The Metaheuristics International Conference (MIC) series was established in 1995 and this is its 15^th edition! MIC focuses on the progress of the area of Metaheuristics and their applications and provides an opportunity to the international research community to discuss recent research results, to develop new ideas and collaborations, and to meet old friends and make new ones in relaxed atmosphere. MIC’2024 strives to propose a high-quality program that will be completed by a number of invited talks, tutorials, workshops and special sessions. This edition merges MIC, ICVNS and EU/ME in a unique conference.

Submission Guidelines

All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. The following paper categories are welcome:

• Regular paper: novel and original research contributions of a maximum of 15 pages  (LNCS format)
• Short paper: extended abstract of novel research works of 6 pages (LNCS format)
• Oral presentation: high-quality published or preliminary recent works

Important Dates

• Submissions / registrations open: December 1st, 2023
• Submission deadline: January 5th, 2024
• Notification of acceptance: February 2nd, 2024
• Early registration: March 3rd, 2024
• Conference: June 4th to 7th, 2024

List of Topics (pertaining to Metaheuristics)

• Metaheuristic techniques (TS, SA, ILS, VNS, EA, MA, SS, ...);
• Enhancement techniques (reactive search, self-tuning, offline configuration, algorithm portfolios, parallelization, ...)
• Empirical and theoretical research (experiments, comparisons, new methodologies, search space analysis, theoretical insights, ...)
• High-impact applications (bioinformatics, electrical and mechanical engineering, telecommunications, sustainability, scheduling, ...)
• Hybridization techniques (with e.g. IP, CP, ML, ...)
• Challenging applications (continuous, mixed discrete-continuous, multi-objective, stochastic, or dynamic problems)

Committees

General Chairs

• Alexandru OLTEANU (Université Bretagne Sud, France)
• Marc SEVAUX (Université Bretagne Sud, France)

Steering Committee

• Fred GLOVER (Entanglement Inc., USA)
• Celso RIBEIRO (Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil)
• Éric TAILLARD (University of Applied Sciences of Western Switzerland)
• Stefan VOSS (University of Hamburg, Germany)

Organizing and program committees (see mic2024.fr)

Publication

Accepted regular and short papers will be published as post-proceedings in Lecture Notes in Computer Science series by Springer. 

In addition, a post-conference special issue in International Transactions in Operational Research (ITOR) will be considered for the significantly extended and revised versions of selected accepted papers.

Registration

The registration fees can be found on the conference website (mic2024.fr).

A limited number of scholarships will be awarded to participants coming from several countries. The deadline for application is set to February 12th, 2024. See website for further details. 

Venue

The conference will be held in the city of Lorient in France. It is situated on the Atlantic coast in the Brittany region of France.

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to info@mic2024.fr