The Third Workshop on Computational Optimization, Modelling and Simulation (COMS 2012)
June 4-6, 2012, Omaha, Nebraska, USA.

The third workshop "Computational Optimization, Modelling and Simulation (COMS 2012)''
will be a part of the International Conference on Computational Science (ICCS 2012).
This will be a third event of the COMS workshop series with the first held
during ICCS 2010 in Amsterdam and the second held during ICCS2011 in Singapore.
COMS 2012 intends to provide a forum and foster discussion on the cross-disciplinary
research and development in computational optimization, computer modelling and simulation.

COMS2012 will focus on new algorithms and methods, new trends, and latest developments
in computational optimization, modelling and simulation as well as applications in science, engineering and industry.

Topics include (but not limited to):
· Computational optimization, engineering optimization and design
· Bio-inspired computing and algorithms
· Metaheuristics (ant and bee algorithms, cuckoo search, firefly algorithm, genetic algorithms, PSO, simulated annealing etc)
· Simulation-driven design and optimization of computationally expensive objectives
· Surrogate- and knowledge-based optimization algorithms
· Scheduling and network optimization
· Integrated approach to optimization and simulation
· Multiobjective optimization
· New optimization algorithms, modelling techniques related to optimization
· Design of experiments
· Application case studies in engineering and industry.

Scientific Program Committee:
· D. Echeverría, Stanford University, USA
· Z. W. Geem, IGlobal University, USA
· G.A. Gray, Sandia National Labs, USA
· O. Kolb, Technical University Darmstadt, Germany
· R. S. Parpinelli, University of Santa Catarina State, Brazil
· B. Protas, McMaster University, Canada
· J. Sklenar, University of Malta, Malta
· L. Wright, National Physical Laboratory, UK
· Q. J. Zhang, Carleton University, Canada

Authors are invited to submit their original, unpublished manuscripts before January 9, 2012, using the online submission system of the ICCS 2012 conference (select "Computational Optimization, Modeling and Simulation (COMS 2012)" in the "Workshop" field). Information about paper format and submission procedure can be found on the conference website at
http://www.iccs-meeting.org


Workshop Organizers:

Dr. Xin-She Yang
Mathematical and Scientific Computing
National Physical Lab
Teddington, London TW11 1LW
England
E-mail: xin-she.yang@npl.co.uk

Dr. Slawomir Koziel
Engineering Optimization & Modeling Center
Reykjavik University
101 Reykjavik
Iceland
E-mail: koziel@ru.is

Dr Leifur Leifsson
Engineering Optimization & Modeling Center
Reykjavik University
101 Reykjavik
Iceland
Email: leifurth@ru.is