International scientific activities

Editorial activities 

• Member of Editorial board  of  Journal of Global Optimization
• Member of Editorial board  of Vietnam Journal of Computer Science
• Guest editor of 12 Special Issues in international journal Mathematical Programming, JOGO, EJOR, OPTE, OL, COR, ...
• Co-editor of 12 books. 

Organized international conferences/workshops   

Chair of the Organizing Committee and Co-Chair of the Scientific Committee of 12 major international conferences (more than 200 participants), with the participation of many leading experts in important fields with many challenges ahead, especially in Optimization and Data Science:

1. The International Conference MCO’04 “Modeling, Computation and Optimization in Information Systems and Management Sciences”, July 1-3, 2004 at the university of Metz, France (more than 100 participants, 8 plenary lectures). One volume of Proceedings with 668 pages, Hermes Sciences Publishing. Two special issues in two high-level international journals: “European Journal of Operational Research” and “Journal of Global Optimization”.

2. SFC 2006 (13èmes Rencontres de la Société Francophone de Classification), Metz, France 9-2006 (more than 100 participants).

3. The most prestigious International Conference “Nonconvex Programming: Local and Global Approaches. Theory, Algorithms and Applications” December 17-21, 2007 (NCP’07) at Insa-Rouen (more than 200 participants). The International Scientific Committee of NCP’07 is composed of 140 members, leading specialists, of about 30 countries. Three special issues in “Advances in Data Analysis and Classification”, “Optimization”, and “Journal of Global Optimization”.

4. The International Conference MCO’08 “Modeling, Computation and Optimization in Information Systems and Management Sciences”, September 8-10, 2008 at the university of Metz, France (more than 150 participants, 5 plenary lectures). One volume of Proceedings with 618 pages in “Communication in Computer and Information Sciences”, Springer. One special issue in “Journal of Computational, Optimization & Applications”.

5. The International Conference MCO’15 “Modeling, Computation and Optimization in Information Systems and Management Sciences”, May 11-13, 2015 at the university of Lorraine, France (more than 200 participants). Two volumes of Proceedings with 1000 pages in “Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing” (AISC), Springer. Two special issues in “Mathematical Programming” and “Computer & Operational Research”.

6. The International Conference ICCSAMA’15 “International Conference on Computer Science and Applied Mathematics”, May 11-13, 2015 at the university of Lorraine, France. One volume of Proceedings with 400 pages in AISC, Springer.

7. The International Conference WCGO’19 “World Congress on Global Optimization”, July 8-10, 2019, Metz, France (more than 200 participants, 7 plenary lectures). One volume of Proceedings with 1200 pages in AISC, Springer. Three special issues in “Optimization Letters”, “Journal of Global Optimization”, and “Optimization and Engineering”.

8. The International Conference ICCSAMA’19 “International Conference on Computer Science and Applied Mathematics”, December 19-20, 2019 Hanoi, Vietnam (about 100 participants, 4 plenary lectures). One volume of Proceedings with 450 pages in AISC, Springer.

9. 7th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Systems Management, Germany 2017 (more than 300 participants).

10. The International Conference MCO’21 “Modeling, Computation and Optimization in Information Systems and Management Sciences”, December 2021 at Hanoi and Online

11. Workshop “Optimization and Learning: Theory, Algorithms and Applications”, June 17-18, 2010, Metz. One special issue in “International Journal of Intelligent Information and Database Systems” (IJIIDS).

12. Workshop “Optimization and Learning: Theory, Algorithms and Applications”, May 22-23, 2011, Metz. One special issue in “Transactions on Computational Collective Intelligence” (TCCI). 

Symposia/invited sessions in international conferences   

Organizer of 37 invited symposiums/streams (69 sessions) in international conferences:

1. “DC Programming: Theory, Algorithms and Applications” organised by H.A. Le Thi, T. Pham Dinh in the 1st International Conference on Optimization Methods and Sotfware, December 15-18, 2002, Hangzhou, China.

