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11th Metaheuristics International Conference

MIC'2015

7-10 June, 2015

Agadir, Morocco

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Scope of the Conference

========================The Met aheur i st i cs I nt er nat i onal Conf er ence ( MI C) ser i es wasest abl i shed i n 1995 and t hi s i s i t s 11t h edi t i on. MI C i s t he mai n eventf ocusi ng on t he pr ogr ess of t he ar ea of met aheur i st i cs and t hei rappl i cat i ons. As i n pr evi ous edi t i ons, MI C' 2015 wi l l pr ovi de anopport uni t y t o t he i nt ernat i onal r esear ch communi t y i n metaheur i st i cst o di scuss r ecent r esearch r esul t s, t o devel op new i deas andcol l aborat i ons, and to meet ol d f r i ends and make new ones i n a f r i endl yand r el axed at mosphere.

MI C' 2015 wel comes pr esent at i ons t hat cover any aspect s of metaheur i st i cr esear ch such as new al gor i t hmi c devel opment s, hi gh- i mpactappl i cat i ons, new r esear ch chal l enges, t heoret i cal devel opment s,i mpl ement at i on i ssues, and i n- dept h experi ment al st udi es. MI C' 2015st r i ves f or a hi gh- qual i t y pr ogr amt hat wi l l be compl et ed by a number

of i nvi t ed t al ks, t ut or i al s, wor kshops and speci al sessi ons.

Relevant Research Areas

=======================MI C' 2015 sol i ci t s cont r i but i ons deal i ng wi t h any aspect ofmet aheur i st i cs. Typi cal , but not excl usi ve, t opi cs of i nt er est ar e:

+ Metaheur i st i c t echni ques such as t abu search, si mul ated anneal i ng,i t erated l ocal sear ch, var i abl e nei ghborhood sear ch, memory- basedopt i mi zat i on, dynami c l ocal sear ch, evol ut i onar y al gor i t hms, memet i cal gori t hms, ant col ony opt i mi zat i on, var i abl e nei ghbor hood sear ch,par t i cl e swar m opt i mi zat i on, scat t er sear ch, pat h r el i nki ng, et c.

+ Techni ques t hat enhance the usabi l i t y and i ncr ease t he potent i alof metaheur i st i c al gori t hms such as r eact i ve sear ch mechani sms f orsel f - t uni ng, of f l i ne met aheur i st i c al gor i t hm conf i gur at i on t echni ques,al gor i t hm por t f ol i os, par al l el i zat i on of met aheur i st i c al gor i t hms, et c.

+ Empi r i cal and t heoret i cal r esear ch i n met aheur i st i cs i ncl udi ngl ar ge- scal e exper i ment al anal yses, al gor i t hm compar i sons, newexper i ment al methodol ogi es, engi neer i ng methodol ogi es f or metaheur i st i cal gor i t hms, sear ch space anal ysi s, t heor et i cal i nsi ght s i nt o pr oper t i esof met aheur i st i c al gor i t hms, et c.

+ Hi gh- i mpact appl i cat i ons of met aheur i st i cs i n f i el ds such asbi oi nf or mat i cs, el ect r i cal and mechani cal engi neer i ng,

t el ecommuni cat i ons, sust ai nabi l i t y, busi ness, schedul i ng andt i met abl i ng. Par t i cul ar l y wel come ar e i nnovat i ve appl i cat i ons ofmet aheur i st i c al gor i t hms t hat have a pot ent i al of pushi ng resear chf ront i ers .

+ Cont r i but i ons on t he combi nat i on of metaheur i st i c t echni ques wi t ht hose f r omot her ar eas, such as i nt eger pr ogr ammi ng, const r ai ntpr ogr ammi ng, machi ne l ear ni ng, et c.

+ Chal l engi ng appl i cat i ons ar eas such as cont i nuous, mi xeddi scret e- cont i nuous, mul t i - obj ect i ve, st ochast i c, or dynami c pr obl ems.


