Call for Papers: Computational Optimization (CO)

The Computational Optimization (CO) Thematic Session, part of FedCSIS 2025, invites original contributions related to both theoretical and practical aspects of optimization methods. The session aims to stimulate communication between researchers working on different fields of optimization and practitioners who need reliable and efficient computational optimization methods. The conference will be held in Kraków, Poland, from September 14-17, 2025.

Topics of Interest

The list of topics includes, but is not limited to:

• Combinatorial and continuous global optimization
• Unconstrained and constrained optimization
• Multiobjective and robust optimization
• Optimization in dynamic and/or noisy environments
• Optimization on graphs
• Large-scale optimization, in parallel and distributed computational environments
• Meta-heuristics for optimization, nature-inspired approaches and any other derivative-free methods
• Exact/heuristic hybrid methods, involving natural computing techniques and other global and local optimization methods
• Numerical and heuristic methods for modeling

Applications of Interest

The applications of interest are included in the list below, but are not limited to:

• Classical operational research problems (knapsack, traveling salesman, etc.)
• Computational biology and distance geometry
• Data mining and knowledge discovery
• Human motion simulations; crowd simulations
• Industrial applications
• Optimization in statistics, econometrics, finance, physics, chemistry, biology, medicine, and engineering
• Environment modeling and optimization

Important Dates

• Thematic Session proposal submission: 26.11.2025 [Changed or passed]
• Paper submission (no extensions): 25.05.2025 [Changed or passed]
• Position paper submission: 10.06.2025 [Changed or passed]
• Author notification: 08.07.2025
• Final paper submission, registration: 15.07.2025
• Early registration discount: 06.08.2025
• Conference date: September 14-17, 2025

Submission Rules

• Authors should submit their papers as Postscript, PDF or MSWord files.
• The total length of a paper should not exceed 12 pages IEEE style (including tables, figures and references). More pages can be added, for an additional fee.
• IEEE style templates are available here.
• Papers will be refereed and accepted on the basis of their scientific merit and relevance to the Topical Area.
• Preprints containing accepted papers will be published online.
• Only papers presented at the conference will be published in Conference Proceedings and submitted for inclusion in the IEEE Xplore® database.
• Conference proceedings will be published in a volume with ISBN, ISSN and DOI numbers and posted at the conference WWW site.
• Conference proceedings will be submitted for indexation according to information here.
• Organizers reserve the right to move accepted papers between FedCSIS Sessions.

Publication in Journals and Series

Extended versions of selected papers presented during the conference will be published as a volume in the Studies in Computational Intelligence Springer series.

Contact

For inquiries, please contact: wco@fedcsis.org

Thematic Session Organizers

• Fidanova, Stefka (Institute of Information and Communication Technologies at Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IICT-BAS), Bulgaria)
• Mucherino, Antonio (IRISA, University of Rennes, France)
• Zaharie, Daniela (West University of Timisoara, Romania)

Submission Platform

Submissions are accepted through the EasyChair system: https://easychair.org/cfp/fedcsis2025