Springer Communications in Computer and Information Science
Proceedings volume of the EURO Mini-conference on Optimization in the
Natural Sciences

Last Call for Papers

On the occasion of the EURO Mini-conference on Optimization in the
Natural Sciences (EURO-mini 2014), Aveiro, Portugal, February 5-9,
2014, Springer Communications in Computer and Information Science
invites submissions  of papers to a  Forthcoming Proceedings volume.

Submissions may address a wide range of Optimization methods including


o     Applications of modeling and Optimization in Physics,  Biology,
Chemistry, and Medicine;

o     Billiard theory and applications;

o     Design optimization;

o     Data visualization for optimal decisions;

o     Image processing ;

o     Infinite and semi-infinite optimization with applications;

o     Linear and nonlinear optimization and applications;

o     Multi-criteria optimization with applications;

o     Multi-scale optimization with applications;

o     Optimal control applied to biological models;

o     Optimal mass transfer;

o     Optimization in bioinformatics and computational biology;

o     Shape optimization;

o     Solution of optimization problems using statistical methods.


The submitted papers will be refereed by experts in optimization and
applications.
Punctual processing of the submissions is a high priority. An initial
evaluation by a guest editor will take place in at most two weeks
after the submission.
The guest editors and the referees will do their best to provide a
first report in 16 weeks.


Guest Editors:
Tatiana Tchemisova (tatiana@ua.pt), Alexander Plakhov (plakhov@ua.pt),
  and Adelaide Freitas(adelaide@ua.pt)

General information

Springer-Verlag in Communications in Computer and Information Science
<http://www.springer.com/series/7899> (CCIS) series are indexed by
SCOPUS and ISI Proceedings.
Proceedings published in CCIS – the topical scope of CCIS spans the
entire spectrum of informatics ranging from foundational topics in the
theory of computing to information and communications science and
technology and a broad variety of interdisciplinary application fields.


Papers submission

The papers should be submitted before  July 1, 2014
To submit the paper, please register  in
http://senldogo0039.springer-sbm.com/ocs/home/EUROmini2014
and upload your paper or send the PDF file of the paper directly to
DMAT-miniEURO2014@ua.pt

Instructions for the authors
CCIS is published, in parallel to the printed books, in full-text
electronic form via our internet platform http://link.springer.com. We
therefore need all the electronic files, most importantly the source
files, of all parts of the manuscript (including front matter pages)
as advised in the instructions. We enter into the source files to
smooth out any formatting or capitalization discrepancies and to
insert running heads, page numbers and a reference line at the bottom
of the first page of every paper. We also require a final pdf of each
paper created and checked by the authors. Authors are advised not to
shorten the references and to put DOIs wherever possible, as this
would allow for correct citation attribution. Once data processing has
been finished, we shall contact the corresponding authors and ask them
to check their papers. Hence, we will need from you, roughly at the
time when you send us the files, a list containing all the
corresponding authors’ email addresses which we could use for
contacting the authors.
Springer has developed LaTeX style files and Word templates to help
you prepare your paper. LaTeX is the preferred format (especially for
texts containing several formulae), but Word templates are also
available.

For more information please visit
http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0.