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<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0cm;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US">Dear Colleagues,</span></span><span class="eop"><span lang="EN-US"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US">You are warmly welcome to the University of Jyvaskyla to attend the Future of Interactive
</span></span><span class="spellingerror"><span lang="EN-US">Multiobjective</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US"> Optimization Forum on June 19-20, 2023.</span></span><span class="eop"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US">If you are interested in the future of the field of interactive
</span></span><span class="spellingerror"><span lang="EN-US">multiobjective</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US"> optimization, interactive methods and software, challenges of various real applications in decision making, and tools for
decision support, this event is for you!</span></span><span class="eop"><span lang="EN-US"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US">The Forum consists of invited talks, panel discussions, contributed talks and presentations of DESDEO, the open-source software framework developed at the University of Jyvaskyla.</span></span><span class="eop"><span lang="EN-US"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US">DESDEO contains implementations of many interactive
</span></span><span class="spellingerror"><span lang="EN-US">multiobjective</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US"> optimization methods, both scalarization-based and evolutionary ones. DESDEO can be used for research and teaching purposes.
We provide further details of the modular structure and potential ways of utilizing DESDEO in tutorial sessions at the beginning of the Forum.</span></span><span class="eop"><span lang="EN-US"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US">The Forum also offers an opportunity for a hands-on experience of applying DESDEO in a bring-your-own-problem session. </span></span><span class="eop"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US">Please, come and share your thoughts and join the discussion on where we should take the field. The registration is open till May 30,
</span></span><span class="contextualspellingandgrammarerror"><span lang="EN-US">2023</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US"> at jyu.fi/desdeo23.</span></span><span class="eop"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US">Submission of max ½-page abstracts of contributed talks is open till May 5, 2023. But if you are interested in submitting an abstract, please, inform us by email as soon as possible.</span></span><span class="eop"><span lang="EN-US"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US">The forum takes place during the time when the days are the longest in Finland, so come and enjoy this special season of the year. </span></span><span class="eop"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US">For further information, contact us at
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US">Important dates: </span></span><span class="eop"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US">Forum in Jyvaskyla: June 19-20, 2023</span></span><span class="eop"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US">Abstract submission deadline: May 5, 2023</span></span><span class="eop"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US">Registration deadline: May 30, 2023</span></span><span class="eop"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US">Website: jyu.fi/desdeo23 </span></span><span class="eop"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US">Organizer: </span></span><span class="eop"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="spellingerror"><span lang="EN-US">Multiobjective</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US"> Optimization Group at the University of Jyvaskyla, headed by Prof. Kaisa Miettinen</span></span><span class="eop"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:FI">Professor Kaisa Miettinen, PhD</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:FI">University of Jyvaskyla</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:FI">Multiobjective Optimization Group:
</span><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mit.jyu.fi%2Foptgroup%2F&data=05%7C01%7C%7Cdc1b0b4c37e34b9b12e008dac7dbc22f%7Ce9662d58caa44bc1b138c8b1acab5a11%7C1%7C0%7C638042043914851672%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=el2v0C2Um9WCWYh%2F8a4Uu9kXb4rA2LfYe3Ntutke9Yk%3D&reserved=0"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:blue;mso-fareast-language:FI">http://www.mit.jyu.fi/optgroup/</span></a><span style="mso-fareast-language:FI">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:FI">Faculty of Information Technology, P.O. Box 35 (Agora)</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:FI">FI-40014 University of Jyvaskyla, Finland</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:FI">* Director of the thematic research area Decision Analytics utilizing Causal Models
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:FI">and Multiobjective Optimization,
</span><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jyu.fi%2Fdemo&data=05%7C01%7C%7Cdc1b0b4c37e34b9b12e008dac7dbc22f%7Ce9662d58caa44bc1b138c8b1acab5a11%7C1%7C0%7C638042043914851672%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=iIuv0BdwRkNHqvmcRArBhVL89%2FsZM0%2FC1cR97cUrVnE%3D&reserved=0"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:blue;mso-fareast-language:FI">http://www.jyu.fi/demo</span></a><span style="mso-fareast-language:FI">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:FI">tel. +358 50 3732247 (mob.)</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:FI">email: kaisa.miettinen at jyu.fi</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:FI">homepage:
</span><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mit.jyu.fi%2Fmiettine&data=05%7C01%7C%7Cdc1b0b4c37e34b9b12e008dac7dbc22f%7Ce9662d58caa44bc1b138c8b1acab5a11%7C1%7C0%7C638042043914851672%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=6K7kDDX3XhNo41G7nXOE6Aj%2BHc5gFdXDmHbxfuco1%2Fg%3D&reserved=0"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:blue;mso-fareast-language:FI">http://www.mit.jyu.fi/miettine</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:FI">
and </span><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mit.jyu.fi%2Fmiettine%2Fengl.html&data=05%7C01%7C%7Cdc1b0b4c37e34b9b12e008dac7dbc22f%7Ce9662d58caa44bc1b138c8b1acab5a11%7C1%7C0%7C638042043914851672%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=imt7XO3m8HBHqKr3f9o4qiavsxW909x1626Q%2BFqWae0%3D&reserved=0"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:blue;mso-fareast-language:FI">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" style="mso-fareast-language:FI">* <span style="color:#1F497D">
Developing open source software framework DESDEO for interactive methods</span>: </span>
<a href="http://desdeo.it.jyu.fi"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:FI">http://desdeo.it.jyu.fi</span></a><span style="mso-fareast-language:FI">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:FI">My book: Nonlinear Multiobjective Optimization, Kluwer:
</span><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mit.jyu.fi%2Fmiettine%2Fbook%2F&data=05%7C01%7C%7Cdc1b0b4c37e34b9b12e008dac7dbc22f%7Ce9662d58caa44bc1b138c8b1acab5a11%7C1%7C0%7C638042043914851672%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=3TZbvPLBVdE%2FuNfLbq14dv4PD3%2FM0%2Bmj7848v6ecOdY%3D&reserved=0"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:blue;mso-fareast-language:FI">http://www.mit.jyu.fi/miettine/book/</span></a><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:FI">* My publications:
</span><a href="http://www.mit.jyu.fi/miettine/publ.html"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:FI">http://www.mit.jyu.fi/miettine/publ.html</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:FI">
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