ISCO 2026
CALL FOR PAPERS
9th International Symposium on Combinatorial Optimization (ISCO 2026)
May 6-8, 2026, İzmir-Kuşadası, Turkey
Spring School “Packing and Covering”, May 4-5, 2026
THEME AND SCOPE
ISCO is a biennial symposium whose aim is to bring together researchers from all the communities related to combinatorial optimization, including algorithms and complexity, mathematical programming and operations research. It is intended to be a forum for presenting original research in these areas and especially in their intersections. Quality papers on all aspects of combinatorial optimization, from mathematical foundations and theory of algorithms to computational studies and practical applications, are solicited.
SESSIONS
The conference is organized into plenary and parallel sessions. The conference language is English. Each speaker can give only one talk. Proposals for invited sessions are welcome. Researchers who are interested in organizing an invited session should contact Hakan Kutucu (hakankutucu@karabuk.edu.tr).
SPRING SCHOOL
ISCO 2026 will be preceded by a school on “Packing and Covering”. Gérard Cornuéjols, Carnegie Mellon University, and Ahmad Abdi, London School of Economics, will offer the school. They will give 16 hours of lectures on May 4 and 5, 2026.
PLENARY SPEAKERS
Miguel F. Anjos, Operational Research, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
Tinaz Ekim, Industrial Engineering, Bogazici University, Turkey.
Hande Yaman Paternotte, Faculty of Economics and Business, KU Leuven, Belgium.
Sebastian Pokutta, Institute for Mathematics, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany.
SUBMISSION – PUBLICATION
Papers presenting original unpublished results in all areas of combinatorial optimization and its applications are welcome. Simultaneous submissions to other conferences with published proceedings or journals are not allowed. There are two types of submissions:
Regular papers up to 12 pages. The submission deadline is December 15, 2025. The proceedings will be published by a special volume of Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS. For an accepted paper to be included in the proceedings, it should be presented at the conference by one of the authors. More information about the submission procedure are available in the web site of the conference.
Short papers up to 4 pages. The submission deadline is January 31, 2026. Accepted short papers will be included in a volume of local proceedings.
IMPORTANT DATES
Submission of regular papers: December 15, 2025
Submission of short papers: January30, 2026
Notification: February 15, 2026
Early registration conference: March 1, 2026
Early registration school: March 1, 2026
CONFERENCE CHAIRS
Volker Kaibel, Otto-von-Guerricke Universität, Germany
Simge Küçükyavuz, Northwestern University, USA
Hakan Kutucu, Karabuk University, Turkey
A. Ridha Mahjoub, Kuwait University, Kuwait; University Paris-Dauphine, France
STEERING COMMITTEE
Mourad Baïou, LIMOS, CNRS, University Clermont-Auvergne, France
Pierre Fouilhoux, LIPN, Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, France
Luis Gouveia, University of Lisbon, Portugal
Jon Lee, Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Michigan, USA
Ivana Ljubic, ESSEC Business School, Paris, France
Nelson Maculan, Universidad Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
A. Ridha Mahjoub, Kuwait University, Kuwait; University Paris-Dauphine, Paris, France
Giovanni Rinaldi, IASI, Rome, Italy)
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Onur Baysal, University of Malta, Malta
Mariem Ben Salem, ESPRIT, Tunis, Tunisia
Gulnaz Boruzanlı, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey
Korhan Günel, Aydın Adnan Menderes University, Izmir, Turkey
Hakan Kutucu, Karabuk University, Turkey
For more information on the Symposium and the School, see https://isco2026.com.tr/
Co-Chairs
Volker Kaibel
Simge Küçükyavuz
Hakan Kutucu
A. Ridha Mahjoub