<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><h3 id="m_-5749475020679618363m_-4987055836518369972gmail-OPTE" style="line-height:1.4;box-sizing:content-box;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-family:Raleway,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px 0px 12px;padding:0px;color:black"><font size="2">OPTE <span class="gmail-il">Special</span> <span class="gmail-il">Issue:</span> </font><span style="font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-weight:inherit;text-align:center;font-size:small">"Modeling and Optimization: Theory and Applications (MOPTA) 2024"</span></h3><p span="" style="box-sizing:content-box;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:1.8;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px 0px 15px;padding:0px;color:rgb(34,149,211)"><span style="box-sizing:content-box;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:bold;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px;padding:0px">Submission Deadline: </span><span style="box-sizing:content-box;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:black">October 30, 2024</span></p><p span="" style="box-sizing:content-box;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:1.8;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px 0px 15px;padding:0px;color:rgb(34,149,211)"><span style="box-sizing:content-box;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:black"><br></span></p><h5 style="box-sizing:content-box;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:1.4;font-family:Raleway,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px 0px 8px;padding:0px;color:black"><font size="2">Aim</font></h5><p style="box-sizing:content-box;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:1.8;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px 0px 15px;padding:0px;color:black">This <span class="gmail-il">special</span> <span class="gmail-il">issue</span> aims to attract high-quality papers that showcase the interactions between optimization and engineering, and so it focuses on modeling and optimization theory and includes high-impact engineering applications. Submitted papers may address important problems ranging from data science and machine learning to quantum computing and applied operations research. The goal is to present exciting developments on theoretical or practical aspects of continuous, discrete, and stochastic optimization. The call is <span style="box-sizing:content-box;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:bold;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px;padding:0px">open to all types of papers, including theoretical, applied, algorithmic, or computational focus, as well as those that combine these features</span>. We are interested in applications of optimization in many different areas, including, but not limited to, machine learning, quantum computing, healthcare, supply chain management, energy, engineering design, and finance.</p><p style="box-sizing:content-box;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:1.8;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px 0px 15px;padding:0px;color:black">The call encourages submissions from speakers at the MOPTA 2024 conference and their collaborators, but the <span class="gmail-il">special</span> <span class="gmail-il">issue</span> is <span style="box-sizing:content-box;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:bold;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px;padding:0px">open to high-quality submissions from any interested authors</span>.</p><br style="box-sizing:content-box;color:rgb(145,145,145);font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif"><h5 style="box-sizing:content-box;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:1.4;font-family:Raleway,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px 0px 8px;padding:0px;color:black"><font size="2">Submission Procedure</font></h5><p style="box-sizing:content-box;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:1.8;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px 0px 15px;padding:0px;color:black">Please submit to the Optimization and Engineering (OPTE) journal at <a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.springer.com%2Fmathematics%2Fjournal%2F11081&data=05%7C02%7Ciefac.list%40mailman.clemson.edu%7Cb0d6aca414b641e6d3be08dcd201da62%7C0c9bf8f6ccad4b87818d49026938aa97%7C0%7C0%7C638616152631556504%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=V5yGCUB2q2qH6M2xQxWT6oXDNC%2BlI1iFt5bbFYYhoAw%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://www.springer.com/mathematics/journal/11081" shash="LHvVdYsMvQ9cUZE1WuQRg76KwswmoPd+Jjesd7Rpr+8QU7nwvWHYZuQIdVajKXpPZ/wcYKwpswzeuMV9S7imTQg94drf5QWDZazZbYlaceob5e8cmWBeNjPpwtg5jCDiVdBIFoostRWpM3Ip6lbPkhztMC30WT9j6N2sRuFQQOY=" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(34,149,211);box-sizing:content-box;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:bold;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px;padding:0px;text-decoration-line:none">https://www.springer.com/mathematics/journal/11081</a> and select the <span class="gmail-il">special</span> <span class="gmail-il">issue</span> "SI: MOPTA 2024". All submissions must be original and may not be under review at any other journal or proceedings. Interested authors should consult the journal’s "Instructions for Authors" guide, at <a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.springer.com%2Fmathematics%2Fjournal%2F11081&data=05%7C02%7Ciefac.list%40mailman.clemson.edu%7Cb0d6aca414b641e6d3be08dcd201da62%7C0c9bf8f6ccad4b87818d49026938aa97%7C0%7C0%7C638616152631556504%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=V5yGCUB2q2qH6M2xQxWT6oXDNC%2BlI1iFt5bbFYYhoAw%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://www.springer.com/mathematics/journal/11081" shash="LHvVdYsMvQ9cUZE1WuQRg76KwswmoPd+Jjesd7Rpr+8QU7nwvWHYZuQIdVajKXpPZ/wcYKwpswzeuMV9S7imTQg94drf5QWDZazZbYlaceob5e8cmWBeNjPpwtg5jCDiVdBIFoostRWpM3Ip6lbPkhztMC30WT9j6N2sRuFQQOY=" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(34,149,211);box-sizing:content-box;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:bold;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px;padding:0px;text-decoration-line:none">https://www.springer.com/mathematics/journal/11081</a>. All submitted papers will be reviewed on a peer-review basis as standard for OPTE.</p><div dir="ltr"><br></div><h5 style="box-sizing:content-box;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:1.4;font-family:Raleway,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px 0px 8px;padding:0px;color:black"><font size="2">Guest Editors:</font></h5><ul style="box-sizing:content-box;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px 0px 25px 10px;padding:0px;list-style:none;color:black"><li style="margin:0px 0px 0px 18px;box-sizing:content-box;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:1.8;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;padding:0px"><span style="box-sizing:content-box;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:bold;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px;padding:0px">Tommaso Giovannelli</span>,  Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Lehigh University  (<a href="mailto:tog220@lehigh.edu" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(34,149,211);box-sizing:content-box;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:bold;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px;padding:0px;text-decoration-line:none">tog220(at)lehigh(dot)edu</a>)</li><li style="margin:0px 0px 0px 18px;box-sizing:content-box;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:1.8;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;padding:0px"><span style="box-sizing:content-box;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:bold;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px;padding:0px">Tamás Terlaky</span>,  Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Lehigh University  (<a href="mailto:tat208@lehigh.edu" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(34,149,211);box-sizing:content-box;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:bold;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px;padding:0px;text-decoration-line:none">tat208(at)lehigh(dot)edu</a>)</li><li style="margin:0px 0px 0px 18px;box-sizing:content-box;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:1.8;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;padding:0px"><span style="box-sizing:content-box;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:bold;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px;padding:0px">Xiu Yang</span>,  Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Lehigh University  (<a href="mailto:xiy518@lehigh.edu" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(34,149,211);box-sizing:content-box;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:bold;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px;padding:0px;text-decoration-line:none">xiy518(at)lehigh(dot)edu</a>)</li><li style="margin:0px 0px 0px 18px;box-sizing:content-box;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:1.8;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;padding:0px"><br></li></ul><h5 style="box-sizing:content-box;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:1.4;font-family:Raleway,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px 0px 8px;padding:0px;color:black"><font size="2">All inquiries should be directed to the attention of</font></h5><p style="box-sizing:content-box;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:1.8;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:black">Tommaso Giovannelli, Guest Editor<br style="box-sizing:content-box">Optimization and Engineering (OPTE) Journal<br style="box-sizing:content-box"><a href="mailto:tog220@lehigh.edu" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(34,149,211);box-sizing:content-box;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:bold;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px;padding:0px;text-decoration-line:none">tog220(at)lehigh(dot)edu</a></p><p style="box-sizing:content-box;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:1.8;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:black"><br></p><p style="box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