2. “DC Programming: Theory, Algorithms and Applications” organised by H.A. Le Thi, T. Pham Dinh in the 18th International Symposium on Mathematical Programming (ISMP 2003), August 18-22, 2003, Copenhagen, Denmark.

3. “DC Programming: Theory, Algorithms and Applications” organised by H.A. Le Thi, T. Pham Dinh in the 6th International Conference on Optimization: Techniques and Applications (ICOTA6, 2004), December 9-11, 2004, Ballarat, Australia.

4. “DC Programming: Theory, Algorithms and Applications” organised by H.A. Le Thi, T. Pham Dinh in SIAM Conference on Optimization, May 15-19, 2005, Stockholm, Sweden.

5. “DC Programming: Theory, Algorithms and Applications” (2 sessions) organised by H.A. Le Thi, T. Pham Dinh, 7ème Congrès de la Société Française de Recherche Opérationnelle et d'Aide à la Décision, February 6-8, 2006, Lille.

6. “DC Programming: Theory, Algorithms and Applications” (2 sessions) in the 3rd International Conference on Computational Management Science (CMS), May 17-19, 2006, Amsterdam.

7. ”Programmation Non Convexe : Approches Locales et Globales. Théorie, Algorithmes et Applications” (3 sessions) organised by H.A. Le Thi, T. Pham Dinh, FrancoroV/Roadef 07, February 19-23, 2007, Grenoble.

8. “Optimization in Data Mining”, Mini-Symposium (2 sessions) organized by H.A. Le Thi in the international conference NCP’07 - Nonconvex Programming: Local and Global Approaches. Theory, Algorithms and Applications, December 17-21, 2007, INSA-Rouen.

9. “DC programming and DCA”, Mini-Symposium (3 sessions) organized by H.A. Le Thi in the international conference NCP’07 - Nonconvex Programming: Local and Global Approaches. Theory, Algorithms and Applications, December 17-21, 2007, INSA-Rouen.

10. “Nonconvex Programming: Local and Global Approaches" in Computational Management Science, organized by H.A. Le Thi, T. Pham Dinh in the 4th International Conference on Computational Management Science, April 20-22, 2007, Imperial College, London, England.

11. “DC Programming Approach to Finance, Information Security, Transport-Logistic, Communication Networks and Data Mining” (3 sessions) organized by H.A. Le Thi, T. Pham Dinh in Computational Management Science, May 1-3, 2009, Geneva, Switzerland.

12. Stream “Nonconvex programming: local and global approaches” (3 sessions) organized by H.A. Le Thi, T. Pham Dinh in EURO Conference 2009 in Bonn, OR creating competitive advantage, 23rd European Conference on Operational Research, July 5-8, 2009, Bonn.

13. Symposium “Modelling and Optimization Techniques in Information Systems, Database Systems and Industrial Systems” (3 sessions) organized by H.A. Le Thi in the 2^nd Asian Conference on Intelligent Information and Database Systems (MOT-ACIIDS 2010), March 24-26, 2010, Hue City, Vietnam.

14. DC Programming: Local and Global Approaches” (3 sessions) organized by H.A. Le Thi, T. Pham Dinh in Computational Management Science 2010, International Conference on Computational Management Science, July 28-30, 2010, Vienna, Austria.

15. Stream “Nonconvex programming: local and global approaches” (3 sessions) organized by H.A. Le Thi, T. Pham Dinh in the 24th European Conference on Operational Research EURO XXIV, July 11-14, 2010, Lisbon, Portugal.

16. “DC Programming and DCA: Theory, Algorithms and Applications. The State of the Art” (2 sessions) organized by H.A. Le Thi, T. Pham Dinh in the 8th International Conference on Optimization: Techniques and Applications (ICOTA 8), December 10-13, 2010, Shanghai, China.

17. Workshop on “Recent advances in Modelling and Optimization Techniques for Intelligent Computing in Information Systems and Industrial Engineering” organized by H.A. Le Thi, T. Pham Dinh in the 3rd Asian Conference on Intelligent Information and Database Systems (ACIIDS 2011), April 20-22, 2011, Daegu, Korea.

