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About MOPTA 2025

The Modelling and Optimization: Theory and Applications (MOPTA) conference aims to bring together a diverse group of people from both discrete and continuous optimization, working on both theoretical and applied aspects. MOPTA 2025 will feature a small number of invited talks from distinguished speakers and contributed talks, spread over three days. The conference targets a diverse set of exciting new developments from different optimization areas while providing a setting for increased interaction among participants.

Learn more at: https://coral.ise.lehigh.edu/mopta2025/

Special Celebrations

We are celebrating the 70th Birthday of Professor Tamás Terlaky, founder of MOPTA 25 years ago. A Tamas-70 Session and Dinner will be held on June 18, 2025, to honor his impactful and long-lasting contributions to the fields of optimization, operations research, and industrial engineering.

We will also be celebrating Lehigh ISE's 100th Anniversary.

Location

MOPTA 2025 will take place in the historic center of Ponta Delgada, on the beautiful Azorean island of São Miguel, Portugal.

Satellite Event: Portuguese American Optimization Workshop (PAOW)

A satellite event, the Portuguese American Optimization Workshop (PAOW), will take place in Horta, Azores, Portugal from June 13-15, 2025. PAOW is primarily focused on continuous optimization and its applications to machine learning.

Topics of Interest

The conference brings together researchers from both theoretical and applied communities in discrete and continuous optimization, focusing on theoretical aspects and applications.

Submission Types

We invite submissions for contributed talks and abstracts. Authors are encouraged to present their latest developments and research.

There will also be an AIMMS/MOPTA Competition.

Important Dates

• Abstract Submission Deadline: March 15, 2025
• Registration Deadline: April 1, 2025
• Tour Registration Deadline: April 12, 2025
• Late Registration Deadline: May 1, 2025 (tours and dinners may not be guaranteed)
• AIMMS-MOPTA Competition Deadline: April 1, 2025

Registration

Information regarding registration can be found here: https://coral.ise.lehigh.edu/mopta2025/registration/

Contact Information

Questions about the program and/or abstracts, please contact:
Dr. Tommaso Giovannelli: tog220@lehigh.edu

Questions about the competition, please contact:
Dr. Akwum Onwunta: ako221@lehigh.edu

Keynote and Invited Speakers

Plenary Talks:
* Serge Gratton, Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse, France
* Oktay Günlük, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
* Ojas D. Parekh, Sandia National Laboratories, USA
* Julie L. Swann, North Carolina State University, USA
* Jared Tanner, University of Oxford, UK
* Karen E. Willcox, University of Texas at Austin, USA

Tamas-70 Invited Talks:
* Tibor Illés, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary
* Etienne de Klerk, Tilburg University, The Netherlands
* Imre Pólik, FICO Xpress, USA
* Mohammadhossein Mohammadisiahroudi, Lehigh University, USA
* Julio C. Góez, NHH, Norwegian School of Economics, Norway