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HM 2019 - 11th International Workshop on Hybrid Metaheuristics
January 16-18, 2019 - Concepción, Chile

Website: http://hm2019.ing.udec.cl/
Submission: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=hm2019
Proceedings: Springer LNCS

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Metaheuristics are considered state-of-the-art methods for many hard optimization problems. At some point, however, it has become evident that the concentration on a sole metaheuristic is rather restrictive. A skilled combination of concepts from different optimization techniques can provide a more efficient behavior and a higher flexibility when dealing with real-world and large-scale problems. Hybrid Metaheuristics are techniques for optimization that combine different metaheuristics or integrate AI/OR techniques into metaheuristics. Since 2004, the HM Workshops are considered to be an international forum for researchers in the area hybrid metaheuristics.

**** KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Haroldo Gambini Santos, Federal University of Ouro Preto, Brazil
Manuel López-Ibáñez, The University of Manchester, UK
Günther R. Raidl, Technische Universität Wien, Austria
Christian Blum, Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (IIIA-CSIC), Spain

**** IMPORTANT DATES

Submission deadline: July 27, 2018
Notification: October 1, 2018
Camera-ready paper submission: October 19, 2018
Conference: January 16-18, 2019

**** ORGANIZATION

Congress Chair: Pedro Pinacho Davidson
Program Chairs: Christian Blum, Haroldo Gambini Santos
Publication and Publicity Chair: Maria J. Blesa
Local Organization Chair: Julio Godoy del Campo

**** INQUIRIES

Email: ppinacho@udec.cl

Looking forward to welcoming you to Concepción in January 2019.

        The HM 2019 organizing team!