Learning and Intelligent OptimizatioN Conference
LION18, Ischia Island (Naples), ITALY, June 9-13, 2024.
http://www.lion18.unina.it/
AIMS AND SCOPE
This meeting, which continues the successful series of LION events
(LION14 in Athens, LION15 in Athens, LION16 in Milos Island, LION17 in
Nice), is exploring the intersections and uncharted territories between
machine learning, artificial intelligence, mathematical programming and
algorithms for hard optimization problems.
The main purpose of the event is to bring together experts from these
areas to discuss new ideas and methods, challenges and opportunities in
various application areas, general trends and specific developments.
The large variety of heuristic algorithms for hard optimization problems
raises numerous interesting and challenging issues. Practitioners are
confronted with the burden of selecting the most appropriate method, in
many cases through an expensive algorithm configuration and parameter
tuning process, and subject to a steep learning curve. Scientists seek
theoretical insights and demand a sound experimental methodology for
evaluating algorithms and assessing strengths and weaknesses. A
necessary prerequisite for this effort is a clear separation between the
algorithm and the experimenter, who, in too many cases, is "in the loop"
as a crucial intelligent learning component. Both issues are related to
designing and engineering ways of "learning" about the performance of
different techniques, and ways of using past experience about the
algorithm behavior to improve performance in the future. Intelligent
learning schemes for mining the knowledge obtained from different runs
or during a single run can improve the algorithm development and design
process and simplify the applications of high-performance optimization
methods. Combinations of algorithms can further improve the robustness
and performance of the individual components provided that sufficient
knowledge of the relationship between problem instance characteristics
and algorithm performance is obtained.
PAPER SUBMISSION
Please prepare your paper in English using the Lecture Notes in Computer
Science (LNCS) template, which is available here:
http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0.
Papers must be submitted in PDF.
When submitting a paper to LION18, authors are required to select one of
the following three types of
papers:
• Long paper: original novel and unpublished work
(max. 15 pages in LNCS format);
• Short paper: an extended abstract of novel work
(max. 4 pages in LNCS format);
• Work for oral presentation only
(no page restriction; any format).
For example, work already published elsewhere, which is relevant and
which may solicit fruitful discussion at the conference.
The papers must be submitted at
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=lion18.
IMPORTANT DATES (AoE = UTC-12h)
Special Sessions proposals:
submission opens October 12, 2023;
submission closes October 25, 2023;
notification of acceptance October 31, 2023.
Abstract only submission:
submission opens October 31, 2023;
submission closes December 19, 2024;
notification of acceptance March 4, 2024.
Full Paper submission:
abstract submission opens October 31, 2023;
abstract submission closes December 19, 2024;
abstract notification of acceptance January 10, 2024;
full paper submission opens January 11, 2024;
full paper submission deadline March 4, 2024;
full paper notification of acceptance, March 30, 2024.
April 1, 2024, registration opens
April 26, 2024, early registration deadline
May 1, 2024, conference pre-proceedings
May 10, 2024, late registration deadline
June 9-13, 2024, conference at Ischia, Italy
CONTACT INFORMATION
Paola Festa
Dept. of Mathematics and Applications "R. Caccioppoli", University of
Napoli "Federico II"
E-mail: infolion18@unina.it, paola.festa@unina.it
LION18 Webpage: http://www.lion18.unina.it
STEERING COMMITTEE
Roberto Battiti (head)
Francesco Archetti
Christian Blum
Mauro Brunato
Carlos A. Coello-Coello
Clarisse Dhaenens
Paola Festa
Martin Charles Golumbic
Youssef Hamadi
Laetitia Jourdan
Nikolaos Matsatsinis
Panos Pardalos
Mauricio Resende
Meinolf Sellmann
Yaroslav Sergeyev
Dimitris Simos
Thomas Stuetzle
Kevin Tierney
TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE
http://www.lion18.unina.it
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Maurizio Bruglieri
Ciriaco D'Ambrosio
Daniele Ferone
Paola Festa (Chair)
Giusy Macrina
Enrico Pio Martino
Tommaso Pastore
Ornella Pisacane
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