Description :
Optimisation problems appear in many areas, where it is important to construct or improve the performance of existing networks. These may include a large variety of practical situations ranging from the transport networks, energy networks to the Internet and telecommunication networks. Similar problems appear in a completely different context, where the statistical properties of the ensemble of random geometries are tested using variable
forms of the "action". A new concept here is a possibility of a dynamical change of geometry. A number of new numerical and analytical methods have been developed to study such systems. The same tools can be applied to solve problems of practical importance and to create a new important link between science and industry.
The Workshop will consist of lectures delivered by the top European specialists representing the field of the network optimisation. It will give the opportunity to discuss the new solutions. The meeting will create a training opportunity for young attendees: the PhD students, young researchers and representatives of the applied science and technology companies. We shall invite representatives from the regional IT enterprises to ensure the transmission of new solutions towards practical applications.
Time and location : Krakow, Autumn 2003.
Number of invited lecturers : 20
Partners involved :
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Eotvos University, Budapest, Hungary,
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Service de Physique Theorique, CE Saclay, France,
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Hugo Steinhaus Center, Technical University, Wroclaw, Poland,
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Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark,
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Physics Department, Lund University, Sweden,
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VisionSoft, Systemy Informatyczne s.c., Cracow, Poland.