This special year is motivated by developments in the past ten years. Examples of such applications include airline crew scheduling, chemical process design, and telecommunication network design. Our goal in this year is to unite these groups.
Some funds are available for travel and local support.
In addition, there will be at least one Computational Challenge, addressing one or more problems in large scale discrete optimization. Those with suggestions for workshops or who are interested in aiding the organization of workshops should contact the organizing committee. Information about workshops, etc.