SMS-NATO Summer School
Advanced Study Institute 2006

Combinatorial Optimization:
Methods and Applications

June 19-30, 2006
Pavillon André-Aisenstadt
Université de Montréal

Speakers


Gérard Cornuéjols (Carnegie Mellon), Sanjeeb Dash (IBM), Friedrich Eisenbrand (Max-Planck), Lisa Fleischer (IBM), Michel Goemans (MIT), Yuri Kochetov (Russian Academy of Sciences), Bernhard Korte (Bonn), Gleb Koshevoy (Russian Academy of Sciences), Shmuel Onn (Technion), Dieter Rautenbach (Bonn), Najiba Sbihi (École Mohammadia d'Ingénieurs, Rabat), Jens Vygen (Bonn)

Organizers: Vašek Chvátal (Concordia) and Najiba Sbihi (École Mohammadia d'Ingénieurs, Rabat)

This summer school is primarily targeted at senior grad students, postdocs and junior faculty.

Topics

  • Mixed Integer Programming
  • Cutting Plane Approaches
  • Generalized Congestion Games
  • Stochastic Combinatorial Optimization
  • Facility Location Problems
  • Combinatorial Optimization in VLSI Design
  • Convexity and Combinatorial Optimization
  • Applications in Supply Chain Management