CFP – MIC 2011 – 9th Metaheuristics International Conference

9th Metaheuristics International Conference

MIC 2011

25-28 July, 2011 in Udine, Italy
More details and up-to-date information at mic2011.diegm.uniud.it

Scope of the Conference

The Metaheuristics International Conference (MIC) series was established in 1995 and this is its 9th edition. MIC is the main event focusing on the progress of the area of metaheuristics and their applications. As in previous editions, MIC 2011 will provide an opportunity to the international research community in metaheuristics to discuss recent research results, to develop new ideas and collaborations, and to meet old and make new friends in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere.
Presentations covering all aspects of metaheuristic research such as new algorithmic developments, high-impact applications, new research challenges, theoretical developments, implementation issues, and in-depth experimental studies are welcome. MIC 2011 strives for a high-quality program that will be completed by a number of invited talks, tutorials, and special sessions.

Relevant Research Areas
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MIC 2011 solicits contributions dealing with any aspect of metaheuristics. Typical, but not exclusive, topics of interest are:

   + Metaheuristic techniques such as tabu search, simulated annealing, iterated local search, variable neighborhood search, memory-based optimization, dynamic local search, evolutionary algorithms, memetic algorithms, ant colony optimization, variable neighborhood search, particle swarm optimization, scatter search, path relinking, etc.

   + Techniques that enhance the usability and increase the potential of metaheuristic algorithms such as reactive search mechanisms for self-tuning, offline metaheuristic algorithm configuration techniques, algorithm portfolios, parallelization of metaheuristic algorithms, etc.

   + Empirical and theoretical research in metaheuristic including large-scale experimental analyses, algorithm comparisons, new experimental methodologies, engineering methodologies for stochastic local search algorithms, search space analysis, theoretical insights into properties of metaheuristic algorithms, etc.

   + High-impact applications of metaheuristics in fields such as bioinformatics, electrical and mechanical engineering, telecommunications, sustainability, business, scheduling and timetabling. Particularly welcome are innovative applications of metaheuristic algorithms that have a potential of pushing research frontiers.

   + Contributions on the combination of metaheuristic techniques with those from other areas, such as integer programming, constraint programming, machine learning, etc.

   + Challenging applications areas such as continuos, mixed discrete-continuous, multi-objective, stochastic, or dynamic problems.
Important Dates
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Submission deadline             March 6, 2011
Notification of acceptance      May 13, 2011
Camera ready copy               May 27, 2011
Early registration              June 6, 2011
Conference                      July 25-28, 2011
Submission Details
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We will accept submissions in three different formats.

S1) Original research contributions for publication in the conference proceedings of a maximum of 10 pages

S2) Extended abstracts of work-in-progress and position papers on a important research aspect of a maximum of 3 pages

S3) High-quality manuscripts that have recently, within the last six months, been submitted or accepted for journal publication
Accepted contributions of categories S1 and S2 will be published in the MIC 2011 conference proceedings. The proceedings will have an ISBN number. Accepted contributions of category S3 will be orally presented at the conference, but not be included into the conference proceedings (neither in the post-conference proceedings). The submission server will be available in January 2011.
Post-conference Publication
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It has become a tradition of MIC conferences to publish post-conference proceedings in an edited book. Authors of accepted papers in categories S1 and S2 (see submission details) are invited to submit improved and extended versions of their conference papers for publications in the MIC 2011 post-conference volume. The post-conference volume will appear in the Operations Research / Computer Science Interfaces series of Springer Verlag (confirmation pending).
Best Paper Award
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A best paper award will be presented at the conference. Only papers submitted in category S1 will be eligible for the best paper award.
Special Sessions
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The conference will integrate a number of special sessions. Currently confirmed are the following.

- Dynamic Optimization, organized by Amir Nakib and Patrick Siarry
- Matheuristics, organized by Karl Doerner, Vittorio Maniezzo, Celso Ribeiro, and Stefan Voss
- Metaheuristics for real production planning and scheduling, organized by Ruben Ruiz
- Metaheuristics in Health Care Management and Services, organized by Ana Viana and Abdur Rais
- Methodologies for Heuristic Multi-Objective Optimization organized by Walter Gutjahr and Frank Neumann
- Quadratic Binary Programs, organized by Fred Glover, Jin-Kao Hao, and Gary Kochenberger

