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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=PT link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Dear Colleague,<br><br>We would like to invite you to submit an abstract to the Mini-Symposia CST2012-S16 on de topic “<b>Derivative-Free Methods For Engineering Optimization</b>”<span style='color:#1F497D'>( </span> <a href="http://www.civil-comp.com/conf/cst2012-s16.htm">http://www.civil-comp.com/conf/cst2012-s16.htm</a>) as part of </span><span class=apple-style-span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black;background:white'>the Eleventh Conference in the Computational Structures Technology (CST2012), Dubrovnik, Croatia, 4-7 September 2012</span></span><span class=apple-style-span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;background:white'>.</span></span><span class=apple-style-span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black;background:white'> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>The conference flyer is:</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><a href="http://www.civil-comp.com/conf/cst2012.pdf">http://www.civil-comp.com/conf/cst2012.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Please note that the call for papers for the conference <b>closes on 9th January 2012.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><pre style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>The purpose of this Mini</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>-Symposia </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>is to bring together researchers who successfully develop techniques for solving optimization problems (single and multi-objective) using derivative-free methods such as: Evolutionary Optimization, Direct Search Methods, etc. <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>We encourage new theoretical developments in Derivative-Free Optimization algorithms for single or multi-objective optimization as well as their application for solving real engineering problems. Submissions presenting novel developments or critical reviews are welcome.<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre style='text-align:justify'><i><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></pre><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Young Researcher Best Paper Competition: To encourage young researchers to attend these conferences a 1000 Euro Young (35 years or younger) Researcher Best Paper Prize will be awarded to the best paper presented at each of the conferences. (Further details on the website.)<o:p></o:p></span></p><pre style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><p class=MsoPlainText><i><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoPlainText><i><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Please email this call to anyone you think may be interested.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=X-NONE style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=X-NONE style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=X-NONE style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=X-NONE style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>The </span><span lang=X-NONE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>session organizers</span><span lang=X-NONE style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><br>J.F. Aguilar Madeira, IDMEC/IST, Portugal <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>H. Pina, IDMEC/IST, Portugal <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> <span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></div></body></html>