We are thrilled to announce the French week on Modern Optimization Methods
and Models in Algorithm Design (MoMA) co-organised by French work groups
CoA, Graphes, AGAPE, and GOThA. The event will take place from the 23rd to
the 28th November 2025, in Center Paul-Langevin, Aussois, France. We
welcome participants from all career stages, from junior researchers to
senior experts.
The program includes four invited lectures, highlight talks, contributed
talks, a poster session, and social events (hike, women networking event).
Website: https://www.irif.fr/moma
*Invited lecturers*
Michael Lampis (Paris Dauphine University), "A friendly introduction to
structural parameters"
Sophie Laplante (Université Paris Cité), TBA
Alexandra Lassota (Eindhoven University of Technology), "Integer
Programming meets Fixed-Parameter Tractability"
Gramoz Goranci (University of Vienna), "Static and Dynamic Cut-Based Tree
Embeddings"
*Highlight talks*
Diameter computation and faster algorithms (ICALP 2025). Giannos Stamoulis
Quantum distributed algorithms for local problems (STOC 2025). Marc-Olivier
Renou
Approximation Schemes for Planar Graph Connectivity Problems. Meike
Neuwohner
Computing the second and third systoles of a combinatorial surface (SODA
2025). Francis Lazarus
PTASes for Euclidean TSP with Unit Disk and Unit Square Neighborhoods (SODA
2025). William Lochet
*Call for contributed talks and posters*
Submit a title & abstract for a short talk or poster
[https://framaforms.org/talk-and-poster-submissions-for-moma-2025-1739972427
]
In-person attendance required if accepted.
Deadline: 25/09/25
*Registration *
CNRS employees: free
Non-CNRS employees: €500–600 (incl. accommodation & meals)
We look forward to seeing you there!
On behalf of the organisers,
Laurent Feuilloley and Tatiana Starikovskaya
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