An International Conference on Variational Analysis and Optimization with Applications (ICVAOA-2023) will be held at the Department of Mathematics, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India from September 23-25, 2023. The main topics to be covered in this conference are the following: Variational Analysis including Variational Inequalities; Set-valued Analysis; Convex Analysis; Smooth and Nonsmooth Analysis; Combinatorial Optimization; Vector Optimization; Set Optimization; Robust Optimization; Numerical techniques in Variational Analysis and Optimization.
A large number of experts working in the above-mentioned areas have already given their consent to participate in ICVAOA-2023 and to present a plenary / invited talk. The main aim of this special issue is to publish selected and high-quality research papers presented by the plenary / invited / contributed speakers in ICVAOA-2023.