MCO 2025 is the fifth event in the series of conferences on Modelling, Computation and Optimization in Information Systems and Management Sciences. The first three editions (MCO 04, MCO 2008 and MCO 2015) were organized in Metz, France by the Laboratory of Theoretical and Applied Computer Science (LITA), University of Lorraine. The fourth edition, MCO 2021, was held in Hanoi, Vietnam in 2021. MCO 2025 will be organized in Metz, France on June 4-6, 2025, by Laboratoire de Conception, Optimisation et Modélisation des Systèmes (LCOMS), University of Lorraine, France.
MCO 2025 will cover several fields of Management Sciences and Information Systems: Computer Sciences, Information Technology, Mathematical Programming, Optimization & Operations Research, and related areas. The conference should allow researchers and practitioners to discuss recent developments in models and solutions methods for decision making in Engineering and Information Systems. Contributions to the solution of real-life problems are particularly appreciated. MCO 2025 will also be an occasion to celebrate the 40th birthday of DC (Difference of Convex functions) programming and DCA (DC Algorithm).

PUBLICATION
The conference proceedings will be published in the series Lectures Notes in Networks and Systems of Spinger-Verlag, and indexed by SCOPUS, DBLP, Web of Science, EI Compendex, Norwegian Register for Scientific Journals and Series, WTI AG, INSPEC, zbMATH, SCImago. Special Issues in SCI journals for the post-conference publication are planned, which include:
1. Journal of Global Optimization;
2. Others to be confirmed soon.

VENUE

Metz, located in the North East of France, about 330 kms away from the capital Paris and only 1 hour and 20 minutes by TGV, is a city open to urban ecology, to its heritage with architectural surroundings of the finest quality, to its economic environment, to New Information and Communication Technologies and to a dynamic cultural life.


CONFERENCE CHAIRS


GENERAL CHAIR
Hoai-An Le-Thi, University of Lorraine and Academic Institute of France (IUF), France

INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE CHAIR
The committee consists of more than 80 members of about 20 countries all the world over.
Chairs:
Hoai-An Le-Thi, University of Lorraine and Academic Institute of France (IUF), France
Tao Pham-Dinh, National Institute for Applied Sciences, Rouen, France


ORGANIZING COMMITTEE CHAIRS
Hoai Minh Le, University of Lorraine, France

CALL FOR PAPER

We invite all researchers and practitioners to submit a paper (limited to 12 pages, using LNCS/LNAI style) for consideration. We encourage all types of contributions including theory, algorithms, and applications, particularly in emergent domains such as Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Big Data, Security, Energy Management, Healthcare, Robotics, etc.

Topics include (but not limited to):
1 - Optimization and Decision Making
• Continuous Optimization and Applications
• Discrete Optimization, Integer Programming and Applications
• Multiobjective Optimization, Multilevel Programming
• Novel opportunities of Optimization for Industry and Finance: Network, Logistic, Energy, Robotics, Economics, etc.

2 - Machine Learning & Big Data
• Machine Learning – models and methods: active learning, online learning, reinforcement learning, semi-supervised learning, unsupervised learning, etc.
• Deep Learning
• Big Data, Cloud Computing, etc.
• Optimization & Huge-Scale Optimization in Machine Learning
• Applications in Electronic Commerce, Bioinformatics, Computer Security, Web Intelligence, Intelligent Learning Database Systems, Finance, Marketing, Healthcare, Telecommunications, and other fields

3 - Computer Vision and Image Processing
• Computed Tomography
• Pattern Recognition
• Audio, Image, Video Processing
• Medical Image Processing
• Optimization Techniques for Image Processing
• Multimedia Computing Systems and Appliances

4 - Computer Communications and Networks
• Cross-Layer Design and Optimization
• Communications & Information Theory
• Signal Processing for Communications
• Networking Algorithms and Performance Evaluation

5 - Security, Reliability, Trust
• Intrusion detection
• Cryptography, Cryptanalysis
• Security protocols
• Quality of Services
• Trust Management
• Software Validation and Verification

CALL FOR SPECIAL SESSION
We also invite proposals for Special Sessions to be held during the conference. A Special Session will consist of a group of papers in a sub-discipline of Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, and Applications related to the main topics of MCO 2025.
The Special Session proposals should be sent to email: colloque-mco@univ-lorraine.fr with the following information:
1. Title & acronym of the special session or workshop
2. Brief profiles of special session or workshop organizers
3. General description of the special session or workshop scope
The papers will be required to meet the same standards as MCO 2025 papers and will be published in the conference proceedings. All the Special Sessions will be centralized as tracks in the same conference submission and reviewing system as the regular papers.

IMPORTANT DATES

Special session proposal: January 5, 2025
Paper submission deadline: January 15, 2025
Author notification: February 15, 2025
Last version of accepted papers: February 28, 2025
Author registration / Early registration: February 28, 2025
Abstract submission deadline: April 15, 2025
Abstract notification: April 20, 2025
Conference dates: June 4-6, 2025

We look forward to receiving your submission papers and are happy to respond to inquiries from interested parties. Your questions may be addressed to our e-mail colloque-mco@univ-lorraine.fr