Call for Registration: Local Search Workshop

[Andrew Tuson <andrewt@soi.city.ac.uk>]

Hi,

If you would like to attend this workshop, please note that you have only
a few weeks left to register.

PS. Limited funding is available for young researchers.

Dr Andrew Tuson MA(Oxon) MSc(Edin) PhD(Edin) MRSC (andrewt@soi.city.ac.uk)

Lecturer, Department of Computing, City University, London, UK.

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Operational Research Society (UK): Local Search Study Group

Two Day Workshop on Local Search, Call for Registration

16-17 April 2002, City University, London, UK

****** EPSRC/LMS MathFIT funding available for PhD students! *********

The aim of this workshop is to bring researchers and practitioners together
in an informal and mutually supportive environment to discuss the current,
and future, state-of-the art in local search optimisation as well as how
these developments relate to commercial practice.

Location

More details about the venue can be found at http://www.city.ac.uk/

Programme and Scope

The event includes plenary sessions, and provides 38 talks from
international researchers covering both local search techniques and
applications, as well as a conference dinner.

We are pleased to announce that we have two plenary speakers who will be
of interest to the local search community.

* Wim Nuijten, ILOG SA
	Comparing and Combining Local Search and Constraint Programming

* Thomas Stuetzle, Technical University of Darmstadt
	Ant Colony Optimisation: Algorithms, Applications, and Advances

A special issue of the Journal of the Operational Research Society will be
produced following the workshop.

Registration and Enquires

Further details on online registration may be obtained from
http://www.orsoc.org.uk/.

Financial Support is available via EPSRC/LMS MathFIT for PhD students.
Enquires should be directed to Dr Celia Glass, City University
(c.a.glass@city.ac.uk).

General queries should be made to the Conference Chair 
(andrewt@soi.city.ac.uk), or to Chris Barrett of the Operational Research
Society. Address below.

Operational Research Society, 
Seymour House, 12 Edward Street 
Birmingham, B1 2RX, UK  
Tel: + 44 (0) 121 233 9300  
Fax: + 44 (0) 121 233 0321