Troyes, 17th - 21st of April 2023.

This a joint international event composed of:

  • a conference part on emergent metaheuristics : the 21st edition of EUME meeting initiated by the working groups EUME (member of EURO) and GT2L.

  • a training part on quantum approaches (set of tutorials and practical work on quantum computing for optimization) initiated by the working groups EUME and GT ROQ.

and supported by 3 national organizations and several international organizations.

The web site is:

https://perso.isima.fr/~lacomme/GT2L/EUME_JE/EUME_Joint_Event.php

Location: University of Technology of Troyes.

Date: Monday April 17 to Friday April 21, 2023.

Short description:

Optimization research brings together various disciplines such as operations research (OR) and artificial intelligence. All of them use algorithms which include, among other things, learning, logic or knowledge engineering, but also planning, constraints and metaheuristics. This theme has experienced enormous growth with the development of computer science, and the new promises of quantum computers offer rich prospects for the field, which essentially deals with complex combinatorial problems. 

The purpose of this event is to present the latest advances in terms of metaheuristics for optimization (conference part) and to introduce the community to quantum computing (training part) in order to take the turning point brought by quantum deployment, and enable optimization researchers to meet future challenges. 

Practical work on the use of quantum computers will be offered with applications to very concrete problems such as graph coloring, SAT and/or TSP. 

How to participate. You can:

  • submit your contribution to the session ;

  • organize a session (contact shortly the organizer) ;

  • participate to both conference and classes.

Certificates of attendance will be issued and may be used by PhD students to request validation of courses in doctoral schools.

Tutorials by:

Jin-Kao Hao, Eric Taillard, Christophe Couteau, Olivier Ezratty, Fred Glover, Olivier Hess, Simon Perdrix, Anita Schöbel, Vedran Dunjko

How to contact the organizers : emergingoptimization@gmail.com

We hope to see you in Troyes!

Caroline Prodhon (UTT), Marc Sevaux (UBS), Eric Bourreau (LIRMM), Sonia Vanier (Ecole Polytechnique) and Frédéric Saubion (LERIA)