ICCOPT 2010 (International Conference on Continuous Optimization) is a forum for researchers and professionals interested in continuous optimization, which takes place every three years. The first version was made in 2004 at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, New York, USA), while the second version was organized in 2007 at McMaster University (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada). Our country will host ICCOPT this year, an international event oganized by the Centre for Mathematical Modeling (CMM), Faculty of Physical Sciences and Mathematics (FCFM) at the University of Chile with a total duration of 6 days, 24 to 29 July.
The International Conference (ICCOPT-2010) to be held in the Aula Magna of the Faculty of Economics and Business (FEN) of the University of Chile, located in Diagonal Paraguay 257, Santiago, will begin on July 24 with the Winter School (“School Continuous Optimization and Mathematical Modeling), aimed at PhD students and young researchers.
During the Winter School 2 courses will be held. The first, “Optimization in natural resources management” will be held on Saturday July 24 by professors at the University of Chile (CMM), Felipe Alvarez, Jorge Amaya and Hector Ramirez; of UTFSM, Pedro Gajardo and Adriana Piazza, and Université de Paris-Est, Michel De Lara.
The second course, “Optimization under Uncertainty” will be held on Sunday 25 by teachers Ruszczyski Andrzej (Rutgers University), Darinka Dentcheva (Stevens Institute of Technology), Alexander Shapiro (Georgia Tech) and Roger Wets (University of California, Davis) .
The conference, which will involve about 200 specialists and advanced students, is structured in a series of talks and debates on specific topics, as well as poster-sessions. In parallel, 12 international leading researchers deliver lectures in which present the state of the art in several areas of the field of optimization, both theoretical aspects and their industrial applications. These speakers come from many different countries such as USA, China, Italy, Belgium, Portugal, Brazil, Germany and, of course, Chile.
The National Organizing Committee consists of teachers Alejandro Jofre (President, Universidad de Chile), Roberto Cominetti (Vice President, University of Chile), Rafael Correa (Second Vice-President, University of Chile), Felipe Álvarez (Universidad de Chile) Jorge Amaya (Universidad de Chile), Óscar Cornejo (Catholic University of the Holy Conception), Fabián Flores-Bazán (Universidad de Concepcion), Pedro Gajardo (Technical University Federico Santa Maria), Fernando Ordóñez (University Southern California and University of Chile), Hector Ramirez (Universidad de Chile) and Jorge Rivera (Universidad de Chile).
This meeting is scientifically monitored by the International Program Committee, whose members also come from 10 different countries and their involvement not only confirms the mark has acquired prestige in the international arena Chilean Applied Mathematics, most notably the theoretical developments and industrial carried out at the Centre for Mathematical Modeling at the University of Chile.
The event is sponsored by the Faculty of Physical Sciences and Mathematics (FCFM) and Economy and Business (FEN) of the University of Chile, The National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), the Commission on Science and Technology of Chile ( CONICYT), the Millennium Science Initiative (MSI) and the Institute for Complex Engineering Systems (ISCI).