18. “Recent advances on Modelling and Optimization Techniques for Intelligent Computing inIndustrial Engineering and Systems Management” (2 sessions) organized by H.A. Le Thi, T. Pham Dinh, D.T. Pham in the 4th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Systems Management (IESM 2011), May 25-27, 2011, Metz, France.

19. “Nonconvex programming - local and global approaches” (3 sessions) organized by H.A. Le Thi, 12e congrès annuel de la Sociéte française de Recherche Opérationnelle et d’Aide à la Décision (ROADEF 2011), March 2-4, 2011, St Etienne.

20. “DC programming and DCA”, organized by H.A. Le Thi, T. Pham Dinh in Optimization, July 24-27, 2011, Lisbon.

21. “DC programming and DCA” Minisymposia (2 sessions) organized by H.A. Le Thi, T. Pham Dinh in the AFG'11-15th Austrian-French-German conference on Optimization, September 19-23, 2011, Toulouse.

22. Workshop on “Modelling and Optimization Techniques in Information Systems, Database Systems and Industrial Systems” organized by H.A. Le Thi, T. Pham Dinh in the 4th Asian Conference on Intelligent Information and Database Systems, March 19-21, 2012, Taiwan.

23. Stream “Nonconvex programming – Local and Global Approaches” (3 sessions) organized by H.A. Le Thi, T. Pham Dinh in the 25th European Conference on Operational Research, July 2012 Vilinus (Lithuania).

24. “DC programming and DCA” Symposia (5 sessions) organized by H.A. Le Thi, T. Pham Dinh, D.Y. Nguyen in the joint congress of the French Mathematical Society (SMF) and the Vietnamese Mathematical Society (VMS), University of Hue, August 20-24, 2012, Hue.

25. “Modelling and Optimization Techniques for Business Intelligence” MOTBI’2012, workshop in the 5th international conference on Computational Collective Intelligence (ICCCI), November 28-30, 2012, Ho Chi Minh city.

26. Workshop on “Modelling and Optimization Techniques in Information Systems, Database Systems and Industrial Systems MOT-ACIIDS 2013” organized by H.A. Le Thi, T. Pham Dinh in the 5th Asian Conference on Intelligent Information and Database Systems, March 18-20, 2013, Malaysia.

27. Stream “Nonconvex programming – Local and Global Approaches” organized by H.A. Le Thi, T. Pham Dinh in EURO + INFORM Conference 2013, July 1-4, 2013, Roma.

28. Session: “Nonconvex programming – Local and Global Approaches” organized by H.A. Le Thi, T. Pham Dinh in ICOTA 9, December 12-16, 2013, Taiwan.

29. Workshop on “Modelling and Optimization Techniques in Information Systems, Database Systems and Industrial Systems MOT-ACIIDS 2014” organized by H.A. Le Thi, T. Pham Dinh in the 6th Asian Conference on Intelligent Information and Database Systems, April 7-9, 2014, Thailand.

30. “Nonconvex programming - Local and Global Approaches”/ Stream: “Global Optimization” (2 sessions) organized by H.A. Le Thi, T. Pham Dinh in IFORS Conference 2014, July 13-18, 2014, Barcelona.

31. Invited Stream: “Nonconvex Programming: Local and Global Approaches” (2 sessions) organized by H.A. Le Thi, T. Pham Dinh in the 27th European Conference on Operational Research EURO 2015, Glasgow, July 12-15, 2015, United Kingdom.

32. Workshop “DC programming and DCA: thirty years of developments” (3 sessions) organized by H.A. Le Thi in MCO’15 “Modeling, Computation and Optimization in Information Systems and Management Sciences”, May 11-13, 2015, Metz, France.

33. Special Session on “Modelling and Optimization Techniques in Information Systems, Database Systems and Industrial Systems” (2 sessions) organized by H.A. Le Thi, T. Pham Dinh in the 8th Asian Conference on Intelligent Information and Database Systems, March 14-16, 2016, Vietnam.

