[Iefac.list] MOPTA 2021 Conference: Call for Participation

[Albert Berahas]

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

Hope you are doing well and that you are safe and healthy.

We wish to invite you to contribute to the *21st annual "Modeling and
Optimization: Theory and Applications" (MOPTA 2021) conference, August 2-4,
2021*.

The MOPTA conference brings together researchers from a broad range of
optimization areas, working on theoretical or applied aspects, or both.
There will be invited plenary talks from distinguished speakers, as well as
organized sessions and contributed talks, spread over three days. Our
confirmed plenary speakers are:

   - Hamsa Balakrishnan (MIT)
   - Amy Cohn (University of Michigan)
   - Simge Küçükyavuz (Northwestern University)
   - Jeffrey T. Linderoth (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
   - Michael Mahoney (University of California-Berkeley)
   - Catherine McGeoch (D-Wave Systems Inc.)
   - Anna Nagurney (University of Massachusetts-Amherst)
   - Yurii Nesterov (University of Louvain)

For more information, please see: http://coral.ie.lehigh.edu/~mopta/.

Our objective is to offer presentations and discussions of exciting new
developments from different areas of optimization, and to provide a
convenient setting which allows increased interaction among the
participants. We welcome contributed presentations, and invite you to
organize a session(s) centered around your area of expertise. The MOPTA
conference sessions consist of (blocks of) three 30-minute presentations,
including Q&A. Please register and submit your abstract via the MOPTA 2021
website (http://coral.ie.lehigh.edu/~mopta/). The conference website offers
more information.

*Conference Format: *Current University, Commonwealth, and National
guidelines indicate that we will be able to offer an in-person component in
MOPTA 2021 with an option for remote attendance. This format accommodates
the wishes of participants and speakers who would like to attend remotely,
while still offering the in-person experience for those who would like to
attend in-person. *So, MOPTA 2021 will be offered in an innovative dual
VIRT/IPVS mode*. Participants will select between two attendance modes (all
guests will experience the talks in the same format):

   - *Virtual (VIRT)*, as meetings have been held during the pandemic (via
   Zoom). VIRT participants and speakers will actually not be able to tell
   that there is another mode.
   - *In-Person Virtual-Sharing (IPVS)*, as on-campus meetings were held
   before the pandemic with the single exception that all speakers will
   present remotely. IPVS participants will be able to attend talks together
   in rooms equipped with large screens and room sound system. Questions are
   asked via personal laptops and/or cell phones in the Zoom chat. IPVS
   participants will share an in-person social program (coffee breaks,
   lunches, dinners, etc.). IPVS speakers will be assigned a room/office to
   deliver their talks remotely using their laptops, and can then interact
   in-person with IPVS participants after their virtual talks.

*Important Dates:*
- MOPTA Conference: August 2-4, 2021
- Abstract Deadline: June 28, 2021
- Registration Deadline: July 26, 2021 (at the conference venue after this
date)
- Early Registration Deadline: June 28, 2021 (All speakers must register by
this date)

Please feel free to contact Albert S. Berahas
(albertberahas(at)gmail(dot)com) if you have questions about the MOPTA 2021
conference.

Please contact Sheila Dorney, (skd220(at)lehigh(dot)edu) with your
questions related to conference logistics.

For questions related to the MOPTA 2021 competition please contact Karmel
Shehadeh: kshehadeh(at)lehigh(dot)edu. For questions about the AIMMS
software please contact: support(at)aimms(dot)com.

Thank you for your interest. Please feel free to pass along this
information to your potentially interested colleagues, students and
collaborators.

Best regards,
Albert S. Berahas
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