<div dir="ltr">Hi all,<div><br></div><div>Sorry for spamming this list a bit, but we're organizing a cluster on Optimization Software for the International Conference on Mathematical Software in Berlin July 11-14.</div><div><br></div><div><div><a href="http://events.zib.de/ICMS_MathOpt_2016/">http://events.zib.de/ICMS_MathOpt_2016/</a><br></div></div><div><br></div><div>This seemed of particular interest to this group and I wanted to personally invite all of you to submit an abstract. In addition, there will also be an associated special issue of Optimization Methods and Software. More information is below. Please let me know if you're interested in either of these opportunities. Thanks!</div><div><div><br></div><div>Ted</div><div><br></div><div>=================================================</div><div><br></div><div><b><span style="font-size:12.8px">CALL FOR PAPERS</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"></b><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Papers on the topic of</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">MATHEMATICAL OPTIMIZATION SOFTWARE</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">will be considered for peer-reviewed publication in a special issue</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">of the journal Optimization Methods and Software (OMS):</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="http://www.tandfonline.com/goms" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8px">http://www.tandfonline.com/goms</a><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">The journal impact factor is 1.624, and the yearly best publication</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">in OMS is awarded the Charles Broyden prize:</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="http://explore.tandfonline.com/page/est/charles-broyden-prize" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8px">http://explore.tandfonline.com/page/est/charles-broyden-prize</a><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">The quality and topics of the submissions should correspond to the</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">high standards of publications in OMS and its Aims and Scope:</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="http://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?show=aimsScope&journalCode=goms20" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8px">http://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?show=aimsScope&journalCode=goms20</a><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">This special issue is dedicated, but not limited to presentations</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">featured at the ICMS 2016 Session on Mathematical Optimization</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="http://events.zib.de/ICMS_MathOpt_2016" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8px">http://events.zib.de/ICMS_MathOpt_2016</a><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">as part of the 5th International Congress on Mathematical Software</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">held </span><span class="" tabindex="0" style="font-size:12.8px"><span class="">July 11-14, 2016</span></span><span style="font-size:12.8px">, at Zuse Institute Berlin.</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><b><span style="font-size:12.8px">Guest Editors</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"></b><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span class="" style="font-size:12.8px">Ambros</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> Gleixner (Zuse Institute Berlin, Germany)</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="http://www.zib.de/gleixner/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8px">http://www.zib.de/gleixner/</a><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Christian Kirches (IWR Heidelberg/TU Braunschweig, Germany)</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="http://www.iwr.uni-heidelberg.de/groups/optimus/people/kirches/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8px">http://www.iwr.uni-heidelberg.de/groups/optimus/people/kirches/</a><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">John Mitchell (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA)</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="http://www.rpi.edu/~mitchj/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8px">http://www.rpi.edu/~mitchj/</a><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Ted Ralphs (Lehigh University, USA)</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="http://coral.ie.lehigh.edu/~ted/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8px">http://coral.ie.lehigh.edu/~ted/</a><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Contact: </span><a href="mailto:icms_mathopt_2016@zib.de" style="font-size:12.8px">icms_mathopt_2016@zib.de</a><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><b><span style="font-size:12.8px">Submission Guidelines</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"></b><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">The deadline for submission to the special issue is</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span class="" tabindex="0" style="font-size:12.8px"><span class="">September 15, 2016</span></span><span style="font-size:12.8px">.</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">The paper length should not exceed 25 journal pages.  Submissions</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">should follow the journal's style and guidelines under</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="http://www.tandfonline.com/action/authorSubmission?journalCode=goms20&page=instructions" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8px">http://www.tandfonline.com/action/authorSubmission?journalCode=goms20&page=instructions</a><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Manuscript submission must be made online via the journal's</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">ScholarOne Manuscripts site</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/goms" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8px">http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/goms</a><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">which will be open from </span><span class="" tabindex="0" style="font-size:12.8px"><span class="">July 15</span></span><span style="font-size:12.8px">, right after ICMS 2016.  To specify</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">the special issue, please choose "MOS".</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Note that this is independent from the abstract submission deadline</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">for presenting at ICMS, which is </span><span class="" tabindex="0" style="font-size:12.8px"><span class="">March 31</span></span><span style="font-size:12.8px">.  See the session webpage</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="http://events.zib.de/ICMS_MathOpt_2016" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8px">http://events.zib.de/ICMS_MathOpt_2016</a><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">for further details.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div>
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