34. “Recent Advances in DC Programming”/ Stream: “DC Programming and DCA”, organized by H.A. Le Thi in 29th European Conference on Operational Research EURO 2018, July 8-11, 2018, Valencia, Italy.

35. Special Session on “Recent Advances in DC programming and DCA: Theory, Algorithms and Applications” organized by H.A. Le Thi, H.M. Le in the 6th World Congress on Global Optimization, July 8-10, 2019, Metz, France.

36. Special Session on “DC Learning: Theory, Algorithms and Applications” organized by H.A. Le Thi, T. Pham Dinh, H.M. Le in the 14th Learning and Intelligent Optimization Conference, May 24-28, 2020, Aneth, Greece.

37. Special Session on “Recent Advances in DC programming and DCA” organized by H.A. Le Thi, T. Pham Dinh, H.M. Le in The 4^th International Conference on Numerical Computations: Theory and Algorithms NUMTA 2023, June 14 – 20, 2023, Calabria, Italy 

International copperation and projects 

Copperation:

International collaborations with more than 40 universities/institutes from 18 countries USA, Canada, Australia, Austria, Germany, UK, Portugal, Spain, Viet Nam, India, Algeria, Morroco, New Zealand, Belgium, Luxembourg, China, Japan, Norway. Numerous invited stays (from one week to one month) have taken place in most of these countries, and regular stays in Metz of researchers from these countries.

Project:

1. Participant of European project “Mekong” 1996-1998: with the participation of several institutions from France, Allemagne, Belgique, Vietnam, Thailande.

2. Coordinator of Project DUO-France 2002-2004 between the University of Dalat, Vietnam and INSA-Rouen funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

3. Coordinator of Project of Scientific Cooperation Inter-Academic (AUF) 2004-2006 between University of Metz, INSA-Rouen (France), University of Montréal (Canada), Hanoi University of Technology (Vietnam).

4. Coordinator for the university of Metz of Industrial international project MOM (Modeling and Optimization in Mechanics) including INSA-Rouen, University of Metz and Institute of General Mechanics IAM, RWTH, Aachen with a German industrial company.

5. Participant of the Integrated Action: French-Morroco 2008-2012including university (univ) Oujda, Morroco, univ. Fès, Spain, univ. of Rennes & univ. of Metz, France.

6. Coordinator for the university of Metz and then the university of Lorraine for the project USTH (the University of Science and Technology of Hanoi) with the participation of more than thirty French institutions, supported by the French government, 2009-2018.

7. Coordinator for the university of Metz of Project FNR TeSeGrAd 2005-2007 “Techniques for Secure Grid and Ad-hoc Networks” funded by the government of Luxembourg.

8. Coordinator for the university of Metz of Project FNR 2009-2011 “Clairvoyant” funded by the government of Luxembourg (partners: CRP Henri-Tudor, Univ. of Berlin, Univ. of Evry, INSA-Rouen and LITA (my Lab.)).

9. Coordinator for University of Lorraine for the project “Master on Applied Mathematics” of the International University at HoChiMinh city and 6 French institutions, 2017-2021.

10. Coordinator for l'UL in International collaboration project with Vietnam Government Information Security Commission (VGISC) 2017-2020 “Network security by Optimization techniques”, VGISC funding.

11. Coordinator for l'UL of International collaboration project with Vietnam Government Information Security Commission 2020-2024“Novel optimization methods for solving some classes of cryptographic problems”, VGISC funding.

12. Coordinator for l'UL of International collaboration project ''An integrated decision support system for strategic flood mitigation planning towards sustainable agricultural waste management at the Mekong Delta'' founded by Research and Innovation for Development in ASEAN (RIDA), UK. Lead institutions: Cranfield University. Partner institutions: University of Bedfordshire, University of Loraine, Vietnam National University of Agriculture, Asian Management and Development Institute, Institute of Meteorology, Hydrology and Climate Change, National University of Laos, Mekong River Commission Secretariat.