<div dir="ltr">Dear Opt-Net members,<div><p>Let me remind you that proposals for special sessions for the forthcoming <strong>NUMTA 2026 Conference</strong> are open until <strong>January 31, 2026</strong>: <a href="https://www.numta.org/special-streams-and-sessions/">https://www.numta.org/special-streams-and-sessions/</a></p><p>The <strong>5th International Triennial Conference and Summer School “Numerical Computations: Theory and Algorithms” (NUMTA 2026)</strong> will be held in hybrid format from <strong>21 to 27 June 2026</strong> in Calabria, Italy, at the all-inclusive beach resort <em>Falkensteiner Garden Calabria</em> on the Tyrrhenian coast, close to the Lamezia Terme International Airport.</p><p>The conference is organized by <strong>DIMES, University of Calabria</strong>, in cooperation with <strong>SIAM:</strong> <a rel="noopener" class="gmail-decorated-link" href="https://www.siam.org/conferences-events/cooperating-conferences/numta2026/">https://www.siam.org/conferences-events/cooperating-conferences/numta2026/<span aria-hidden="true" class="gmail-ms-0.5 gmail-inline-block gmail-align-middle gmail-leading-none"></span></a></p><p><strong>Main topics:</strong> numerical analysis, computational models, optimization and machine learning, and emerging computational paradigms.<br>Complete list of topics: <a rel="noopener" class="gmail-decorated-link" href="https://www.numta.org/topics">https://www.numta.org/topics<span aria-hidden="true" class="gmail-ms-0.5 gmail-inline-block gmail-align-middle gmail-leading-none"></span></a></p><p><strong>Confirmed plenary lectures:</strong> <a rel="noopener" class="gmail-decorated-link" href="https://www.numta.org/plenary-lectures-and-tutorials">https://www.numta.org/plenary-lectures-and-tutorials<span aria-hidden="true" class="gmail-ms-0.5 gmail-inline-block gmail-align-middle gmail-leading-none"></span></a><br>Louis D'Alotto (New York, USA), Schahram Dustdar (Vienna, Austria), Daniel Krob (Paris, France), Daniel Kuhn (Lausanne, Switzerland), Gitta Kutyniok (Munich, Germany), Yurii Nesterov (Budapest, Hungary), Panos Pardalos (Gainesville, USA), Davide Rizza (Norwich, UK).</p><p>Information is continuously updated on the conference website: <a rel="noopener" class="gmail-decorated-link" href="https://www.numta.org/">https://www.numta.org<span aria-hidden="true" class="gmail-ms-0.5 gmail-inline-block gmail-align-middle gmail-leading-none"></span></a>, where details of the four previous editions (2023, 2019, 2016, and 2013) are also available.</p><p>Cordially,<br>Dmitri Kvasov, University of Calabria (Italy)</p></div></div>