About

Who we are:
An vibrant and dynamic community advancing optimization research across the Asia-Pacific region.

Founded:
October 2000 at the First Sino-Japanese Optimization Meeting, initiated by Masao Fukushima, Masakazu Kojima, Liqun Qi, Jie Sun, Kok Lay Teo, and Alex Rubinov.

Community:
~560 members from 40+ countries across Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, and South America.

Website:
POP homepage: The Pacific Optimization Research Activity Group

What we do

Publications:

Optimization Research Bridge (ORB): electronic newsletter since March 2001, issued quarterly.
Pacific Journal of Optimization (PJO): official journal launched in 2005; quarterly since 2012.
Endorsed journal: Journal of Industrial and Management Optimization (JIMO) since March 2004.

Conferences:

ICOTA series: The first International Conference on Optimization: Techniques and Applications (ICOTA) held in 1987. Past hosts include Singapore, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Perth, Kobe, and Taipei.
SJOM series → POC series: The Sino-Japanese Optimization Meetings (SJOM) held five times since 2000; renamed Pacific Optimization Conference (POC) in 2014 to reflect broader participation (first POC in Wuxi, China).
OCA series: The conference series of Optimization and Control with Applications (OCA) became a POP series in 2013. Past hosts include Erice (Italy, 2001), Tunxi (2002), Chongqing–Chengdu (2004), Harbin (2009), Beijing (2012), and Changsha (2015).

Endorsements:
POP endorses international optimization events run in the region or by POP members worldwide. Endorsed events may circulate announcements via POP’s mailing list.

How we are organized

Governance:

Working Committee: 7 members.
Board: 15 members.

Working Committee Chairs:

Liqun Qi: 2000–2005
Alex Rubinov: 2005–2006
Masao Fukushima: 2006–2009
Jie Sun: 2010–2014
Current chair: Kok Lay Teo (Curtin University, Australia)

Join us

Interested members: fill out the application form on the POP website.
Register to POP.

Please send any inquiries to POP, at contact@pop-group.org.