IX Latin American Workshop on Optimization and Control

Latin American Workshop on Optimization and Control (LAWOC) is organized on a biennial basis, with the main objective of boosting the development and interaction between these two scientific areas in Latin America, bringing together outstanding senior and junior researchers, postdoctoral fellows and graduate students working in these fields.

The first edition of the event was held in Quito, Ecuador, in July 2008, at the initiative of researchers from the Escuela Politécnica Nacional de Ecuador and the Universidad Nacional de Rosario. The second edition took place in 2010, in Rosario, Argentina, with the same organizers. Subsequently, the third edition was held in 2012, in Valparaíso, Chile; the fourth, in 2014, in Lima, Peru; the fifth, in 2016, in Tandil, Argentina; the sixth, in 2018, in Quito, Ecuador; the seventh, in 2023, in Rancagua, Chile; and the most recent, in 2024, in Córdoba, Argentina.

An additional objective of the workshop is to increase the visibility of Optimization and Control among advanced undergraduate students (in Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, Economics, among other areas), as well as with different companies and institutions in society.

In 2026, the IX Latin American Workshop on Optimization and Control will be held at the Escola de Matemática Aplicada da Fundação Getulio Vargas - FGV EMAp, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from July 27 to July 31, 2026.

For more information: https://eventos.fgv.br/lawoc2026
Contact email: lawoc2026@fgv.br

Minicourses
Applied Optimal Transport: Theory, Approximation Methods, and Data Applications
Rocio Diaz Martin – Florida State University, USA

Optimization with JuMP: Modeling, Solvers, and the Ecosystem
Joaquim Dias Garcia – Soma Energy | Lead developer of JuMP, Brazil

Speakers' list include:
Alessandro Alla – Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy
Luis Briceño Arias – UTFSM, Chile
Orestes Bueno – Universidad del Pacífico, Peru
Juan Carlos de Los Reyes – Escuela Politécnica Nacional & MODEMAT, Ecuador
Justina Gianatti – CONICET & Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Argentina
Cristopher Hermosilla – UTFSM, Chile
Estefania Loayza Romero – University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom
Pedro Merino – Escuela Politécnica Nacional & MODEMAT, Ecuador
Lucas Moschen – Imperial College London, United Kingdom
Diego Alejandro Muñoz – Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia
Lisandro Parente – CONICET & Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Argentina
Héctor Ramírez – Universidad de Chile & CMM, Chile
Francisco José Silva Álvarez – Université de Limoges, France
Daniela Tonon – Università di Padova, Italy
Emilio Vilches – Universidad de O’Higgins, Chile

and more…