Call for Papers=====================================================================Harbin & Wudalianchi, Heilongjiang, China, June 23-26, 2012http://www.gip.hk/cso2012/(Papers Due: January 10, 2012)───────────────────────────────────────────Computational Sciences and Optimization are two important disciplines in modern sciences concerned with many areas ranging from engineering, management, finance, and economics, to arts and humanities. Currently some new challenges arise in the modeling of complex systems, sophisticated algorithms, advanced scientific and engineering computing and associated problem-solving environments. Because the solution of complex problems must cope with tight timing schedules, powerful computational algorithms and complex optimization techniques are inevitable for solving some practical problems.In order to strengthen academic exchanges and discussions on the fields of computational sciences and optimization, the Fifth International Conference on Computational Sciences and Optimization (CSO 2012) will be held on June 23-26, 2012 in Harbin and Wudalianchi, Heilongjiang, China. The main theme of this conference is “Computational Sciences and Engineering Optimization”. We are pleased to invite you to attend this important event and to submit papers and workshop proposals. All accepted papers will be published by IEEE Computer Society (EI indexed). Some selected high-quality papers will be published in the special issues of several SCI/SCI-E indexed main-stream international journals.+++++++++++++++++++Topics of Interest+++++++++++++++++++The CSO2012 Conference solicitously invites original contributions on all relevant topics related to Computational Sciences, Applied Computing and Optimization Theory, Methods and Applications including, but not limited to:Main Track A: Computational Sciences# A01: Numerical Algorithms and Analysis # A02: Computational Simulation and Analysis # A03: Hybrid and Combined Computational Methods # A04: Complex Systems Modeling and Simulation # A05: Possibility Theory and Markov Models # A06: Computational Mathematics # A07: Computational Physics/Chemistry# A08: Computational Biology# A09: Computational Graphics# A10: Computational Engineering # A11: Computational Intelligence # A12: Computational Economics and Finance # A13: Computational StatisticsMain Track B: Applied Computing# B01: Scientific and Engineering Computing # B02: Parallel and Distributed Computing # B03: Grid Computing and Cluster Computing # B04: Internet Computing and Web Computing # B05: Mobile Computing and Cloud Computing # B06: Intelligent Computing and Soft Computing # B07: Kernel-based Computing and SVM # B08: Neural Computing and ANN # B09: Social Computing and Network Analysis # B10: Data Mining and KDD # B11: Signal and Image Processing # B12: Heuristic and Meta-Heuristic Methods # B13: Economics and Finance ModelingMain Track C: Optimization Theory, Methods and Applications# C01: Linear and Nonlinear Programming # C02: Stochastic Programming # C03: Integer and Dynamic Programming # C04: Parametric Programming # C05: Nonconvex Programming and Nonsmooth Programming # C06: Multi-level and Multiobjective Programming # C07: Varational Methods and Varational Inequalities # C08: Game Theory # C09: Fuzzy Optimization # C10: Global Optimization and Combinatorial Optimization # C11: Network Optimization # C12: Finance and Industrial Optimization # C13: Managerial and Engineering Optimization++++++++++++++++Important Dates++++++++++++++++Full paper submission: January 10, 2012Paper acceptance notification: February 15, 2012Camera-ready papers: March 15, 2012Registration: February 15, 2012-March 15, 2012────────────────────────────────────────For more details about CSO2012, please visit the conference sites: http://www.gip.hk/cso2012/Further Information, please contact: cso2012org@gmail.com=====================================================================