This symposium is/WAS held in honor of Ralph E. Gomory, one of the pioneers of integer linear programming. His cutting plane method inspired many of today's methods in the area. The day after the meeting Ralph Gomory will be awarded an honorary doctorate from the Technische Universiteit Eindhoven.
Brief summary of the career and work of Ralph E. Gomory (  /  ).
 

Main speaker at the symposium is Ralph E. Gomory. The other speakers, Bert Gerards (CWI and Technische Universiteit Eindhoven), Lex Schrijver (CWI and Universiteit van Amsterdam), Laurence A. Wolsey (CORE, Louvain-la-Neuve), will present lectures related to his work.
The program.
 

The symposium takes place in room CZ5 of the Auditorium of the Technische Universiteit Eindhoven. It starts at 10:15 am and finishes at 4:00 pm.
Directions to the symposium site. On the campus map, the Auditorium is marked AUD.
 

There is no registration fee. The Department of Mathematics and Computing Science offers the participants a free lunch. Therefore, participants are kindly requested to register for the symposium.
Fill out the registration form.
 

Organizing committee: Karen Aardal, Bert Gerards, Cor Hurkens, Jan Karel Lenstra.
For questions please contact Ms Elly Gudden.