Dear all,
The First ROAR-NET Training School on Computational Modelling of Combinatorial Optimisation Problems, will take place at the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) in Belvaux, Luxembourg, from 16 to 20 June 2025.
Trainee application deadline: 4 April 2025
More details: https://roar-net.eu/events/first-training-school/
About the Training School
The First ROAR-NET Training School will consist of a combination of lectures, problem-solving group projects, poster presentations by the Trainees, and team-building activities. Topics include:
- Problem structuring
- Problem modelling for constructive search and for local search
- The ROAR-NET API specification
- Practical aspects of model development and implementation
Each project involves the development, implementation (coding), and evaluation of a model for a given optimisation problem and will be carried out by a team composed of 4-5 Trainees and a mentor (a Trainer).
Who Can Apply?
PhD students, postdocs, researchers, and innovators with good programming and/or optimisation skills are invited to apply to attend the school as Trainees. Financial support is available for eligible applicants from COST Member and Near Neighbour Countries.
Trainee application deadline: 4 April 2025
For full details, see the Call for Trainee Applications: https://roar-net.eu/calls/ts-call-1/
About ROAR-NET
COST Action CA22137 – Randomised Optimisation Algorithms Research Network (ROAR-NET) is an interdisciplinary research network supported by COST. Involving researchers and innovators from academia, industry, and other interested parties, the network aims to make Randomised Optimisation Algorithms (ROAs) widely competitive in practice by identifying and reducing obstacles to their adoption at the scientific, technical, economic, and human levels. Focusing on practitioners, whose needs are seen as the driving force for new theoretical, methodological, and technical advances, ROAR-NET pursues the sustainable development of widely available software tools, training materials and programmes, and ultimately a more extensive acceptance and deployment of these methods.
The network brings together a large number of ROA theoreticians and algorithm developers, applied researchers, software developers, and practitioners from more than 40 countries. This geographical diversity helps to ensure that the frameworks, libraries, and software tools developed through the network are applicable to a wide range of real-world problems while supporting the latest theoretical developments.
Learn more about ROAR-NET: https://www.roar-net.eu/
About COST
COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) is a funding agency for research and innovation networks. COST Actions help connect research initiatives across Europe and enable scientists to grow their ideas by sharing them with their peers. This boosts their research, career, and innovation.
Learn more about COST: https://www.cost.eu/
We encourage all interested candidates to apply and look forward to welcoming you to Luxembourg in June 2025.
Best regards,
Ekhiñe Irurozki
LTCI, Télécom Paris, Institut Polytechnique de Paris