Workshop on Computational Optimization (WCO'2011)

Workshop on Computational Optimization (WCO'2011)

Szczecin, Poland, September 18-21, 2011

In cooperation with the IEEE SMC Technical Committee on Computational Collective Intelligence

In cooperation with the World Federation of Soft Computing

In cooperation with the European Neural Networks Society

In cooperation with the Poland Chapter of the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (CIS)

In cooperation with the Polish Neural Networks Society

 

Many real world problems arising in engineering, economics, medicine and other domains can be formulated as optimization tasks. These problems are frequently characterized by non-convex, non-differentiable, discontinuous, noisy or dynamic objective functions and constraints which ask for adequate computational methods.

The aim of this workshop is to stimulate the communication between researchers working on different fields of optimization and practitioners who need reliable and efficient computational optimization methods.

We invite original contributions related to both theoretical and practical aspects of optimization methods.

Topics

The list of topics includes, but is not limited to:

• unconstrained and constrained optimization
• combinatorial optimization
• global optimization
• multiobjective optimization
• optimization in dynamic and/or noisy environments
• large scale optimization
• parallel and distributed approaches in optimization
• random search algorithms, simulated annealing, tabu search and other derivative free optimization methods
• nature inspired optimization methods (evolutionary algorithms, ant colony optimization, particle swarm optimization, immune artificial systems etc)
• hybrid optimization algorithms involving natural computing techniques and other global and local optimization methods
• optimization methods for learning processes and data mining
• computational optimization methods in statistics, econometrics, finance, physics, medicine, biology, engineering etc

Paper Submission and Publication

• Papers will be refereed and accepted on the basis of their scientific merit and relevance to the workshop.
• Accepted and Presented paper will be published in the Conference Proceedings and included in the IEEE Xplore® database and indexed in the DBLP.
• Authors should submit draft papers (as Postscript, PDF of MSWord file)
• The total length of a paper should not exceed 8 pages (IEEE style). IEEE style templates are available here.
• Extended versions of selected papers presented during the conference will be will be considered for a Special Issue of Transactions on Computational Collective Intelligence (TCCI).
• Organizers reserve right to move accepted papers between FedCSIS events.

All papers submitted to the ASIR workshop will be considred for the Zdzislaw Pawlak Award for the Best Paper and the Best Student Paper. Furthermore, papers matching the focus of the award wil be considered for the International Fuzzy Systems Association Award for Young Scientist.

Important Dates

• Paper Submissions: June 19, 2011
• Authors Notifications: July 16, 2011
• Final Submissions and Registrations: August 7, 2011
• The Conference Dates: September 18 - 21, 2011