MOPTA 2021. Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA. August 2-4, 2021.
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
We wish to invite you to contribute to the annual Modeling and Optimization: Theory and Applications (MOPTA 2021) conference, held at Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, USA, 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 M. Cohn (University of Michigan)
- Simge Küçükyavuz (Northwestern University)
- Jeffrey T. Linderoth (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
- Michael Mahoney (UC Berkeley)
- Catherine McGeoch (D-Wave Systems Inc.)
- Yurii Nesterov (University of Louvain)
For more information, please see: http://coral.ie.lehigh.edu/~mopta/.
COVID-19: We hope that as vaccines and vaccination programs are starting soon, next August a full MOPTA 2021 will be possible. Still, there is a real chance that having an in-person MOPTA 2021 may not be possible. MOPTA 2021 will only be held in-person if permitted by university, state and federal guidelines. If an in-person conference is not possible, we will consider alternatives such as a fully virtual or a hybrid version of the conference. We plan to send updates as they become available.
Information about the 13th AIMMS/MOPTA Optimization Modeling Competition coming soon.
Please contact Albert S. Berahas (albertberahas(at)lehigh(dot)edu) 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 S. 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 potentially interested colleagues, students and collaborators.
Best regards,
Albert S. Berahas, MOPTA 2021 Chair
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Albert Berahas
Assistant Professor
University of Michigan
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