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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Dear Collegues, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Please, find below the Call for paper of EMO 2017, the 9th International Conference on Evolutionary Multi- Criterion Optimization. Location: Münster, Germany, dates: March 19-22, 2017.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">With best regards, Kaisa<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">-----------------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">EMO 2017 is the 9th International Conference on Evolutionary Multi- Criterion Optimization, aiming to continue the success of previous EMO conferences. We will bring together both the EMO and the multiple criteria decision
making (MCDM) communities and moreover focus on solving real-world problems in government, business and industry. The classical EMO format will be supplemented by an EMO competition.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Following the tradition of the EMO community, the conference will be in single session format, with papers provided as either oral or as poster presentations. The conference format will include:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> - Invited keynote speakers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> - EMO track<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> - MCDM track<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> - Real-world applications track<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> - EMO competition<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The conference will take place in the beautiful city of Münster (Germany) considered to be the cultural center of the Westphalia region as well as the bicycle capital of Germany.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">We aim to discuss all aspects of EMO development and deployment, including (but not limited to):<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> - Theoretical foundations<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> - Constraint handling techniques<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> - Preference handling techniques<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> - Handling of continuous, combinatorial or mixed-integer problems<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> - Local search techniques<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> - Hybrid approaches<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> - Stopping criteria<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> - Parallel EMO models<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> - Performance evaluation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> - Test functions and benchmark problems<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> - Algorithm selection approaches<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> - Many-objective optimization<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> - Large scale optimization<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> - Real-world applications<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> - EMO algorithm implementations<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Important Dates:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Full paper submission (15 pages, Springer style) due: October 1, 2016<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Notification of acceptance: December 1, 2016<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Final paper submission due: December 23, 2016<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Conference date: March 19-22, 2017<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">General Chairs:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Günter Rudolph (TU Dortmund, Germany), Heike Trautmann (University of Münster, Germany)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">EMO Steering Committee:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Carlos Coello Coello, David Corne, Kalyanmoy Deb, Peter Fleming, Carlos Fonseca, Hisao Ishibuchi, Joshua Knowles, Kaisa Miettinen, David Schaffer, Lothar Thiele, Eckart Zitzler<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">For further information, please visit: http://www.emo2017.org<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">************************************<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Professor Kaisa Miettinen, PhD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Industrial Optimization Group: </span><a href="http://www.mit.jyu.fi/optgroup/"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:blue">http://www.mit.jyu.fi/optgroup/</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Dept. of Mathematical Information Technology, P.O. Box 35 (Agora)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">FI-40014 University of Jyvaskyla, Finland<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">- - -<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Vice-rector of the University of Jyvaskyla,
</span><a href="https://www.jyu.fi/hallinto/rehtorit/miettinen"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:blue">https://www.jyu.fi/hallinto/rehtorit/miettinen</span></a><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">- - -<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">tel. +358 50 3732247 (mob.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">fax: +358 14 2602771<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">email: kaisa.miettinen at jyu.fi<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">homepage: </span><a href="http://www.mit.jyu.fi/miettine"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:blue">http://www.mit.jyu.fi/miettine</span></a><span lang="EN-US"> and
</span><a href="http://www.mit.jyu.fi/miettine/engl.html"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:blue">http://www.mit.jyu.fi/miettine/engl.html</span></a><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">* Immediate-Past-President of the International Society on MCDM:
</span><a href="http://www.mcdmsociety.org/"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:blue">http://www.mcdmsociety.org/</span></a><span lang="EN-US">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">* My book: Nonlinear Multiobjective Optimization, Kluwer:
</span><a href="http://www.mit.jyu.fi/miettine/book/"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:blue">http://www.mit.jyu.fi/miettine/book/</span></a><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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