<html><head><style>body{font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:12px}</style></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div id="bloop_customfont" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;">This is to let you know that the deadline of the Opt4SmartCities workshop has been extended to Apr 20.</div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;"><br></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;">Contributions should be sent in the form of short abstracts of no more than 4000 characters.</div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;"><br></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;">The worshop will be held on May 18 in Barcelona, before the CPAIOR 2015 conference.</div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;"><br></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;">Best regards,</div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;"><br></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;">Michele Lombardi</div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;"><br></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier New">===============================================================================</font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier New"><br></font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier New"> Call for Papers</font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier New"> Workshop on Optimization for Smart Cities</font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier New"><br></font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier New"> Opt4SmartCities</font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier New"> </font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier New"> Barcelona, May 18 2015</font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier New"><br></font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier New"> in conjunction with CPAIOR 2015</font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier New"> Abstract submission (EXTENDED): Apr 20 2015</font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier New"><br></font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier New">===============================================================================</font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier New"><br></font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier New">Workshop web site: http://ai.unibo.it/Opt4SmartCities2015</font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier New">CPAIOR 2015 web site: http://cpaior2015.uconn.edu</font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier New"><br></font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier New">Policy makers who run the complex network of diverse people, expected services</font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier New">and aging infrastructure are on a constant search for more efficient ways to</font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier New">analyze data, anticipate problems and coordinate resources in their cities.</font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier New"><br></font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier New">Developing methods for fulfilling such a need involves, among other things,</font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier New">data analytics and intelligent sensor dissemination, modeling human demands and</font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier New">operations and planning, often under uncertainty.</font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier New"><br></font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier New">This workshop has the purpose of bringing together scholars and practitioners</font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier New">that work on the solution of problems related to the improvement of the quality</font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier New">of life and the use of resources in cities, to make cities smarter.</font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier New"><br></font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier New">We invite submissions of a short abstract (not more than 4000 characters)</font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier New">describing original work on applications of methods, with special emphasis on</font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier New">optimization, for "making our cities smarter".</font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier New"><br></font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier New">Abstract should be submitted via EasyChair at:</font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier New"><br></font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier New"> https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=opt4smartcities2015</font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier New"><br></font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier New">Abstract should be submitted by:</font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier New"><br></font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier New"> Apr 20 2015 (DEADLINE EXTENDED)</font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier New"><br></font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier New">Techniques of interest include (but are not limited to):</font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier New">- Constraint Programming</font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier New">- Mathematical Programming</font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier New">- Hybrid algorithms</font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier New">- Interconnection between (multi-agent) Simulation and Optimization;</font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier New">- Interconnection between Data mining and analytics and Optimization;</font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier New">- Interconnection between Sensors and Optimization;</font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier New">- Optimization and visualization</font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier New"><br></font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier New">Applications areas include (but are not limited to)</font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier New">- Intelligent transportation systems</font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier New">- Electric mobility</font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier New">- Smart grids</font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier New">- Waste management</font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier New">- Urban planning</font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier New">- Natural resources management</font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier New">- Modeling human demands</font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier New"><br></font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier New">This workshop is organized within the CPAIOR 2015 Conference in Barcelona,</font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier New">Spain on Monday May 18, 2015, and will include both invited and contributed</font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier New">talks. The program/organizing committee will evaluate the submissions and a</font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier New">selection of abstracts will be admitted for presentation at the workshop. We</font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier New">encourage the submission of new challenging problems, including data instances.</font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier New"><br></font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier New">Workshop Organization:</font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier New"> - Michele Lombardi, Università di Bologna, Italy</font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier New"> - Michela Milano, Università di Bologna, Italy</font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier New"> </font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier New">Important Dates:</font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier New"> - Apr 20 2015: Deadline for abstract submission (EXTENDED)</font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier New"> - Apr 24 2015: Notification of acceptance</font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier New"> - May 18 2015: Opt4SmartCities Workshop</font></div></div></div><br><div id="bloop_sign_1429023202314554880" class="bloop_sign"><div style="font-family:helvetica,arial;font-size:13px"><br></div></div></body></html>