Alpen-Adria-Workshop on Optimization

5th Alpen-Adria-Workshop on Optimization

5th Alpen-Adria-Workshop on Optimization
December 6-9, 2017
Klagenfurt

Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt

Program Overview

The 5th Alpen-Adria-Workshop on Optimization gathers a group of people, actively working in the broad intersection of nonlinear (semidefinite) optimization and combinatorial optimization, and exchange current research results. Early stage researchers are particularly welcome.

Preliminary Schedule:

Wednesday, December 6, evening: welcome reception, 06:00 p.m., I.2.01
Thursday, December 7, morning: 9:00 a.m., K.0.01: block 1 of presentations
Thursday, December 7, afternoon: 2:00 p.m., K.0.01: block 2 of presentations
Thursday, December 7, evening: workshop dinner, 07:00 p.m., Felsenkeller (see details)
Friday, December 8, morning: 9:00 a.m., HS 3: block 3 of presentations
Friday, December 8, afternoon: 2:00 p.m., HS 3: block 4 of presentations
Saturday, December 9, morning: boat trip to Maria Wörth, hike to Pyramidenkogel, visit of the tower, bus and boat back to Klagenfurt.

Workshop program and list of participants: program.pdf

Photos from the workshop: photo gallery

Plenary speakers:

Frank Vallentin (Universität zu Köln): Measurable colorings of infinite graphs
Thursday, December 7, 9:00 a.m., K.0.01
Gerhard J. Woeginger (RWTH Aachen): Tractable cases of hard voting problems
Friday, December 8, 4:00 p.m., HS 3

Registration

There are no registration fees, but participants are expected to cover their expenses themselves. In case you plan to attend, please send the following information to Anita Wachter:

your expected arrival and departure dates,
whether you plan to give a talk (if so, also provide a tentative title).

Registration deadline for talks is October 20, 2017.

For further information contact Franz Rendl.

Organizing Committee:

Philipp Hungerländer, Alpen-Adria-Universität
Franz Rendl, Alpen-Adria-Universität
Angelika Wiegele, Alpen-Adria-Universität

Venue

The workshop will be held in rooms K.0.0.1, I.2.01 and HS 3 at the Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Austria, which is located at the beautiful lake Wörthersee. Here is map of the University area.

For accomodation see e.g. Klagenfurt Tourismus

In walking distance to the University we recommend Pension Wachau or Seepark Hotel.

The University is not in the city center, however, there are reasonable bus connections (day / night) from the city center to the University, online bus schedule. Furthermore, it is very convenient to go around by bike, for bike rentals check here for the price and here for the places or nextbike to rent a bike.
Also, some of the hotels offer bikes to rent.

Travelling to Klagenfurt

For travelling to Klagenfurt by train, see OEBB

Klagenfurt airport has direct flights from/to Cologne, Hamburg, Berlin (germanwings, not daily!) and Vienna (Austrian Airlines).

You may also consider arriving at one of the neighboring airports, preferable Ljubljana or Graz but also Triest, Venice Marco Polo, Treviso.

From Klagenfurt Airport to the University/Seepark Hotel/Pension Wachau:

Klagenfurt airport is not very well connected by public transport. There is only one bus (number 42) leaving once an hour (always at xx:56, starting from 5:56 a.m. until 6:56 p.m.). Get off at Heiligengeistplatz and change to bus number 81 (direction University/Krottendorf), then you get off at Ginzkeygasse (for Pension Wachau) or at Universitätsstrasse (for the University or the Seepark Hotel). The bus ticket costs 2,10 Euros and can be bought on the bus.
A taxi from the airport costs around 20 Euros.

Shared shuttles from neighbouring airports:

Check out GoOpti for a transfer from the neighbouring airports to your hotel in Klagenfurt.

Public transport from neighbouring airports:

Arriving at Ljubljana airport you take the Alpe-Adria-Line (a one-way ticket is 17 EUR).
See https://www.alpeadrialine.com/en/timetable.html

Arriving at Venice Marco Polo airport you take the ATVO bus to Mestre railway station and then the train or IC Bus to Klagenfurt. See http://www.veniceairport.it/en/transport/venezia-mestre-station.html and http://www.oebb.at/en/

Arriving at Treviso airport you take the ATVO or Barzi Bus to Mestre railway station and then the train or IC Bus to Klagenfurt. See http://www.trevisoairport.it/en/transport/venezia-mestre-station.html and http://www.oebb.at/en/

Arriving at Trieste Airport you take the bus to Udine and then the train or IC Bus to Klagenfurt.
See http://www.aeroporto.fvg.it/en/come_arrivare/trasporto_pubblico.htm

Further Information

For further information please send an email to Franz Rendl and don't forget to bring adequate shoes for the hike on Saturday.

Workshop dinner location: Schleppe Felsenkeller

The Felsenkeller is located at Feldkirchnerstraße 141, 9020 Klagenfurt. You can take the bus line 30/33 from Heiligengeistplatz to Schleppe. As soon as you get off the bus you can see Felsenkeller on the other side of the road. You will probably need to go from Universität to Heiligengeistplatz beforehand by taking line 81. Possible connection