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      <div class=""> CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR ABSTRACTS<br class="">
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        "Mathematical Optimization in the Decision Support Systems for
        Efficient and Robust Energy Networks" Final Conference<br class="">
        Modena, Italy, March 29-31 2017<br class="">
        Conference website: <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.cost-td1207conference.unimore.it/" class="">http://www.cost-td1207conference.unimore.it/</a><br class="">
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        Objective of the conference:<br class="">
        The COST project final conference "Mathematical Optimization for
        Efficient and Robust Energy Networks" is the final event that
        aims to:<br class="">
        - Strengthen cooperation with and interaction between industry
        and optimization and energy research communities;<br class="">
        - Advances in theory and methodology by establishing and
        tightening cross-border research collaborations;<br class="">
        - Promotion of mathematical optimization methodology in the
        energy sector (gas, heat, and electricity) and algorithmic
        research for energy applications in the optimization community.<br class="">
        <br class="">
        Confirmed Speakers:<br class="">
        <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Iiro
        Harjunkoski (ABB AG, Germany)<br class="">
        <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Frauke
        Liers (Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany)<br class="">
        <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Andrea
        Lodi (Ecole Polytechnique Montreal, Canada)<br class="">
        <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Henrik
        Madsen (Technical University of Denmark, Denmark)<br class="">
        <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Emanuele
        Martelli (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)<br class="">
        <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Claudia
        Sagastizabal (Instituto Nacional de Matemática Pura e Aplicada,
        Brazil)<br class="">
        <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Konstantin
        Turitsyn (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)<br class="">
        <br class="">
        Topics of interest include but are not limited to:<br class="">
        <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Energy
        Conversion Systems Scheduling and Design Optimization,<br class="">
        <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Nonlinear
        and discrete optimization methods,<br class="">
        <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Robust
        and Stochastic Optimization,<br class="">
        <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Gas,
        Heat & Electricity Transmission,
        Distribution/sub-transmission, <br class="">
        <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Electric
        and Thermal storage optimal integration and scheduling,<br class="">
        <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Energy
        markets, Advances in Smart Grids, Economic dispatch, Demand
        response, Virtual Power Plants (VPP), etc.,<br class="">
        <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Short
        term and long term problems,<br class="">
        <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Load
        forecast and renewable energy sources integration,<br class="">
        <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Integrated
        gas-, heat- and electric- energy infrastructures optimization,<br class="">
        <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Unit
        commitment,<br class="">
        <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Nuclear
        reactors outage,<br class="">
        <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Machine
        learning for energy related challenges<br class="">
        <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><br class="">
        <br class="">
        Abstract submission:<br class="">
        <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Abstracts
        must be written in English and contain no more than 1500
        characters (no formulas or mathematical notations are allowed).<br class="">
        <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Important
        dates:<br class="">
        <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>19
        February 2017 – Deadline for abstract submission<br class="">
        <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>24
        February 2017 – Authors notification<br class="">
        <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>3
        March 2017 – Registration deadline<br class="">
        <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>If
        you wish to submit an abstract, please do so by using the
        following link: <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=td12072017" class="">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=td12072017</a><br class="">
        <br class="">
        Scientific Committee<br class="">
        <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Aldo
        Bischi (Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Russian
        Federation), co-chair<br class="">
        <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Sandrine
        Charousset (EDF, France)<br class="">
        <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Claudia
        D’Ambrosio (CNRS & Ecole Polytechnique, France), co-chair<br class="">
        <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Antonio
        Frangioni (University of Pisa, Italy)<br class="">
        <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Christoph
        Helmberg (Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany)<br class="">
        <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Thorsten
        Koch (ZIB, Germany)<br class="">
        <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Martin
        Mevissen (IBM, Ireland)<br class="">
        <br class="">
        Organizing Committee<br class="">
        <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Mauro
        DELL’AMICO (Chair)<br class="">
        <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Manuel
        IORI<br class="">
        <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Selini
        Natalia HADJIDIMITRIOU<br class="">
        <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Stefano
        NOVELLANI<br class="">
        <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Michela
        APRUZZESE<br class="">
        <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Marco
        CUZZOCREA<br class="">
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