EURO Summer Institute 2006

Scope of the EURO Summer Institute (ESI)
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Spanning the bridge between optimization theory and industrial
applications is one of the big challenges for the operations research
community. Continuous optimization and modern software implementations
have become an indispensable resource in engineering sciences. This high
demand in interdisciplinary collaboration is, however, not adequately
covered in most of the current curricula programs in applied mathematics
or engineering.

Aim of this EURO Summer Institute is to fill this gap and bring together
young scientists with academic experts and professionals in engineering
and software development. Based on minicourses on continuous optimization
methods and their algorithmic realizations, this ESI will combine tutorial
lectures, short surveys and software presentations with student
contributions and scientific discussions.
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Invited Speakers
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The keynote speakers at the ESI include Erling Anderson (Mosek, Denmark),
Hans-Georg Bock (Heidelberg, Germany), Andrew Conn (IBM Research, USA),
Andreas Griewank (Berlin, Germany), Michal Kocvara (Prague, Czech
Republic), Annick Sartenaer (Namur, Belgium), Tamas Terlaky (Hamilton,
Canada), Lieven Vandenberghe (UCLA, USA) and Andrea Walther (Dresden,
Germany).
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Conference Characteristics
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The ESI offers a unique opportunity for young scientists to acquaint
themselves with state of the art optimization methodology and software,
to enter the scientific community and to share their experience with
young colleagues from all over Europe.
At the Institute, there will be lectures delivered by invited speakers,
but the main emphasis will be on the young participants' presentations, on
the discussion, extension and refinement of their papers.
The participation is a matter of honor and is limited to a group of about
20 students and young scientist, normally aged 25-35, who have significant
experience in the field, and are authors of at least one good paper which
has not yet been published, nor submitted for publication.
During ESI all participants are invited to give a talk of 20 minutes on
their submitted paper.
The expenses of staying at the ESI (scientific program, accommodation,
meals, and social activities) are covered by EURO, and other sponsors.
The young participants will have to cover the costs of travel to
Wittenberg, Germany. However, EURO encourages the National OR Societies to
give support to their participants to cover these costs.