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The 4th Conference on Optimization Methods and Software December 16-20, 2017, Havana, Cuba http://wias-berlin.de/workshops/oms2017/index.html It is organized in relation to the 25th anniversary of the journal Optimization Methods and Software (OMS) http://www.tandfonline.com/goms

The conference aims to review and discuss recent advances and promising research trends in optimization theory, methods, applications and software development.

*TOPICS* include, but are certainly not limited to the following subjects: Linear and Nonlinear Optimization; Integer and Combinatorial Optimization; Convex and Nonsmooth Optimization; Global Optimization; Semi-definite Optimization; Semi-infinite Optimization; Multi-objective Optimization; Stochastic Optimization; Complementarity and Variational Inequality Problems; Derivative-free Optimization; Network Optimization; Scheduling Problems; Optimal Control; Inverse Problems; Automatic Differentiation; Optimization Software.

*PLENARY SPEAKERS* the list is composed of OMS board members http://wias-berlin.de/workshops/oms2017/Speaker.html Andrew R. Conn (USA) Claudia D'Ambrosio (France) Jonathan Eckstein (USA) Serge Gratton (France) Andreas Griewank (Ecuador) Francesca Guerriero (Italy) Roland Herzog (Germany) Michael Hintermüller (Germany) Thorsten Koch (Germany) José Mário Martinez (Brazil) Athanasios Migdalas (Sweden) Yurii E. Nesterov (Belgium) Dominique Orban (Canada) Panos M. Pardalos (USA) Florian A. Potra (USA) Fabio Schoen (Italy) Anthony Man-Cho So (Hong Kong) Tamas Terlaky (USA) Philippe Toint (Belgium) Stefan Ulbrich (Germany) Robert Vanderbei (USA) E. Alper Yildirim (Turkey) Ya-xiang Yuan (China)

*ABSTRACT SUBMISSION AND CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS* Abstracts should not exceed 400 words. Details of the submission are available on the conference web site. http://wias-berlin.de/workshops/oms2017/reg.html Papers presented at the conference will be considered for peerreviewed publication in a special issue of the journal Optimization Methods and Software.

*SESSION ORGANIZATION* Proposals of organizing sessions are welcome and can be sent to Tamás Terlaky by email terlaky[at] lehigh.edu

*DATES AND DEADLINES* Abstract submissions: October 15, 2017 Notification of acceptance: October 31, 2017 Early registration: November 15, 2017

*REGISTRATION FEE* (early/late) in the Cuban Convertible Peso (CUC) Regular participant: 350/400 CUC Student: 150/175 CUC Accompanying person: 100/120 CUC *REGISTER AT* http://wias-berlin.de/workshops/oms2017/reg.html

*CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS* Oleg Burdakov (Sweden), Conference Chair Tamás Terlaky (USA), Program Committee Chair José Mário Martinez (Brazil), Organizing Committee Chair Michael Hintermüller (Germany), Organizing Committee co-Chair Emre Alper Yildirim (Turkey), Organizing Committee co-Chair Sira M. Allende (Cuba), Local Organizing Committee Chair