at <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="http://www.ismp2015.org">www.ismp2015.org</a>.<br>
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Plenary and semi-plenary speakers for ISMP have been announced:<br>
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Plenary Speakers<br>
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Laurent El Ghaoui, University of California, Berkeley, USA<br>
Jim Geelen, University of Waterloo, Canada<br>
Daniel Kuhn, EPFL, Switzerland<br>
Daniel A. Spielman, Yale University, USA<br>
Stephen J. Wright, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA<br>
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Semi-plenary Speakers<br>
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Samuel A. Burer, University of Iowa, USA<br>
Roberto Cominetti, University of Chile, Chile<br>
Michelangelo Conforti, University of Padova, Italy<br>
Tamara G. Kolda, Sandia National Laboratories, USA<br>
Andrea Lodi, University of Bologna, Italy<br>
Asu Ozdaglar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA<br>
Werner Roemisch, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany<br>
Frank Vallentin, University of Koeln, Germany<br>
Pascal van Hentenryck, NICTA, Australia<br>
Ya-xiang Yuan, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China<br>
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Conference Venue<br>
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The Symposium and opening ceremony will take place at the Wyndham
Grand Pittsburgh Downtown Hotel located at the confluence of
Pittsburgh’s famed Three Rivers. The conference banquet will be on
Wednesday July 15th and that scientific talks are Monday-Friday
9:00am-6:00pm.<br>
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Important Dates<b><br>
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</b><b> </b>March 2, 2015: abstract submission deadline<br>
April 15, 2015: early registration deadline<br>
June 8, 2015: hotel reservation deadline<br>
July 12, 2015: opening ceremony at Wyndham Grand Pittsburgh Downtown
Hotel<b><br>
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</b> Early registration rate for 2015 MOS members: <br>
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Student or retiree: $190<br>
Lifetime member: $290<br>
Regular member: $375<br>
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Early registration rate for non-2015 MOS members: <br>
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Student: $210<br>
Retiree: $220<br>
All others: $435<br>
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The registration rates for late registration will be higher.<br>
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More details (including clusters, cluster chairs, all registration
rates, discounted MOS membership for 2016-2018, hotel, sponsorship
opportunities, exhibits etc.) are available on the conference
website at <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="http://www.ismp2015.org">www.ismp2015.org</a>.<br>
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We look forward to welcoming you next year in Pittsburgh!<br>
<br>
The ISMP Organizing Committee<br>
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Fatma Kilinc Karzan
Assistant Professor of Operations Research
Tepper School of Business
Carnegie Mellon University
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:fkilinc@andrew.cmu.edu">fkilinc@andrew.cmu.edu</a>
(+1) 412 268 9198</pre>
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