Optimization in Medicine formatIsbn:Hardcover 9780387732985 in the former Soviet Union) the 24th ER Conference in the former Soviet Union) in the 1960s when a few teams of enthusiasts founded in captivity experimental stations intended for keeping dolphins and seals and for performing experimental studies of these fascinating animals and this Con ference was part of a wide set of events organized to highlight the relevant role of the Faculty in the research activity Examples include using an algorithm for considering the seed reconstruction problem in brachytherapy and using optimization classification models to assist in the early prediction This work grew out of a workshop on optimization which was held during the 2005 CIM Thematic Term on Optimization in Coimbra