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Important Dates

================Submi ss i on deadl i ne Feb 6, 2015Not i f i cat i on of accept ance March 20, 2015Camera r eady copy Apri l 10, 2015Ear l y r egi st r at i on Apr i l 10, 2015Conf erence J une 7- 10, 2015

Submission Details

===================We wi l l accept submi ssi ons i n t hr ee di f f er ent f or mat s.

S1) Or i gi nal r esear ch cont r i but i ons f or publ i cat i on i n t he conf er enceproceedi ngs of a maxi mum of 10 pages

S2) Extended abst r acts of work- i n- pr ogr ess and posi t i on papers on ani mpor t ant r esearch aspect of a maxi mum of 3 pages

S3) Hi gh- qual i t y manuscr i pt s t hat have recent l y, wi t hi n t he l ast year ,been submi t t ed or accept ed f or j our nal publ i cat i on

Accept ed cont r i but i ons of cat egor i es S1 and S2 wi l l be publ i shed i n the

MI C' 2015 conf erence pr oceedi ngs. Accept ed cont r i but i ons of cat egory S3wi l l be oral l y pr esent ed at t he conf er ence, but not be i ncl uded i nt ot he conf erence pr oceedi ngs.

The submi ssi on ser ver i s avai l abl e at ht t p: / / www. l i f l . f r / MI C2015

Proceedings and publication

=========================Accept ed papers i n categori es S1 and S2 wi l l be publ i shed i n t hepr oceedi ngs t hat wi l l be avai l abl e at t he conf er ence. I n addi t i on, apost - conf er ence speci al i ssue of an appr opr i at e j our nal ( conf i r mat i onpendi ng) and book ( Operat i ons Resear ch / Comput er Sci ence I nt er f acesser i es of Spr i nger Ver l ag) i s pl anned t o be publ i shed. Par t i ci pant swi l l be i nvi t ed t o submi t extended ver si ons of t hei r wor k f orconsi der at i on.

Best Paper Award

=================A best paper award wi l l be pr esent ed at t he conf erence. Onl y paperssubmi t t ed i n cat egory S1 wi l l be el i gi bl e f or t he best paper awar d.

Conference Location

====================The conf er ence wi l l be hel d i n Agadi r , Mor occo. Agadi r i s t he t op

t our i st dest i nat i on i n Mar occo i n t he bor der of t he ocean.

Further Information

====================Up- t o- dat e i nf or mat i on wi l l be publ i shed on the web si t eht t p: / / www. l i f l . f r / MI C2015.

For i nf or mat i on about l ocal ar r angement s, r egi st r at i on f or ms, et c. ,pl ease ref er t o t he above- ment i oned web si t e or cont act t he organi zers.


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MIC'2015 Conference Committee

==============================Conf erence Chai r

- El - ghazal i Tal bi , Uni ver si t y of Li l l e, CNRS, I NRI A, France

Steer i ng commi t t ee- Fr ed Gl over , Uni ver si t y of Col orado and Opt Tek Syst ems, USA- Cel so Ri bei r o, Uni ver si dade Feder al Fl umi nense, Br azi l- r i c Tai l l ar d, Uni ver si t y of Appl i ed Sci ences of West er n

Swi t zer l and, Swi t zer l and- St ef an Vo, Uni ver si t y of Hambur g, Germany

Or gani zat i on commi t t ee chai r s- L. J our dan ( Uni v. Li l l e, CNRS, I NRI A)- M- E. Mar mi on ( Uni v. Li l l e, CNRS, I NRI A)- R. El l ai a (EMI , Rabat , Mor occo, Local chai r )

Sessi on/ Proceedi ngs chai r- F. Yal aoui ( UTT, France)

Tutor i al chai r- A. Naki b ( UPEC, France)

Publ i ci t y chai r

- G. Danoy ( Uni v. Luxembourg)

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Pr of . E- G. Tal biUni v. Li l l e, CNRS, I NRI A

MI C' 20157- 10 J une 2015, Agadi r , Moroccoht t p: / / www. l i f l . f r / MI C2015

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