The submission to the special sessions will be through the same submission site as for the main conference. For submission details and paper categories, we refer to the main submission information.
Conference Location
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The conference will be held in Udine, Italy. The conference site is Palazzo Antonini, the main site of the University of Udine. This is a 16th century palace in the city center of Udine.
Further Information
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Up-to-date information will be published on the web site http://mic2011.diegm.uniud.it. For information about local arrangements, registration forms, etc., please refer to the above-mentioned web site or contact the local organizers at the address below.
Conference Address
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 MIC 2011 Organization
 Luca Di Gaspero / Andrea Schaerf
 DIEGM, University of Udine
 via delle Scienze 208
 33100 Udine, Italy
 http://mic2011.diegm.uniud.it
 mic2011@uniud.it
 Fax: +39 0432 55 8251

MIC 2011 Conference Committee
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Technical Program Chairs
  Andrea Schaerf
  Luca Di Gaspero
  Thomas Stuetzle

Local organization
  Sara Ceschia
  Raffaele Cipriano
  Luca Di Gaspero
  Mirko Loghi
  Andrea Schaerf

Program Committee
(to be completed)

  Roberto Battiti, Universita’ degli Studi di Trento, Italy
  Mauro Birattari, Universite’ Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
  Jacek Blazewicz, Politechnika Poznanska, Poland
  Christian Blum, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain
  Juergen  Branke, University of Warwick, UK
  Peter Brucker, Universitaet Osnabrueck, Germany
  Edmund Burke, University of Nottingham, UK
  Marco Caserta, Universitaet Hamburg, Germany
  Marco Chiarandini, Syddansk Universitet, Denmark
  Theo Crainic, CIRRELT, Canada
  Mauro Dell’Amico, Universita’ degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy
  Federico  Della Croce, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
  Marco Dorigo, Universite’ Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
  Karl Doerner, Universitaet Wien, Austria
  Paola Festa, Universita’ degli Studi di Napoli, Italy
  Andreas Fink, Helmut-Schmidt-Universitaet Hamburg, Germany
  Luca Maria Gambardella, SUPSI, IDSIA, Switzerland
  Xavier Gandibleux, Universite’ de Nantes, France
  Michel Gendreau, Universite’ de Montreal, Canada
  Fred Glover, University of Colorado at Boulder & OptTek Systems, USA
  Bruce Golden, University of Maryland, USA
  Peter Greistorfer, Karl-Franzens-Universitaet Graz, Austria
  Walter Gutjahr, Universitaet Wien, Austria
  Jin-Kao Hao, Universite’ d’Angers, France
  Richard Hartl, Universitaet Wien, Austria
  Geir Hasle, SINTEF, Norway
  Graham Kendall, University of Nottingham, UK
  Gary Kochenberger, University of Colorado at Denver, USA
  Manuel Laguna, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA
  Andrea Lodi, Universita’ degli Studi di Bologna, Italy
  Arne Lokketangen, Molde University College, Norway
  Vittorio Maniezzo, Universita’ degli Studi di Bologna, Italy
  Silvano Martello, Universita’ degli Studi di Bologna, Italy
  Rafael Marti, Universitat de Valencia, Spain
  Barry McCollum, Queen’s University Belfast, UK
  Peter Merz, Fachhochschule Hannover, Germany
  Michela Milano, Universita’ degli Studi di Bologna, Italy
  Nenad Mladenovic, Brunel University, UK
  Pablo Moscato, University of Newcastle, Australia
  Nysret Musliu, Technische Universitaet Wien, Austria
  Frank Neumann, Max-Plank-Institut fuer Informatik, Germany
  Ibrahim Osman, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
  Erwin Pesch, Universitaet Siegen, Germany
  Jean-Yves Potvin, Universite’ de Montreal, Canada
  Christian Prins, Universite’ de Technologie de Troyes, France
  Guenther Raidl, Technische Universitaet Wien, Austria
  Helena Ramalhinho Lourenco, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain
  Cesar Rego, University of Mississippi, USA
  Mauricio Resende, AT&T Labs Research, USA
  Celso Ribeiro, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brasil
  Andrea Roli, Universita’ degli Studi di Bologna, Italy
  Ruben Ruiz, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain
  Marc Schoenauer, Universite’ Paris Sud, France
  Marc Sevaux, Universite’ de Bretagne-Sud, France
  Patrick Siarry, Universite’ Paris-Est Creteil, France
  Kenneth Soerensen, Universiteit Antwerpen, Belgium
  Eric Taillard, Haute Ecole d’Ingenierie et de Gestion du Canton de Vaud, Switzerland
  El-Ghazali Talbi, LIFL, France
  Jacques Teghem, Universite’ de Mons, Belgium
  Paolo Toth, Universita’ degli Studi di Bologna, Italy
  Michael Trick, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
  Ana Viana, INESC Porto, Portugal
  Stefan Voss, Universitaet Hamburg, Germany
  Jean-Paul Watson, SANDIA National Laboratories, USA
  David Woodruff, University of California at Davis, USA
  Mutsunori Yagiura, Nagoya University, Japan