ROAR-NET Training School on Computational Modelling of Combinatorial Optimisation Problems

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.