Call for Papers: OR55 -The OR Society Annual Conference
*3-5 September 2013, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK*
The planning for OR55 is well underway and the Conference Committee is in
place to make sure things run smoothly. We now need to encourage a supply
of interesting, informative and challenging papers. Academics,
practitioners, researchers and students with interests in any aspect of
Operational Research are invited to present their work at OR55. Details of
all streams are available on our website at www.theorsociety.com/OR55 and
more streams are expected to be finalised soon. Authors are welcome to
discuss proposals for papers with stream organisers in advance of
submission.
*Keynote Papers:* Each stream is encouraged to have a Keynote paper if at
all possible. Such a paper is expected to present a state of the art review
of an area and discuss future directions for research in the field. Keynote
papers will be highlighted in the Conference Programme and will be
allocated additional time in the Schedule. They can also be published in
the Keynote Papers Handbook and referenced with an ISBN number, if the
speaker produces a full written version (maximum six pages). Keynote
Guidelines and a template for Keynote Papers is available on the website.
*Extended Abstracts:* In addition, an Extended Abstract would be
considered. Extended Abstracts are shorter than Keynote Papers (about 1000
words) and depending on demand could be published in either a handbook, CD
or website. Acceptance of Extended Abstracts is at the discretion of the
Keynote Editor and/or Stream Organiser. A half hour slot is generally
allocated. Please use the Keynote Guidelines and template on the website as
a guide to producing an extended abstract.Unfortunately, there are no
concessions on registration fees/exps for presenting a Keynote paper or
Extended Abstract.
*Important Deadlines* – please note that these may be subject to change
February 2013 Submission of abstracts starts
14 June 2013 Deadline for submission of Titles and abstracts to appear in
the Conference Programme.
14 June 2013 Deadline for submission of full Keynote Papers and Extended
Abstracts.
21 June 2013 Notification of Acceptance to be sent re Keynote Papers and
Extended Abstracts.
30 June 2013 Deadline for early reduced registration fee
02 July 2013 Deadline for final revision of abstracts. Presenters can make
changes up to this date.
08 July 2013 Deadline for registration if the abstract or paper is to be
scheduled for presentation. Thereby ensuring their talk will appear in the
final programme. The conference committee reserve the right to exclude
papers if bookings are not made by this date.
*The Conference Committee*
Philip Jones, Dstl Joint Chair prjones(a)dstl.gov.uk
David Smith, Retired Univ. Exeter. Joint Chair davidandtina(a)endfield.org.uk
Ken McNaught, Cranfield Univ. Programme Scheduler
k.r.mcnaught(a)cranfield.ac.uk
Hara Papachristou, Lanner Group Sponsorship/Exhibiter Organiser
HPapachristou(a)lanner.com
Ibrahim Kucukkoc, Univ. Exeter Co-Keynote Editor I.Kucukkoc(a)exeter.ac.uk
Kevin Connell, Dstl Programme co-ordinator kevin.connell555(a)btinternet.com
Navonil Mustafee, Univ. Exeter Programme co-ordinator, Co-Keynote Editor
N.Mustafee(a)exeter.ac.uk
Hilary Wilkes, The OR Society Conference organiser
Hilary.Wilkes(a)theorsociety.com
*Conference website: **www.theorsociety.com/OR55 **.*
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*Ibrahim Kucukkoc*
Exeter Manufacturing Enterprise Centre
College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences
University of Exeter
EX4 4QF Exeter / UK
http://w3.balikesir.edu.tr/~ikucukkoc
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A PhD position in Operations research is available at Heudiasyc Laboratory
from the Université de Technologie de Compiègne in France.
Application deadine : 30 April
PhD topic: Robust Optimization
The candidate should start working in September 2013.
The position is meant to improve and generalize the use of decomposition
algorithms and cutting planes for robust optimization problems and
distributionally robust optimization problems. For more information, please
do not hesitate to contact Michael Poss at michael.poss(a)hds.utc.fr.
The prospective candidate should be acquainted with Operations Research
(Linear Programming, Integer Programming), Probability Theory, and possess
some programming skills. A strong taste for mathematical reasoning would be
appreciated. Interested candidate should send a CV to
michael.poss(a)hds.utc.fr.
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Michael Poss, Ph. D.
CNRS researcher in computer science.
www.hds.utc.fr/~possmich
Université de Technologie de Compiegne
U.M.R. C.N.R.S. 7253 Heudiasyc
Centre de recherches de Royallieu
F-60205 Compiegne Cedex
FRANCE
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