[agents] CFP: 15th IEEE Workshop on Parallel / Distributed Combinatorics and Optimization (PDCO 2025) in conjunction with 39th IEEE symposium IPDPS, Milano, Italy

[Grégoire DANOY]

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             The 15th IEEE Workshop on Parallel / Distributed
               Combinatorics and Optimization (PDCO 2025)

                      https://pdco2025.sciencesconf.org/<https://pdco2025.sciencesconf.org/>
                                 held in conjunction with
                              the 39th IEEE International
   Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS 2025)

                                 June 3 - June 7, 2025

                                         Milano, Italy
                                   http://www.ipdps.org
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Scope:
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The IEEE Workshop on Parallel / Distributed Combinatorics and Optimization aims at providing a forum for scientific researchers and engineers on recent advances in the field of parallel or distributed combinatorics for difficult optimization problems, ranging from theoretical to applied problems. The latter include for instance 0-1 multidimensional knapsack problems and cutting stock problems, large scale linear programming problems, nonlinear optimization problems, global optimization, scheduling problems and planning problems.

Emphasis will be placed on new techniques for solving difficult optimization problems, like cooperative methods for integer programming problems, nature-inspired techniques and hybrid methods. Aspects related to Combinatorial Scientific Computing (CSC) will also be treated. We solicit submissions of original manuscripts on sparse matrix computations and related topics (including graph algorithms); and related methods and tools for their efficiency on different parallel systems. Applications combining parallel and distributed combinatorics and optimization techniques as well as theoretical issues (convergence study, complexity, etc.) are welcome.

Application domains of interest include (but are not limited to) cloud computing, planning, robotics, logistics, manufacturing, finance, telecommunications and computational biology.


Topics:
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Integer programming, linear programming, nonlinear programming.
Exact methods, heuristics.
Parallel algorithms for combinatorial optimization.
Graph computing, combinatorial pattern matching.
Parallel metaheuristics.
Parallel and distributed computational intelligence methods,  e.g. evolutionary algorithms, swarm intelligence, ant colonies, cellular automata, DNA and molecular computing) for problem solving environments.
Parallel and distributed metaheuristics for optimization (algorithms, technologies and tools).
Applications combining traditional parallel and distributed computing and optimization techniques as well as theoretical issues (convergence, complexity).
Distributed optimization algorithms.
GPU computing and optimization.
Parallel sparse matrix computations, graph algorithms, load balancing.
Hybrid computing and the solution of optimization problems.
Peer-to peer computing and optimization problems.
Applications: cloud computing, machine learning, planning, manufacturing, logistics, finance, telecommunications.


Steering Committee:
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Pascal Bouvry, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg (co-chair)
Didier El Baz, team CDA, LAAS-CNRS, France (co-chair)
El-Ghazali Talbi, University of Lille, INRIA, CNRS, France
Albert Y. Zomaya, The University of Sydney, Australia


General Chairs:
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Grégoire Danoy, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Didier El Baz, team CDA, LAAS-CNRS, France


Program Chairs:
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Vincent Boyer, University of Nuevo Leon, Mexico
Bernabe Dorronsoro, Universidad de Cádiz, Spain


Publicity Chairs:
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Keqin Li, State University of New York at New Paltz, USA
Laurence T. Yang, St Francis Xavier University, Canada


Program Committee (to be confirmed):
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M. Alswaitti, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
A. Bendjoudi, CERIST, Algiers, Algeria
J.-N. Cao, Hong-Kong Polytechnic University, China

J. J. Durillo, Leibniz Supercomputer Center, Munich, Germany

S. Fujita, Hiroshima University, Japan

M. Halappanavar, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA
J.L. Jimenez-Laredo, University of Granada, Spain

K. Li, State University of New York, USA
G. Maudet, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg

N. Melab, University of Lille, France

M. Menai, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
J. Musial, Poznań University of Technology, Poland

A. Nakib, University Paris 12, France

S. Nesmachnow, Universidad de la República, Uruguay

S. Nikoletseas, University of Patras and CTI, Greece

C. Phillips, Sandia National Laboratories, USA

B. Plazolles, GET, France
A. Roy, Indian Institute of Technology Patna, India

T. Saadi, University of Picardie, France

M. Seredynski, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg

G. Ch. Sirakoulis, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
D.H. Stolfi, LIST, Luxembourg

G. Spezzano, University of Calabria, Italy

A. Tchernykh, CICESE Research Center, Mexico

F. Xhafa, Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain

L.T. Yang, St Francis Xavier University, Canada




Submission :
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Papers in the Proceedings of the workshops will be indexed in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library after the conference.
Prospective authors should submit their papers through the Workshop PDCO 2025 submission system<https://ssl.linklings.net/conferences/ipdps/?args=Aprcnt3DxGsprcnt3DyCH0IQ3THf40XfQbGCrxrz9M9pTz0Cx0zfsG9hchDTHQP0Aprcnt3DxfGzb0sprcnt3Dyprcnt3DUI0HQP0Aprcnt3DxfTtUbb0XfQbGCrxrz9M9pTzYprcnt3D40bprcnt3DQxGdbUfTzYprcnt3D40QHHGdbUfTzYprcnt3D40Iprcnt3Dxprcnt3DGdbUfTrAprcnt3DxGsprcnt3DyCH0IQ3TrJUHtGsprcnt3Dyprcnt3DUITEGDhhM_>.

In order to submit a paper, please choose PDCO Workshop

Abstract and paper can be uploaded until January 17, 2025. Authors should preferably follow the manuscript specifications  of IEEE IPDPS, i.e. submitted manuscripts may not exceed 10 single-spaced double-column pages using 10-point size font on 8.5x11 inch pages (IEEE conference style), including figures, tables and references. Style templates are available on IPDPS website<http://www.ipdps.org/>.


Important Dates:
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- Submission deadline: January 17, 2025;
- Author notification: February 21, 2025;
- Camera-Ready papers due: March 6, 2025;
- Workshop: June 3, 2025.


Contact:
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For questions regarding the Workshop, please contact the conference organizers at: pdco2025 at sciencesconf.org<mailto:pdco2025 at sciencesconf.org>


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